In a notice published last week in the Federal Register (87 Fed. Reg. 25226), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will allow Applicants to submit an applicant-generated PDF version ...

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It is often a debatable issue whether one of PDF, DOC and DOCX is the best format for sending documents. (Image Source: desktime.com). In your daily life you might not need a lot of paperwork to be ...

“While the proposed DOCX filing system has raised concerns among practitioners… it has the potential to enhance USPTO efficiency and reduce operational costs.” The USPTO intends to use the DOCX format ...

“We found significant delays in the processing of patent applications with actual or perceived (i.e., uploaded documents ‘missing’ from the official file) DOCX-related errors.” In apparent response to ...