Electronic File Room™ ("EFR™") for Small and Medium Businesses

At First To File^®, our customer’s patent portfolio’s range from 100 to over 100,000 cases in size.   As we developed our EFR™ service, we specifically created the application so that we can turn off features and functionality that is mandatory for large enterprises, but superfluous for smaller organizations.

We understand smaller organizations where resources are tight and where there’s a need to do more with less.  Often times smaller organizations rely more on outside counsel to assist them with their patent prosecution.  The built-in efficiencies of our service will help you manage outside costs while building and maintaining internal expertise, without an increased burden on your existing staff.

The EFR™ system for SMB’s is:

Configurable

We understand that all companies are different, and we’ve built our patent-centric service to be flexible and configurable to handle nuances in workflow, case structure, technologies, users and more – without costly and time consuming software changes.  You won’t even see the functionality we’ve built into the system that you don’t need.

Scalable

As you company and needs increase, EFR™ functionality can be increased or enhanced to meet your organization's growing needs.

Secure

Given the experience of our technology staff and the need to secure some of the world’s largest IP portfolios, our security architecture should meet or exceed your current IS standards.

Cost Effective

The FTF business model and fee structure was developed to scale with the size of the organization’s patent portfolio.  The fewer patents you have, the lower the service fee.