Circular - Overview

Here you get to the tutorial. A circular is a set of documents which the patent department distributed to the viewer. As viewer it is you task to look at the documents and rate those.
Main menu Circular
In the window Circular - > Documents to process you see all documents which were delegated to you.
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Bild 1 - integrated filters Bild 2 - without integrated filters
Is your patentGate server configured with the option to use integrated filters (picture 1), the filter configuration is described in this article. If your screen looks like picture 2, the filter configuration is described there. In the default configuration the documents are classified in different baskets:
All grants to treat after expiry of deadline
  • grants
  • delegated to this user as circular
  • not yet rated (by this user)
  • deadline expired
All grants to treat before deadline expiry
  • grants
  • delegated to this user as circular
  • not yet rated (by this user)
  • deadline not yet expired
All applications to treat
  • applications (disclosure, patent appllications, incl. German Gebrauchsmuster)
  • delegated to this user as circular
  • not yet rated (by this user)
All publications to treat
  • delegated to this user as circular
  • not yet rated (by this user)
Processed documents
       delegated to this user as circular
  • rated (by this user)
  • deadline not yet expired
(To modify or complement the rating)
The baskets can be configured specific for the enterprise and each user. Umlauf By clicking on the pen Screenshot Icon you open the documents to process (see here). Via the symbol Screenshot Icon opens the list view. Here you can process the documents in an overview. You can set uninteresting documents on Seen or edit them at deeper interests. The symbol Screenshot Icon leads to the export of all documents in the list as table. On the top left is the tool menu Screenshot Icon. Via this you get to the edit mode and you can change the order of the baskets. Click on Save order to save the order. You can add rows via the button New in the lower menu bar. To exit the edit mode click on Screenshot Icon.