Facilitate the patent review process

  • Versão de lançamento: Australia
  • Atualizado 12 de mar. de 2026
  • 3 min. de leitura

    • 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.

    Antes de Iniciar

    An email from outside counsel with the decision on patent filing has been received.

    Role required: sn_lg_ip.patent_fulfiller

    Procedimento

    1. Navigate to All > Legal Counsel Center.
    2. Based on the resolution of the patent application review by the outside counsel, either close the request or indicate that the patent was filed.
      Outside counsel decisionActions
      Accepted
      1. Select the List icon (List icon) from the primary navigation and in the Legal Requests section of the Lists menu, select All.
      2. Open the Legal Invention Disclosure request and select the Legal Matters tab.
      3. Open the matter associated with the request.
      4. Select Patent filed.
      5. On the form, provide the reference number, filing date, and title of the application from the outside counsel's email message.
      6. Select Submit.
        • A Patent Repo record to track the details and status of the application is automatically generated and is accessible on the Patent repositories tab.
        • A new matter task named "Patent filed" is generated and is accessible in the Tasks tab.
        • The legal matter State is updated to Work in Progress and the Application status is updated to Patent filed.
        • If an optional reward for the inventor at the Patent filed stage has been set up, it is processed and sent to the inventor.
      Rejected
      1. Select the List icon (List icon) from the primary navigation and in the Legal Requests section of the Lists menu, select All.
      2. Open the Legal Invention Disclosure request and select the Legal Matters tab.
      3. Open the matter associated with the request.
      4. Select Close Complete.
      5. Provide the reason for the closure in the comment box in the Close Complete Matter window.
      6. If you want to close all associated requests, select the Close related requests check box.
      7. Select OK.
    3. Once the outside counsel notifies the patent fulfiller about the resolution of the patent application to the patent authorities, either close the request if the patent was rejected or indicate that the patent was granted.
      Outside counsel decisionActions
      Accepted
      1. Select the List icon (List icon) from the primary navigation and in the Legal Requests section of the Lists menu, select All.
      2. Open the Legal Invention Disclosure request and select the Legal Matters tab.
      3. Open the matter associated with the request.
      4. Select Patent granted.
      5. On the form, provide the patent grant number and issuance date of the application from the outside counsel's email message.

      6. Select Confirm.

        • The Patent Repo record is automatically updated with the additional details and is accessible on the Patent repositories tab.
        • A new matter task named "Patent granted" is generated and is accessible in the Tasks tab.
        • The legal matter State is updated to Work in Progress and the Application status is updated to Patent Granted.
        • If an optional reward for the inventor at the Patent granted stage has been set up, it is processed and sent to the inventor.
      Rejected
      1. Select the List icon (List icon) from the primary navigation and in the Legal Requests section of the Lists menu, select All.
      2. Open the Legal Invention Disclosure request and select the Legal Matters tab.
      3. Open the matter associated with the request.
      4. Select Close Complete.
      5. Provide the reason for the closure in the comment box in the Close Complete Matter window.
      6. If you want to close all associated requests, select the Close related requests check box.
      7. Select OK.
    4. Approve the pending tasks related to the stages of the application process.
      1. Navigate to All > Legal Counsel Center.
      2. In the Pending approvals widget, select the number.
      3. Select all the requests in the Approvals section.
      4. Select Approve for bulk approval of the requests.
        In the Task tab, the State of the approved task is updated to Closed Complete.
    5. Select Close Complete to close the matter.