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Leveraging Electronic Resources To Retrieve Information From Applicant’s Other Applications and Streamline Patent Issuance

Patent – Patently-O 2016-09-03

The USPTO has issued a Federal Register Request for Comments on the best use of the internet for communicating with applicants and streamlining patent issuance.  The Office will also hold a roundtable on September 28 (webcast).

Particular issues – best way to receive documents, and avoid duplicates in ways that improve examination “quality and efficiency” while also reducing any burden on applicants.  In addition, the USPTO is looking to modify the patent document and is asking “what should be included on the front page of the patent.”