Our client operates in a diverse setup which requires them to outsource certain functions and services to third party vendors which provide them services such as preparing drawings, preparing office action

The Notice of Allowance is just a step away from issuance of a patent. This stage is critical and requires a thorough review to ensure that there are no gaps with regards to completeness of documentation and prosecution formalities. Once a Notice of Allowance has been issued, it will no longer be reviewed by the examiner.

The client had a long pending task of preparing filing 150 IDSes within a tight time schedule. He did not have sufficient support staff to help him carry out the task. The challenge was both the time schedule and the number of entries to be filled in the IDS form. Each case had over 100 NPLs to be duly formatted and entered.

Our client operates in multiple time zones within US and their permanent work arrangement is ‘working from home’ for almost all employees. Coordination in a single time zone is near to impossible. They do have their paralegal support team but were still struggling with some of the tasks which would take up their time and

There are many different types of software available to manage the docketing process. some programs allow for free text so that docketers can enter any information into the system as they see fit. other programs calculate the due dates for docketers so that they won't have to manually do so. some systems have audit logs to identify