Freedom to Operate

Goal: identify patents and applications that could impact the commercial use of your product or platform in specific jurisdictions.

What we do

We run a structured search of relevant US, EP and PCT filings (and other jurisdictions as required), then manually review and annotate the hits that matter.

Typical scope

  • Definition of the product, method or platform of interest
  • Identification of key structural, functional and use features
  • Iterative keyword, classification and (where relevant) sequence-based searching
  • Manual review of claims and specifications for relevance and potential blocking positions

Deliverables

  • FTO report with a narrative summary, search strategy and high-level risk assessment
  • Annotated spreadsheet of relevant families with assignees, status, expiry and notes
  • Optional presentation deck for your internal stakeholders

We do not provide legal opinions, but our work is designed to integrate cleanly into counsel’s decision-making.