Jessica Patterson

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.

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.

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.

We would like to gather some feedback on what would encourage applicants to submit their application in XML compatible format, e.g. .docx

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?

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

The ability for applicants to transmit priority documents through Global Dossier.

Would include changes to applicant name, change of address, etc., that could be initiated by applicant through Global Dossier

Sends the user an alert when the status of an application changes