APLS is our Automated Patent Library System. It is an interface to allow access to Patent and other data services offered by IP Data Corporation. Each customer's account may have up to 100 users numbered from 00 to 99. The complete User-ID is your account number followed by a hyphen and the two User Number digits (e.g., nnnnn-12 where nnnnn is your account number and 12 is your user).
Account Administrator - User 00 is your account administrator, and may enable or diable access to any of our products or services for each of the account users.
Each User's ID is tracked separately for billing purposes. Your monthly statement will show who created the order as well as the Docket/Reference number they used (if any). Monthly invoices references the useage report which shows usage sorted two different ways. One complete list is sorted by Docket number (which may also be used for your order reference or client-matter number), and another copy is sorted by by User-ID. .
It allows up to 100 users on each account to access any of the data and services we provide based on your access settings for the users. These include individual text and image files for all publications in our collections in any of the formats we support, and searching on the P9V7 Search System. You may control access to on a per user basis for any of the services we offer, including:
- Online Patent Searching with P9V7 - each user is assigned a work area.
- 300-dpi Multi-page PDF or TIF Patents and Applications for downloading
- Up to 500 publications may be ordred in a variety of formats, and, Jumbo files are handled on an optional basis (users are warned and may select smaller abstract versions, if desired)
- Your Dockets/Client Matter numbers are reported each month when entered on the order
The APLS User ID is part of our Customer Account management system, and this means you are ready to add users if you have an account with us.
APLS Patent Order Form Options
COMBINE ALL PAGES INTO ONE BIG FILE
We can combine all documents on an order into one large PDF or TIF file for easy printing or handling (at no extra cost). This is different than a ZIP file - The Combine Documents option actually combines all of the pages of all the files into a single large PDF or TIF file. For US pubs, correction pages (X6) and ReExams are always attached to the primary document (at NO extra cost).
ZIP ALL DOCUMENTS INTO ONE FILE
All Publications may be Zipped into a single Zip Archive for downloading. Some people find this easier than downloading multiple single files. Windows and Mac both have built-in unzipping so no special unzipping software is needed.
100 USERS PER ACCOUNT
Accounts can have up to 100 individual users, and your firm can have one account for all locations, or individual accounts for each location. You can even have multiple accounts for the same location. Users can be added with a simple phone call to us. There is no charge to add users. Each user has a separate logon ID and PIN number for the system. They may change their own PIN number, if desired. Users are also tracked internally on the invoices, but your primary method of order tracking is your own docket number (discussed below).
DOCKET NUMBER TRACKING
Your docket numbers automatically come from the order form and onto the invoices, and they are also moved onto the statement line items each month to assist you further with billing YOUR clients. We understand the importance of your firm being able to bill the cost of these publications back to your clients, and we understand that it must be accurate and in a timely manner. We know that invoices for items ordered over the Internet don't always make it back to your accounting office, as most offices require. Frankly, it's difficult to track all of this information in an office with multiple attorneys, cases and a large library staff (sometimes it's just information overload!). We understand what it takes to track and bill all the document orders for 93 attorneys working on 220 different cases in 5 different offices! That's why we help you keep it all straight. At the end of the month, we send a PDF copy of every Internet invoice (one per Internet order) to your email billing address (or even via snail mail, if you need it). We make sure that if you entered a docket number, it makes it onto the invoice. Finally, on your monthly statement where we summarize the orders, each line item has the order number, your docket (as entered on our order forms), and the first publication number or item description on that order.
APLS also lets you order File Histories as well as Daily, weekly or monthly search services on our P9 Patent Search System.