Why It’s Time to Streamline and Automate Foreign Filing Processes
Services PI
octobre 23, 2024
The international patent filing process increases the administrative tasks for IP teams who already have limited time, resources, and bandwidth. Finding efficiency gains is critical for team members managing foreign filing.
As the global patent portfolio expands, email volume goes up, filing data grows, and managing deadlines becomes increasingly difficult.
Once a company researches, evaluates, and decides on a course of action, it must act on those decisions. Filing a single patent manually could involve sending 10-15 emails back and forth with your agents. And that’s even before you begin docketing the information into your IP management software.
With an integrated foreign filing solution, your team no longer needs to spend countless hours on routine tasks. Your team can save time in managing email communications, entering filing data, searching for filing records, and uploading documents.
Table 1. Place foreign filing orders in bulk on the AQX platform
With one click in AQX®, you can place an order with filing instructions for up to 500 records in less than 10 minutes.
AQX automatically links the foreign filing instructions to all associated documents, claims, and search history. It stores each type of document in individual folders. Smart form technology helps avoid redundancy. What’s more, AQX also automatically dockets your filing data and documents such as translations, official receipts, and applications.
Automated foreign filing streamlines the initial application process, saving time and eliminating clinical errors from manual entry. In addition, your IP team gets full transparency, live tracking, and automated processes throughout the foreign filing lifecycle.
Monitor Your Global Patent Portfolio
When your foreign filing data is maintained outside of your IP management software, making foreign filing decisions can be challenging. An integrated IP management platform containing all your patent filing data empowers business and IP leaders to collaborate better. They can now easily make decisions on budgeting and filing that strengthen the portfolio.
In AQX Home, the main dashboard on our IP management platform, you can visualize the international patent filing process end-to-end. Your IP team can monitor the portfolio in real-time and manage everything from upcoming foreign filing spend to annuity payments.
In short, all the tools and information needed are interconnected and available to your entire team. So, your team can manage the patent portfolio effectively and make informed foreign filing decisions easily.
Table 2. View status in each case or on the AQX Homepage
Mini Client Case Study: Putting It All Together
“One of our clients (a multinational manufacturing company) wanted to optimize the use of resources in the R&D and patent prosecution. The R&D group guides the patent filing strategy since they know the technologies that are most important to the company. They maintain a policy to always file for coverage of their most valuable patents in 15 key countries.
Anaqua collaborates with this client to pre-set the details related to filing in those 15 countries. The AQX IP management platform pre-populates information for these countries, streamlining routine filings for the most important technologies. As a result, the innovation team is freed up to focus time and energy on new innovations. In addition, the patent prosecution team can focus on decisions to protect, strengthen, and streamline the overall IP portfolio.”
The Result – Foreign Filing Made Easy.
The AQX® IP management platform is a comprehensive solution to manage global patent portfolios and foreign filings efficiently. Ultimately, this leads to a greater impact on global business. By taking a strategic and selective foreign filing approach, organizations can effectively protect their important IP assets in key markets. The AQX IP management platform helps achieve this while improving efficiency and reducing costs.
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