Research Disclosure - The industry standard defensive publication service

The Research Disclosure publication service allows you to establish inventions as prior ar quickly stopping others from patenting the same. The service has been the industry standard for over 50 years. It is inexpensive and provides both immediate online and, importantly, full paper publication.

In theory any relevant publicly available document can be cited as prior art to defeat a competitive patent. However in practice for a disclosure to be truly effective it needs to be published first in a location patent examiners are going to search. Secondly, the publication date and the fact that the content has remained unchanged should be unquestionable in court.

• Patent examiners are required to search Research Disclosure by mandate of the Patent Co-operation Treaty.
• Research Disclosure is abstracted into major databases including Derwent World Patents Index (DWPI).
• Research Disclosure is sent to every country in the world with a patent authority.
• All disclosures are printed in full in our paper journal to ensure worldwide recognition in the courts.
• Research Disclosure has been successfully cited in court cases worldwide.
• Research Disclosure is cited in thousands of patents applications every year.

A full explanation of these points and how they affect the strength of your disclosures is available here.