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Well, I would say all types of patents require a prior art search. Whether they are utility patents or design patents, you certainly want to know what is out there so that you can either revise or take your invention in a different direction or to simply know, you know, what your competition is doing. It’s really important to conduct these searches either yourself or through your patent attorney or even using an outside third-party search firm. You don’t have a duty to conduct a search, but I think
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it’s a worthwhile thing to do. If you or your patent attorney can find something that’s similar to your invention pretty early and easily, then it’s a signal that you need to, like I said, go in a different direction. And, you know, be aware of those things. And an important thing to note, too, is that once you file an application, you have an ongoing duty through that process to report anything that you think is relevant to your invention. So there’s a whole process to do that, but just quite
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simply, you just need to keep track of what you run across in your invention process and in the patent process to keep the USPTO informed.
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