Significance

• This analysis reveals whether an inventor has a chance to see the United States Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) issue the patent. An inventor, who uses the feedback from a patent analysis to reposition his idea away from others' intellectual property, has a chance to successfully be granted patent rights from the USPTO for a period ranging between 14 and 20 years.
  
  

Legal Power

• An inventor can block anyone attempting to sell, use or manufacture a similar idea, explains the USPTO. In addition, this investigative work frequently establishes how well the patent could withstand a legal battle in court under infringement accusations from competitors.
  
  

Analysis

• The analytical work builds a portfolio of concepts described by others in a similar field of application and constructs a landscape defining the boundaries of the intellectual property claimed by all the inventors. The work concludes with highlighting areas that overlap or unclaimed gaps that the new intellectual property could incorporate.