5 Ways to Use Notes to Collaborate on a Patent File History with Patent Workbench®
Collaboration is a necessity when multiple professionals are working together while reviewing a patent file history. Attorneys may need to flag important papers or claims within a patent file that can be reviewed later by their colleagues, or an attorney can make a note on a specific file history reference that support staff will need to order or have translated. The Patent Workbench® Reader offers a number of secure collaboration features that create the perfect interface for colleagues working together on a patent file history review. The multiple export features on the Reader allow professionals to share important papers, claims, and reports with clients and colleagues outside of the firm, while users can communicate with each other through the central Notebook feature on the Reader.
Continue reading to learn how you can add notes to any references, paper, claim, or information related to file history papers, which can be shared with colleagues and exported in a single Word document!
4 Unique Organization Tools for Patent File History Information
The Patent Workbench® Reader gives patent professionals unprecedented control over how they view information from the papers, claims, and references of a patent file history. Through the Reader, users can:
- Create a customized index of information on any selected papers from the patent file history.
- Export a set of selected papers in a single PDF document.
- Instantly create a matrix displaying all versions of any claims, with or without text comparison.
- View all references organized under four categories, and add your own references.
The variety of tools available through the Patent Workbench® Reader allow professionals to tailor their review of a patent file history, so they can quickly locate the exact information that they need, instantly formatted for easy review and export. After the jump, learn about four of the unique organizational tools on the Patent Workbench® Reader that allow users to customize how they review patent file history papers, claims, and references!
Work With Patent File Histories and Claims in a Whole New Way!
Patent practitioners no longer need to sort through paper patent file histories by hand or work with the limited search options for electronic file histories. With The Patent Workbench® Reader, you can access a wide variety of navigation, claims analysis, and search tools while reviewing a patent file history. The Patent Workbench® Reader is free to download, and users can request a sample file history to test the innovative tools provided by the Reader. Continue after the jump to learn the new ways you can navigate, analyze and search a patent file history through the File History module, Claims Matrix, Evolved Claim®, and Search module on the Patent Workbench® Reader!
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The Tools That Patent Attorneys Asked For: Claim Tree Export and “Select Papers” Tab
Patent Workbench® was created by Landon IP so that patent attorneys could have every imaginable tool they needed during the review and analysis of a patent file history all in one place. In a profile of Patent Workbench® from the World Intellectual Property Review, CEO David Hunt describes how Landon IP became fully attuned to the needs of patent attorneys: “We’ve learned many things about the challenges they face when working with patent file histories. During development, we worked extensively with attorneys who shared feedback that allowed us to ensure that Patent Workbench meets the needs of our users.”
Two features of Patent Workbench® were added specifically based on the requests of patent attorneys who beta-tested the product: the “Select Papers” tab and the option to export a full Claim Tree in DOC format. Continue reading to learn the benefits of these two Patent Workbench® tools which were added based on the input of patent attorney users. Also learn how you can test these features yourself for free!
Top 5 Export Features on Patent Workbench®
Export features are a vital tool for collaboration and annotation during the review process of a patent file history. A user may need to quickly share a paper or reference with colleagues and clients, and the Patent Workbench® Reader includes a range of options for exporting papers, claim reports, and references in a variety of formats. Landon IP has even incorporated user-requested export features on the Reader, such as the option to export a claim tree for the entire patent file history into a Microsoft Word document. After the jump, learn about this feature and other valuable export capabilities on Patent Workbench®, including multiple types of Claim Report exports and the option to create a PDF of selected papers from the patent file history!
The Power of Patent Workbench®
What’s on your docket today? Reviewing a file and the claims to assess prosecution history estoppel? Preparing exhibits for a Markman hearing? Or maybe drafting an invalidity or infringement opinion? Every time you need to review and analyze file histories and understand the scope of a patent’s claims, Landon IP’s revolutionary Patent Workbench® service will help you improve your legal work.
After the jump, learn how you can use the powerful tools on the Patent Workbench® Reader to analyze and search a patent file history, its claims, and references in unprecedented ways! Read more…
Top 4 Patent Workbench® Text Comparison Features
When comparing claims from a file history, it’s important to be able to see every small textual change that has occurred during the prosecution history. Even the smallest alteration to the wording of a claim can drastically change its scope. The Patent Workbench® Reader harnesses a powerful text comparison algorithm, which is integrated into many of the Reader’s claim comparison tools and makes the automatic comparison of any two claims or iterations of the same claim a fast, simple, and accurate task. The text comparison features available in the Patent Workbench® Reader all utilize color coding to differentiate between added and deleted words, so users can see at a glance how the wording has changed between two claims or selections of text. Best of all, anyone can download the Patent Workbench® Reader and utilize the text comparison tool for free, without any further commitment!
Continue reading to see the top four text comparison tools available on the Patent Workbench® Reader, and lean how you can download the Patent Workbench® Reader to access the free text comparison tool!
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Workflow for Ordering and Using Patent Workbench®
You need to review and analyze a patent file history for patent litigation, licensing, or valuation purposes (or any other time you need to understand the scope of a patent’s claims). You can utilize a basic paper or electronic patent file history and spend countless hours organizing, reviewing page-by-page, and creating claims matrices by hand. On the other hand, you can review a patent file history through the Patent Workbench® Reader, which provides you with advanced search and navigation capabilities, automatic creation of a detailed Claims Matrix, and a text comparison algorithm that allows you to compare claims in a variety of ways. The workflow of ordering and utilizing the Patent Workbench® service makes the process of reviewing a patent file history a much simpler, more efficient and accurate task.
After the jump, see the entire workflow process of ordering and using Patent Workbench® during a patent file history review!
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Our customers have told us that they love Patent Workbench®. Over and over, we hear “unbelievable,” “amazing,” and “can’t live without it.” Every time you need to review file histories, Patent Workbench® helps you to improve your legal work by providing access to a suite of tools that give you more confidence in your work products and increase the efficiency and accuracy of your analysis.
After the jump, we look at the many possible applications of Patent Workbench® during the patent prosecution process, and find out which major intellectual property magazine is discussing the innovative features of Patent Workbench®!
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