Patent ID: 8731989

Claim:
A method for reviewing a project comprising: assigning role handlers to the project; sending, by at least one computing device, a notification to a first role handler that a new task for the project has been completed; providing, by the at least one computing device the first role handler with a due date for completing a review of the new task, wherein the new task is associated with one of: a patentability search, completing a description, and completing an initial disclosure form; receiving, by the least one computing device, a completed review of the new task by the first role handler; sending, by the least one computing device, a notification to a second role handler that the new task has been reviewed by the first assigned role handler; providing, by the at least one computing device, the second assigned role handler with a due date for completing a review of the new task; and receiving, by the at least one computing device, a completed review of the new task by the second role handler; determining, by the at least one computing device, any differences between an outcome of the completed review performed by the first role handler and the completed review performed by the second role handler and sending the differences to an Intellectual Property (IP) committee to make a final decision regarding approval of an invention disclosure; and sending, by the at least one computing device, the invention disclosure to an attorney for filing of a patent application associated with the invention disclosure.