Deadline reminders
A docketed date is only useful if something tells you before it passes. Thorgate emails a reminder at set intervals ahead of every deadline it computes — including the one clock most watch services never put on a calendar at all.
The reminder ladder
Each deadline carries a ladder of lead times. As the date approaches and the deadline crosses a rung, you get an email — once per rung, never twice.
- Statutory filings — office-action responses, Statements of Use, Section 8, Section 9 renewals: 60, 30, 14, 7, and 1 day out.
- Opposition windows — only 30 days long from end to end: 14, 7, 3, and 1 day out.
The two ladders are different for a reason. A 60-day warning on a 30-day window would never fire, so a short deadline would pass in silence — the exact failure reminders exist to prevent.
Opposition reminders on a conflict
When a conflicting application is published for opposition, anyone who wants to oppose it has 30 days. Thorgate dockets that window against the finding that raised it and reminds you on the short ladder, so the decision to oppose reaches you while you can still act on it.
This is separate from your own mark's publication. Your mark being published is a period during which others may oppose you, and nothing is required of you. A conflicting application's window is the opposite: it's your one chance to act, and it closes for good.
Who gets reminded
Reminders go to every teammate who receives alerts for the workspace, plus the person a conflict is assigned to — so whoever owns the work hears about its clock even if they've turned the digest off. If several deadlines come due at once, they arrive as one email rather than a burst.
Reminders vs. the digest
Your digest is a periodic summary you can skim or skip; it lists everything due in the next 60 days. A reminder is a single email that fires on a specific date because something needs attention now. A weekly digest alone can't carry a 30-day window — the window could open and close between two sends.
Turning them off
Reminders follow the same per-person alert preference as the digest, under Profile → Notifications. Turning alerts off silences reminders too — the deadline stays on your docket and calendar feed either way.