Prior Art Search | TechInsights

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Are you faced with an allegation of patent infringement against your products?

Are you looking for prior art to use as proof of patent invalidity for your defense?

Do you have the capacity and experience to conduct your prior art searches?

Have you exhausted public data sources such as patent and scientific literature?

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Our archive of devices and library of technical analysis, combining the historical records of TechInsights and Chipworks, is widely recognized as without peer
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Perform your own search for credible prior art

If you prefer to conduct your own prior art searches, access to TechInsights’ Prior Art Technical Library provides the evidence you need to boost your patent invalidity arguments.

Our flexible subscription packages — quarterly or annually — are designed to meet your specific needs.

The TechInsights Prior Art Technical Library contains over 1,800 detailed circuit design and process analysis reports, dating from 1990 to 2011 and covers the largest and most competitive sectors in the industry, including:

Advanced CMOS process technology
Applications processors
CMOS image sensors

Touch screen controllers
Emerging memory
Power technology

Why choose TechInsights for prior art search?

TechInsights brings history and experience with almost three decades of matching patents to products across a variety of technology areas.

Our archive of devices and library of technical analysis, combining the historical records of TechInsights and Chipworks, is widely recognized as without peer.

TechInsights’ superior visibility to prior art means faster, more credible evaluation of claims and greater confidence in achieving desired outcomes.

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