IPDAS Prior Art Viewer (PAV) is an innovative and powerful new tool for researching prior art.

 

Download full text of documents to have them all in once place.

     Process large quantities of potential references -- sift, sort, and discard.

            

      If you decide to that a patent or publication should be used as a reference in an IPDAS case,

      simply add it your IPDAS database with the click of the button.    

                       

                           PAV  -- a collection tool to evaluate references. 

                                   -- an organizational tool with folders and subfolders. 

                                   -- a viewing tool for seeing the text and images.  

Whatever the reference (U.S. or foreign, patent or publication or non-patent literature) and wherever the source (USPTO or EPO websites, IPDAS database, or your network directory), capturing documents into this one, consolidated viewing space will simply your life.  If the source document is searchable, you can even perform word searches.  PAV -- it's fast , fully electronic, and an exceedingly efficient way to research prior art.