Legal Invention Disclosure

Add existing outside counsels to a legal matter and enable the patent fulfiller to communicate with the outside counsel for reviewing and processing the Legal Invention Disclosure requests.

Several types of components are installed with activation of the Legal Invention Disclosure plugin, including tables and user role.

Install Legal Invention Disclosure and configure the requirements to enable efficient processing and tracking of patent requests.

Create a matter from a Legal Invention Disclosure request or add the request to an existing matter to track the details of the complete patent application process if the request is approved for applying for a patent.

Enable outside counsels to be added to matters related to Legal Invention Disclosure request.

Learn more about Legal Invention Disclosure through a sample workflow and review the benefits it can provide.

Update the tracking information through the final resolution of the patent review process after you receive the resolution of the patent application review by an outside counsel.

Once an application for a Legal Invention Disclosure request is complete and has been approved, approve the application to proceed for review by an outside counsel.

Provide the information related to a Legal Invention Disclosure request to an outside counsel for review to determine whether to apply for a patent.

You can install the Legal Invention Disclosure application by installing the Legal Simple Intellectual Property (sn_lg_ip) application if you have the admin role.If the application does NOT include demo data or it does NOT install related applications and plugins, delete or revise the following sentence:

List of fields in the Legal Invention Disclosure request in the Legal Service Portal.

Legal Invention Disclosure is a workflow that enables inventors to disclose their inventions in a structured manner. The application is installed by the Legal Simple Intellectual Property application.

Reference topics provide additional information about the forms that you use in Legal Invention Disclosure.

Review a Legal Invention Disclosure request and either approve it to be sent for a patent approval or request clarification from the requester.

Create Outside Counsel records to enable outside counsels to work on a Legal Invention Disclosure request.

Configure Outside Firm records to enable the assignment of outside counsels to review and process the patent filing of Legal Invention Disclosure requests.

Set up optional rewards for inventors to be granted at three stages of applying for and acquiring a patent.

Create a Legal Invention Disclosure request to provide detailed information about the invention.

Provide information requested by the patent reviewer or fulfiller to complete a Legal Invention Disclosure request for review.

Legal Invention Disclosure provides a streamlined process for inventors to request an application for a patent and for that request to be reviewed both internally and externally by outside counsels. The application is then submitted to patent authorities. You can choose to reward inventors at selected stages of the application process.