nx_ipdock_lib.nx

nx_ipdock_lib.nx -- IP DOCKETING: patent and trademark deadlines, and which of them are survivable. The category malpractice insurers price highest. Most litigation deadlines can be extended, refiled or forgiven. IP deadlines mostly cannot: miss the Paris Convention priority year and the priority claim is gone permanently, worldwide, with no petition available. So the load-bearing distinction here is not "late or not" but u2605WHICH DEADLINES HAVE A GRACE PERIOD AND WHICH ARE IRRECOVERABLE. Paris Convention (Art 4): 12 months from the priority date to file abroad. IRRECOVERABLE. PCT national phase: 30 months from priority. Late entry is possible in some offices but never assumed here -- treated as irrecoverable so the docket never quietly relies on a discretionary remedy. US patent maintenance fees: due at 3.5 / 7.5 / 11.5 years from grant, each with a SIX-MONTH GRACE window at a surcharge. Late-but-within-grace is PAYABLE, not lost -- calling it lost abandons a live patent, which is the mirror-image error and just as expensive. US trademark s8 declaration: between years 5 and 6 from registration, six-month grace. US trademark s9 renewal: between years 9 and 10, six-month grace. u2605FAIL-CLOSED ON DATES: an unknown priority, grant or registration date yields IPD_UNKNOWN -- never a computed deadline. A fabricated IP deadline is worse than none, because it will be trusted. All periods are DATA (rule 11) as named constants in days, not literals buried in branches. STRUCTURE: pure decision core, zero I/O. license_tier: ORIGINAL LIB.