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PatLegal Monitor

PatLegal Monitor is an easy-to-use alerting service which automatically notifies users of any changes made in patent families, legal status and file histories from various patent offices.  Types of actions monitored include legal actions related to published patent applications and granted patents during their prosecution and opposition.
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Patent office coverage

    • The EPO for monitoring patent families, legal status Sample Report
    • The EPO’s epoline service for EP and Euro/PCTs Sample Report
    • The USPTO’s Patent Application Information Retrieval service (PAIR) Sample Report
    • The German Patent Office, for monitoring all changes in official actions Sample Report

Alerts

Alerts can be setup to automatically run every week, 2-4 weeks, or every 8th week.  You also have the option to not receive a report if there are no changes in legal status.  Subaccount information may be included as well to better keep track of the alerts.

Reports

PatLegal Monitor’s reports are color coded to highlight any new, modified, or deleted actions making them easy-to-read, and administrators also receive the legal status reports, a summary report, and a report listing all the reports generated.

Who can use PatLegal Monitor?

PatLegal Monitor can be used for both existing Questel customers as well as those who are yet our customers.

If you are an existing Questel customer then you just enter your Questel UserId and the charges will appear on your monthly Questel invoice.

If you are not yet a Questel customers, simply fill out the contact and billing information on the PatLegal Order page and the invoice will be sent to you - so no need to subscribe to Questel to use this service.

The PatLegal Monitor order page can be found at www.qpat.com/patlegal


PatLegal Order Page

Order Page

PatLegal Monitor: Pricing

Pricing for PatLegal Monitor is 30 Euros or $35 annually for each number monitored.

At the end of one year if the previously monitored patents are still being monitored, then you will be automatically invoiced.

Because of the low annual price for monitoring patents, there is no refund policy if you wish to cancel an order before the end of the 12-month monitoring period.
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Instructions

Please enter the contact, billing and address information.  If you have a Questel UserId then please enter this so it can appear on your monthly Questel invoice and usage report.  A valid email address must be included.

E-mail address must be completed and if you want the alerts to also be sent to your colleagues or customers, also include their e-mail addresses, or include them in the “Send also a copy to” box.

A profile name should also be included in the self-described box.

You can have the report run and delivered to you from up to 1-4 weeks, or every 8th week.  The default is every week (1).

To monitor patents use the entry line and please specify, using the drop-down “Type of number” selection, if the number is a patent, application, or a US serial number.

If you have a number of patents to monitor, the “Patent number wizard” box (you can select this by clicking on the “…” button) can be used to automatically upload up to 100 numbers into the order page.

Then select the type of legal status in which you want to monitor, and then enter “Comment” which will appear on every alert. 

When you receive your PatLegal Monitor invoice all SubAccounts will be grouped together making it easier to identify internal or external customers.

If you want to run a preliminary report, check the “Send first basis report for all numbers”.

If you only want to receive alerts when there are changes in legal status, then select the “Only send e-mail when there is a change in legal status” option.

Once all the information has been entered, click on the “Confirm” button to place your order.  You will then shortly receive a confirmation email.
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