Honu Resources

Discover how Honu can optimize your IP law firm's foreign patent management!

1. Eliminate Duplicate Docketing Requests

  • Increase quality and accuracy of your docketing process
  • Save valuable time and reduce costs associated with redundant work

 

2. Non-Disruptive Integration

  • Seamlessly works with your existing email workflows
  • No process reengineering required – maintain your current systems

3. Agent-Friendly Reporting Interface

  • Wizard interface is simple to use and ensures accurate reporting
  • Currently used by over 200 international agents worldwide

4. Simplify Docketing

  • Queue and streamline complex foreign patent docketing tasks
  • Standardized reporting reduces docketing errors and increases efficiency

5. Enable Automated Docket Verification

  • Automatically verify that all docket items are added to docket
  • Automatically compare reported due dates against existing docket entries

FAQs

How many users can we have?

As many as you want! We recommend one account per person using it, but you can also have a number of users sharing the same account.

How many users can be using it at the same time?

As many as you want!

What if they are on the same account?

Not an issue!

Can one of our accounts see items entered from another one of our accounts?

Yes!

What happens if I make a mistake when entering an item?

Items entered through Honu still go through rigorous validation and if discrepancies are detected, they will be caught and corrected by our highly trained Docketers.

I don’t know the application number yet. What do I do?

Just enter the docketing number, you can add the application number in a later transaction.

We need emails to be able to be sent to our clients when we send these. How should we do that?

There is a place for you to specify email recipients when entering into Honu. This will send an email to any of those people. (In the near future it will also remember who it was last sent to and pre-fill that in and show that data on the matter validation page)

The application number tied to this docket number is wrong!

Just send us an email to support@blackhillsip.com. We are working on making an automated way to correct/merge/prevent duplicates but it is not ready yet.

How should European validations be submitted?

Submit validations under the docket number for the European Patent Office (EPO) matter. For example, if you are doing validations for France and Germany, you would enter the docket number for the EPO matter, select the action as Validations → France and follow the flow, the repeat for Germany.

Why is it not possible to upload a zip file?

One of the primary benefits of Honu is identifying what each attachment is. Since a zip file is a compressed folder containing multiple individual files, it prevents us from ensuring all files in that zip are properly assigned a document type. Please just unzip the file and upload the attachments individually.

Can I check the deadlines added to my Honu submission?

Yes, FA’s can check the deadline within the transaction info before submitting.

Learn how Honu’s innovative features can transform your docketing department’s productivity without disrupting established processes. Whether you’re an existing customer of Black Hills AI or interested in optimizing your foreign patent workflow, this webinar is tailored for you.

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