SEP Evidence of Use Search
Uncover products that infringe upon your SEPs to support licensing or enforcement
Standard Essential Patents Services
Identify standard essential patents (SEPs) in your portfolio, or assess essentiality to the standard before entering licensing negotiations.
What are standard essential patents?
Standard essential patents (SEP) are those required in order to comply with a technical standard. According to ETSI definitions, a patent is considered essential “if it is not possible on technical (but not commercial) grounds, to make, sell, lease, otherwise dispose of, repair, use or operate equipment or methods which comply with a standard without infringing that IPR”.
As successful standards are adopted across entire industries, intellectual property holders vie for their technologies to be incorporated into standards to generate valuable revenues through royalties or licensing.
Parola Analytics provides various services that can be tailored to your specific needs and requirements with regards to SEPs.
SEP Services
SEP Essentiality Check
Establishing essentiality can help patent holders maximize revenue generation from their IP assets.
Get in touchFor implementers, assessing essentiality before entering any licensing negotiations is just as crucial as not all SEPs that are declared essential are actually essential.
SEP Validity Search
Patents that may have been declared essential may still be exposed to invalidation challenges.
Mitigate risks by conducting an SEP validity search.
Speak with our teamMitigate risks by conducting an SEP validity search.
Why Parola Analytics?
What our clients are saying
“The first search Parola Analytics, Inc. performed for us provided the key reference supporting our invalidity position on a patent we were evaluating.”
Sean M. Dean, Ph.D.
Fish & Richardson
"Parola analysts uncovered prior art that even opposing counsel’s team could not during litigation.
The quality of their work and deeper understanding of the subject matter were instrumental to the case that we eventually won.”
The quality of their work and deeper understanding of the subject matter were instrumental to the case that we eventually won.”
Saqib J. Siddiqui
Mayer Brown
“We have worked with Parola on two matters, and both times, Parola delivered outstanding results.
Parola’s highly-relevant search results and reports demonstrated a thorough understanding of the patent claims.”
Parola’s highly-relevant search results and reports demonstrated a thorough understanding of the patent claims.”
Daniel Kiang
Knobbe Martens
“Vincent Violago and his excellent team at Parola Analytics provide high quality, detailed, prior art search results with minimal oversight and handholding.
These guys are highly educated and experienced in their field and work together with great efficiency. The work product is top-notch.” Read more
These guys are highly educated and experienced in their field and work together with great efficiency. The work product is top-notch.” Read more
James A. Fussell III
Mayer Brown
“The team at Parola Analytics did an excellent job in providing us with the highest-quality prior art research service.
The team’s search report highlighted the best prior art references with an easy-to-understand format. In short, the team proved itself.”
The team’s search report highlighted the best prior art references with an easy-to-understand format. In short, the team proved itself.”
Ryan Phelan
Marshall, Gerstein & Borun
"We have been impressed with Parola Analytics search results for mechanical devices and software-related inventions.
Each report impacted the decision regarding how to proceed with IP protection."
Each report impacted the decision regarding how to proceed with IP protection."
John Boyd
FisherBroyles
“Parola Analytics is our trusted partner for prior art search contests on PATROLL, Unified Patent’s crowdsourcing platform.
With their expertise in prior art searching, Vincent and his team at Parola Analytics are valuable partners in reviewing prior art submissions to our contests." Read more
With their expertise in prior art searching, Vincent and his team at Parola Analytics are valuable partners in reviewing prior art submissions to our contests." Read more
Sam Jaffna
Unified Patents
“I recently engaged Parola Analytics to conduct a prior art search on a difficult U.S. patent that had already stymied another search firm that delivered two unusable references.
Parola found four much better references in two weeks that demonstrated a deeper understanding of the search and an effective selection of the best references."
Parola found four much better references in two weeks that demonstrated a deeper understanding of the search and an effective selection of the best references."
Barry Shelton
Shelton Coburn
"Parola’s success is based on a singular strength, the quality of its analysts.
With their scientific and engineering background, coupled with their keen insights into emerging technologies and trends, Parola’s team proved the ideal partner for Fastinform in our complex and time-sensitive challenge." Read more
With their scientific and engineering background, coupled with their keen insights into emerging technologies and trends, Parola’s team proved the ideal partner for Fastinform in our complex and time-sensitive challenge." Read more
Marius Meland
Founder, Law360
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