USPTO Patent E-Filing Tip Indexing Drawing Change Descriptions

The USPTO wants you to kow that the drawing document descriptions (e.g., Drawings) in EFS-Web are reserved ONLY for drawings. "Please index any documents describing amendments to the drawings as "Applicant Arguments/Remarks Made in an Amendment," they write in a USPTO e-COMMERCE e-ALERT circulated on October 8, 2007.

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