Software Patentability / Prior Art Patent Search: https://patentbusinesslawyer.com/2018/03/23/how-to-get-a-patent-in-india-for-software-mobile-applications-and-computer-related-inventions-iot-internet-of-things-patent-landscape/ Conduct a patentability search of the prior art available in the public domain is advisable before filing the software patent application. The software patent strategy includes the steps of reviewing non-patent literature documents like journal, newspaper articles, magazine articles, books, conference materials, brochures, and research reports. The patent database (collection of granted patents and pending published patent applications available in public domain by the patent office) of USPTO, WIPO, EPO should be searched to determine novelty of your software innovation. This can be done either by looking for keywords in the abstract text, specification, patent title, patent claims and by the International patent classification numbers, USPC and CPC assigned to each patent by the patent examiner. The patentability search results provide detailed insight to the inventor about how broadly one can claim the invention. Moreover, the patent language used by other patent attorneys to claim a similar invention provides a rough roadmap to describe your own software innovation. The main advantage of patentability search from the viewpoint of developing a strong patent claim strategy is that the identified close prior art patent claims should be avoided