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A patent application normally costs tens of thousands of dollars
to prepare and file. Thus, it can be extremely worthwhile to spend a
few dollars on a prior-art search. This will give you an idea
of whether the invention is patentable, before incurring the
cost of a patent application.
A preliminary patentability search can also provide an early
warning of possible third-party rights that might need to
be taken into account. This may save you millions of dollar,
in some circumstances.
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