https://onetransform.ai/blog Practical guides to patent research for IP professionals: claim charts, prior art, validity, freedom to operate and patent landscapes. en Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://onetransform.ai/blog/what-ai-patent-search-can-do https://onetransform.ai/blog/what-ai-patent-search-can-do Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Where AI-assisted patent search helps (breadth, citation trails, element-by-element mapping, speed) and where it stops: completeness, claims, judgment. Search strategy https://onetransform.ai/blog/obviousness-type-double-patenting https://onetransform.ai/blog/obviousness-type-double-patenting Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Statutory vs. obviousness-type double patenting, what a terminal disclaimer costs, the § 121 safe harbor, Cellect and PTA, and what to check in a family. Prior art and validity https://onetransform.ai/blog/patent-acquisition-screening https://onetransform.ai/blog/patent-acquisition-screening Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Screen patents to buy or license by keeping value, availability and fit apart, then check title, maintenance, terminal disclaimers and encumbrances. Search strategy https://onetransform.ai/blog/competitor-patent-portfolio-analysis https://onetransform.ai/blog/competitor-patent-portfolio-analysis Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT A step-by-step method: gather holdings under every name, group them by technology, read trends net of publication lag, and report share of the field. Landscapes and portfolios https://onetransform.ai/blog/white-space-analysis https://onetransform.ai/blog/white-space-analysis Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT How to measure filing density, why a quiet area can be an opportunity or a dead end, and a step-by-step method for testing a gap before you file. Landscapes and portfolios https://onetransform.ai/blog/patent-families-explained https://onetransform.ai/blog/patent-families-explained Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT How US continuations, divisionals and CIPs relate to a parent, how foreign priority builds international families, and why families matter for FTO. Landscapes and portfolios https://onetransform.ai/blog/inter-partes-review-basics https://onetransform.ai/blog/inter-partes-review-basics Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT How inter partes review works (grounds, deadlines, burden of proof, estoppel) and how to read a patent's PTAB history before licensing, suing or buying. Prior art and validity https://onetransform.ai/blog/when-does-a-us-patent-expire https://onetransform.ai/blog/when-does-a-us-patent-expire Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT How to work out a US utility patent's expiry date: the 20-year term, priority claims, PTA, terminal disclaimers, maintenance fees and extensions. Search strategy https://onetransform.ai/blog/fto-checklist-before-launch https://onetransform.ai/blog/fto-checklist-before-launch Tue, 25 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Eleven steps for an FTO review before launch: scope the product and markets, filter patents by status, read the claims and decide on each risk. Search strategy https://onetransform.ai/blog/means-plus-function-claims https://onetransform.ai/blog/means-plus-function-claims Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT How to tell when a claim limitation falls under § 112(f), what corresponding structure means for software claims, and how to chart such a limitation. Claims and infringement https://onetransform.ai/blog/patent-filing-trends-publication-lag https://onetransform.ai/blog/patent-filing-trends-publication-lag Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Applications publish about 18 months after priority, so the last two or three years of any filing chart are incomplete. How to spot it and correct for it. Landscapes and portfolios https://onetransform.ai/blog/how-to-read-a-patent-landscape https://onetransform.ai/blog/how-to-read-a-patent-landscape Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT What each section of a patent landscape report shows, how to check its clusters, assignee names and filing trends, and what to ask before acting on it. Landscapes and portfolios https://onetransform.ai/blog/claim-construction-phillips-vs-bri https://onetransform.ai/blog/claim-construction-phillips-vs-bri Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT How Phillips and broadest reasonable interpretation differ, where each applies in court, examination and the PTAB, and how to build a construction. Claims and infringement https://onetransform.ai/blog/doctrine-of-equivalents https://onetransform.ai/blog/doctrine-of-equivalents Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT How the doctrine of equivalents works in US patent law, the tests courts use, the limits that stop it, and how to record it in a claim chart. Claims and infringement https://onetransform.ai/blog/non-patent-literature-prior-art https://onetransform.ai/blog/non-patent-literature-prior-art Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT What counts as a printed publication, the main types of non-patent literature, how to date it, and why it decides what can be argued at the PTAB. Prior art and validity https://onetransform.ai/blog/anticipation-vs-obviousness https://onetransform.ai/blog/anticipation-vs-obviousness Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT How anticipation and obviousness differ, what each requires under Net MoneyIN, Graham and KSR, and a worked example on claim 1 of US 6,285,999. Prior art and validity https://onetransform.ai/blog/prior-art-search-beyond-keywords https://onetransform.ai/blog/prior-art-search-beyond-keywords Tue, 30 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT Six ways to find prior art that keyword searches miss, from citation chains and foreign family members to period vocabulary, and how to close gaps. Prior art and validity https://onetransform.ai/blog/fto-vs-patentability-vs-validity-search https://onetransform.ai/blog/fto-vs-patentability-vs-validity-search Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT What freedom-to-operate, patentability and validity searches each ask, which documents and dates count, who runs them, and the usual mistakes. Search strategy https://onetransform.ai/blog/break-a-claim-into-limitations https://onetransform.ai/blog/break-a-claim-into-limitations Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT A step-by-step method for splitting a patent claim into labelled limitations, worked through on claim 1 of the expired 1-Click patent, US 5,960,411. Claims and infringement https://onetransform.ai/blog/how-to-read-a-claim-chart https://onetransform.ai/blog/how-to-read-a-claim-chart Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT What each column of a claim chart tells you, how to judge the evidence in each row, and what a partial finding means before you rely on one. Claims and infringement