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Website Development for Patent Search & Registration Provider
- www.simplepatents.com
- Launched, In 2006
| PHP | Java Script |
| MySql | DHTML |
| HTML | CSS |
- Secured solution for the security of patents information.
- Browser Compatibility with Firefox, Internet explorer.
- Threaded comment box for internal communication between customer and site administrator.
- Easy managing / tracking of the updates on the project/ invention disclosed.
- Pleasant interactive designing.
- "Simple and systemized development of my project was a basic requirement. Simple Patents is aesthetically well done and reflects the ideology of my business. Good work is an understatement."
The customer
Simple Patents is located in USA at the proximity to the United States Patent & Trademark Office at Alexandria, Virginia. It specializes in patent search by making thorough search of active and expired U.S. Patents using number proprietary and public resources to provide fast and accurate results to their customer making use of combination of keyword and complete subclass searching at very low cost. Simple patents wanted to have the website that can serve best to their customer wherein customer can disclose their invention proposal online for free initial review to the 'Simple patents' and later can make the online payment to 'Simple patents' to proceed ahead for the best accurate and quicker online electronic delivery of the patent search results by providing the related documents to download to customer as per their disclosed invention.
Requirements
- Online registration of all the customers who need to avail the patent search service.
- Customer login based account for registered user to submit their invention idea/ discloser for free initial review to open unlimited number of projects/invention and track the progress of each existing project/invention.
- Online payment acceptance of different amount depending on type search service being purchased.
- Online updating of each invention/project to keep up to date information of project/invention along with internal comments/discussion between customer and simple patents on each project/invention.
- Offer to take survey on completion of project.
- Offer Discount code to get discount in payment to be made for next project to the customer who took survey.
- Online free demo to try out the functionality.
- Manage all the projects / invention that are opened up by the register customer.
- Update any project/ invention to move the project stepwise to enter into predefined 5 phases.
- Manage the comments for each project/ invention made between simple patents and customer at any step of the project.
- Manage all customer registered and their projects.
- Give discount to any customer in making the payment.
- Managing information of US Patents for each project/invention to give the information to the related customer.
- Review the results of survey taken by customer on completion of project.
- Search customer's invention/ project submitted on any date.
- Search registered customer on different criterias.
- Manage the database of directory of classification of patents.
The Solution
The entire solution is made in secure mode and updations and comments can be made and addressed at any phase of project /invention by the customer and the simple patents. With any updates made by the customer or simple patents, the project moves into the next phase and at final stage i.e. phase 5 the project gets completed.
Customers can disclose their invention/project online and get free online initial review from simple patents. On being convinced with response of the free initial review, the customer can make the online payment. On receiving the payment, simple patents puts/ uploads the relevant information (pdfs and image files) for customer to download and review them. Simple patents put various novel features and US patent classification applicable to the customer's invention /disclosure and customer can thus get updated with that information related to their project/ invention. Customer can set the project as complete if all the relevant information's are found appropriate and take the survey to rate the service of simple patents and get discount in return for the next project /invention.
The invention disclosure/ project can be allowed to get submitted only after the user registration process so that status of each invention/project can be checked by the customer from their registered account on the site, payment can be made for the project and survey can be taken on completion of project.
Detail back office management. Back office includes managing customers information, managing project / invention reaching at various phase, manage payment received and to grant the discounts to the customer, review the results of rating made survey taken by customer, Search upon the customers and the projects and the payments using various search criterias, managing the database of directory of classification of patents.
Full project was commenced starting from requirement analysis till the site went live and back office functionality was developed offshore at our premises in India.