Last updated: October 5, 2026
By accessing or using CountIDS, you confirm that you are in agreement with and bound by these Terms of Service (the "Terms"). These Terms apply to the entire website and any email or other type of communication between you and CountIDS.
CountIDS grants you a revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited license to access and use the CountIDS Service, for your internal professional purposes (including work on your clients' matters), strictly in accordance with these Terms.
These Terms are a contract between you and CountIDS (referred to in these Terms as "CountIDS", "us", "we" or "our"), the provider of the CountIDS website and the services accessible from the CountIDS website (which are collectively referred to in these Terms as the "CountIDS Service").
You are agreeing to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, please do not use the CountIDS Service. In these Terms, "you" refers both to you as an individual and to the entity you represent. If you accept these Terms on behalf of a law firm or other entity, you confirm that you have authority to bind that firm or entity to these Terms. If you violate any of these Terms, we reserve the right to cancel your account or block access to your account without notice.
CountIDS is a web application, available at countids.com, for patent professionals and law firms. It calculates the USPTO size fee for information disclosure statements under 37 CFR 1.17(v), based on the cumulative number of references cited in an application, with fee thresholds at 50, 100 and 200 references.
You can add references by uploading documents (PDF files of up to 25 MB and 100 pages), by entering them manually, or by using "Fetch from USPTO". "Fetch from USPTO" retrieves data on published or granted applications only, through the USPTO Open Data Portal, and is rate-limited. CountIDS keeps a ledger for each application and flags possible overpayments and underpayments.
Fillable forms are read exactly as filled in. Scanned or flattened documents are read by optical character recognition (OCR) on our own server; the result is a draft that is marked for your review. Nothing is recorded in a ledger until you confirm it.
The Service is subject to usage limits, including rate limits on uploads and USPTO fetches and limits on file size and number of pages.
To help explain things as clearly as possible in these Terms, every time any of these terms are referenced, are strictly defined as:
During the Beta Period, the Service is available by invitation only, to invited law firms and their personnel. You must sign in with a work email address. Other requests for access are placed on a waitlist.
You must give us accurate information, keep your sign-in credentials confidential, and not share your account with anyone else. You are responsible for all activity under your account. Please tell us promptly at help@countids.com if you believe your account has been used without your permission.
We may refuse, withdraw or revoke any invitation or access at our discretion.
You must be at least 18 years old and use the Service in a professional or business capacity. The Service is not offered to consumers.
The Output is a calculation aid. It is not legal advice and does not replace your own professional judgment.
You must verify all counts and fees against the USPTO fee schedule in force at the relevant time and against the official record of the application. You are solely responsible for any filing, statement, assertion or payment that you make to the USPTO.
USPTO rules and fees may change, and the Service may not reflect a change immediately.
The Service is currently offered free of charge as a private beta, by invitation only. During the Beta Period, features may change, may not work as expected, or may be withdrawn, and we make no commitment as to availability or support.
CountIDS is not a docketing system or a system of record. You should keep your own copies of all filings, receipts and records.
We may end the Beta Period at any time. We will give you notice before the Beta Period ends or before any paid plan applies to you.
You agree not to, and you will not permit others to:
The Service is free of charge during the Beta Period.
We may later introduce fees, subscription plans or usage-based pricing. We will give you at least 30 days' notice before any fee applies to you, and you will not be charged unless you actively accept a paid plan. We will not charge you retroactively for your use of the Service during the Beta Period.
Prices, billing, taxes, renewals and refunds will be set out in the plan terms shown to you at the time of purchase. Plan terms that you accept form part of these Terms. If you do not wish to accept a paid plan, you may stop using the Service instead.
If, for any reason, You are not completely satisfied with the Service, don't hesitate to contact us at help@countids.com and we will discuss any of the issues you are going through with our product.
You keep all rights in Your Content. You grant us a limited, non-exclusive license to host, copy, process (including by OCR) and back up Your Content, only as needed to provide, secure and support the Service.
You confirm that you are entitled to upload Your Content, including any information that is confidential to your clients, and you remain responsible for your own professional confidentiality obligations.
We treat Your Content as confidential. It is stored encrypted on a per-user basis. We do not access Your Content ourselves unless you share it with us when you ask for help or give feedback. We do not sell Your Content, and we do not use it to train artificial intelligence models. We process any personal data in Your Content in accordance with our Privacy Policy at countids.com/privacy.
Uploads that you have not confirmed are deleted automatically after 12 hours without activity. You can delete an application's ledger yourself at any time. When your account is closed, we delete Your Content; encrypted backup copies may remain only for a limited period until they expire.
Data that we fetch from the USPTO at your request is public data provided by the USPTO. We do not control its accuracy, completeness or availability. USPTO rate limits and service interruptions may delay or prevent fetches.
You can send us feedback through the feedback form in the Service. If you choose to attach an application's ledger or IDS PDF files to your feedback, those attachments remain Your Content. We use them only to investigate and fix the issue you report.
If you use voice dictation in the feedback form, your speech is converted to text by your browser's speech recognition service, not by CountIDS.
By using our website, registering an account, or accepting a paid plan, you hereby consent to these Terms.
These Terms apply only to the Services. The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by CountIDS. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed in such websites, and such websites are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by us. Please remember that when you use a link to go from the Services to another website, these Terms are no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including those that have a link on our platform, is subject to that website’s own rules and policies. Such third parties may use their own cookies or other methods to collect information about you.
CountIDS uses only one Cookie: an essential session Cookie that keeps you signed in. A Cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of Cookies. However, if you disable Cookies, you will not be able to sign in to the Service. For more information, see our Cookie Policy at countids.com/cookies.
CountIDS may, at its sole discretion, modify, suspend or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any features within the Service), for you or for users generally, with or without notice and without liability to you, except where these Terms expressly promise notice. You may stop using the Service at any time. You do not need to specifically inform CountIDS when you stop using the Service. You acknowledge and agree that if CountIDS disables access to your account, you may be prevented from accessing the Service, your account details or any files or other materials which is contained in your account.
CountIDS may from time to time provide enhancements or improvements to the features/ functionality of the website, which may include patches, bug fixes, updates, upgrades and other modifications ("Updates").
Updates may modify or delete certain features and/or functionalities of the website. You agree that CountIDS has no obligation to (i) provide any Updates, or (ii) continue to provide or enable any particular features and/or functionalities of the website to you.
You further agree that all Updates will be (i) deemed to constitute an integral part of the website, and (ii) subject to these Terms.
We may display, include or make available third-party content (including data, information, applications and other products services) or provide links to third-party websites or services ("Third- Party Services").
You acknowledge and agree that CountIDS shall not be responsible for any Third-Party Services, including their accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality or any other aspect thereof. CountIDS does not assume and shall not have any liability or responsibility to you or any other person or entity for any Third-Party Services.
Third-Party Services and links thereto are provided solely as a convenience to you and you access and use them entirely at your own risk and subject to such third parties' terms and conditions.
Sign-in to the Service is provided by Auth0 and is subject to Auth0's terms. If you sign in with a Google or Microsoft account, that provider's terms also apply.
These Terms shall remain in effect until terminated by you or CountIDS.
CountIDS may, in its sole discretion, at any time and for any or no reason, suspend or terminate these Terms with or without prior notice. Where we terminate without cause, we will give you reasonable notice where practicable.
These Terms will terminate immediately, without prior notice from CountIDS, in the event that you fail to comply with any provision of these Terms. You may also terminate these Terms by closing your account or stopping use of the Service.
Upon termination of these Terms, you shall cease all use of the website. After termination, we will delete Your Content; encrypted backup copies may remain only for a limited period until they expire. You should download or save any records you need before you close your account.
Termination of these Terms will not limit any of CountIDS's rights or remedies at law or in equity in case of breach by you (during the term of these Terms) of any of your obligations under these Terms.
The following survive termination: the No Legal Advice, No Warranties, Disclaimer, Limitation of Liability and Indemnification sections, the Governing Law and Jurisdiction section, and any other provision that by its nature should survive.
If you are a copyright owner or such owner’s agent and believe any material on our website constitutes an infringement on your copyright, please contact us at help@countids.com setting forth the following information: (a) a physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on their behalf; (b) identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing; (c) your contact information, including your address, telephone number, and an email; (d) a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the copyright owners; and (e) a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury you are authorized to act on behalf of the owner.
You agree to indemnify and hold CountIDS and its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, employees, agents, partners and licensors (if any) harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys' fees, due to or arising out of your: (a) use of the website; (b) violation of these Terms or any law or regulation; (c) violation of any right of a third party; or (d) Your Content, including any claim that you were not entitled to upload it.
The website is provided to you "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" and with all faults and defects without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted under applicable law, CountIDS, on its own behalf and on behalf of its affiliates and its and their respective licensors and service providers, expressly disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise, with respect to the website, including all implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement, and warranties that may arise out of course of dealing, course of performance, usage or trade practice. Without limitation to the foregoing, CountIDS provides no warranty or undertaking, and makes no representation of any kind that the website will meet your requirements, achieve any intended results, be compatible or work with any other software, systems or services, operate without interruption, meet any performance or reliability standards or be error free or that any errors or defects can or will be corrected.
Without limiting the foregoing, neither CountIDS nor any CountIDS's provider makes any representation or warranty of any kind, express or implied: (i) as to the operation or availability of the website, or the information, content, and materials or products included thereon; (ii) that the website will be uninterrupted or error-free; (iii) as to the accuracy, reliability, or currency of any information or content provided through the website; or (iv) that the website, its servers, the content, or e-mails sent from or on behalf of CountIDS are free of viruses, scripts, trojan horses, worms, malware, timebombs or other harmful components.
In particular, the Output, including counts read by OCR, may contain errors. You must check it before you rely on it.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of or limitations on implied warranties or the limitations on the applicable statutory rights of a consumer, so some or all of the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to you.
Notwithstanding any damages that you might incur, the entire liability of CountIDS and any of its suppliers under any provision of these Terms and your exclusive remedy for all of the foregoing shall be limited to the greater of (a) the amounts you paid us for the Service in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) USD 100.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall CountIDS or its suppliers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, but not limited to, damages for loss of profits, for loss of data or other information, for business interruption, for personal injury, for loss of privacy arising out of or in any way related to the use of or inability to use the website, third-party software and/or third-party hardware used with the website, or otherwise in connection with any provision of these Terms), even if CountIDS or any supplier has been advised of the possibility of such damages and even if the remedy fails of its essential purpose.
Without limiting the above, CountIDS is not liable for any USPTO fees, surcharges or petition fees, for any loss of patent rights, or for any missed deadline, arising from your reliance on the Output.
Some states/jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.
If any provision of these Terms is held to be unenforceable or invalid, such provision will be changed and interpreted to accomplish the objectives of such provision to the greatest extent possible under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.
YOU AND CountIDS AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICES MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
Except as provided herein, the failure to exercise a right or to require performance of an obligation under these Terms shall not affect a party's ability to exercise such right or require such performance at any time thereafter nor shall the waiver of a breach constitute waiver of any subsequent breach.
No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, on the part of either party, any right or any power under these Terms shall operate as a waiver of that right or power. Nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or power under these Terms preclude further exercise of that or any other right granted herein. In the event of a conflict between these Terms and any applicable purchase or other terms, these Terms shall govern.
CountIDS reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace these Terms at any time. We will post any revised Terms on this page and update the "Last updated" date. If a revision is material we will provide at least 30 days' notice, by email or through the Service, prior to any new terms taking effect. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion, but the introduction of a new fee, or an increase in an existing fee, is always a material change.
By continuing to access or use our website after any revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised terms. If you do not agree to the new terms, you are no longer authorized to use CountIDS.
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, the Cookie Policy and any plan terms you accept, constitute the entire agreement between you and CountIDS regarding your use of the website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous written or oral agreements between you and CountIDS.
You may be subject to additional terms and conditions that apply when you use or purchase other CountIDS's services, which CountIDS will provide to you at the time of such use or purchase.
The website and its entire contents, features and functionality (including but not limited to all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection and arrangement thereof), are owned by CountIDS, its licensors or other providers of such material and are protected by international copyright, trade secret and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws. The material may not be copied, modified, reproduced, downloaded or distributed in any way, in whole or in part, without the express prior written permission of CountIDS, unless and except as is expressly provided in these Terms. Any unauthorized use of the material is prohibited.
You retain ownership of Your Content. You may use the Output freely in your professional work, including your work for clients.
The term “dispute” means any dispute, action, or other controversy between you and CountIDS concerning the Services or these Terms, whether in contract, warranty, tort, statute, regulation, ordinance, or any other legal or equitable basis. “Dispute” will be given the broadest possible meaning allowable under law.
These Terms and any dispute are governed by the laws of the State of Israel, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to the Notice of Dispute procedure below, the competent courts in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel, have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute, and you and CountIDS submit to their jurisdiction.
In the event of a dispute, you or CountIDS must give the other a Notice of Dispute, which is a written statement that sets forth the name, address, and contact information of the party giving it, the facts giving rise to the dispute, and the relief requested. You must send any Notice of Dispute via email to: help@countids.com. CountIDS will send any Notice of Dispute to you by mail to your address if we have it, or otherwise to your email address. You and CountIDS will attempt to resolve any dispute through informal negotiation within thirty (30) days from the date the Notice of Dispute is sent. After thirty (30) days, you or CountIDS may bring proceedings in the courts set out in the Governing Law and Jurisdiction section.
Either party may seek any interim or preliminary injunctive relief from any court of competent jurisdiction, as necessary to protect the party’s rights or property pending the resolution of the dispute. Each party shall bear its own legal, accounting, and other costs, fees, and expenses, unless the court orders otherwise.
In the event a paid plan is listed at an incorrect price or with incorrect information due to typographical error, we shall have the right to refuse or cancel any orders placed for that plan at the incorrect price. We shall have the right to refuse or cancel any such order whether or not the order has been confirmed and your payment method charged. If your payment method has already been charged for the purchase and your order is canceled, we shall immediately issue a refund to your payment method in the amount of the charge.
Any waiver of any provision of these Terms will be effective only if in writing and signed by an authorized representative of CountIDS. CountIDS will be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief (without the obligations of posting any bond or surety) in the event of any breach or anticipatory breach by you. CountIDS operates and controls the CountIDS Service from its offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Service is not intended for distribution to or use by any person or entity in any jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation. Accordingly, those persons who choose to access the CountIDS Service from other locations do so on their own initiative and are solely responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. The section headings used in these Terms are for convenience only and will not be given any legal import.
We may assign these Terms to a successor or an affiliate. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may give you notices by email to the address associated with your account.
CountIDS does not provide warranties or guarantees. See also the No Warranties and Limitation of Liability sections above.
The CountIDS Service and its contents are provided "as is" and "as available" without any warranty or representations of any kind, whether express or implied. Without limiting the foregoing, CountIDS specifically disclaims all warranties and representations in any content transmitted on or in connection with the CountIDS Service or on sites that may appear as links on the CountIDS Service, or in the products provided as a part of, or otherwise in connection with, the CountIDS Service, including without limitation any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement of third party rights. No oral advice or written information given by CountIDS or any of its affiliates, employees, officers, directors, agents, or the like will create a warranty. Without limiting the foregoing, CountIDS does not warrant that the CountIDS Service will be uninterrupted, uncorrupted, timely, or error-free.
Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.
CountIDS is operated by Gassner Intellectual Property, 121 Menachem Begin Rd., Tel Aviv 6701203, Israel.
