Search And Examination Reports For Patents In Turkey

In this article, I will talk about some concepts that are essential for the patent process. I will try to focus on the basic concepts that should be essentially known in the process such as search and examination reports, patentability criteria, and the way the reports are produced and how they should be read.

The search report is a report prepared by technical persons, who have studied or worked in the technical field to which the subject of the invention is related, upon conducting a search which is known worldwide as "prior art search" and is based on "patent classifications" and "keywords" determined according to the field of the invention applied for. In order to obtain a patent, three basic criteria are sought in the invention according to the international literature: novelty, inventive step, and industrial applicability. To be able to evaluate whether these three criteria are met in an invention, it is necessary to scan all accessible documents in the