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Provision and use of
IP data at the USPTO
Nelson Yang

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Why is data important?
Awareness
Consistency
Innovation

Data at the USPTOFiling data
• Patent Center

Patent family data
• Global Dossier

Bulk data sets and services

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Patent Center
New and unified system to replace EFS-Web and PAIR
Single interface• Features single interface for filing and managing patent applications

Recent technology• Integrates recent technology• Allows for enhanced system operations• Enables increased functionality

Authentication• Use your USPTO.gov account that also allows access to EFS-Web andPrivate PAIR
• Allows role based access–Patent Practitioner, Practitioner Support,
Independent Inventor, and guest access.
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DOCX/XML features including multi-section DOCX
Upload multiple documents at a time
Drag and drop for document upload
Intuitive document codes/descriptions
New look and feel (user interface)
Save submissions at any time
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DOCX in Patent Center–benefits and features•Safe and stable for creating, authoring, and processing IP documents•Drag and drop for document upload•Requirement to convert DOCX into PDF for filing is eliminated•Detects and splits specification, claims, abstract found in a single file (i.e., multi-section)•

Automated document code assignments saves initial processing time•

Provides content-based validations pre-submission, saving examination,and initial processing time•–

Specification paragraph numbering detection–

Independent and dependent claim count–Duplicate or missing claim number detection–

Improper multiple claim dependency–

Abstract word countSecure: automatic metadata detection and scrubbing

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Global Dossier

The Importance ofGlobal Worksharing

Source:www.fiveipoffices.org/statistics.html,
accessed June 29, 2021.

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Benefits of Global Dossier
Consolidated access to patent family data
• View an application’s patent family and counterpart prosecution histories frommultiple IPOs in real-time

View the most relevant art in minutes• Citation List allows you to see all the art cited in the patent family, with themost frequently cited art listed firstOffice Action translations• Only location to find real-time English machine translations of Chinese,
Korean, and Japanese Office Actions

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Patent family view
Sorting Indicator

Office Action Indicator

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Application dossier view
Jump directly toanother applicationin Patent Family
Download document list

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Additional data provision tools

Assignment search

User interface

API Access

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bulk data

User interface

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API service

Patent examination data

User interface
API Access
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User interface

API Access

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Contact information
ElectronicBusiness Center

Global Dossier

Hours: Monday to Friday,6 a.m. to midnight ET,
except federal holidays

Email:
GlobalDossier@uspto.gov

Telephone numbers:• Toll-free: 866-217-9197• Local: 571-272-4100
Email: ebc@uspto.gov

Assignment searchhttps://assignments.uspto.gov

PTAB bulk data

https://assignments.uspto.gov

Patent examination
data

https://ped.uspto.gov/peds/

PatentsView

www.patentsview.org

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