The Workflow Engine

An IP event goes in. Finished work comes out.

The Workflow Engine is the center of the platform. Every other system — trademark, patent, communications, templates, reporting — runs on it. It doesn’t just record that something happened; it carries the resulting work from event to completion.

Stage by stage

What happens at each step

Six stages, applied consistently to every trademark and patent event.

01 · IP Event

A filing, refusal, allowance, statement-of-use window, or renewal deadline posts to the docket. The engine reads it.

02 · Workflow Engine

The event is recognized and routed into the standardized workflow for that event type — the same path, every matter, every paralegal.

03 · Communication Type

The engine determines what the event requires: an Office Action response or report, an SOU reminder, a renewal letter, a congratulations notice.

04 · Approved Template

The firm’s approved template resolves automatically, with shortcodes and conditional sections populated from the matter’s data.

05 · Supporting Information

Deadlines, serial and registration numbers, and attachments assemble in context — correctly named, nothing gathered by hand.

06 · Completed Workflow

Client-ready correspondence is produced, reported, and stamped complete. The matter closes with a record of who did what, when.

The path every matter follows

Watch an event travel from the docket to finished, client-ready work.

01
IP Event
A filing, refusal, allowance, or deadline posts to the docket.
02
Workflow Engine
The event is recognized and routed into a standardized workflow.
03
Communication Type
The engine determines what correspondence the event requires.
04
Approved Template
The firm's approved template resolves automatically.
05
Supporting Information
Deadlines, serials, and attachments assemble in context.
06
Completed Workflow
Client-ready work, reported and closed — nothing dropped.
Why an engine

Consistency isn’t a checklist. It’s a system.

Checklists depend on people remembering to follow them. An engine applies the same process to every event — so the quality of the work no longer depends on which paralegal caught it or how busy the week was.

  • Every event handled the same way, by design
  • No rebuilding correspondence from memory
  • Nothing dropped between the deadline and the client
  • New staff produce senior-level output on day one

See the engine work across trademark and patent.