Freedom to operate with respect to standard-essential patents (SEP)
This service, in addition to the evaluation of the freedom to operate, provides for a preliminary assessment of whether a patent protects a technology whose use cannot be avoided in the production of devices that, for interoperability reasons, must comply with shared technical standards (standards). In this case, the patent is standard-essential. Such assessment is necessary because the essentiality to the standard is currently based on a self-declaration by the patent holder.
