Advancing Prior Art

Licenses range from $30-250 per year depending on user roles: WWW.rdbase.net/pricing

No. The RDBASE structure allows users to document the most relevant information with minimal help from outside consultants. Many complete applications on their own while others have found that these details can reduce the consultant efforts & filing costs by up to 90%.

RDBASE allows users to correlate all research activities to specific “variables of uncertainty” to ensure any & all related work is properly claimed. It also performs financial calculations which can be uploaded directly into various corporate tax software packages.

RDBASE is HTTPS certified portal site with 2 level authentication, which make it a very online secure site. Alternately, some users prefer to host their own data by using our RDBASE template for Microsoft SharePoint.

Some users prefer to host their own data by using our RDBASE template for Microsoft SharePoint ($10 / year / user). Alternately we can provide you with a virtual machine to run the program from your own server to prevent any other parties accessing to your data. Deployment costs will be extra (typically $3,000).

Internet access & browser (including Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari).

Yes. For more information please visit our quick video on RDBASE on mobile.

We provide consultants with their own private portals where they can manage their clients.

Once your clients have valid RDBASE accounts they can authorize you to view their information at no additional cost.

There is NO charge to become an RDBASE partner. Most members are already practicing accountants, lawyers or patent agents who are specialists in their fields. In order to get started at least 1 member of each partner firm must complete a brief (15 minute) orientation course on the use of RDBASE itself.

RDBASE PAST (Prior Art Search Tool) allows the users to easily find/document related patents, articles and existing knowledge as part of the research process. It then prompts users to identify “variables of experimentation” that are NOT “readily determinable” based on existing knowledge.

RDBASE structure is designed in a way that captures all required data & related costs for claiming state, provincial &/or federal grants in most countries. RDBASE is an online tool so as long as your party has an internet access & required access level you can collaborate with anyone & anywhere.

The system has various dashboards and wizards to ensure all required information is properly organized and maintained.

We constantly update RDBASE to include user feedback with respect to tools which allow them to document claims with maximum efficiency.

RDBASE provides access for year-end accountants to coordinate the tax filing.

The system includes dashboards and quick overview reports to check project status at a glance.

RDBASE ties the R&D hours to a specific variables of experimentation. This allows the user easily distinguish the R&D hours vs. non-R&D hours.

Yes. Virtually any type of supporting evidence can be uploaded.

Yes. Currently you can import data into both Taxprep (CCH) & Profile (Intuit) tax software.

RDBASE provides a comprehensive reporting system to export and review all data entered during the project.

We provide specific case studies and templates for software, automation, engineering, and many other industries.