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              Patent Strategy & Administration

              Control costs, streamline invoices, and safeguard your patent rights efficiently with our patent strategy & administration services and tools

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              OVERVIEW

              Comprehensive Patent Strategy & Administration

              Whether you’re looking to better manage cost and invoices, verify patent data or docket it more efficiently, or monetize your patent portfolio, Questel has a wide range of solutions that can help.

              Our comprehensive patent strategy & administration services and tools help clients to:

              • Audit, benchmark, forecast, and renegotiate fees
              • Bundle invoices for more efficient accounting
              • Benchmark, landscape, and value patent portfolios
              • Publish inventions into the public domain
              • Streamline time-consuming IP administration, verification, and docketing tasks and  
              • Improve IP knowledge and awareness as a whole through bespoke eLearning programs. 
                 

              Optimize your patent strategy & administration processes today by choosing from our extensive and flexible range of cost management, invoice bunding, IP consulting, and administrative support services and tools, including defensive publication and eLearning. 

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              Administrative Support

              Manage vital but time-consuming IP administrative tasks more effectively with Questel’s end-to-end IP admin, docketing, and data verification services, including document preparation and proofreading. Our patent strategy and administrative support services are fully customizable, so you can achieve greater cost efficiency for ongoing or one-off tasks without having to adjust your internal processes.  

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              Administrative support, a patent strategy service by Questel

              Invoice Management

              IP invoice reconciliation costs corporate IP departments and law firms valuable time and money. Remove the burden of invoice review on your IP team by choosing Questel’s market-leading invoice management platform. The automated service not only bundles invoices into one clear and transparent bill, but also tracks invoices against agreed costs and deliverables.

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              Questel's Patent strategy services include Invoice Management

              Cost Management

              Are you paying too much for patent strategy and administration services? Our cost management service audits costs for patent procurement, including international filing and prosecution, to ensure compliance and forecast future fees. Not only is the platform quick and easy to use but it also saves our corporate clients on average 20-30%!

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              Questel's Patent strategy services cover Cost Management

              IP Consulting

              Gain a 360-degree view of your patent portfolio and inform strategic decision-making with our bespoke IP consulting services. Questel’s comprehensive range of patent landscape, valuation, due diligence, and licensing preparation services will help you benchmark, organize, and monetize your patent assets for maximum value creation.

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              Questel's Patent strategy services include IP Consulting

              Defensive Publication

              Publish an invention into the public domain rapidly and cost-effectively with Questel’s renowned Research Disclosure solution. Launched in 1960, Research Disclosure is the industry-standard service for defensive publication, ensuring reliability in court, used by patent examiners, and providing the option to publish anonymously. 

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              Defensive Publication, a Patent Strategy & Administration solution by Questel

              eLearning

              Increase IP knowledge and awareness across your organization with Questel’s engaging IP eLearning training programs. From patent fundamentals to trade secrets, confidentiality, patent strategy, and business implications, our eLearning modules are fully customizable, so you can promote and illustrate the value of IP as it applies to your business.  

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              Questel's Patent Strategy services include eLearning

              “If you are wondering whether your IP systems are working for or against you, whether you are getting the value for what you are paying for or whether you are paying hidden fees, it’s time to discover Questel solutions.” 

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              How Questel’s Patent Strategy & Administration Solutions Make a Difference

              You can rely on Questel’s patent strategy & administration solutions throughout the entire lifecycle of your patent assets to save you time and money, uphold accuracy, and safeguard your valuable patent rights. Our optimized processes ensure end-to-end, efficient, and effective patent portfolio administration, but our goal is not only to provide cost savings. Our solutions and tools are also designed to provide clients with ongoing IP process improvements with complete transparency and minimal disruption to their existing processes.
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              Choose Questel for All Your Patent Strategy & Administrative Needs

              Cost Savings

              We save our clients on average 20-30%

              Risk Reduction

              You can trust Questel to deliver every time

              Global Consistency

              Apply and enforce your patent strategy worldwide

              Increased Productivity

              Free up internal teams to focus on value-added tasks

              Easy On-Boarding

              We ensure easy on-boarding by assigning a dedicated project coordinator and ongoing high service levels by providing you with a single point of contact for all IP services.

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              Are you getting value for money through your current suppliers? Questel’s team of cost management experts combines experience with technology to analyze invoice data, identify opportunities for improvement and suggest cost reductions.
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              Explore Our Dedicated IP Services Portal

              Streamline how you instruct, monitor, and budget for patent filing and administrative tasks with our complementary IP Service Portal. Available 24/7, Questel’s secure portal provides instant quotes, real-time tracking, and complete transparency. 

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