Our Firm is Built to Provide Clients with the Best Talent & Resources

Our expertise at Global Prior Art is based on a combination of deep technical understanding and years of hands-on IP experience. For over three decades, our firm has built unequaled institutional knowledge to consistently provide our clients with the search findings and analysis required for success. Our team of analysts and project managers are world-class scientists and engineers with years of IP-related search experience and training.

Our strength is evident in the quality of each interaction between our team and our clients on every project. We believe that transparency and direct communication between the staff working on the project and the client team is essential to building trust and to ensuring that every opportunity for a favorable outcome is captured by working collaboratively with our clients. Success on every project is critical and every project benefits from the collective knowledge of our team members and firm.

Engineering

Our E-commerce & Software analysts have access to the USPTO P9 system and foreign language databases. This paired with their scientific backgrounds allow our clients to leverage the best resources for their specific E-commerce & Software search.

Expertise include:
  • Artificial Intelligence Systems
  • Data Mining/Analysis
  • Database Arch/Optimization
  • Internet Tech/Architecture
  • Multimedia Systems
  • Network Control Software
  • Operating Systems
  • Peer-to-Peer Systems
  • Security & Encryption
  • SmartCards/SmardIDs
  • Social Networking
  • Speech Recognition
  • User Intefaces

Our electronic engineering analysts have access to the USPTO P9 system and foreign language databases. This paired with their scientific backgrounds allow our clients to leverage the best resources for their specific electrical engineering search.

Expertise include:
  • Circuit Design
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer/Digital Bus Interfaces
  • Consumer Electronics
  • Disk Drive Technology, RAID
  • Display Technology – Plasma, LCD
  • Flash Memory/DRAM/SRAM
  • Image Sensors (CCD, CMOS)
  • Microprocessors
  • Navigation Systems (GPS)
  • Optical IC Inspection Systems
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Solar Cell/Clean Tech

Our Telecommunications & Networking analysts have access to the USPTO P9 system and foreign language databases. This paired with their scientific backgrounds allow our clients to leverage the best resources for their specific Telecommunications & Networking search.

Expertise include:
  • 3GPP/4G/LTE and UTRAN
  • OSI Data, Network and Transport Layers
  • Internetworking, IoT
  • Signal Processing
  • Network Protocols
  • Data and Network Security
  • Cloud Security
  • VoIP
  • Encryption, Compression
  • Satellite Communications Video/ Audio Coding
  • Encoding/Decoding algorithms and methods
  • Video/ Audio Coding
  • Advanced Intelligent Network Tracking and Navigation technology
  • Location aware systems Distributed Networks/ CDN Broadcasting
  • Routing, Bridging, Switching
  • Speech Recognition
  • Network Management
  • Wireless Communication (OFDM, MIMO, CDMA, GSM, GPRS, WLAN, WiFi, Ad Hoc, ZigBee, Mesh, etc.)

Our Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing analysts have access to the USPTO P9 system and foreign language databases. This paired with their scientific backgrounds allow our clients to leverage the best resources for their specific Mechanical Engineering & Manufacturing search.

Expertise Include
  • Automated Assembly
  • Building Control Systems
  • Disk Drives
  • Engine Technologies
  • Ergonomic Design
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Inspection Systems
  • Inventory Control
  • Machinery Designs
  • Manufacturing Processes
  • Oil Drilling Technology
  • Robotic Devices
  • Ultrasonic Welding
  • Ventilation Systems

Life Sciences

Our Biotechnology analysts have world-class technical backgrounds and in-depth knowledge of diverse topics ranging from nucleic acid amplification to stem cell technologies. By combining this deep technical and analytical expertise with substantial search experience, we provide our clients with targeted efficient searches and the most relevant results every time.

In addition to the standard core databases, our analysts access other important Biotechnology-related resources to ensure that the most pertinent documents will be reviewed. These resources include specialized databases such as nucleic acid and protein sequence databases, STN’s Food Science and Technology Abstracts database and Elsevier’s BIOTECHNOBASE, as well as others. We also manually search monographs, journals and conferences proceedings at multiple local libraries.

Expertise Include
  • Antibodies
  • Cell Culture Methodologies
  • Cell & Tissue Technologies
  • Chemical Structures
  • Diagnostics: Tests & Assays
  • DNA & Protein Sequence Searching
  • Food Sciences
  • Gene Expression Systems
  • Peptide Therapies
  • High-throughput Assays
  • Pharmaceutical Formulations
  • siRNAs, microRNAs Antisense
  • Small Molecule Technologies
  • Stem Cell Technologies

Our Chemistry & Materials analysts have world-class technical backgrounds and in-depth knowledge of diverse topics spanning chemical, pharmaceutical, petrochemical and agrochemical technology spaces. By combining this deep technical and analytical expertise with substantial search experience, we provide our clients with targeted efficient searches and the most relevant results every time.

In addition to the standard core databases, our analysts access other important Chemistry and Material Science-related electronic resources to ensure that the most pertinent documents will be reviewed. These resources include chemical structure-based databases such as Chemical Abstracts Service Registry, Marpat and CASReact and specialized databases such as Petroleum Abstracts (Tulsa), Gmelin among others. We also manually search monographs, journals and conferences proceedings at multiple local libraries.

Expertise Include
  • Agrochemicals and Fertilizers
  • Chemical Structure Searching
  • Controlled Release Formulations
  • Drug Delivery Platforms
  • Industrial Processes
  • Inorganics and Alloys
  • Markush Structure Searching
  • Nutraceuticals
  • Organometallics and Catalysts
  • Papermaking Technologies
  • Petrochemicals
  • Pharmaceutical Formulations
  • Polymers
  • Reaction Pathways

Our Medical Device analysts have world-class technical backgrounds and in-depth knowledge of diverse topics ranging from surgical staplers to drug delivery platforms. By combining this deep technical and analytical expertise with substantial search experience, we provide our clients with targeted efficient searches and the most relevant results every time.

In addition to the standard core databases, our analysts access other important Medical Device-related resources to ensure that the most pertinent documents will be reviewed. These resources include specialized databases such as the FDA’s 510k and PMA databases, IEEE and ASTM databases, in addition to product advertisements and manuals. We also manually search monographs, journals and conferences proceedings at multiple local libraries.

Expertise Include
  • Biological Sensors
  • Cardiac Assistive Devices
  • Catheters
  • Diagnostics
  • Electromagnetic Tissue Therapy
  • Glucose Monitors
  • Heart Valve Repair
  • Implanted Devices
  • Medical Electronics and Imaging
  • Neural Stimulation
  • Orthopaedic Devices
  • Spinal Fixation Techniques
  • Surgical Instrumentation
  • Ultrasound Technology

Our Pharmaceuticals analysts have world-class technical backgrounds and in-depth knowledge of diverse topics ranging from small molecule pharmaceuticals to complex biological and cell-based immunotherapies. By combining this deep technical and analytical expertise with substantial search experience, we provide our clients with targeted efficient searches and the most relevant results every time.

In addition to the standard core databases, our analysts access other important Biotechnology, Medicine and Chemistry-related electronic resources to ensure that the most pertinent documents will be reviewed and collected. These resources include nucleic acid and protein sequence databases, chemical structure-based databases such as Chemical Abstracts Service Registry, CAPlus, Marpat, and specialized databases such as STN’s Food Science and Technology Abstracts and Elsevier’s BIOTECHNOBASE among others. We also manually search monographs, journals and conferences proceedings at multiple local libraries.

Expertise include
  • Antibodies
  • Chemical Structure Searching
  • Controlled Release Formulations
  • DNA & Protein Sequence Searching
  • Drug Delivery Platforms
  • Gene Therapies
  • Mechanism of Action Searching
  • Natural Products & Nutraceuticals
  • Peptide & Protein Therapies
  • Small Molecule Formulations
  • Stem Cell Technologies
  • Vitamin & Mineral Compositions