IDS Management

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From prior IDS to filed package — one tool handles foreign OA import, automatic patent lookup, 37 CFR 1.97 certification, and outputs a complete ZIP with SB/08 PDF and transmittal letter.

📂 Prior IDS duplicate detection 📥 OA import — JP · KR · CN · TW · EP 🔍 Auto patent lookup ⚖️ 37 CFR 1.97 advisor 📦 ZIP package output 💾 Session save / load
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📁 Application Information

📂 Load Prior Filed IDS PDFs

Auto-fills header · duplicate detection
Upload prior IDS PDFs. Duplicate references are auto-flagged so you never cite the same prior art twice.
Choose File No file chosen IDS_2024-08-12.pdf
PDF
3 prior references detected — duplicate detection active. Header, signer, and prior count auto-filled.

📥 Import References from Office Action

Auto-extracts patent numbers & NPL
Upload OA PDFs or Word translations — JP, KR, CN, TW, EP all supported. References are shown before adding.
Choose File No file chosen JP-OA_2025-04-21.pdf
PDF
Extracted References — uncheck any to exclude
Number / ReferenceTypeSource
JP2018-145623ForeignJP-OA_2025-04-21
EP3214567B1ForeignJP-OA_2025-04-21
US10878955US PatJP-OA_2025-04-21
Tanaka et al., JJAP 2017NPLJP-OA_2025-04-21

🗽 US Patents & Publications

US Only · 4 in parallel
Enter US patent or publication numbers, one per line. Title, kind code, date, and assignee auto-populate.
#StatusNumberKindDateAssigneeTitle
1 Looking up 10,878,955 B22020-12-29 Joby Aviation Distributed propulsion eVTOL
2 Looking up 11,000,000 B22021-05-04 Boeing Co. Apparatus for stowable rotor blade
3 Looking up 9,567,891 B22017-02-14 Bell Helicopter Tilt-rotor aircraft control
4 Looking up 2023/0123456 A12023-04-20 Pratt & Whitney Hybrid-electric powertrain

🌍 Foreign Patent References

With or without country code
Enter foreign patent numbers, one per line. Bare numbers are tried against JP · EP · CN · KR · WO.
#StatusCCNumberKindDateAssignee
1 Looking up JP 2018-145623 A2018-09-20Sony Corp.
2 Looking up EP 3214567 B12019-11-13Airbus SAS
3 Lookup CN 113456789 A2021-09-28BYD Co. Ltd.
4 Lookup KR 10-2020-0098765 A2020-08-21Samsung SDI

📄 Non-Patent Literature

DOI auto-fill
Paste a DOI and the full citation auto-populates. NPL is also extracted automatically from imported OA PDFs.
Paste DOI or full citation here…
Paste DOI or full citation here…

⚖️ Certification & Timing Advisor

37 CFR 1.97
Pick application status and when references were known — the tool auto-recommends the certification and fills the PDF checkboxes.
✓ Recommended: 37 CFR 1.97(e)(1) — No fee required
Certification statement auto-checked on PDF. Filed within 3 months of foreign OA receipt — safe harbor applies.
Certification Signer

📥 Generate IDS Package

📬 Transmittal Letter Remarks
Standard supplemental IDS remark
"This is an IDS. Citation or identification of any reference shall not be construed as an admission that such reference is available as prior art."
Custom remark
Skip — do not generate transmittal
References: 🗽 US: 4 🌍 Foreign: 4 📄 NPL: 2 Total: 10
1 Generating SB/08 IDS PDF… IDS_SB08.pdf
2 Generating Transmittal Letter… Transmittal.pdf
3 Bundling ZIP & downloading foreign refs… Package.zip

✓ Package Ready

Ready to file
IDS_SB08.pdf
PTO/SB/08 · 10 refs
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IDS_Transmittal.pdf
Cover letter · PTO/SB/21
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IDS_SB439.pdf
Safe-harbor cert
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