A patent can be lost through a missed deadline as easily as through a strong objection. Every application carries dozens of dates across its life, from priority and national phase deadlines to examination requests, office action responses, foreign filing statements, renewals and working statements, and each office counts them differently. Our docketing and paralegal team tracks these deadlines, prepares the formal documents and keeps every file complete, so attorneys and clients can focus on substance.

What We Offer

• Docketing of all pre-filing, prosecution and post-grant deadlines for patents and trademarks, with advance reminders

• Portfolio records covering applicant, inventor, technology and jurisdiction details, documents filed, and costs incurred and paid

• Formalities and filings before the Indian Patent Office, including forms, powers of attorney, proofs of right and Form 3 statements

• Renewal and annuity management for granted patents

• US Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) management, including reference collection, translations, size-fee assertions and timely filing

• Remote docketing support for law firms and in-house teams worldwide

Our Approach

1. Open the portfolio on day one. As soon as we are instructed, a portfolio is created in our docketing system with all client, invention and cost details.

2. Docket every date. Statutory and internal deadlines are entered and checked by a second person, with notes recording the status of each matter.

3. Alert in advance. Clients and attorneys receive reminders well before each deadline, not on the day.

4. Standardise the workflow. Uniform processes across portfolios keep data quality high and make large portfolios easy to audit.

Why Khurana & Khurana

• Dedicated docketing specialists. K&K and our sister firm IIPRD employ specialists whose sole job is docketing and formalities.

• Teams across India. Remote docketing support is delivered from our offices in New Delhi, the NCR, Pune, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Indore and Punjab.

• Built for large portfolios. Our systems and teams are designed for clients managing hundreds of applications across many jurisdictions.

• Communication with foreign counsel. Established channels with foreign associates keep cited references and status changes flowing on time.

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Key Indian Patent Forms

 Form 1 and the specification (Form 2), with the fee, are needed to get a filing date. Forms 3, 5 and 26 can be filed later within the prescribed time. Applications claiming foreign priority also need the priority document and, where needed, a verified English translation.

US Information Disclosure Statements

US applicants must disclose prior art they know to be material to patentability. Failing to do so can make the patent unenforceable for inequitable conduct.

• No fee or statement needed: within three months of filing or national stage entry, or before the first office action on the merits

• Fee or statement required: after that, until a final rejection or notice of allowance

• Fee and statement required: after a final rejection or allowance, until the issue fee is paid

• After the issue fee: only with a request for continued examination, for example through the USPTO's QPIDS procedure

• IDS size fee: since 19 January 2025, a size fee applies once the total number of cited items exceeds 50, 100 or 200, and each IDS must include a size-fee assertion

As a best practice, we file the first IDS with the application and supplement it as references are cited in related foreign and PCT applications.

📩 For more information on how our Docketing & Paralegal Support services can ease your patent application submission, please contact us at info@khuranaandkhurana.com.

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Patent Docketing Process