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Where to find a citation of my patent in another patent?

If I can't necessarily find whether they used my work, what is the correct way of describing this citation? It's just a citation. …
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How can I see how many citations a patent holder has received on their patents?

The Lens can generate independent numbers of patents cited and cited by patents. Just select the inventor and refine by whatever filters you want. This can be done internationally so not limited to th …
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Sort patents by citation number

Your best bet is The Lens. The Lens does patent searching like Google Patents, but is much more feature packed. One of the options in Summary View is to sort by "Cited" which list the most cited paten …
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Hello. I would like to know the 1972 British patent number for the Terfenadine drug composit...

This was annoying to search for as the company cited as Merrell Dow didn't have any relevant patents dating back to 1972. No doubt this is because company names often change over time especially after …
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Outcome of referencing earlier patents in your patent application

The document you linked is only an application. the associated US patent is US9513771B2. This patent is not assigned to Microsoft instead it is owned by WIXCOM Ltd. Whether or not you owe royalties ha …
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Finding most important patent of a company

I like The Lens for patent searching. It has a lot more features than Google Patents and if you create an account, which is totally free, you get yet more features. You can search by patent owner and …
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