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Too often R&D staff focus on patentability but what they really need is an early-stage freedom-to-operate search. Patentability studies, while they are helpful in understanding whether an invention can be protected, an early-stage FTO clarifies the path to market. Findings from such a study can be used to understand what and how key product/process parameters need to be fine-tuned to remove any obstacles to commercial exploitation of a new idea.