Appendix F

• Author: Austen Zuege
• Pages: 471-472

Appendix F

471

S E A R C H M E M O R A N D U M

TO: [Recipient]

FROM: [Searcher name]

DATE: [Month Day, Year]

Re: Freedom-to-Operate Study of [Part/Project]

[Specic feature]

OUR REF: [Vendor matter number]

CLIENT REF: [Project Initiator matter/billing number]

Searches were performed using the following databases:

• Brand ABC patent database (which includes the full text

of US data from 1836, EP from 1978, PCT from 1978, Great

Britain from 1979, German from 1989, as well as limited

Asian document translations)

• United States Patent and Trademark Office (hereinafter

“USPTO”) patent databases (which includes U.S. patent and

published applications searchable by full text back to 1976).

Keyword searches were performed that generated search result

references, which were reviewed for relevancy to the [specific feature]

of [Part/Project] as disclosed in materials from [Contact name] at

[ Client name]. Searching was performed based upon technical materi-

als made available as of [Date]. Searches included:

• [Insert search string #1] – (X results – result set too large; not

reviewed)

• [Insert search string #2] – (Y results)

• [Insert search string #3] – (Z results)

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