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Why

Why IPDAS?

More than you ever imagined – all in one tool!

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  • Prepare PTO/PCT/EPO forms, client letters, and emails, both individually and in bulk

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  • Upload documents to Patent Center for all filing types, including large IDSs

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  • Manage prior art for cross-citing in large families and groups

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  • Tree Views describe each case’s priority and subject matter relationships

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  • IPDAS profiles and saves documents directly into your existing Document Management System (DMS)

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Designed to improve overall speed and data integrity

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  • Integration with your docketing system ensures that data is current, consistent, and accurate

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  • Easy-to-use tools populate data into your database from filing authority systems

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  • Auto-saving improves consistency and accuracy of document profiles

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  • Avoid common errors caused by staff reusing old documents

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  • Automated notifications for IPDAS-detected events

Integrations

Data and documents – available at your fingertips.

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IPDAS includes many seamless, under-the-hood integrations:

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  • We build a custom integration with your commercial docketing system to import data into the IPDAS program, ensuring your data is accurate and consistent.

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  • Integrations with USPTO, EPO, and WIPO systems allow you to import data, documents, and citations from these valuable resources.

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  • IPDAS integrates with your commercial Document Management System (DM), auto-profiling and saving documents from a variety of sources: documents and emails generated by users, e-Office Action documents, Patent Center downloads, etc.

Data Accuracy

IPDAS helps ensure that data is complete, valid, consistent, and accurate.

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IPDAS dramatically reduces errors in prosecution documents by minimizing the need to retype data and by providing data validation features.

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  • Automated imports from docketing and USPTO and EPO websites

 

  • Names and addresses are entered into IPDAS just once – never to be typed again

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  • IPDAS maintains one record per person or entity, promoting uniformity of shared information

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  • Pick-lists facilitate easy data selection

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  • IPDAS duplicate checker reduces accidental double entries

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  • IPDAS checks for missing and incorrect data

Productivity

IPDAS provides multiple automation tools to get more work done – faster!

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  • Patent Center uploads: IPDAS handles PTO naming conventions, PDF requirements, etc. No need for manual uploading!

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  • Generates PTO forms either individually or in bulk, and then auto-profiles them into your DM – either individually or in bulk

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  • Bulk imports from Patent Center and Espacenet eliminate the need to manually enter data

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  • Bulk downloads of documents from the USPTO's e-Office Action program, Patent Center, Espacenet, etc.

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  • Bulk saves of all types of documents from Windows drives, DM system, Outlook emails, etc.

Data Accuracy
Productivity
Integrations
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