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    To conduct a patent clearance search in Vietnam (or patent FTO search in Vietnam), does your firm have any experience? If Yes, what are the main steps to do?
    Sat, 10:47 05/23/2015.

    Our firm has conducted many patent clearance searches in Vietnam for clients in various technical matters. Following are the main steps that we usually do:

     

    Step 1 of a patent clearance search in Vietnam:

     

    - Analyse the Clearance Search Request;

     

    - Use updated database.

     

    Step 2:

     

    - Search by technical terms or key words;

     

    - Search by IPCs;

     

    - Search by applicants.

     

    Step 3:

     

    Filter the search results.

     

    Step 4:

     

    Compare subject-maters of claims of the filtered patents to the target subject.

     

    Step 5:

     

    Prepare a final report to clients including professional opinions about the possibility of trading the target subject in Vietnam market.

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