Attachment 4
Instructions for Viewing
A Sample Patent Application -
Authored using EFS Software

Request for Agreement (RFA) 60-PBPT-0-00001 for the USPTO Electronic Filing Partnership (EFP)(Sample application XML document provided
per Public inquiry "Questions from Request for Comments" on the RFA)

The purpose for distributing a sample patent application is to assist interested parties who are preparing RFA proposals.

Sample patent application with drawings authored as XML tagged document using USPTO EFS Word Authoring Tool (PASAT).

Note: The PASAT software is available for download at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs/downloads/downloadndx.htm
You can create your own XML sample XML application specification using PASAT authoring guide and software, if you wish.

Contents of Zip File:
a). 3 TIFF image files (contents: Three (3) application figures)
b). 1 XML document file (contents: patent application specification tagged XML)
c).
 1 Word document (contents: source document from which XML document was created)
d). 1 copy of the USPTO standard specification XML .dtd
e). 1 copy of the USPTO standard XML style sheet .xsl

Instructions to view sample XML application in Microsoft IE 5.x web browser using USPTO XML standard style is as follows:
1. Download the zip file and save to a folder on your computer. (Sample Patent Application Zip file)
2. Open zip file.
3. Extract all the files in the zipped file to one new folder on your computer.
4. Open the folder containing the extracted files.
5. Click on the file named "demo_samp2_bd36.xml".
 
By clicking on this xml file you are launching your IE web browser.
  You will be viewing the XML Patent Application Specification document instance automatically using the XML style sheet in the IE web browser.
6. To view the XML specification without the style sheet rendering, from the browser menu, select View and then select Source.
  You will automatically view in Notepad the application specification document instance, with dtd tag notations.

If you have questions or problems using the EFS software or viewing this sample application, please call the USPTO EBC Customer
Support Center on 703-305-3028. Thank you for your interest in the USPTO EFS project.