Research Disclosure - The industry standard defensive publication service

The Research Disclosure publication service allows you to easily establish your inventions as prior art stopping others from patenting the same. The service has been the industry standard for over 45 years. It is inexpensive and provides both immediate online and full printed publication.

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

Why publish with Research Disclosure?

• Patent examiners are required to search Research Disclosure by Patent Co-operation Treaty statute.
• Research Disclosures are 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 paper in full to ensure worldwide recognition.
• 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.