SERVICES
Whether your corporation or law firm handles a large or small intellectual property portfolio, our approach is to provide a service based on a customized assessment.
CONSULTING
- Full department assessments of administrative functions
- Assessment and recommendations related to personnel or outsourcing of routine services
- Planning and system implementation for new acquisitions, IP legal departments or small law firms
- Hiring assistance for IP paralegals, secretaries, docketing personnel or file clerks
- Budget tracking and forecasting of intellectual property expenses
- Recommendations related to fee structures for non-attorney staff
- Review and verification of outside counsel invoices
- Development of outside counsel guidelines
PARALEGAL SERVICES
- Patent and trademark prosecution support
- Preparation of PCT or national phase filings
- Preparation of status reports
- Payment of maintenance fees, annuities, or renewals
- Integration of new portfolio acquisition or merger
- Assignment, change of name, and change of address projects
- Proofreading
DOCKETING AND DATA AUDITING
- Docketing services either onsite or outsourced
- Docketing system consultation including selecting and implementing new or improved docketing software
- Recommendations for docket system customizations
- Database auditing and verification
- Development of client-specific docketing guidelines
- Docket training
WORKFLOW PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES
- Recommendation and implementation of internal department processes and procedures relating to mail, records management, docketing, or prosecution workflow
- Development of documentation to implement internal processes or procedures – policies, checklists, job aids, etc.
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
- Customized intellectual property training for your non-attorney staff
- Training of personnel to ensure compliance with your company’s internal policies and procedures related to IP
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