Patent Monitoring & Watch Services.
Every week, thousands of patents and applications are published worldwide. We make sure you never miss the ones that matter to your business.
Your In-House Patent Watch.
With such a constant flow of new filings and publications, staying informed about competitors and industry developments on your own is nearly impossible. DeMarco IP acts as your in-house patent monitoring service, offering tailored solutions that ensure you never miss critical information. We develop customized search strategies and deliver regular reports that keep you ahead of the curve — so you can focus on building, not watching.
WHY IT MATTERS
Benefits of Patent Monitoring.
Whether you're tracking a specific competitor, monitoring a technology space, or watching for potential infringement risks, ongoing patent monitoring gives you the intelligence to act before your competitors do.
WHAT WE TRACK
Customized Search Criteria.
Every monitoring engagement begins with a customized search strategy built around the criteria that matter most to your business. We work with you to define exactly what to watch for, and then we do the watching — across all major jurisdictions, on the schedule that works for you.
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Track specific competitors, partners, or entities by their patent filings and application activity.
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Monitor individual inventors — whether they're former employees, industry leaders, or researchers working in your technology space.
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We build monitoring profiles using international patent classification (IPC) and cooperative patent classification (CPC) codes to capture filings in specific technology categories.
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Custom keyword and concept-based queries that surface filings related to your specific products, technologies, or areas of interest.
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Track filings associated with specific law firms or correspondence addresses to monitor the IP activity of entire portfolios or legal teams.
Your Search Team.
At DeMarco IP, we want you to know who is doing your search. While one of our Directors is likely handling most of the communication, neither of them is doing all the work — our Directors grind out work product alongside the full team of patent searchers. And at any point during the engagement, you're welcome to speak directly with the searcher working on your project.
HOW IT WORKS
Our Process.
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STEP #1 - Define & Configure
We work with you to understand your monitoring goals — whether that's tracking specific competitors, watching a technology space, or flagging potential infringement risks. From there, we build a customized search strategy using applicant names, inventor names, classification codes, keywords, and any other relevant criteria.
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STEP #2 - Monitor & Filter
On your preferred schedule — weekly, monthly, or quarterly — we run your monitoring searches across all relevant jurisdictions and filter the results down to the references that actually matter. You get signal, not noise.
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STEP #3 - Report & Advise
We deliver easy-to-digest reports highlighting the most critical new filings and their potential impact on your business. We're always available to discuss what we've found and help you determine next steps — whether that's a deeper dive on a specific filing or an adjustment to your monitoring criteria.
Frequently Asked Questions.
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Patent monitoring is an ongoing service that tracks new patent filings and publications relevant to your business. We run customized searches on a regular schedule and report back with the most critical new references — so you stay informed without having to do the searching yourself.
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We offer weekly, monthly, or quarterly reporting depending on your needs. Higher-volume technology areas or active litigation situations may warrant more frequent monitoring, while broader landscape watching can be done on a monthly or quarterly basis.
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Our monitoring covers all major patent jurisdictions, including the U.S., Europe, Japan, China, Brazil, and more. We tailor the geographic scope to match your target markets and competitive landscape.
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Absolutely. Monitoring is a living engagement. As your business evolves, your competitors shift, or new technologies emerge, we adjust your search criteria to keep the results relevant and actionable.
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A one-time search gives you a snapshot of the patent landscape at a single point in time. Monitoring is ongoing — it captures new filings as they're published, so you're always working with current information rather than a static report that ages quickly.
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Our experienced searchers review every batch of monitoring results before they reach you. We filter out noise and flag only the references that are relevant to your business. You get curated intelligence, not raw data dumps.
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Yes. Ongoing monitoring is an excellent complement to a one-time FTO search. It ensures that new filings published after your initial clearance search don't create unexpected risks as you move through product development and launch.
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Reach out to us with a brief description of what you'd like to monitor — competitors, technology areas, specific inventors, or all of the above. We'll work with you to define the scope, set up your search criteria, and choose the right reporting cadence for your needs.
READY TO BEGIN?
Start Monitoring Today.
Contact us to set up your customized patent monitoring service and stay ahead of the competition year-round.