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Filing & Prosecution Services - Draftncraft

Draft n Craft provides end-to-end filing and prosecution support to ensure the accurate, timely, and strategic protection of intellectual property rights. Our experienced team works alongside corporations, law firms, and inventors to manage every critical step from initial filings to post-allowance reviews with precision and reliability.

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IP Docketing

We track and manage all deadlines, ensuring no lapse in rights. Our team works with multiple IP Management Systems (IPMS) and maintains up-to-date, accurate records with timely reminders for all action items.

Filing package preparation

We prepare complete filing packages, including all necessary forms and supporting documents, ensuring compliance with jurisdiction-specific requirements. This minimizes office actions and prosecution delays.

IDS Management

Our semi-automated process ensures accurate and comprehensive Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) filings, managing references across related family members to maintain compliance.

Shell office action response

We prepare attorney-specific shell responses to Office Actions, structuring headers, footers, and examiner objections to streamline the attorney’s drafting process.

Data Verification

We provide support for one-time and ongoing projects such as file openings, data migrations, backlog clearances, and holiday coverage, allowing your internal teams to focus on higher-priority tasks.

Special Projects

We provide support for one-time and ongoing projects such as file openings, data migrations, backlog clearances, and holiday coverage, allowing your internal teams to focus on higher-priority tasks.

Post allowance review

Before issue fee payments, we conduct a thorough review of file histories to confirm the accuracy of bibliographic details and ensure compliance with all requirements.

What to Expect from Technical Services?

Never miss a deadline.

Skilled team with extensive filing and prosecution experience.

Robust quality control across all deliverables.

Familiarity with multiple IP management tools and global filing systems.

Flexible support models for ongoing and project-specific needs.

FAQs:

What is covered under data verification?

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We cross check all the IP data currently in the IPMS against what is available at the PTO's. We highlight the discrepancy and update the IPMS accordingly.

Do you do data verification only for patents?

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We do data verification for both patents and trademarks.

How is the data verified for jurisdictions which are no online?

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Pricing is based on fixed pricing model, per case basis.

What all data is verified?

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We verify all the bibliographic information, personnel, inventors, upcoming docketing and renewal due date.

Do you manage docketing for both patents and trademarks?

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Yes, we provide comprehensive docketing services for both patents and trademarks, ensuring all critical dates are tracked and maintained.

What docketing platforms do you docket?

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Our team dockets in various IP management software’s, such as Foundation IP, Anaqua, DIAMS, Memotech, Cpi, etc. Our team requires 1 week to get accustomed to any docketing software.

We need help during the holiday season, do you provide temporary assistance?

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Yes, we have various billing models and contractual, fixed time, backlog clearance are some of them along with FTE, etc.

What all jurisdictions you provide docketing for?

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Our team is well trained for US, PCT and all international docketing for patents and trademarks.

Can your team provide assistance with data migration to IP management system?

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Yes, we give complete assistance in setting up client's data for docketing in IP docketing software.

What all forms do you prepare?

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Our team prepares all the filing documents required for filing an application such as ADS, specifications, assignment & recordation, oath & declaration, etc.

Does your team file at the USPTO as well?

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Yes, our team can file on behalf of the attorney at the USPTO, PCT & EPO.

How much time does your team require to prepare and file?

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Our standard turn around time for this service is 3-4 business days, however if there is an urgent requirement we can prepare the forms and file on the same day.

What all data security and confidentiality measure you have in place?

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Before starting any arrangement, we sign an NDA with all our clients in their format. We have signed NDA with all our staff members and limited access to drives on need basis only.

When all does your team prepare an IDS?

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We prepare IDS on our client's requests at the time of filing, before the office action and supplemental IDS anytime during the prosecution.

How quickly can you team prepare an IDS?

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Our standard Turn around time is 4 business days and we can take rush requests as well.

Do we need to provide your team with the reference documents?

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Our team can search for references available publicly and can also procure paid references as per our client's requirements and authorization

Do you use a tool to prepare and file an IDS?

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We have a home grown excel tool - Citation matrix, we use it to map all the family members and associated references. We use third party tools to manage IDS and reference management for our clients, access to which is provided by our client's.We have a technical team as well, which can assist in preparing draft applications and response to office actions.

Do you prepare the complete response to office action?

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This is only a shell response to the entire office action. We fill all the information, highlight the objections and leave the technical part blank for the attorney to input their response.

Do you provide copies of references?

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Yes, we will download all the references cited by the examiner in their rejection and procure paid references as per instructions and authorization of the examiner.

What is a special project?

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Various projects which do not form the part of a paralegal or admin staffs daily work are categorized as a special project such as, data migration, reference entry, file history download, file opening, etc.

How is the billing done for this type of work?

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We do a detailed effort estimation for the project and can bill on an hourly or a fixed cost for the project.

Who will work on the project?

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Our experienced paralegals and legal admin staff will work on the projects based on their skill set and previous experience working on similar projects.

When is this service performed?

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We perform post allowance review before the issue fee is paid. This covers an overall check of the entire prosecution, checking all the bibliographic information, inventor & attorney details, etc.

Do you provide drawings or illustrations services at this stage?

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We have team which can prepare and amend drawings at any stage of prosecution.

Can we customize the service and reports?

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We have team which can prepare and amend drawings at any stage of prosecution.

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