# PATTSY WAVE Reviews **Vendor:** Anaqua **Category:** [Intellectual Property Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/intellectual-property-management) **Average Rating:** 4.0/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 61 ## About PATTSY WAVE PATTSY WAVE® is a powerful, automated patent and trademark docketing software with built-in IP business logic designed to make IP operations more efficient, reduce risk, and improve accuracy. PATTSY WAVE is designed for IP professionals who are looking for a software to increase their productivity and grow with them as their needs evolve. PATTSY WAVE combines sophisticated IP business logic with an incredibly intuitive user-interface that supports anywhere/anytime access. Our signature “single-screen design” and focus on practice automation has consistently set PATTSY WAVE apart. Some other features that make PATTSY WAVE uniquely powerful include: • AutoDocket® and Download which dockets incoming US patents, triggers workflow actions and ensures that the documents are saved against any matter. • Unmatched integration with international patent and trademark databases. • Correspondence generated to clients, outside counsel, and internal colleagues with a single click from any matter. • Bi-directional DMS integration enhances visibility and access to information in your IP portfolio. • Seamless integration with Anaqua Services for managing annuities to minimize risk and improve efficiency. PATTSY WAVE is designed for ease of implementation, ease of use, and ease of maintenance. The low up-front costs make it easy to get started. Our client support team has an unwavering commitment to helping our clients achieve operational efficiency. For over 30 years we have collaborated with our clients to develop a docketing platform that responds to the diverse needs of docketing teams. Our customers are law firms and corporations, small and large organizations, and manage patent or trademark portfolios. We want to work with you. ## PATTSY WAVE Reviews ### 1. PATTSY WAVE: Intuitive UI, Powerful Tools, and Outstanding Support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Natalie Z. | Senior IP Paralegal, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** We have been using PATTSY WAVE for eight years, and I find the most valuable features to be Data Validation, Auto Docket & Download, and the Interactive Docket. Integrating these tools into our team's workflow has definitely improved our efficiency. With the addition of the new Upload Utility tool, portfolio intake is now much more streamlined and faster. I also really like the user interface—it is both intuitive and visually appealing. Furthermore, the customer support and training teams are excellent. They are always extremely helpful and knowledgeable. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I would appreciate a more effective way to handle docketing for Copyrights, Trademark Oppositions, and General Matters within the General module. Placing all these different types of matters under a single module increases the risk of inconsistent data entry by our team, which in turn makes it harder to search for information and to establish consistent procedures. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** PATTSY WAVE truly understands the unique requirements of IP departments and consistently introduces new solutions that help us operate with greater efficiency and effectiveness. ### 2. Powerful Data Reporting with Flexible Views, But Missing a Key Feature **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michaela M. | Intellectual Property Paralegal, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** I appreciate how easy it is to pull information into a table and generate reports from the data (ease of integration of data). Navigating between full entries and summary views is straightforward, thanks to the toggle feature that allows you to switch back and forth seamlessly. I also find the use of different colors for the various fields and boxes very helpful, as it makes it much quicker to locate specific information. I use it every day! **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I would really like to have a status field that shows only active or pending items, without including registrations. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Managing notes for actions helps attorneys reviewing the docket to easily see the most current progress on a matter. I am able to run reports and provide them to clients upon request on the same day. It is also quick to find the status of any matter. ### 3. Efficient Patent Docketing, Easy Setup **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tameka O. | Paralegal, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** I use PATTSY WAVE for patent docketing and it significantly helps me keep track of deadlines, which is an invaluable feature in managing my workload efficiently. I like that it keeps me organized and allows me to build spreadsheets, which enhances my ability to manage and present data systematically. The Power of Attorney feature stands out for me because it allows the auto docket feature to function seamlessly, ensuring that I do not miss any important action items. Additionally, I appreciate how easy the initial setup of PATTSY WAVE was, making the transition smooth. The trademark side's ability to auto-generate PTO information into PATTSY when commanded is a feature I find very practical. I use PATTSY WAVE alongside WORD to generate client letters and reminders of actions due, which integrates well into my workflow. Overall, my satisfaction with PATTSY WAVE is reflected in my likelihood to recommend it, which is a 10. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I wish uploading the PTO data on the patent side worked as expected. The trademark side can auto-generate PTO information into PATTSY WAVE when commanded, but the patent side doesn't offer this functionality. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use PATTSY WAVE for patent docketing to stay organized, track deadlines, and build spreadsheets. Its Power of Attorney feature auto-dockets action items, ensuring I don't miss them. It seamlessly integrates with Word to generate client letters and reminders. ### 4. Awesome at MOST things **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Angie S. | Patent Paralegal, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 13, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Easy to see deadlines/Action column at a glance! Seeing the Action column clearly is imperative to be able to find very quickly what is due. I also like the updated version where we can sort Inventors without removing all and re-adding back in. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** The Confirmation # for Patents is NOT on the first screen, which is super annoying to anyone who files documents at the USPTO. Some PTO Fillable Forms aren't updated with fee changes, and certain forms don't work at all. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to generate an IDS is a lifesaver to us. We had the system for many years without realizing the efficiency and capability this tool provides. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Hi Angie, thanks very much for your review and input. It’s great to hear that the IDS feature has been useful for your team and that PATTSY WAVE supports your team’s operational efficiency. Regarding moving the confirmation # to the first screens - this is a great idea which we are looking into! In terms of the fillable forms, we review all the forms in the library every year. Please reach out to me or our client support team to let us know which forms are causing an issue, so we can help and provide updates if necessary. Gina Schroeder Customer Success Director - PATTSY WAVE GSchroeder@anaqua.com ### 5. simple interface more user friendly than other systems **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 31, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** The interface is easy to navigate and very easy to read. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** there is some screen formatting that is not conducive to working on a laptop. Specifically things like the attorney slots that disappear and become difficult to view on a smaller screen. i would like to see more consideration given to laptop users. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** PATTSY in general presents a comprehensive database for required information storage and deadline monitoring. My entire job relies on it - the deceptive simplicity of PATTSY's interface makes viewing of the information quite simple. I've used other systems and have never come close to the intuitive nature of PATTSY. ### 6. Great Docketing software for IP matters **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 18, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** I really enjoy the user interface and the ease of interacting with my docket items. There's complete transparency and I am able to work with my docketing staff and paralegals to resolve matters. I also enjoy the customization and customer support in creating custom fields and different status codes for my clients. I use the system nearly every day and it was a detailed and thoughtful implementation when we transitioned from our previous docketing system. I have also heard it has been relatively easy to integrate our existing workflows to implement them in PATTSY. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I think that because the features are so large and inclusive, it might not be as intuitive to learn. However, after awhile, I figured out how I can best use PATTSY WAVE to support my practice. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I need to keep track of my docket items and deadlines. PATTSY WAVE helps me organize that and work with support staff in clearing out my docket items, regularly. ### 7. Country Law Feature Stands Out, But Room for Improvement **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kathy P. | Trademark Docket Specialist at Perkins Coie LLP, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** The country law is the most important functionality in a docketing systems. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** The developers are NOT listening to the users, they keep making changes and NOT taking the users into consideration. The developers DO NOT use the system everyday. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is good at housing the marks in one location. **Official Response from Gina Gibbons:** > Hi Kathy, Thank you for your review. We value your feedback. I would like to learn more about what the developers can do to help meet your needs. Could we schedule a call? GGibbons@anaqua.com Best Gina ### 8. Limited Customization and GUI Hinder an Otherwise Easy-to-Use Tool **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cynthia L. | Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** The straightforward layout for case information makes it easy to navigate, and I appreciate the ability to generate quick reports. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** The GUI on the laptop is quite limited, with only a few available fields and no option to create custom fields for tracking data. This restricts flexibility and makes it difficult to tailor the interface to my specific needs. Lack of automation for docketing functions. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** PATTSY WAVE plans to introduce new APIs, which should enable more efficient and streamlined data communication. **Official Response from Gina Gibbons:** > Hi Cynthia, Thank you for your review, we value your opinion. I would like to schedule a meeting to discuss some options for laptop usage and the UI and show you our configurable "Custom Fields". Please email me at : GGibbons@anaqua.com. Best Gina ### 9. I would like to have multiple agent contacts. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 31, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** The custom reports are highly versitile. I like the interactive docket feature. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I do not think U.S. office action deadlines differentiate between Madrid filings and regular applications, although the deadlines are different. We should be able to have multiple agent contacts, similar to the way that client contacts are set up. It creates a problem when we work with multiple people at the same firm, like patent versus trademark contacts. It seems like an incredibly simple addition, but the lack of this feature causes serious problems for our records system. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am not sure I understand the question. ### 10. Time-Saving Docketing, But Needs Better TTAB Naming Conventions **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Pattsy's docket and download feature saves me time and stress when reviewing correspondence from the USPTO. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I wish that Pattsy's automatically docketed actions for the TTAB proceedings (such as Opposition or Cancellation Proceedings) matched the naming conventions used by the TTAB. I have to rename every action when docketing the schedule of events for an Opposition or Cancellation proceeding. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pattsy is helping me and my team manage and track complex IP matters to ensure that deadlines are not missed. ### 11. This is the Intellectual Property management system that is the best for law firms! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** That almost all of the information you need is on one screen and that it is fairly easy to see an entire family and link them together. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I do not find all of the reports that I could really use to do my job. More functional reports would be a nice addition. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** PATTSY Wave tracks all of my substantive due dates including possible extensions to ensure deadlines are met and IP is protected. ### 12. Centralized Patent Data Makes Management Effortless **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Medical Devices | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Having all my patent data in a single location. Generating reports. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Remembering which countries have auto-updated docket deadlines, and which countries I need to track manually. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows us to generate an IP "dashboard" using standard reports, merging with internal data, and allowing for frequent, low-friction updates to keep the dashboard real-time. ### 13. User-Friendly System with a Learning Curve for Docketing Terms **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** All the system has to offer and it's user friendly **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** It has been a challenge to learn the terms for docketing, as they are very different from the other system we previously used. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** The system is much easier to use and has more to offer than our previously used program. ### 14. Great solid product, but not THE best **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mila D. | IP Paralegal, Law Practice, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 29, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** It stores a lot of information and the interface is easy to look at. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** The reporting is clunky, it is hard to narrow down to what you want to see, take a lot of time to modify things. Windows with information are not resizable, so you would end up scrolling up and down. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** The patent and trademark docketing features work fine. It tracks the deadlines as it supposed to. **Official Response from Gina Gibbons:** > Hi Mila, Thank you for your review. I would be more than happy to go over reporting and searching with you. Please contact me at GGibbons@anaqua.com. I look forward to hearing from you. Best Gina ### 15. Great Auto Docketing, But Needs Better Handling of Foreign Items **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 29, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Auto docket feature for US matters is great **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** auto docked foreign docket items like proof of use and other things are not properly docketed per country docket needs reminder dates added prior to drop dead due dates like section 8 and issue fee due also the IDS feature does not seem to work as described **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** report feature helps report data to client ### 16. User-friendly **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Laura S. | Paralegal, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 11, 2025 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Searching features; managing statutory deadlines; autodocketing of important actions (i.e. U.S. office actions); USPTO data validation; client reporting **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** data validation for foreign trademarks and patents are not that efficient - applications numbers for example have to be in specific formatting; you cannot create/edit special fields for pedigree data in the main fields (i.e. unique firm/client reference numbers); when you do a 'mass' search for client portfolio (for example), you should be able to jump from record to record instead of hitting the 'next arrow' continuously; all PW platforms should have the new AQS annutities management tool. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Data migration - we acquired a new attorney who brought in a large patent portfolio. **Official Response from Gina Gibbons:** > Hi Laura, Thank you for your review. We have expanded data validation to over 70 countries for trademarks. I would be happy to step you through the process. Also, I believe that your LF does use our annuity payment services. I would also be happy to step you through that process. Please contact me at GGibbons@anaqua.com. Best Gina ### 17. Love! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2024 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** I really like the automatic payments for maintenance fees. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** It would be more helpful if the actions auto docketed from the USPTO rather than having to do it ourselves. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ease of maintenace fee payments **Official Response from Gina Gibbons:** > Hello, Thank you for your review. We actually have auto docket and download that dockets actions from the USPTO and so much more! Contact me at GGibbons@anaqua.com. Best Gina ### 18. Pretty good, but could be improved. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 01, 2024 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** tracking deadlines the analytics are a really cool feature that is new to me **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** 1) I would love to be able to run a combined trademark and docket report. So, a report of all of a client's trademarks alongside all their due dates. 2) It seems that the Canadian applications that are published do not get labeled as published in the analytics report. They stay at pending. 3) I don't think my performance analysis feature works correctly. 4) I wish the excel spreadsheet that it prints had better formatting **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Keeping track of trademarks and their deadlines **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Hello, Thank you for your review. I would be more than happy to help you with 4 items that you listed. Please contact me at GGibbons@anaqua.com. Best Gina Gibbons Customer Success Director ### 19. Paralegal **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 04, 2024 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** I like the ability to customize reports. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Not enough automated actions for foreign patent docketing. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allows me to track our foreign patent and US patent matters and track deadlines, maintenance requirements. It allows us to provide our clients with timely reports of these deadlines and send them customizable reports of same rather than having to hand type them. ### 20. Paralegal **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2024 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** The ease of creating customized reports. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** It does not have all the required actions for foreign countries. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Docketing and reporting. It saves time and money. ### 21. Use of PATTSY **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2024 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** User friendly and has the needed information. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Some of the information doesn't make sense when you populate actions. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Docketing and populating due dates. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Hello, Thank you for your review. I would be more than happy to help you with understanding the actions that populate, that may not make sense to you and find alternative actions that may be of more use. Please reach out to me : GGibbons@anaqua.com Best Gina Gibbons Customer Success Director ### 22. Weak system **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Biotechnology | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 10, 2023 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Any upgrades to the system or updates to the law files happen automatically. It is very easy in that regard. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** It auto-dockets useless deadlines every time a new application is entered. (Status Checks, Publication deadlines in EP Validation states, and many more.) Even following the instructions to suppress unwanted actions didn't stop them. Limited law files - many deadlines need to be calculated yourself and manually entered. Reporting capabilities are VERY LIMITED. Storing documents in the file records is not particularly easy, and bulk downloading a file is not possible. This makes Due Diligence or Production of Documents extremely time consuming! It cannot be used on a laptop screen because there are no vertical scroll bars! Anything below the main details of the case screen is not visible and you have no way to scroll to it. (This includes things like the list of inventors, assignees, family members, and custom fields.) **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is a means to document the applications we have filed, and keep track of deadlines, though you have to manually delete or sift through unwanted junk to get to the deadlines you need. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Hello, We would like to schedule a call to discuss your concerns. We have searched our customer support records for the past few years and can’t locate any support calls with this concern. Since this post is anonymous, we would appreciate that you call us so we can show you how straight forward it is to configure your rule set/law filet to suppress any events you do not wish to see. We could also review any best practices in general to configure PATTSY WAVE to match your internal processes. Best Gina Gibbons Customer Success Director 617-371-8414 ### 23. Bob N **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** bob n. | l, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 20, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** System provides complete access snapshot of filings; new user interface is much easier to read **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Awkward user interface and family linkage. Unclear coverage of non-US docketing events **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Tracking due dates among IP filings **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Hi Bob, Thank you for your review. Please contact me and I can show you our brand new UI and how clean looking it is along with some great new features that enhance PATTSY WAVE even more. GSchroeder@anaqua.com Best Gina Schroeder Customer Success Director ### 24. Pattsy Wave is Simplistic and Functional **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brian B. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2023 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** It is easy to navigate a patent or trademark family, which enables us to easily view related cases and track docket items in corresponding cases. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** It is perhaps overly simplistic, at the expense of functionality offered by competitive products. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Docket management and reporting. We have very large dockets and PATTSY WAVE makes it easy to run a comprehensive report indicating what I need to focus on, when. ### 25. PATTSY REVIEW **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** kalyx m. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 16, 2023 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Our IP/ DOcketing team mainly used this softwre. As the admin i only suported ugrades, and updates **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** The interface view seemed older than new software. Thi could have been the version we were on, but i'm unsure. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** It allowed staff to track deadlines, get reminders about things expiring ### 26. IP Specific Docketing **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 13, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Intellectual Property specific, all rules updated frequently. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I see no downside, great customer service. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pattsy Wave helps keep track of docketing dates for all of our Patent and Trademark matters. They constantly update their US and Foreign Country intellectual property law rulesets. ### 27. Great Tool and Asset! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David O. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2023 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** User friendly software that prevents loss of IP rights for my clients! **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** User input equals risky output. Gargabe in, garbage out. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** PATTSY resolves complicated date calculations for projecting deadlines for IP rights. The reports provided are key to sucessful management. ### 28. IP Application Consultant **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 08, 2023 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** PATTSY Wave support personnel are very responsive. Docket reports are easy to manage. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Using MS Access and ODBC connection was a bit cumbersome for applying updates. I suggested law updates could be applied much easier just using a SQL Script. !! This change was implemented in version 7.2 !! Much faster and easier to apply Quarterly Updates ! This is now a like instead of dislike. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Docketing Action reminder reports. ### 29. Great IP docketing solution **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2022 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Simple to use and well-integrated with our infrastructure. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** The interfaces are a bit outdated but the new version seems to be in development. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Never miss a deadline and get a global overview of the dockets. ### 30. I use Pattsy Wave for all aspects of the management of our company IP. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Building Materials | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 25, 2023 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** I find the docketing report is one of the most uselful tools on the platform. It helps us keep in line with any upcoming deadlines. I also like the data validation tool. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** If I could change anything about Pattsy Wave it would probably be the layout or format of how the records look, especially when switching between records, it can be hard to get used to using the toggle view option. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pattsy Wave allows us to keep track of our deadlines in an efficient way which was difficult for us in the past as we did not have an IP management tool in place. ### 31. easy to use and run reports **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 08, 2023 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** searchability and customizability of fields **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** sometimes its hard to customize reports and the ones which are exported to excel are not filterable **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** i use it every day to run my docket and work it ### 32. Ever since Anaqua took over, there is a complete lack of support. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 13, 2023 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Letter generation is a nice feature and I like the scripting abilities. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Support is almost non-existent. Any issues are not addressed promptly. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** It keeps track of dates. This is obviously helpful. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Hello, thank you for the review. Letter generation is just one of the many features PATTSY WAVE has and I am happy that you like this feature. I would like to have a discussion about our support. Please contact me at GGibbons@anaqua.com. I would be more than happy to help with your support issues. Best Gina ### 33. Cumbersome and not straight forward data management **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mining & Metals | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 29, 2022 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** I have all my data in one place and I can run reports on IP status. I can have visual reports and can tie them to Acclaim IP for immediate IP landscape search. But that's not a straightforward, one-click solution. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** It is not easy to use. Requires a lot of training and remembering what entry needs to be followed by another in order to save the data. I do not enjoy using it. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I use Pattsywave for IP management purposes, but I still need to refer to my internet sheets to have an overall view. It serves the purposed of the IP database. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Thank you for adding your review. We are sorry to hear that you find the software is not easy to use, we pride ourselves in offering intuitive and efficient products. When you are entering preexisting applications, it’s helpful to start with a first file, priority application to take advantage of the automation that takes place when you build out patent families. We want to help improve your experience with the software. You have access to unlimited support, give us a call or email support or myself. We are glad to hear you are taking advantage of AcclaimIP and the integration in PATTSY WAVE. The “Find Similar” feature should be very helpful with regards to IP landscape searches. We are also happy to provide assistance with these features when you are ready. ### 34. Pattsy does a good job of docketing deadlines **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 22, 2022 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** They have friendly staff and are more than helpful. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** The information disclosure statement (IDS) part of pattsy is awful. It's difficult to use, has bugs, doesn't communicate with the USPTO (well, it does, but it doesn't fill in the record). It would be nice if Anaqua bought IDS software because Pattsy's attempt at the IDS is not helpful. Also, we recently started the AQS software and there are lots of issues with that. They have been more than friendly helping and answering every question we have but AQS is still a work in process **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pattsy does a good job and is easy to use **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry to hear that your having trouble implementing the IDS module. While there is a lot of great functionality built into the module, we are currently enhancing the module so it takes better advantage of Public PTO data and to facilitate entry of new references for a matter. Hopefully these and other enhancements will help you take better advantage of the IDS tool in the future. With respect to the AQS software, we are glad to hear that our team has been responsive and helpful, please be sure to let our representatives know of any specific areas you feel could use improvement. Happy to get connected. Best Gina Schroeder Customer Success Director ### 35. Great support and continued innovation **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 08, 2022 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** PATTSY is easy to use and follow - even for new users. I appreciate the automation and hard reminder systems that allows you to easily separate the non-statutory actions. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Looking forward to further implementation on automated docketing. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** The complexity for different workflows within countries - like Madrid for example and further amendments need to be added, to be able to program separate workflows (country law profiles). ### 36. The Premiere IP Litigation Solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 12, 2022 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Ease of use, seamless updates, and support. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** That I dont have a demo account or install to show my students **Recommendations to others considering PATTSY WAVE:** This is the only IP Software to consider. All the rest are just settling for 2nd best. In IP Litigation, 2nd best is not acceptable. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I teach about the software at University as I'm a few years removed from administering PATTSY. ### 37. IP IT Support **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 12, 2022 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Ease of use and technical support. Docket reports automatically include new users that are responsible party. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** The issue with Anaqua staff counting against our license count to number of licenses has to be adjusted when adding Anaqua personnel. **Recommendations to others considering PATTSY WAVE:** Should take a serious look at PATTSY Wave. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Anaqua Docketing saves the firm from having in house docketing staff. ### 38. A reasonable platform for small portfolio management **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 07, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Pattsy has all the basic features needed for management of small portfolios. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Search interface could be more intuitive. Some of the record export features (to excel in particular) return data that is difficult to manipulate. It's hard to get a comprehensive overview of larger portfolios from search results without exporting to different software. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** The reporting letter generation tool has been an effective time-saver. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Thank you for your review. We are happy to hear that PATTSY WAVE’s letter generation tool has been helping you save time. We’d like to discuss any issues you may be experiencing further - call our support team so we can better understand your situation and see if we can help. In recent releases, we’ve worked to improve the way many PATTSY reports interact with excel. PATTSY WAVE continues to evolve, and we have been making a significant investment in the software. We hope you will be excited by the upcoming release of PATTSY WAVE that prioritizes ease of use, delivers IP insights, and drives operational efficiency to meet the diverse needs of IP professionals. GSchroeder@anaqua.com Best Gina Schroeder Client Success Director ### 39. PATTSY WAVE is simple and straightforward. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 15, 2022 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** PATTSY WAVE automatically calculates the renewal date. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I am unable to search by field as in the earlier version. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I can see all associated matters for client/trademark owner. ### 40. Could be better, but manages deadlines properly **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 14, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Pattsy has good USPTO form fillable platform and does a thorough job of managing deadlines, including calculation of PTA related to the expiration dates. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** The platform feels antiquated, and their newest updates are quirky, not allowing for highlight functionality and randomly opens the record for editing without actually clicking on the edit button. Additionally, some of the docket options are missing, and is not consistent across the board, varying from country to country. Sometimes, a utility application claims the benefit of more than one provisional. It would be nice to be able to add the second provisional to the family, and not just the priority section. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Pattsy allows us to manage all of our intellectual property deadlines , allowing us to promptly and accurately report to the client. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > We love to hear that PATTSY WAVE is helping you accurately manage deadlines and communicate with your clients. We’re also glad to hear that the Fillable Forms Library is a useful feature for your team. The issue with edit mode seems unusual, so please reach out to me or a support team member and they’ll be happy to assist you. We are happy to show how to associate a utility patent record with multiple provisional applications. Most of all, we are excited for you to see the new interface of PATTSY WAVE v7, that is fully responsive and uses cleaner data elements. Thank you for your review! Gina Schroeder Customer Success Director - PATTSY WAVE GSchroeder@anaqua.com ### 41. trademark paralegal **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stacey B. | Paralegal, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** customizing reports; and the ability to use excel **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** International registration auto generated dates--especially DOU dates in Mexico **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** keeping up with the docket would be impossible otherwise ### 42. Just What We Need!! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Clear concise record keeping which makes it easy for staff of any experience level to understand the current status of an application or portfolio **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Running reports often requires manipulation to get all of the required data **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Monitoring clients large portfolios are easier with PATTSY vs other docketing software due it its basic interface with all the details in one place ### 43. PATTSY Wave heading in the right direction since acquired by Anaqua **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sergio P. | Manager, Intellectual Property Docketing, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** PATTSY Wave is an easy to use docketing system for Patent and Trademark Prosecution. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** The General and License module need serious attention. TM and Patent enforcement docketing does not work well in the General module. Also, the system needs a modern look to it which is being addressed. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Working with the Anaqua team has led to some good improvements to the system. We are looking at other add-ons that will make our workflow better. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Hi Sergio, we greatly appreciate your review. It’s terrific to hear that you feel we are making important advances since the acquisition by Anaqua. We’ve been busy gearing up for the release of v7 and hope you’ll be glad to hear the General Module is one of the areas we’ve been working on. AutoDocket® & Download is an impactful feature for helping operations teams to be efficient and is one of the powerful add-ons. We look forward to discussing this and other features that could further help you and your team. Thank you again for your input! Check out our Autodocket and Download Blog! Gina Schroeder Customer Success Director - PATTSY WAVE GSchroeder@anaqua.com ### 44. I have really enjoyed using PATTSY over the last few years. Coming from using IP Manager. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 13, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** I like the ability to open the MP jurisdictions with ease and opening new clients and adding new inventors are way easier with PATTSY. Also, I love the TSDR and PAIR quick look up links. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I dont like that I cannot just enter in a 371 patent application easier. With these applications, we did not file the original patent application and we are filing the U.S. designated country from the foreign PCT application for our associates. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** The interactive dockets for our attys is nice because we have the ability to receive notes and forward them emails with the attached matters that are coming due. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Thanks very much for your review. We are glad to hear that you have enjoyed working with PATTSY WAVE! There is a straightforward process for entering 371 patent applications when the parent is not in your system. Please reach out to me or our support team and we’ll be happy to help you with this. The TSDR and PAIR look-ups and the Interactive Dockets are very useful features that are often under-utilized, so we’re glad that your team is making good use of them. Please let us know if you aren’t already using Docket Instructions, and we’ll show you how it works. Gina Schroeder Customer Success Director - PATTSY WAVE GSchroeder@anaqua.com ### 45. Best IP application **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Raheel S. | Solution Delivery Specialist, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Webinterface , SSO and many other optimisation , reporting that eases day to day task **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Upgrade wave needs to improve as now its still using MSaccess. **Recommendations to others considering PATTSY WAVE:** It best in terms of its capability and support **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping streamline IP based process with in Our organisation **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Hi Raheel, thank you for taking the time to share a review of PATTSY WAVE. We have been working on a few new features as part of the upcoming v7 release. One of these is a great new interface that allows law updates to be run by your PATTSY WAVE user group, from within the application. There is no need for MS Access or any involvement by your IT team. Thank you, once again, for your review. Your feedback helps us to continue to improve the software! Gina Schroeder Customer Success Director - PATTSY WAVE GSchroeder@anaqua.com ### 46. Pattsy Wave is a great web software to use for Patents and trademark tracking. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 13, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** Great for remote locations and on the road use. It helps with managing all our patent and trademark portfolios. Helps us practive more efficiently. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I have not found anything to dislike at this time. As this is webbased and continues to improve. **Recommendations to others considering PATTSY WAVE:** Look no further as this will definitly fulfill your needs if you are working on patents, trademarks or any other intellectual property matters. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is easy to use and they are always making sure to keep it up to date. It helps with keeping up or trademark portfolios and other patents. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Thank you for posting your review. It is great to hear that PATTSY WAVE is helping your practice run more efficiently. We are always trying to find ways to make the software work better for our clients. Please be sure to call our support line, if any questions come up in the future. Gina Schroeder Customer Success Director GSchroeder@anaqua.com ### 47. Great software to manage your IP Assets **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 14, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** It is User Friendly, docket date automatically calculated from actions; relevant laws are updated quarterly, and the online documents on the system extremely useful and easily accessible **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** For Madrid filing, when Refusal Notice received from one country, it does not docket automatically; action notes are not shown on your screen - you have to move to the right to actually see your action notes **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** Maintaining accurate records **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Thank you for your review of PATTSY WAVE! We are glad that you enjoy using the software to manage your IP assets. There are a number of ways to access action notes. Please contact me or one of our support team members for assistance with the notes and Madrid refusals, so we can better understand your objectives and propose the best way to manage them. Gina Schroeder Customer Success Director - PATTSY WAVE GSchroeder@anaqua.com ### 48. Great Customer Support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Law Practice | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 13, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** It is a single interface, everything you need is primarily on one screen, which makes it very convenient to navigate. I also, do appreciate their responsive customer support team. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** I cannot think of anything that I particularly dislike about the application **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am on thew Support side myself, so I cannot definitively answer that question. However, it is an excellent tool for Patent and Trademark docketing. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > We appreciate you taking the time to write a review and it’s wonderful to hear that our customer support team has helped you. Please reach out to us any time if we can help you maximize the software in any other ways. Gina Schroeder Customer Success Director - PATTSY WAVE GSchroeder@anaqua.com ### 49. Keeps up wit all your patt data **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 01, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** It makes my users happy, they don't seem to have any problems with keeping up with what they need to do **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** Nothing really, I do not have any complaints. Staff is very helpful when any problem comes up **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** I do not solve any problems with it ### 50. Great support! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Legal Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 31, 2021 **What do you like best about PATTSY WAVE?** PATTSY WAVE has a great support team to help docketing personnel implement best practices. **What do you dislike about PATTSY WAVE?** There are a few items that would benefit from a more robust solution to track various metrics. **What problems is PATTSY WAVE solving and how is that benefiting you?** This software is very good for designing customized reports and has helped streamline that process. **Official Response from Gina Schroeder:** > Hi, Thank you for your review. We welcome all feedback good and bad. I would like for you to contact me as we have a brand new version of PATTSY WAVE getting ready to launch with a much more robust UI. Your feedback helps us grow. Thank you again. 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