| Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO), a forte sector within | | | | objections by US examiners, preparing/filing |
| the Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) space, is | | | | prosecuting trademark applications, infringement |
| attracting international law firms who are outsourcing | | | | studies, other IP litigation, IP asset management, Patent |
| legal work to India. Within the LPO industry, it is patent | | | | mining and administration. |
| outsourcing, which is catching up faster than the rest | | | | During the last few years dozens of Indian outsourcing |
| of LPO jobs. While major firms in the US quote up to | | | | services firms has emerged and most of them are |
| $15,000 for preparing and filing a patent application, | | | | making good business. These firms offer variety of |
| companies based in India deliver the same work for | | | | patent related research. |
| $2,500-3,500 in India. This allows companies to file | | | | Technology changes rapidly and it is often difficult to |
| additional patents within the same budgets. | | | | keep track of all the trends swirling on the Internet, all |
| India's participation in the outsourcing market has been | | | | the ideas bubbling in academia, and the range of |
| exceptional in the last decade. Both, overseas | | | | innovations you and your competitors are working on. |
| customers and Indian entrepreneurs constantly search | | | | The outsourcing firms provide sophisticated service to |
| for newer areas to render professional and | | | | track technology trends, juxtaposing academic |
| commercial support at reasonable costs with quick | | | | research, market data and patent filings information |
| turnaround. The Indian involvement in the patent-related | | | | worldwide. Cheers , with an exception help you put |
| market is still in a nascent stage. In my view, it will soon | | | | together your technology roadmap and identify |
| take off - especially since India has many lawyers and | | | | innovation partners around the world, along with other |
| even more people in science and engineering streams. | | | | IP services. IP Landscape Reports are detailed "as is" |
| A marriage between them will surely support the | | | | analysis of an existing technology. These reports |
| patent-market. | | | | cover broad landscape on areas of research and |
| Patent outsourcing includes literature searches, prior art | | | | development - such as an entire product category - |
| searches, technology and patentability assessment, | | | | that are critical to the clients. These reports are based |
| infringement, FTO, Ideation, IP Valuation, patent proof | | | | on analysis of several hundreds or even thousands of |
| reading, patent claim mapping, drafting response to | | | | patents and other unstructured information. |