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.
Claims15
A computer system for controlling the cost of services during the life cycle of a patent application comprising a computer having a microprocessor and memory components for executing at least one process circuitry and for storing data relating to said patent application, including a priority date for said patent application, said at least one process circuitry being executable to store and utilize administrative agent data relating to a plurality of administrative agents and said at least one process circuitry being executable to store and utilize technical agent data relating to a plurality of technical agents, said at least one process circuitry executable to store and utilize a controlling agent's choices of selected administrative agents from said plurality of said administrative agents and said at least one process circuitry executable to store and utilize a controlling agent's choices of selected technical agents from said plurality of said technical agents, said at least one process circuitry being executable to store and utilize a plurality of administrative instructions relating to a plurality of administrative tasks to be performed during the life cycle of said patent application and a plurality of technical instructions relating to a plurality of technical tasks to be performed during the life cycle of said patent application, said at least one process circuitry being executable to communicate at least one of said administrative instructions to one of said selected administrative agents instructing said one selected administrative agent to perform one of said administrative tasks relating to said patent application and further being executable to communicate at least one of said technical instructions to one of said selected technical agents instructing said one technical agent to perform one of said technical tasks relating to said patent application.
A method for managing costs over the life cycle of a patent application comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a system for storing data relating to said patent application, including a priority date for said patent application;
- b. defining a plurality of administrative tasks that may be required during said life cycle of said patent application;
- c. entering administrative agent data into said system relating to a plurality of administrative agents;
- d. relating said administrative agent data to at least one of said plurality of administrative tasks that said plurality of administrative agents is capable of completing;
- e. defining a plurality of technical tasks that may be required during said life cycle of said patent application;
- f. entering technical agent data into said system relating to a plurality of technical agents;
- g. relating said technical agent data to at least one of said plurality of technical tasks that said plurality of technical agents is capable of completing;
- h. selecting at least one of said administrative agents for completing at least one of said administrative tasks for said patent application;
- i. selecting at least one of said technical agents for completing at least one of said technical tasks for said patent application;
- j. generating at least one administrative instruction to said at least one administrative agent to perform said at least one administrative task;
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- k. generating at least one technical instruction to said at least one technical agent to perform said at least one technical task.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.