Automatic patent annual fee reminding system

Abstract

The invention discloses an automatic patent annual fee reminding system including a central processing module, a contact target input module, a patent feature input module, a patent search tracking module, a patent invalidation sorting module and a serial contact reminding module. A corresponding system module is used input relevant information of the reminded person and the feature information ofthe patent to be searched to the system, and then the system retrieves and tracks the related patents daily, and sorts the retrieved patents in sequence based on the time of failure. When the systemdate approaches the expiration date of the patent, the system automatically contacts the reminded person to do relevant reminders until the reminded person confirms receipt of the reminder. The use ofthis system saves manpower resources and avoids errors of manual retrieval and identification, which in turn avoids the need for manual proofreading and additional costs incurred by proofreading.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an automatic reminder system, in particular to an automatic reminder system for patent annual fees. Background technique [0002] With the strengthening of the intellectual property legal system and law enforcement, enterprises' awareness of intellectual property protection continues to increase, and understanding and tracking intellectual property rights in the industry, especially the distribution of patents, has become one of the necessary conditions for the survival and development of enterprises. Many enterprises and patent agencies have established or are building their industry-related or enterprise-specific patent databases to guide or refer to product development and production. [0003] However, at present, the update of the patent annual fee payment status in the enterprise patent database is carried out through manual retrieval one by one. By logging into the corresponding authoritative intellectual property websit...

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Problems solved by technology

By logging into the corresponding authoritative intellectual property websites at home and abroad, querying the published patent annual fee payment status information, and then manually updating the annual fee payment status in the enterprise patent database, the workload is heavy and the efficiency is low

Moreover, this kind of cyclical repetitive work causes waste of human resources on the one hand, and on the other hand, manual retrieval and identification are prone to errors, and proofreading will increase additional costs

[0004] However, due to the particularity of the patent, after the patent is granted, an annual fee needs to be charged. The annual fee is different from year to year. If the patent annual fee is not paid on time, the patent will become invalid.

Cause loss of interests, there is an urgent need to push an information reminder system and method to solve actual needs

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