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Documentation

How PatentFlow is installed and how each part behaves - not only what a button is called, but what happens when you press it: when a deadline is proposed, who may check it, what the AI sees and what is recorded.

Installation

Installing on a Linux server with Docker, with or without AI, and the first administrator.

System requirements

Server sizes for the application, the database and the AI model, and what a GPU changes.

Users, rights and visibility

Administrators, groups with rights, and who may see which client and file.

Invention disclosures

The form for clients, the Word template, the inbox and confirming submissions.

AI drafts

How a draft is generated, which model runs it and what the firm guidelines do.

Editor and drawings

Editing drafts, revisions and chat, the claim tree, warnings and the figure tool.

Files and filings

Patent families, filings per office, register data, checklists and follow-up filings.

Docket and deadlines

Computed deadlines, the docket with pre-deadline and four-eyes check, reminders and calendar.

Planning and tasks

Work packages, tasks, templates, due dates and optional sprints.

Office mail and letters

Reading office letters, assigning them, fees, and letters to the client from templates.

Monitoring and analysis

Watches, oppositions, claim charts and proceedings.

Time and invoices

Recording time, hourly rates, invoices, cancellations and payment.

Security and backups

Sessions, audit log, conflict check, backups and restoring.

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