Introduction

Companies have recognized the value of technical disclosures for many years, but implementing a successful strategy around them has been difficult. This problem was primarily due to the fact that there have been no good outlets for companies to release their disclosures in a timely and cost effective manner. Additionally, the lack of a single, world-accessible, publicly searchable database meant that even if individual companies published their disclosures, there was only a slight chance that it would be seen by patent examiners.

The IP.com Prior Art Database was created to alleviate this problem by providing innovative companies with a fast and effective way to publish their innovation into a single, publicly searchable, library indexed, collection of prior art. In addition to providing ease of use, the IP.com Prior Art Database has extensive safeguarding measures, to provide evidence of document integrity and datestamp in the event you need to present it at trial.

• Why IP.com?

IP.com provides companies with the tools and solutions to better manage their intellectual property and innovation records. Our initial product, the IP.com Prior Art Database, was created to provide companies with a fast and effective, centralized outlet for publishing and searching technical disclosures. Since its inception, the IP.com Prior Art Database has continued to grow, attracting high profile clients such as IBM, General Electric, Motorola, Abbott Laboratories, and Eastman Kodak, to name a few. More importantly, it is searched and cited daily by patent examiners worldwide.

The IP.com InnovationQ platform provides solutions for managing the information, records, and processes associated with innovation and IP. InnovationQ is a robust software framework which delivers functions including sophisticated workflows, collaborative environments, and legally safeguarded document management. Utilizing this framework, IP.com creates configurable modules that provide integrated company-specific solutions. InnovationQ allows companies to improve their processes and derive new and additional value from their innovation and IP assets.

IP.com also excels at delivering the highest quality patent searches. Our multilingual and multidisciplinary search team ensures that we have specialized agents covering all technical domains. IP.com employs a proven process for managing each search project which delivers timely, accurate, and concise results.

The IP.com Creative Registry is a web-based registry that allows you to upload your documents and creative work for legal safeguarding. IP.com digitally fingerprints and date-stamps your work while placing it into a private archive for your personal access. IP.com then publishes the fingerprint and date into the public domain as a testament to the existence of your work. Your actual document is NEVER exposed to anyone else, yet you have irrefutable proof of it's content at the precise time it was safeguarded!