How do I search for a patent in Canada?

Welcome to CIPO’s Canadian Patent Database. This database lets you access 152 years of patent descriptions and images. You can search, retrieve and study more than 2,450,000 patent documents. You can now access a wider variety of patent-specific documents page.

How can I find a submitted patent?

Inventors are encouraged to search the USPTO’s patent database to see if a patent has already been filed or granted that is similar to your patent. Patents may be searched in the USPTO Patent Full-Text and Image Database (PatFT).

How do I find out if someone has a patent?

Start at uspto.gov/patft. Next, under the heading Related USPTO Services, click on Tools to Help Searching by Patent Classification. You can now start searching. Patent searches may also be done at google.com/patents and at a number of other free sites.

How much do patents cost in Canada?

The fee to file a patent application is $400. The fee is reduced to 200$ for small entities (note that a small entity declaration is required to qualify for the reduced rate). The application fee is due on the filing date of the patent application, though it is not required to secure a filing date.

Where can I find list of Canadian patents?

Canadian patents search. Search for laid-open applications and patents granted since August 1978 via the Canadian Patent Database.

How to patent your invention in Canada, step by step?

1 Step 1: Do a Patent Search. You can’t patent something that’s already been patented, so the first step to getting a patent is to do a patent search. 2 Step 2: Complete a Patent Application. 3 Step 3: Submit your Patent Application. 4 Step 4: Request Examination of Your Patent Application. 5 What Happens to My Patent Application Then?

How can I find a patent on Google?

Google Patents Advanced Search Search and read the full text of patents from around the world with Google Patents, and find prior art in our index of non-patent literature.

How does a patent examiner work in Canada?

A patent examiner will study your claims and either approve your patent application or object to some or all of your claims. You will have a chance to respond to the objections if this is the case, and if you choose to respond, your patent application will be reconsidered.

Canadian patents search. Search for laid-open applications and patents granted since August 1978 via the Canadian Patent Database.

How to search for a patent in the USPTO?

USPTO Patent Application Full-Text and Image Database (AppFT) Search for Full-Text and Image versions of patent applications. Customize searches on all fields of a patent application in the AppFT for Full-Text searches.

Should a patent applicant file prior art at the Canadian Patent Office?

In contrast, there is no ongoing duty on applicants of Canadian patent applications to disclose prior art during prosecution, absent a specific requisition from an examiner to identify prior art. When such a requisition is received, an applicant must reply in good faith to the requisition to avoid abandoning a patent application.