Freedom To Operate Opinion
l Purpose
This
is a proposal for conducting a full FTO search and analysis for the technology
a bottle with a "juicer" lid of provided by the client in Korea
market.
l Search
Scope
The scope
for searching the prior arts is limited to the registered Korean Designs,
Patents and Utility Models, which still exist valid.
l Delivery
Schedule
Our
work starts when the client’s assent to our proposal reaches us, and completes
after 14 consecutive days from our start as long as there is no further
discussion in terms of due date.
l Working
Procedure
Our working procedure
consists of three steps as follows.
Step1: Preparing for
searching the prior art – 3 days
1-1: Grasping client’s technology
1-2: Identifying sub-elements of the technology
1-3: Summarizing the technical features for each
sub-element
1-4: Determining the searching method considering
keyword, design and patent classification, patentee, etc.
Step2: Narrowing down
the searched prior art – 5 days
2-1: Searching the prior arts based on the
respective technical features
2-2: Excluding inappropriate prior arts from the
searched prior arts in terms of the client’s technology
2-3: Excluding the expired prior arts from the searched
prior arts by examining the database operated by Korean Intellectual Patent
Office (KIPO)
2-4: Analyzing the rest of the searched prior arts
and classifying them by technology
Step3: Performing
infringement analysis and Finalizing – 6 days
3-1: Deciding relevance between the client’s
technology and the prior arts which are narrowed down to through Step2
3-2: Establishing a group of prior arts (“essential
prior arts”) which have high relevance as a result of 3-1
3-2: Analyzing infringement and design-around
issues by comparing the claims of the essential prior arts with the client’s
technology
3-3: Making a final report
l Cost
Estimate
If you accept our proposal, we would assign a
Korean patent attorney who has expertise in FTO area. When it comes to the
billing rate for our patent attorney who is fit for above conditions in our
firm, at least 200 USD per hour is normally charged.
