Dear All,
Usually preliminary searches are made in public domains if such concepts already exist.
The net offers a good starting point but there needs to be a proper knowledge base
service that offers good information. I personally encountered one where a publication
from a university claimed to the best of their knowledge that it was novel. I had submitted
an almost similar concept in a design competition on the web years ago which they didn't
know about. Perhaps further thinking is needed if such as an idea is good. At present
IP databases offer info in public domains after patents etc have been granted but not
known to you in preliminary stages where it all starts.
Best Regards,
Parminder Singh
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