Automatically supply examiners with all are in foreign cases and eliminate requirement for applicants to provide. This will get the art to the examiners more quickly and avoid excess filings and RCEs.
Sends the user an alert when the status of an application changes
Applicant Initiated Inter-Office Document Exchange
The ability for applicants to transmit priority documents through Global Dossier.
Information about the pending status of an application can be viewed through Global Dossier.
The ability to retrieve XML data of patent applications through Global Dossier
Applicant Initiated Inter-Office Document Exchange
Would include changes to applicant name, change of address, etc., that could be initiated by applicant through Global Dossier
I would like to view the total government fees with a breakout per country.
Applicant Initiated Inter-Office Document Exchange
In this electronic era that we are now operating in, is the task force investigating the ability for applicants to import office actions and similar documents directly into in-house docketing systems?
Would be nice to see if / when renewals are due and when the last ones were paid
USPTO is exploring providing alerting functionality via Global Dossier. This alert would inform users when changes occurred within the patent family that the user was watching.
Two options we are potentially considering are providing alerts via email or providing alerts via RSS feed. We would love to hear from you regarding which option you would prefer.
Applicant Name Standardization
User Community - How important is name standardization to you? Do you have any preferences or suggestions on how you would like to see this implemented?
We would like to gather some feedback on what would encourage applicants to submit their application in XML compatible format, e.g. .docx
Applicant Initiated Inter-Office Document Exchange
The USPTO is evaluating transmitting documents between offices using Global Dossier.
We would like feedback and input on what types of users would use Global Dossier to transmit documents among offices. We would also like feedback and input on the types of documents that users would like to transmit among offices.
Applicant Initiated Inter-Office Document Exchange
USPTO is evaluating pre-populating office-specific forms,including the Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) using data in Global Dossier. This would be delivered in an incremental approach. We would like to receive feedback from users about this possibility. What do you think of this? What level of control would you want over the citations that are pre-populated? Would you want/need editing functionality? Please provide ...more »
The IP5 is working on implementing alerting functionality to inform users to changes in the each application in the patent family. USPTO is currently evaluating providing this alerting via email and/or via RSS feeds. Please comment and provide feedback on the preferred format for receiving alerts.