| Patents had been long identified as most valuable | | | | 4. Patent validation |
| informational source of the technical and competitive | | | | 5. Patent drafting |
| informations. During the last few years these have | | | | There are lot more very specialized other services |
| gained a lot more attention. Due to increase in the | | | | also. |
| globalization and competition, it is very important for the | | | | All these services include three basic crucial steps: |
| companies to protect their innovations and also make | | | | 1. Patent and non-patent search |
| their R&D activities more efficient. India is well | | | | 2. Mining/analysis of Patent and non-patent documents |
| recognized as a knowledge hub, due to it's highly talent | | | | for information specific to project needs |
| pool. A lots of IP services providers; emerge in India | | | | 3. Representation of gathered information in nice visual |
| during the last few years. Most of them have are | | | | and easy to understand format |
| being started by 2-3 people with their contacts in | | | | Most of the professional and firm are using the very |
| mostly in US. Now these firms are become the giant in | | | | general and conventional methods for all three section |
| providing specialized IP services. Lots of Indian law | | | | mentioned above. There are a lot of chances for the |
| professional and law firms are also now trying to enter | | | | improvement in these areas to generate more quality |
| into the market to provide the highest quality analysis | | | | technical reports. Dolcera is one of the US based firm |
| and research services. | | | | at Hyderabad, had done a lots of research in all these |
| Most of these companies are located in the Bombay, | | | | important area and has implemented new ways and |
| Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore cities, with well | | | | method for patent searching analysis and mapping to |
| developed infrastructures and internet access. Almost | | | | provide world class IP services. The Online IP Maps |
| all firms are claiming to provide the following different | | | | and IP Dashboards are one of the achievement, and |
| types of IP services : | | | | will change the reporting and representation format. |
| 1. Novelty search | | | | Thus there is an increased need for more research to |
| 2. Infringement search | | | | identify new improved tools and techniques to meet |
| 3. State-of -art search | | | | the high quality demand. |