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Validity Analysis for SEPs | Scintillation Research Home / Services / SEP Validity Analysis Validity Analysis for SEPs A validity analysis for standard essential patents searches for prior art that can challenge the granted claims, starting with the dated technical contributions submitted to standards bodies before a feature was adopted…

Rebuttal of Invalidity Contention for SEPs | Scintillation Research Home / Services / Rebuttal of Invalidity Contention Rebuttal of Invalidity Contention for SEPs A rebuttal of an invalidity contention is a technical response to an argument that a standard essential patent shouldn’t stand. Prior art is sometimes mapped to the…

Rebuttal of Infringement Contention for SEPs | Scintillation Research Home / Services / Rebuttal of Infringement Contention Rebuttal of Infringement Contention for SEPs A rebuttal is a technical review of the claim chart used to allege infringement of a standard essential patent. Charts are sometimes built by skipping over claim…

Claim Chart for SEPs | Scintillation Research Home / Services / Claim Chart for SEPs Claim Chart for SEPs A claim chart for a standard essential patent maps each element of a patent claim against the text of a standard specification. It shows whether a claimed feature is essential to…

SEP Essentiality Evaluation Against Standards | Scintillation Research Home / Services / SEP Essentiality Evaluation SEP Essentiality Evaluation An essentiality evaluation checks whether a patent claim has to be practised to implement a standard, or a mandatory part of it. We work through the specification text section by section and…

Non-Provisional Patent Drafting for SEPs | Scintillation Research Home / Services / Non-provisional Patent Drafting for SEPs Non-Provisional Patent Drafting A non-provisional patent application is the complete filing that a patent office examines: independent and dependent claims, a description with multiple embodiments, drawings, and the other required sections. Drafting one…

Provisional Patent Drafting for SEPs | Scintillation Research Home / Services / Provisional Patent Drafting for SEPs Provisional Patent Drafting A provisional patent application secures an early filing date for an invention without being examined. Filing one is strategically important when the idea is ready but the complete application is…

Opposition Search for SEPs | Scintillation Research Home / Services / Opposition Search for SEPs Opposition Search for SEPs An opposition search, also called a nullity search, hunts for prior art that can defeat the claims of a patent that has already been granted. It runs against all the claims…