The Netherlands has two types of patent: a patent with a six year period of validity and a patent valid for twenty years. In order to be eligible for this latter type, we must apply in good time to the Intellectual Property Office on your behalf for an official search. Our agency will arrange this application, report the results and advise on subsequent steps to be taken.

In specific cases it may be sensible to institute a one-off search or continuous monitoring of the patent position of competitors, or to carry out further investigation into the patentability of interesting developments within your own company. Schumann Patent Consultancy will carry out the necessary research. The research results with our analysis and comments can be very useful to you, and can be crucial to decisions concerning the commercial and technical strategy you will follow.