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title: Provide Legal Invention Disclosure request information to an outside counsel
description: Provide the information related to a Legal Invention Disclosure request to an outside counsel for review to determine whether to apply for a patent.
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# Provide Legal Invention Disclosure request information to an outside counsel

Provide the information related to a Legal Invention Disclosure request to an outside counsel for review to determine whether to apply for a patent.

## Before you begin

A legal matter related to the request with which an outside counsel is associated must exist.

Role required: sn\_lg\_ip.patent\_fulfiller

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Legal Counsel Center**.

2.  Select the List icon \(\[Omitted image "lsd-lcc-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: List icon\) from the primary navigation and in the Legal Requests section of the **Lists** menu, select **All**.

3.  Open the Legal Invention Disclosure request.

4.  Select the **Legal Matters** tab.

5.  Open the matter associated with the request.

6.  Select **Proceed with application**.

    A matter task named "Proceed with application" is generated and can be viewed in the **Tasks** tab. The State is updated to Work in Progress and the Application status is updated to Proceed with application.

    If an optional reward to the inventor at the Proceed with application stage has been set up, it is processed and sent to the inventor.

7.  Create a document to provide the application information to outside counsel by selecting **Generate PDF**.

    The complete matter details are captured in the PDF and stored in the **Artifacts** tab. You can also save the PDF to external storage if it is configured.

8.  Compose and send an email with the matter PDF to the outside counsel for review.

    1.  Select **Compose Email**.

    2.  Attach the PDF and any other supporting documents by selecting the associated check boxes and then selecting **Select documents**.

    3.  In the email message, verify the outside counsel's email address in the **To** field.

    4.  Modify the default text in the **Subject** field.

    5.  Select **Send email**.


## What to do next

Once you receive the decision from the outside counsel about whether the patent is being filed, finalize the request application process. For more information, see [Facilitate the patent review process](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-invention-disclosure/facilitate-patent-review-process.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Using the Legal Invention Disclosure](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-invention-disclosure/use-legal-invention-disclosure.md)