Quantum technologies are a rapidly developing field of science and engineering that exploits the properties of quantum physics to perform tasks that would be impossible or impractical with classical physics. Quantum technologies include quantum simulation, quantum sensing and metrology, quantum computation, and quantum communication. However, quantum technologies also pose significant...
Freedom to operate
FTO stands for "freedom to operate." It refers to the legal ability of a company or individual to use, manufacture, or sell a particular product or process without infringing any existing patent or other intellectual property rights held by other companies or individuals. Companies may conduct FTO searches or analyses...
Patent Searching – Freedom to Operate or Patentability?
Let's suppose that you have developed a new product and you want to carry out a prior art search of existing patents. There's often a misconception about the objectives for a search. There's often confusion between a search based on "freedom to operate" and "patentability". In some cases, the main...