Edge Now Supports Templates (And Multiple Images)
Edge now supports templates for high volume matters and multiple image support
Edge is rapidly innovating, which means shipping new features at a fast pace. This week we are announcing two important features: Templates and Multi-Figure Descriptions, both of which will significantly help reduce time for bulky patents done in high volume.
Templates
Edge supports the idea of Drafts when you are working on a matter to demarcate major milestones when you may want an inventor’s input or a colleague’s review. But oftentimes, practitioners have repetitive tasks they must attend to over and over again. It may be a high-volume client who has particular needs, a firm style that requires the use of certain boilerplate, or even an approach that must be used for certain subject matter.
To handle that, we now support templates.
To create a template, click on the 3 dots on the top right of a patent. Then, select “Save as Template” and select the name of the template. Today, it only saves the patent itself—your prior art, for example, will not be saved (like if you have certain references that are required for a template; this is on our roadmap).
To use a template, you have two options:
When starting a new patent from the homepage, pick a template to start from
Open a completed Disclosure and select the three dots you’d normally choose for a Draft; from there, select “Start from Template”
That’s it! Your template will load without issue.
Templates allow you to further personalize Edge on the firm level beyond our individual-level personalization features.
Multi-Image Description
Edge allows you to draft descriptions of Figures using our Assistant. Combined with our labeling feature, this can cut hours from the process of drafting a spec.
However, up until now, Edge only allowed you to describe a single Figure at a time. Of course, practitioners will often describe multiple figures at once—for example, comparing and contrasting different views of the same embodiment, or combining a system diagram and a flow chart to describe a system that enables a method or process. You would have to create that version yourself.
As of today, Edge allows you to now describe multiple figures at once. The Assistant will combine multiple Figures and describe them in a single, integrated subsection. All you do is invoke the Assistant and select the option to describe multiple figures, not just one. Then select the Figures you want the Assistant to write about. Then, just let it rip like you would for a single Figure.
Note that you will get better results if you tell the Assistant what you want it to do with the multiple figures. Although not required, this is more helpful for a multi-figure comparison than for a single-figure description.
Note that this feature is meant to describe figures that belong together. It is not intended to ingest all figures and produce a complete spec. For that, it is still advised to do each Figure or Figure-grouping once at a time so that you can review the results and craft a narrative for your individual application.
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