Within corporate intellectual property (IP) departments, the decision to forego a pre-filing patent search is often justified as a prudent cost-saving measure, given that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) conducts its own prior art search during examination. However, the USPTO’s search was never intended to replace an applicant’s due diligence.

When we launched FluidityIQ, we knew that if we were going to build a patent intelligence platform it had to be more than “good enough”. It had to provide real advantages to our customers. Our mantra was and is: “Better. Faster. Cheaper.”