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At a time when patent infringement suits such as Eolas v. Microsoft can result in $1/2 Billion dollar awards, fast access to accurate patent data has reached peak demand. Finding a "Silver bullet" prior art patents can result in invalidity of the asserted patent, or it describes the technology another company is developing, it can stop R&D in its tracks, saving the company 10 of millions in waster R&D investment

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