Patent life cycle management system
AssigneeITIP Development, LLC
InventorThomas F. Quinn, JR.
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Abstract
A method and system are provided for managing the cost and quality of international patent applications over the life cycle of such applications. The method and system have various process circuitries that generate instructions for administrative and technical tasks and generate communications between a controlling agent and both an administrative patent agent and a technical agent.
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A system for controlling the life cycle of international patent prosecution comprising:
- a. a computer having a microprocessor and memory components for executing process circuitries and for storing data;
- b. docketing process circuitry that receives and stores patent application data relating to a patent application, including a priority date and a grant date, said docketing process circuitry calculating deadline dates relating to said patent application;
- c. foreign filing decision process circuitry that generates a foreign filing decision request in advance of a deadline date for foreign filing, said decision request including said at least a portion of said patent application data said foreign filing decision process circuitry receives and stores foreign filing decision countries and generates a foreign filing instruction to a filing agent;
- d. grant notification process circuitry that receives and stores grant data relating to said patent application, including a first grant country and a first granted claim, said grant notification process circuitry generating a PPH instruction to a PPH agent in at least one of said foreign filing decision countries, said instruction including said first granted claim and said first grant country;
- e. PPH response process circuitry that receives and stores response data relating to an intellectual property office response to a PPH request filed by said PPH agent in said foreign filing decision country, said PPH response process circuitry generating an instruction including at least a portion of said response data;
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- f. annuity payment process circuitry that generates an annuity fee payment instruction in advance of an annuity fee payment deadline date for paying said annuity fee, said payment instruction including at least a portion of said patent application data.
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A computer system for controlling the cost of services relating to a patent prosecution highway request for a patent application comprising:
- a. a computer having a microprocessor and memory components for executing at least one process circuitry and for storing data relating to said patent application;
- b. a grant notification process circuitry that receives and stores grant data relating to said patent application, including a grant country and a granted claim, said grant notification process circuitry executable to generate a PPH request instruction to an administrative PPH agent in at least one other country, said instruction including said granted claim and said grant country;
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- c. a PPH response process circuitry that receives and stores data relating to a response from an intellectual property office in said one other country relating to said PPH request, said PPH response process circuitry executable to generate a plurality of instructions relating to said response, said instructions including a group comprising a payment instruction to an administrative agent to make payment of a grant fee and an answer instruction to a technical agent instructing said technical agent to prepare an answer to said response from said intellectual property office with at least a portion of said data relating to said response included in said answer instruction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.