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Abstract

A computer-implemented method of managing documents related to a patent application. In one embodiment the method includes storing a plurality documents related to a patent application in a database accessible to a server system, where each of the plurality of documents has a document type and where the plurality of documents includes at least one document having a first document type and at least one document having a second document type. The method also includes storing a rule in the database that indicates specific document types to be deleted from the database in response to a predetermined event occurring related to prosecution of the patent application, where the rule indicates that documents of the second type should be deleted but not documents of the first type; receiving a signal at the server system indicating the predetermined event has occurred; and after receiving the signal, implementing the rule to delete documents of the second type in the database that are related to the patent application but not delete documents of the first type that are related to the patent application.

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