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Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) Prep/filing

As described in more detail below, if you have a US non-provisional Patent filing you must cite all known or discovered prior art to the USPTO in an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) within 2 months it being  discovered (e.g., a search report mailing date).  Our fees quoted above are for us to prepare and file an IDS (citing the indicated number of relevant documents).  To have us handle this for you simply make your payment, register and confirm it in system with your instructions to properly engage us for this (or any) work.  We generally require at least a 2 week turn time, but may be longer (e.g., 4 weeks) depending on how busy we are.

NOTICE IF YOU HAVE ALREADY FILED A US PATENT APPLICATION RELATED TO THIS PCT CASE- BY US LAW YOU MUST DO THE FOLLOWING OR RISK YOUR FUTURE US PATENT BECOMING INVALID: If you have related (in any way) US or foreign or international (e.g., a PCT) patent application prosecution which has discovered prior-art (e.g., in the attached search report or foreign patent office action) not already cited to the USPTO then the USPTO requires that it must be submitted ASAP in an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) within 3 months of receiving (or first becoming aware of) it.  If so, please provide us with a list of all known prior-art to cite for filing under the IDS procedure.  Generally, the USPTO requires the filing of an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) with copies of all relevant publications (patents or otherwise) known to the inventor. The IDS is usually filed before receiving the official filing receipt from the USPTO, about three months after filing the application.  BAIP charges an IDS preparation/filing fee, and there might be additional fees from document suppliers, if you cannot supply a copy of a reference and your practitioner need to procure it elsewhere.  It is usually recommended that you provide your practitioner with copies of all publications you know about before they file your application (ideally, before the first draft is prepared). However, if you become aware of any references which are relevant to patentability during the pendency of the patent a Supplemental IDS should immediately be filed disclosing the references; for example, in a related US patent application or a foreign patent office cites patents against a foreign counterpart of the US application.  Likewise, the USPTO also requires the disclosure to them within 2 months of any US patent application you have filed that is related to this case in any way; otherwise you risk your future patent becoming being rendered invalid by presumed inequitable conduct.

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4)     Make your payment off-line (i.e., not through our website) using one of the methods specified in the postscript of quoting email. Currently, online payment methods through our website are not implemented yet.

5)     After you made your payment off-line, return to the above payment page on our website where you will specify how much you paid, by what means, and some kind of transaction receipt/info for us to research and match it up to your order to approve it.

a)     NOTE: Most of our services require 100% prepayment of the quoted fee; however, if our emailed written quote indicates a lesser prepayment amount then instead of our standard full prepayment policy for reduced fixed-fee work, you can take advantage of a reduced minimum down payment fee (e.g., 50% of the quoted fixed-fee, plus any rush fee quoted) to start patent work on each case. The remaining fees are later due at least upon our completing the 1st draft of the ordered legal service for your review/revision and/or our filing.

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6)     After you register your payment per the above, our system will guide you to our online new case intake forms to gather your administrative information for this new patent case (e.g., POC, contacts, inventors, assignees, work request details, service agreement, etc.).

7)     You will be emailed a link to proceed to our secure client portal dashboard to securely submit your materials, documents and instructions for our legal work.

8)     Our team reviews all your submissions and works with you to validate/improve anything needed for us to properly do our legal work.

Of course, if you have any questions not yet answered, or otherwise require any help, please do not hesitate to contact us. We will happily assist you.