Sateesh’s Weblog

State-of-the-Art Search:

   A broadest patent search conducted for the purpose of providing a general review of a given area of technology. It is a market survey that ideally includes a broad view at everything that has been done in a given art.  State of art search is used to know what work has previously been done, what problems have been discovered and how they have been solved, who is active in the field of art and the chronological development of their work.  

Advantages:

• For making a decision of new entry into a particular field of art.
• To lay out the path to be followed to design around the current art.
• Saves a great deal of time and money.