- From your Homepage, select “Custom Fees”. Then click your {Firm Name} Fees. You can now select the service charge you want to create by clicking on Add Patent Service Charge.
If you want to create a specific Service Charge name, you can do that by creating a Task, which can also be found under “Custom Fees”.
- Click on Custom Fees in the sidebar to expand the section, then on Tasks.
- Under Description, type in the name of the Service Charge you want. For this example, we will type in Service Charge: File Foreign Patent.
- Under IP Type, Select Patent.
- Click Save to create the task.
- You will then have the option to Edit or Delete the Task.
Now, let’s set up a Patent Service Charge with a $750 fee for a Foreign Patent Application.
Once you are on the Patent Service Charge page, simply fill out the required details. See the list below as an example. Click Save once done.
- Foreign Firm Activity – File Patent Application
- Service Charge Name – Service Charge: File Foreign Patent
- Amount – $750
- Currency – USD
- Excluded Country – United States
- VAT Applicable – VAT Not Applicable
- Filing Routes – National, PCT, Paris
- Attorney – None
- Modifiable? – Yes
- Apply to All Office Locations – Yes
- If you select Yes under Modifiable, you can change the Amount.
- Additional Countries – AUD – Australian Dollar – 910, GBP – British Pound – 490, CAD – Canadian Dollar – 895
- You can also Edit, Duplicate, or Delete the Service Charge that was created.
- Let’s now run a Patent Forecast in Australia, China, Japan, and South Korea.
- If you selected Modifiable when creating the Service Charge, you will have the option to edit the amount of the applicable Service Charge when doing a forecast.
- Patent Forecast Results with the Service Charge Fee added in the Forecast.
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