The latest version of the TIP Tool provides real time collaboration capabilities. What this means is that two or more users can edit an idea at the same time. The changes would start reflecting to the other user in a real time basis together with the name of the user…
Workflow Stages: The 4 workflow stages that you in the Idea Manager tab of the TIP tool is as follows: Idea Capture: First stage is the Idea Capture phase. This is the initial idea capturing stage, where all your ideas are created, saved and published. After publishing, other collaborators can…
If you have been registered into the tool by an email invitation, there are high chances you have not set your password To set your password, log into the TIP tool. Click on your name/email address that is displayed on the top right corner of your interface Your profile page…
If you have an Admin or a Manager role in a TIP portfolio, then you will have access to the Control Panel. This gives the ability to add or remove users from the account and assign or change their roles. To add a new user, start by clicking on Control…
If you want an already used idea again, first you need to look at the complete list of ideas and check the status of the idea. An idea needs to be in an Active state to be dragged to the dropbox to create a filing. To check the status of…
To add an idea to an existing filing, go open the filing in the ‘Patent Drafting’ stage. Scroll down to the portion of ‘Underlying Ideas’. There is an ‘Add Idea’ button next to it. When you click on ‘Add Idea’, a pop up opens, where you can add the idea…
To edit a filing in the Patent Drafting or Filed column of the Idea Manager, open the filing and click on Edit. The editable version of the Filing would load, where the changes can be made. You can make changes to the Draft or the summary section of the Filing,…
As we progress through the idea lifecycle, some of the ideas may not be pursued, while some may get approved to be filed as a patent application. Once an idea gets approved within an enterprise, it should move to the next stage, that is, the Patent Drafting stage. During this…
The idea form that is offered by the TIP tool is a short idea form. This means that the form is created to gather just the basic required information in order to make it easy to understand and to be used by the inventors. At the same time, in order…
You can create additional portfolios only if you are an admin of an account. Go to the Admin Panel of your profile, and Click on ‘Create Portfolio’. Fill in the various details for your new portfolio. Out of all the fields mentioned, the Portfolio name is a required field. You…