INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CASE DOCKETING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

摘要

Docketing system (1100) for recording, tracking, and reporting deadlines associated with legal cases and a system for allowing payment of an annuity or maintenance fee associated with a patent document. The docketing system (1100) keeps track of deadlines related to one or more cases handled by one or more practitioners. In response to events (1102) related to the cases which result in one or more deadlines, the present invention automatically generates messages notifying users (1108) of deadlines associated with the events. The docketing messages are then automatically communicated to appropriate recipients (1110).