PatCheck

Identify Technologies Used in Patents

Objective: Establish comparability of patents from different companies. Preparation for identify technology trends among competitors and in the industry. Assign individual patents to products without reading the patents themselves. All known technologies are recorded in the hierarchically arranged IPC (International Patent Classification). Each invention of a patent application is assigned

Why Patents?

Patents are a right granted by the legislator for the exclusive use of an invention. The holder of a patent is granted the right to exclusively use their invention for a period of 20 years. It is a monopoly. The patent holder can prohibit third parties from using their invention.