DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

The business is complex, the system does not have to be! Here are some points to bear in mind:

• PATTSY is an integrated database, (the patents, trademarks, general matters and license modules are all contained in a single system).  Competing systems frequently separate these modules into entirely separate databases making consolidated reporting, searching and overall use far more complex.
  
  
• PATTSY is an extremely intuitive and easy-to-learn system, largely due to our unique "single screen approach."  PATTSY presents all information of a given MATTER on a single screen vs. many equivalent screens in competing systems.  Our approach allows users to perform most functions from one place (docketing, letter/forms generation, searches, report writing, image linking, etc).
  
  
• PATTSY presents all information for a given CLIENT or DIVISION on a single screen.  Full details of each matter can be accessed with a single point and click (i.e., no searching or querying).  This is not available in most competitor systems and is not even possible in a non-integrated solution.
  
  
• Searching for records is based on a unique paradigm in PATTSY frequently called "query by example".  Search criteria can be entered on the data entry screen in any field.  PATTSY presents results in tabular or full page view for printing, viewing or modification.  Users can easily search for “all ABC Corp. records in the US where a maintenance fee or renewal is due in the first quarter of next year.”  While easily stated, the equivalent search in competing systems may require modest programming knowledge, or at minimum, an extremely cumbersome “if, then, or with” statement.
  
  

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