Once your European patent is allowed, you can easily forecast the costs of validating it in EP member states you have selected. These forecasts can be Saved, Emailed, and/or Exported for later use or distribution to team members or clients to review.
Let’s create your EP Validation forecast for validation costs in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Cambodia. The European Patent Organization is already automatically selected.
- From your Homepage at the top under Create a New Forecast, click the button labeled Patent. Then select EP Validation & Unitary. This will take you directly to the Patent Forecast Request screen.
- Under Forecast Scope and Jurisdiction, select Validation Only. Then, under Select Validation Countries, choose the specific countries you want to include. If you want to add all EP member states, simply click Select All EP Member States.
- Under Application Pages, enter 15, and under Pages of Claims, enter 30 for this example. You can also toggle Grant Cost, Maintenance UPC Opt Out, and other applicable fees.
- Click Create Forecast to proceed.
Forecast Results Screen: You will have 3 different views of the results: Hybrid, Summary, and Detailed Timeline.
- Hybrid Results – Detailed results of the forecast.
- Summary Results – Provides a concise overview of the results. Has the ability to show cost by phase.
- Timeline Results– Provides the results for the current year and also the next 3 years. Has the ability to show cost by phase and show Breakout professional & PTO fees.
Validated Countries Results – Each country that is added to your forecast will have the EP Validation Phase and other phases you selected.
Saving and Sharing (bottom left) allows you to Save, Edit, Export, Create New, or Send by Email your forecast results.
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