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Frivolous patent litigation is a serious threat to innovation. In 2015, almost 6000 new patent infringement cases were filed. To invalidate patents, companies use prior art. Prior art proves that an invention is old or obvious. But finding prior art is harder than building a unicorn startup. Imagine trying to find a book except you don’t know the title, the author, or even if it exists. You search every website and library. This is how finding prior art works today. Because they are hard to find, most defendants lose their invalidity case. And patent abuses continue with no end in sight.

By entering just a patent number, DataNovo returns all relevant prior art instantly. These prior arts include articles, books, and many hard-to-find literature including those that predate the Internet and ones that aren’t available on bookshelves. With our prior art, companies are able to challenge and invalidate frivolous patents, or make informed choices in product design to avoid infringement.