To better serve our clients, we have established the following external and internal procedures. Included in this list of procedures are the stages of a patent drawing project.

1. Patent drawing submission - Clients submit drawings via mail,
   courier, fax or email.
   
2. A quote is given if requested.
   
3. Drawings are entered into the Draftlink system with your due date. DraftLink is updated through each step of this process.
   
4. The assigned patent draftsman completes your patent illustrations and submits them for review.
   
5. First round of proofing.
   
6. The patent illustrator makes corrections if neccessary.
   
7. Second round of proofing.
   
8. Final patent illustrations are emailed or shipped.
   
9. Drawings are then readied for delivery - printed or "pdf-ed".
   
10. Upon approval from the client, the job is billed.
    
11. Your patent drawings will remain on our secure internal server for approximately 12 months.
    
12. After12 months, 3 archival DVD copies will be created and exist for the life of your patent. One DVD copy is kept off site at a secure location to avoid loss due to fire or similar event.
    

All drawings are archived to CDROM. AT LEAST 3 copies are made. One CD copy is kept off site at a secure location to avoid loss due to fire or similar event.