Iolite Industrial Design Management Software

The Deadlines Calendar displays the list of all upcoming deadlines to the user for various Industrial Design Dockets. The software offers color coding for various categories of deadlines i.e., Renewal, Hearing, etc. keeping your deadlines organized. The Iolite Industrial Design Management Software allows you to synchronize your deadlines with your personal Google & Outlook calendars making deadlines accessible on your phone & tablets.

The Dashboard provides a graphical user interface that provides at-a-glance views of key performance indicators (KPI) relevant to the industrial design business processes. In other words, it provides a progress report of the various industrial design filed across the world.

The company module allows users to store all group companies who are owners of the various Intellectual Property application & disputes that are filed. The user can store complete details of the companies in a centralized location and helps to retrieve company details at various stages in the software without re-entering the same, keeping the content uniform throughout the software making retrieval of accurate data.

Users can categories the complete Intellectual Property portfolios as per the various division and subdivisions of the company making data visibility and access highly structured. The access rights for the various division portfolio can be restricted as per user choice.

Store, process and retrieve complete industrial design information, deadlines, and documents right from the day of filing the industrial design application to publication, registration, and renewal of the industrial design in the centralized industrial design repository making the workflow of law firms highly simplified, productive and smooth.

Store, process and retrieve complete design rectification and cancellation information, deadlines, and documents right from the day of filing the design rectification and cancellation to counter-statement, evidence filing, and hearing of the design rectification and cancellation in the centralized industrial design rectification and cancellation repository making the workflow of law firms highly simplified, productive and smooth.

The software provides an automated process flow during the complete life cycle of an industrial design application using the specially designed Law Engine.

A centralized docketing repository allowing you to store and retrieve all the documents, deadlines, and details from anywhere at any time.

A user can import bulk industrial design applications details into the software using the excel import facility. Users can clone industrial design applications across different countries.

User can create an industrial design application docket using “Add New Case”. Users can fill in information like industrial design details, applicant details, classes with goods, priority claimed, design views, etc. For Hague applications, the software also offers to store the designated countries' details and deadlines.

The software allows you to docket all forms that are filed at the IP office. The software allows you to export individual form pdf or all forms in the zip file. It also allows you to store deadlines of form pending for submission and you can generate reports of the pending list of form filing deadlines.

The software allows you to docket various types of documents like Drawings, POA, GPA, etc. The software allows you to export individual document pdf file or all files in one zip file.

The software allows you to docket formality examination failure report document and generates the reply filing deadlines in the software. The software allows you to export individual formality examination pdf or all formality examination pdf in one zip file. Your team members can also generate reports of the pending list of formality examination failure reports being replied to as well as the list of formality examination failure reports which are replied.

The software allows you to docket all examination reports received with a deadline date by which you need to submit your reply to the IP Office. The software allows you to export individual examination report pdf or all examination reports in one zip file. Your team members can also generate reports of the pending list of examination reports to be replied to as well as the list of replied examination reports.

It is a tough task to keep track and manage the upcoming hearings to be attended. Using Iolite what you need to do is just generate a report of upcoming hearing deadlines, say for the next 30 days, and analyze the list of upcoming hearings and plan your schedule accordingly.

The software allows you to docket all order/decision received from the IP Office. The software allows you to export individual order/decision pdf or all orders/decisions in one zip file.

The publication is a very important milestone reached in the design life cycle. The software allows users to docket the publication copy along with the Journal no and date of publication. Users can download reports of publication received for the industrial design portfolio for a given company or division/sub-division. The users can also download the individual publication copy or all publication copies in the zip file. The software also generates an opposition period deadline as per industrial design rules on receipt of publication.

Registration of the industrial design is the final milestone in the process of industrial design application filing where the period of validity of the industrial design is obtained which is for 5-10(+) years from the date of application or registration. The software allows the user to docket the industrial design registration certificate file with certificate/registration no and registration date. Users can download reports of registered industrial design applications for a given company or division/sub-division or date range. The users can also download the individual registration certificate or all registration certificates in one zip file.

Renewal of Industrial Design is equally important as the registration of the industrial design. Hence it is quite important to inform the management divisions/sub-divisions of the upcoming renewals of the industrial design well in advance before the deadline. Here the software helps in fetching the details of all the upcoming renewals within a stipulated time. On receipt of the renewal certificate or intimation letter, the users can docket the same in the software marking the renewal of industrial design completed which would update the renewal due date for 5(+) years. The users can also download the individual renewal certificate or all renewal certificates in the zip file.

Provide access to your external IP agents & attorneys to access and maintain the IP portfolios managed by them whilst maintaining agreed levels of access. The external counsel or agents can add details, documents, and deadlines for their respective IP matters in the software.

Store important instructions for all industrial design applications in the centralized repository for quicker access.

Users can store all important deadlines pertaining to the industrial design application in the docket. On completion of a deadline, users can dismiss the deadline with the reason of closure. Facility to view the details of the deadlines. Users can communicate the deadlines with one click using the pre-formatted template email to the divisions/sub-divisions. It also provides a facility to allocate the concerned user responsible for the deadline management.

It provides an exhaustive summary report to the users to export all industrial design applications as well as rectification or cancellation details. The user can filter the report using a wide variety of filter parameters to get the required details. Users can also select the required columns that are to be exported to excel. To view any particular industrial design details users can also move to the case.

Using deadline reports the users can generate a list of upcoming deadlines approaching shortly. The users can filter out the deadlines list on a wide variety of parameters and export the required deadline list in excel. The user can also dismiss the given deadlines and specify the reason for the same. To view more details of any industrial design application the user can click on the “Arrow Icon”. To further investigate any deadline in detail, users can select the industrial design application and press move to the case.

Using the Document report the user can download the list of documents docket in the software for any given range of dates using a wide variety of filters. Moreover, if the user wants to export the documents in bulk, the software provides a zip file of all documents selected. E.g., if a user wants to export all registration certificates for a particular division/sub-division or company for this month, he/she can filter out the documents and press the Download Selected Docs button. Moreover, a user can also press the download button against any document to download. To further investigate any document in detail, users can select the industrial design application and press move to the case.

It allows users to configure recurring variables once in the masters so that they can be used across the software to reduce the efforts of typing the values again and again. It also makes the software scalable by avoiding hardcoded variables to dynamic variables. Further, it maintains the variable contents uniform throughout the software making filtering of data accurate.

Store the expense invoices received from the third-party Agent and Attorney for filing the industrial design applications & rectifications or cancellations and record the payment made against these invoices. Generate analytical reports of expense incurred and payment against them.