This article provides a list of all default merge codes that currently available to use within your correspondence templates.


Custom merge codes that are specific to your system are not included in this list. You can find information about how to create your own merge codes in our Custom Merge Codes article. If you need any additional support with creating custom merge codes, please get in touch with support


Certain merge codes can only be used within particular Standard Templates. All Letter and Cover Sheet merge codes can be used in Smart Templates.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


Standard letters

 

Person and organisation you are corresponding with

#ACCONT#

Accounts contact name

#ADDRCOUNTRY#

Contact's location country

#ADDRESS#

Contact's location address

#ADDRESSNAME#

Contact's address name

#CLIENT#

Client name for this matter

#CLIENTCODE#

Client code

#CLIENTREF#

Client’s reference for this matter

#OFFICEREF#

Office reference for this matter

#EMAIL#

Contact’s email address

#MOBILE#

Contact’s mobile phone number

#PHONE#

Contact’s phone number

#FAXNO#

Contact’s fax number

#HOMEADDRESS# alias #EXTRADDR#

Contact’s home address

#HOMECOUNTRY#

Contact’s home country

#HOMEEMAIL# alias #EMAIL#

Contact's home email

#HOMEFAXNO#

Contact’s home fax no

#HOMEPOSTCODE#

Contact’s home post code

#JOBTITLE#

Contact's job title

#POSTCODE#

Contact's location postcode

#SALUTATION#

Contact's salutation

 

Date

#DATE#

Today’s date

#DATE+15D#

Today’s date plus 15 days. Can also use W for weeks, Y for years, positive or negative numbers

#YEAR#

This year in full

#USDATE#

Today’s date formatted ‘Month, day, year’ e.g., January 1, 1970

#DATE_FR#

Today’s date formatted with French names for months

#DATE_NL#

Today’s date formatted with Dutch names for months

 

Case details

#APPLICANT#

Applicant name, comma separated if more than one

#APPLICANT| connector#

Applicant name, separated by specified connector if more than one

e.g. #APPLICANT| and#

e.g. #APPLICANT|;#

#APPLICANT_FORMAL#

Applicant formal name, comma separated if more than one

#APPLICANT_ADDRESSNAME#

Applicant address name, comma separated if more than one

#APPLICANT_NATIONALITY#

Applicant nationality, comma separated if more than one

#APPLICANT_ADDRESS#

Applicant address, comma separated if more than one

#FIRST_APPLICANT#

Name of the first applicant

#APPLICANT_ADDRESS_LETTER# alias #FIRST_APPLICANT_ADDRESS#

Address for the first applicant

#APPLICANT_NaA#

Applicant's name and address, on separate lines if more than one 

#APPLICANT_NaA_BOX#

Applicant's name and address in a box, one after another if more than one 

#LICENSEE#

Licensee name, comma separated if more than one

#LICENSEE_FORMAL#

Licensee formal name, comma separated if more than one

#LICENSEE_NATIONALITY#

Licensee nationality, comma separated if more than one

#LICENSEE_ADDRESS#

Licensee address, displayed on separated rows if more than one

#FIRST_LICENSEE#

Name of the first licensee

#LICENSEE_NaA#

Licensee’s name and address listed on one line

#MATTERASSOCIATE#

First associate site name for this matter

#ASSOCREF# alias #MATTERASSOCIATEREF#

Associate’s reference for this matter

#ASSOCIATE_NaA_BOX#

Associate's address, postcode and country

#ADDCLIENT#

First additional client for this matter

#ADDCLIENTREF#

First additional client reference for this matter

#ADDCLIENTADDRESS#

First additional client for this matter address

#OTHER_SIDE_ORGANISATION#

The name of the other side organisation, comma separated if more than one

#OTHER_SIDE_NAME#

The name of the people at the other side organisation, comma separated if more than one

#OTHER_SIDE_REF#

The other side reference, comma separated if more than one

#OTHER_SIDE_SOLICITOR_ORGANISATION#

The name of the other side solicitor organisation, comma separated if more than one

#OTHER_SIDE_SOLICITOR_NAME#

The names of the people at the other side solicitor organisation, comma separated if more than one

#OTHER_SIDE_SOLICITOR_REF#

The other side solicitor reference, comma separated if more than one

#CATEGORY# alias #TYPE#

Matter category, e.g., patent

#COUNTRY#

Country name of the matter country, e.g., Australia

#COUNTRYADJ#

Country adjective of the matter country, e.g., Australian

#COUNTRYCODE#

Country code of the matter country e.g., AU

#DONEACTIONS#

A list of all 'Done' tasks for this matter

#DUEACTIONS#

A list of all 'Due' tasks for this matter

#EXPIRYDATE#

Expiry/renewal date from the details page. Can add any numbers of days (D), weeks (W) or years (Y) in past or future, e.g., #EXPIRYDATE+1Y#

#DESIGNATEDSTATES#

Trade mark designated states field (Note: Not to be confused with the ‘Designated Countries’ Field)

#EXTRA1#

TM Goods

#EXTRA2#

TM Conditions

#EXTRA3#

TM Classes

#EXTRA4#

TM Designated countries

#EXTRA5#

Payment reference

#EXTRA6#

Product type

#FAMILY#

Matter code and short title of all family matters

#FAMILYLIST#

Matter code and country code of all family matters

#INVENTOR_TABLE#

A table of inventors with their addresses

#FIRSTINVENTOR#

First inventor name

#INVENTOR#

Inventors' names, separated with commas if multiple

#INVENTOR_2#    Second inventor name
#INVENTOR_3#    Third inventor name
#INVENTOR_4#    Fourth inventor name

#INVENTOR_FORMAL#

Inventors' formal names, comma separated

#INVENTOR_SALUTATION#

Inventors' salutations names, comma separated

#INVENTOR_ADDRESS#

Inventors' addresses, comma separated

#INVENTOR_NaA#

Inventors' names and addresses, comma separated

#MATTER#

Matter code

#MATTERASSOCIATE#

The location name of the associate

#NEXTRENEWAL#

Same as #RENEWAL# but different date layout

#NEXTRENEWALTEXT#

Description of next renewal task

#NEXTFATAL#

Next fatal task due date. Can add or subtract days (D), weeks (W), months (M), or years (Y). e.g., #NEXTFATAL-1W#

#NOTES#

Notes

#OFFICIALACTIONS#

A list of all dates where type is set as 'Official Action'

#OPENDATE#

Date matter was opened

#OPPOSITION#

This picks out the date of the first live task in a matter that is marked as type 'Opposition'

#OWNER#

Owner of the matter (user)

#OLDCODE#

Old code for the matter (sometimes used in take on)

#PARENTAGE#

Parentage of the matter

#RENDEADLINES#

A list of all dates where type is set as renewal

#RENEWAL#

This picks out the date of the first live task in the matter that is marked as a type 'Renewal'

#RENEWAL+6#

Above date plus 6 months. Can add or subtract any combination of days (D), weeks (W), months or years (Y), e.g. #RENEWAL+1Y#

#SHORTTITLE#

Matter short title

#SITENAME#

Contact location name

#STATUS#

Matter status, e.g., pending

#GRANTED?APPLICATION#

Prints the word ‘Application ‘ if there is no grant date. Otherwise blank

#TITLE# alias #LONGTITLE#

Matter long title

#FORMALTITLE#

Matter formal title

#WHOPAYS#

Who pays the bill for this matter (location name)

#WHOPAYS_PHONE#

Who pays the bill for this matter (phone)

#WHOPAYS_FAX#

Who pays the bill for this matter (fax)

#WHOPAYS_EMAIL#

Who pays the bill for this matter (email)

#YOURVATNO#

Your VAT number

#INVOICEADDRESS# alias #WHOPAYS_ADDRESS#

Address for the 'Who pays the bill' for this matter

#TASKDATE# alias #BASEDATE#

Next due task date. Can add or subtract days (D), weeks (W), months or years (Y)

#PARENTTASK_DUEDATE#The due date for the parent of the current task, if the task has a parent

#THUMBNAIL#

Inserts a thumbnail of the matter image

#UNITARYPATENTCOUNTRIES#Unitary Patent Countries list

 

Case (history) dates

H1

Priority (earliest)

#H1CC#

Country code of earliest priority application – first two letters

#H1COUNTRY#

Country name of earliest priority application

#H1DATE#

Date of earliest priority application

#H1CODE#

Number of earliest priority application

#H1NOCC#

Country number

#ADDPRIOS#

Lists the priority date, country code and code for each additional priority, comma separated

#H1DATE+x#

Priority date plus x months 

#H1DATE-x#

Priority date less x months 

H2

Filing/Application

#H2DATE#

Filing date

#H2CODE#

Application number

#H2DATE+x#

Filing date plus x months 

#H2DATE-x#

Filing date less x months 

#H2DATE+120#

Filing date plus 120 months (10 years)

#H2DATE+60#

Filing date plus 60 months (5 years)

H3

Publication

#H3DATE#

Publication/Advertisement date

#H3CODE#

Publication/Advertisement number

#H3DATE+x#

Publication date plus x months 

#H3DATE-x#

Publication date less x months

H4

Grant

#H4DATE#

Grant/Registration date

#H4CODE#

Grant/Registration number

#H4DATE+x#

Grant date plus x months 

#H4DATE-x#

Grant date less x months 

H5

National phase entry

#H5DATE#

National/Regional phase entry date

#H5CODE#

National/Regional phase entry number

#H5ORH2CODE#

Takes Nat/Reg number if present, otherwise uses Filing no.

#H5ORH2DATE#

Takes Nat/Reg entry date if present, otherwise uses Filing date

#H5DATE+x#

Nat/Reg Entry date plus x months 

#H5DATE-x#

Nat/Reg Entry date less x months 

H6

National phase publication

#H6ORH3CODE#

Takes Nat/Reg publication number if present, otherwise uses original publication number

#H6ORH3DATE#

Takes Nat/Reg publication date if present, otherwise uses original publication date

#H6DATE#

National/Regional publication date

#H6CODE#

National/Regional publication number

#H6DATE+x#

Nat/Reg Publication date plus x months 

#H6DATE-x#

Nat/Reg Publication date less x months 

H7

First OA

#H7DATE#

Date of first office action

#H7DATE+14D#

Date of first office action plus 14 days

#H7DATE+x#

First office action date plus x months 

#H7DATE-x#

First office action date less x months 

H8

Publication of EP search

#H8DATE#

Date of publication of EP search report

#H8DATE+x#

Publication of EP search report date plus x months 

#H8DATE-x#

Publication of EP search report date less x months 

H50Request for Unitary Effect
#H50DATE#Request for Unitary Effect date
#H50CODE#Request for Unitary Effect number
#H50DATE+x#Request for Unitary Effect date plus x months 
#H50DATE-x#Request for Unitary Effect date less x months 
H51 Registration of Unitary Effect
#H51DATE#Registration of Unitary Effect date
#H51CODE#Registration of Unitary Effect number
#H51DATE+x#Registration of Unitary Effect date plus x months (max. 31
#H51DATE-x#Registration of Unitary Effect date less x months (max. 31)
H52
UPC Opt-Out
#H52DATE#UPC Opt-Out date
#H52CODE#UPC Opt-Out number
H53UPC Withdrawal of Opt-Out
#H53DATE#UPC Withdrawal of Opt-Out date
#H53CODE#UPC Withdrawal of Opt-Out number

Misc.

#HXORHYDATE#

Where X and Y are numbers relating to your matter histories

#HXORHYTITLE#

Displays history title, e.g. Grant, Application, Priority

#HXORHYCODE#

Displays code e.g., GB0012345;

#HXORHYCC#

Displays country e.g., GB

#HXORHYCOUNTRY#

Displays country e.g., United Kingdom

 

Pre-set Task Due Date

#PRESET_TASK_DATE_X#

Where X is the ID of the pre-set task


Letter sign-off   Case users

#USEREMAIL#

Matter owner's email (Attorney/Fee Earner/Owner)

#USER2EMAIL#

Matter second user's email (Formalities)

#USER3EMAIL#

Matter third user's email (Secretary)

#USER4EMAIL#

Matter forth user's email (Trainee)

#USERINITIALS# alias #UI#

Matter owner’s initials

#USER2INITIALS# alias #UI2#

Matter second user's initials

#USER3INITIALS# alias #UI3#

Matter third user's initials

#USER4INITIALS# alias #UI#

Matter fourth user's initials

#USER_SIGNATURE#

Matter owner’s signature

#USER2_SIGNATURE#

Matter second user's signature

#USER3_SIGNATURE#

Matter third user's signature

#USER4_SIGNATURE#

Matter fourth user's signature

#USERLETTERNAME#

Matter owner’s sign-off name

#USERLETTERNAME2#

Matter owner’s second sign-off name

#USER2LETTERNAME#

Matter second user's sign-off name

#USER2LETTERNAME2#

Matter second user's second sign-off name

#USER3LETTERNAME#

Matter third user's sign-off name

#USER3LETTERNAME2#

Matter third user's second sign-off name

#USER4LETTERNAME#

Matter fourth user's sign-off name

#USER4LETTERNAME2#

Matter fourth user's second sign-off name

#USERLETTERTITLE#

Matter owner's sign-off title – line 1

#USERLETTERTITLE2#

Matter owner’s sign-off title – line 2 (optional)

#USERLETTERTITLE3#

Matter owner’s sign-off title – line 3 (optional)

#USERLETTERTITLE4#

Matter owner’s sign-off title – line 4 (optional)

#USERLETTERTITLE5#

Matter owner’s sign-off title – line 5 (optional)

#USERLETTERTITLE6#

Matter owner’s sign-off title – line 6 (optional)

#USER2LETTERTITLE#

Matter second user's sign-off title – line 1

#USER2LETTERTITLE2#

Matter second user's sign-off title – line 2 (optional)

#USER2LETTERTITLE3#

Matter second user's sign-off title – line 3 (optional)

#USER2LETTERTITLE4#

Matter second user's sign-off title – line 4 (optional)

#USER2LETTERTITLE5#

Matter second user's sign-off title – line 5 (optional)

#USER2LETTERTITLE6#

Matter second user's sign-off title – line 6 (optional)

#USER3LETTERTITLE#

Matter third user's sign-off title – line 1

#USER3LETTERTITLE2#

Matter third user's sign-off title – line 2 (optional)

#USER3LETTERTITLE3#

Matter third user's sign-off title – line 3 (optional)

#USER3LETTERTITLE4#

Matter third user's sign-off title – line 4 (optional)

#USER3LETTERTITLE5#

Matter third user's sign-off title – line 5 (optional)

#USER3LETTERTITLE6#

Matter third user's sign-off title – line 6 (optional)

#USER4LETTERTITLE#

Matter fourth user's sign-off title – line 1

#USER4LETTERTITLE2#

Matter fourth user's sign-off title – line 2 (optional)

#USER4LETTERTITLE3#

Matter fourth user's sign-off title – line 3 (optional)

#USER4LETTERTITLE4#

Matter fourth user's sign-off title – line 4 (optional)

#USER4LETTERTITLE5#

Matter fourth user's sign-off title – line 5 (optional)

#USER4LETTERTITLE6#

Matter fourth user's sign-off title – line 6 (optional)

#USERPHONE#

Matter owner’s phone number

#USER2PHONE#

Matter second user's phone number

#USER3PHONE#

Matter third user's phone number

#USER4PHONE#

Matter fourth user's phone number

#CC#

Contents of the “cc” box for letters (Note: Not compatible with Smart Templates)


Letter sign-off  Active/logged in user

#USERLETTERFIRSTNAME#First name of user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#LOGINTITLE#First name and last name of user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#LOGININITIALS# alias #UI_LOGIN# OR #CURRENTUSERINITIALS#Initials of user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#CURRENTUSEREMAIL#Email of the user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#CURRENTUSERPHONE#Direct Line fort he user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#LOGINLETTERNAME# OR #CURRENTUSERLETTERNAME#Letter name of user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#CURRENTUSERLETTERTITLE#Letter title of the user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#CURRENTUSERLETTERTITLE2#Letter title 2 of the user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#CURRENTUSERLETTERTITLE3#Letter title 3 of the user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#CURRENTUSERLETTERTITLE4#Letter title 4 of the user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#CURRENTUSERLETTERTITLE5#Letter title 5 of the user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#CURRENTUSERLETTERTITLE6#Letter title 6 of the user creating the correspondence (logged in)
#LOGIN_SIGNATURE#The Signature of the currently logged in user


Primary (Key) Contact for Case

#PC_NaA#

Primary contact's name and address

#PC_NAME#

Primary contact's name

#PC_ADDRESS#

Primary contact's address

#PC_POSTCODE#

Primary contact's postcode

#PC_PHONE#

Primary contact's phone

#PC_FAX#

Primary contact's fax

#PC_EMAIL#

Primary contact's email

#PC_HOMEPHONE#

Primary contact's home phone

#PC_HOMEMOBILE#

Primary contact's home mobile

#PC_HOMEFAX#

Primary contact's home fax

#PC_HOMEEMAIL#

Primary contact's home email

 


Invoices

#ACCONT#

Accounts contact name

#INVOICEADDRESS#

Invoice address (for Who Pays the Bill)

#ACCONTEMAIL#

The accounts contact (to use with For attention of)

 

Invoice References

#BILLINGREFERENCE#Billing reference

#BG#

Billing guide number

#CLIENTREF#

Client reference

#DATE#

(see #TAXDATE#)

#INVOICENUMBER#

Invoice number

#OURREF#

Your reference

#YOURVATNO#

Client VAT number

#TAXDATE#

Invoice date

#TAXDATEPLUS#

Invoice date plus number of days entered in the Address Book Organisation ‘Finance Settings’

#PAYTERM#

Payment Term description entered in the Address Book Organisation ‘Finance Settings’

 

Invoice Heading/Title

#APPLICANT#

Applicant

#APPLICANT_FORMAL#Applicant's formal name

#CATEGORY#

Matter category, e.g., patent

#CLIENT#

Client's name

#COUNTRY#

Country name of the matter country e.g., Australia

#COUNTRYADJ#

Country adjective of the matter country e.g., Australian

#EXTRA1#

TM Goods

#EXTRA2#

TM Conditions

#EXTRA3#

TM Classes

#EXTRA4#

TM Designated countries

#EXTRA5#

Payment reference

#EXTRA6#

Product type

#MATTER#

Matter code

#OWNER#

Owner of the matter (user)

#SHORTTITLE#

Matter short title

#TITLE#

Matter long title

 

Charge Table

#INVOICETABLE#

Table of all charges bulked together with descriptions

#SCHEDULETABLE#

Table of charges in detail [Combined/Monthly Invoices]

#OVERVIEWTABLE#

Table of charges as overview [Combined/Monthly Invoices]

 

 

Invoice table options

You can add options to the #INVOICETABLE# code to modify the default presentation. These modifiers are wrapped in pipe characters (Note: on a UK keyboard this is the Shift Key + the button to the right of the shift key).


|BORDER| = Adds a border to the table
|NOGROUPTITLES| = Removes the titles Time/Fixed/Cost
|TOTALSALIGNLEFT| = Totals at the bottom align left
|USERCOL| = Adds a user column
|NOVATCOL| = Removes the VAT amount column
|NOVATRATECOL| = Removes the VAT rate column
|TIMECOL| = Adds a time column
|DATECOL| = Adds a date column
|MATTERCODECOL| = Adds a matter code column
|CATEGORYCOL| = Adds a category column
|NOVATTOTAL| = Removes the VAT total row


For example:


                                        #INVOICETABLE|NOVATRATECOL||NOVATCOL||NOGROUPTITLES|#

 

 


Cover Sheets

 

Client Details

#CLIENT#

Client name for this matter

#CLIENTREF#

Client’s reference for this matter

#WHOPAYS#

Who pays the bill for this matter (location name)

 

Associate Details

#ASSOCIATES#

A list of associates relevant to this matter

#ASSOCREF#

The associate's reference


Inventors

#INVENTOR_TABLE#

A table of inventors with their addresses

 

Case Details

#APPLICANT#

Applicant

#CATEGORY#

Matter category e.g., patent

#COUNTRY#

Country name of the matter country e.g., Australia

#COUNTRYADJ#

Country adjective of the matter country e.g., Australian

#COUNTRYCODE#

Country code of the matter country e.g., AU

#EXPIRYDATE#

Expiry/Renewal date from the details page

#EXTRA1#

TM Goods

#EXTRA2#

TM Conditions

#EXTRA3#

TM Classes

#EXTRA4#

TM Designated countries

#EXTRA5#

Payment reference

#EXTRA6#

Product type

#FAMILY#

Family name

#H1CODE#

Earliest priority number

#H1DATE#

Earliest priority date

#H1CC#

Earliest priority country code

#H1CCNAME#

Earliest priority country name

#H2CODE#

Application number

#H2DATE#

Filing date

#H3CODE#

Publication/Advertisement number

#H3DATE#

Publication/Advertisement date

#H4CODE#

Grant/Registration number

#H4DATE#

Grant/Registration date

#H5CODE#

National/Regional phase entry number

#H5DATE#

National/Regional phase entry date

#H6CODE#

National/Regional publication number

#H6DATE#

National/Regional publication date

#H7DATE#

Date of first office action

#H8DATE#

Date of Publication of EP search report

#MATTER#

Matter code

#NOTES#

Notes

#OWNER#

The matter owner (Attorney)

#OWNER2#

The matter second user (Formalities)

#OWNER3#

The matter third user (Secretary)

#OWNER4#

The matter fourth user (Trainee)

#PARENTAGE#

The parentage of the matter

#SHORTTITLE#

The matter short title

#STATUS#

The matter status, e.g., pending

#SUBCATEGORY#The matter subcategory

#TITLE#

The short title

#TYPEOFMARK#

The type of mark

 

Today’s date

#DATE#

Today’s date

 

Deadlines/Reminders

#DONEACTIONS#

List of activities which have been completed

#DUEACTIONS#

List of activities which are due to be done

#NEXTRENEWAL#

Next renewal date for this matter

#OPENDATE#

Date the file was opened

#RENDEADLINES#

A list of all dates where type is set as renewal


Charge Sheet Items

#CHARGESHEET_DESCRIPTION_X#The charge sheet item description, where X is the charge sheet ID

#CHARGESHEET_AMOUNT_X#

The charge sheet item amount, where X