{"id":103227,"date":"2025-11-24T16:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greyb.com\/?post_type=case_study&#038;p=103227"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T11:19:56","slug":"how-cad-models-revealed-winning-prior-art","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/greyb.com\/case-studies\/how-cad-models-revealed-winning-prior-art\/","title":{"rendered":"How CAD Models Surfaced Prior Art That Enabled a Favorable Licensing Negotiation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Value Delivered<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By exploring CAD models in technical brochures, the team identified critical prior art in the middle of a high-stakes litigation matter. This discovery strengthened the client\u2019s position and enabled them to negotiate a more favorable licensing deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Problem Solved&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The client was searching for prior art describing a diesel tank partially positioned within a cavity in the rear portion of the chassis. The exact placement of the diesel tank was rarely specified in existing patents. Most of the literature described the tank being placed at the bottom or in the rear bonnet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"post-carousel\" class=\"swiper\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/greyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/How-CAD-Models-Revealed-Prior-Art-That-Powered-a-Favorable-Licensing-Negotiation-1.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/greyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/How-CAD-Models-Revealed-Prior-Art-That-Powered-a-Favorable-Licensing-Negotiation-2.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/greyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/How-CAD-Models-Revealed-Prior-Art-That-Powered-a-Favorable-Licensing-Negotiation-3.png\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solutions Offered<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team expanded the search beyond patent databases and followed a trail of clues across non-patent literature. They located technical brochures containing CAD drawings, which eventually pointed to an identical model uploaded by a student on GrabCAD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The caption on the CAD file provided the missing link. 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