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Before you invest in research and development, it is advisable that you check first which inventions already exist. Patent publications can provide an overview of these and NL Patent Office can offer support in finding these.

The information contained in patent publications can provide a useful picture of the state of the art, interesting developments and trends and of potential partners or competitors. Most patent databases are freely accessible. You may search them yourself or one of our advisors can assist you in doing this.

Depending upon your requirements and the experience that you already have with patents, NL Patent Office is able to assist you with your search or carry out an exploratory search in the patent databases on your behalf.

• Exploratory search and assistance
• Exploratory search
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