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To make sure that do not exist
works of intelligence or business names already
protected, it should be an obligation for who
deposit a question of patent or register a brand
of enterprise like moreover it happens in other
states of the world, even if in reality only few
di this type of inquiry, either for the difficulty
and the cost of it, or because often such researches,
out of chemical reason, are unfounded. But in
our state patents and brands are granted without
any examination of originality, so from this point
of view they do not guarantee in any way the Inventor.
To do an estimate research we can follow different
ways. By some UPICA offices, which are by the
Rooms of Commerce in each Province, it is possible
to do a research consulting the national data
Bank o patents and brands and to develop, with
very restrained costs, an inquiry about the existing
patents and brands. This type of inquiry do not
offer much security and the Minister itself warns
some uncertainity of the data that could result
incomplete. Also the best hypothesis, a research
on the national data Bank does not offer any garancy
just because it contained only italian patent
and brands, while there aren't all the patents
deposited in the other parts of the world that
could remove the originality of the patent or
have an effect on the national territory. By some
UPICA offices, we can always do a more deepened
research consulting the CD-Rom related to the
international and european patents which are available
for the public. The mentioned inquiry is the most
economical but also the most insecure, both because
there aren't from the files available for the
public the data related to the many patents and
brands, or because the research it is usually
planned wrongly. This type of research is based
on finding uot the patents that contain in the
title one word introduced by the user: so if we
wont to see how many vacuum cleaner are patented
we can insert in the engine of search the word
"U.C." and it will be given a result with a list
of files that contain such word. It will seem
to have finish the research, but in reality it
won't be many patents that simply pertainig vacuum
cleaner do not have introduced in the title this
word, defining it, for example "electrical household
appliance to eliminate dust". Certainly a research
by UPICA it is always better than nothing and
in case it results that a patent it is already
existant it will let save money and useless time,
while, in case won't result any anteriority won't
sufice to be completely sure. To do a serious
and deepened research, at present, the best thing
to do is to apply a specialised office like ours
that to do such research. If you need further
information or an estimate of the costs, contact
us by E-mail,
phone, or just make an appointment and meet us
in our office, in order to put your problem. First
advice in office is always free of charge.
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