USPTO Electronic Filing Presented from a Law Firm Perspective
In "The New Age of Electronic Patent Filing from A-Z: The Patent Side Goes Paperless," Leonard Richard Svensson (of Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP) presents via PLI's Lawyer's Toolbox:
- a listing of which documents you can and cannot file;
- the new, expanded online filing hours,
- the registration process,
- a review of Birch, Stewart's in-house process for electronic filing in terms of record keeping
- dangers and challenges of EFS, including quality control;
- record maintenance;
- keeping your docketing department in the loop;
- cost and maintenance of scanning equipment;
- reorganization of staff duties; and
- the potential for examiners to not read important parts of the application and confusing the identity of documents because of improper scanning.
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