Push notifications

What it does

Push notifications are short messages that your iPhone shows when the app is closed. Patentomania can send one when a draft is ready, when a filing changes, for prior art alerts (prior art means earlier public knowledge that can affect a patent) and for system messages.

How to use it

1. Open the Settings tab and find Notifications.
2. If iPhone has not been asked yet, you see Enable push notifications. Tap it and allow notifications in the iPhone prompt.
3. If you said no before, you see "Notifications disabled" and an Open Settings button. It takes you to the iPhone settings for Patentomania, where you can switch notifications on.
4. When notifications are on, use the switches to choose what you want: Draft ready, Filing submitted, Filing approved, Filing rejected, Prior art alerts and System messages.

Each switch is saved on the server when you change it.

Settings that affect it

• The iPhone's own notification setting for Patentomania. If it is off, no switch in the app can turn messages on.
• The six switches in Settings > Notifications.

Limits and honest caveats

• If saving a switch fails, the switch goes back to its old position and an error line appears under the list. Try again when you are online.
• Switches only decide what you may receive. They do not promise that every kind of message is sent during the beta. We have not confirmed that the beta sends prior art alerts yet.
• A filing message depends on a filing being recorded for your draft. The app does not file applications itself. See "Follow the filing status of a draft".
• The settings screen notes that push notifications need an iPhone with an Apple ID set up.

FAQ

I never got a "Draft ready" message. Check that notifications are on in iPhone Settings and that Draft ready is on in the app. Pull down on the Inventions list to reload it.

Can I switch everything off? Yes. Turn off the switches, or turn notifications off in iPhone Settings.