Helping Various Clients to Guard Their Intellectual Property

Corporate In-House Counsel

We can work directly with your patent professionals to ensure that your search needs are addressed. Specialized agreements can be met with your organization with respect to timing and cost for each of our search services. We can also work with you through the law firm of your choosing.

Patent Practitioner

Whether you are an attorney in private practice or an associate at a large law firm, we strive to empower you to make critical intellectual property decisions with confidence. Count on our company to provide you with comprehensive information and an expert search team member to work as your project advocate and direct point of contact.

Universities/Research Laboratories

Covalent Patent Research (CPR) has experience working directly with national research laboratories and universities here in the United States and abroad. We can work directly with your research staff or your technology transfer department to ensure that you receive search results to guide your research in the right direction. CPR also offers special discounted pricing and delivery arrangements for our laboratory and university clients. Please contact us to find out more.

Private Inventor

We understand your level of personal investment and commitment to your idea, and we are as dedicated as you. Our company will help you determine if your concept is unique by applying our 25 years of experience as well as providing cost-efficient solutions and great customer service.

To meet your requirements on schedule and at a reasonable price, we provide outstanding search services and use targeted industry search methodologies expertly. We also perform the following steps to help you navigate the IP process:

Step 1

One of our patent searchers will conduct a pre-search telephone interview with you to find out more about your idea.

Step 2

During this conversation, we will ask you to provide an invention disclosure, which contains a summary and photos or documentation that describes your idea.

Step 3

Our team will conduct a search to identify patents similar to your design. We will provide the results to you electronically within six business days.

Step 4

Your searcher will contact you directly to discuss the results, answer questions, and talk about the next steps.

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