P108 Electronic Filing System submission specifics US

EFS-US Patent and Trademark office submission:

Overview:

Each country has a different requirement for handling the output from IP-Docs.

The USPTO uses a software package that they have developed called ePAVE. EPAVE is authoring software. You don't do any actual preparation of documents with this package. You use it to collect the graphics and text documents together, compress and encrypt them and send them to the USPTO. That process provides receipt confirmation (that your patent has been received and accepted) as the final filing step.

Assignment:

1)       Print and review the study outline below.

2)       Read the 157 page government publication "Electronic Filing System, Submission Manual ePAVE" found at www.uspto.gov/efsepave.pdf .

3)       Obtain a digital Certificate, read and understand it thoroughly.

4)       Download and familiarize yourself with the ePAVE software.

5)       Take the USTO EFS ePAVE test to complete and be credited with Level 8 US IP-Docs certification.

It is suggested that you print the following study outline in advance of your reading and use it to make notes as you read the document(s) as a future resource for collected information & as preparation for the test at the end of the lesson.

Study outline:

Identify the following acronyms and be aware of their function with regard to ePAVE:

EFS

TIFF

Kbps

CRF

ASCII

PAIR

PatentIn

EBC

PAC

10 MB limit

VML

Make a list of all the e-mail addresses, phone numbers, and web sites listed in the document and note what information you will need to get from each during the patent process.

Identify the following ePAVE related terms and know how they relate to the Electronic File Submission process:

Group 4 compression

Assignee undivided

Practitioner

Sequence listing

Legal Framework Document

Provisional Patent Application

Plant new utility

Assignment Recordation

Pre-Grant Publication

Redacted copy

Tagged structured documents

Patent ownership

Submission Transmittal

Lucida Sans Unicode

Small entity statement

Digital certificate file

Note the order of operations of use for the following items:

Pre-Grant Publication

Downloading the ePAVE software

Obtaining a Digital Certificate

Obtaining Digital Security Software

Making an electronic connection with the USPTO

Test for level P108 competency, USPTO EFS ePAVE

1) Where is the FAQ (frequently asked questions pages) for the USPTO EFS?

a) www.uspto.gov

b) ebc@USPTO.gov

c) www.efscenter.gov

2) How do you access the ePAVE software?

a) Is the ePAVE software available on CD?

b) Is the ePAVE software available on floppy disks?

c) Is the ePAVE software available foe download?

d) Does the software run as a Java applet off the ePAVE site for security reasons?

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Patent Information

P109 The inspection and resubmission process (including the use of Compact Disks)

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