Chapter 3. Search Strategies, Techniques, and Search Tools to Validate the Uniqueness of Any Invention

The invention idea has to be tested against other ideas that may be similar. In order to best do this, it is very important to understand elements of Internet search engine strategies. These searches are commonly referred to as “prior art” searches. The search will resolve that there are or are not any infringing ideas. One needs to make sure the ideas have not yet been previously claimed or implemented.

There are a variety of search engine methods, effective Internet search strategies, syntactical schemes for performing simple or complicated searches, and methods of contrasting these results to the current invention. This new invention or even ...

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