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Docketing & Deadlines

Automated Patent Docketing
Across Three Offices.

Statutory deadlines computed from prosecution events — with supersession cascading — across USPTO, PCT, and EPO. No manual re-keying, no spreadsheet handoffs, no missed windows.

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What it looks like

Every Deadline, Computed From the Record.

Calendar and list views. Overdue alerts. Every deadline traces back to the prosecution event that generated it.

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Automated docketing — open deadlines with due dates and remaining time

Open deadlines with due dates and remaining time. USPTO statutory rules and RCE windows computed automatically; PCT and EPO rules follow the same pattern.


Core capabilities

Docketing That Never Lags the Record.

USPTO Rules

Response deadlines and RCE windows computed from the prosecution events on file. Extensions of time supported. No manual re-keying; overrides remain auditable.

Response windowsRCEExtensions

PCT Windows

Rule 54bis Chapter II demand at 22 months from priority and Article 19 amendment window at the ISR — cascading correctly through supersession as filings land.

Rule 54bisArt. 19

EPO Rules

Rule 70a extended search opinions, Rule 71 examination responses, and Article 99(1) opposition (9 months from grant) — with the correct interlocks between them.

Rule 70aRule 71Art. 99 opposition

Supersession Cascading

When a filing supersedes an earlier deadline — an RCE resetting the response clock, a Notice of Allowance closing outstanding OA windows — the docket updates automatically. Overrides are tracked and auditable.

Auto-cascadeAuditableOverridable

Overdue & Approaching Alerts

Configurable lead times per deadline type. Overdue items surface at the top of the list. Calendar and list views for docket managers and IP counsel alike.

Lead timesCalendar viewList view

Every Deadline Traceable

Every date is linked to the prosecution event that generated it — the office action, the notice, the filing. Nothing is inferred from spreadsheet metadata.

Event-linkedNo metadata inference

See the prosecution history behind every deadline

Docketing is powered by the same structured prosecution intelligence.

Open Prosecution Intelligence