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As a part of our continuing effort to modernize
USPTO application systems, filing formats

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for patent applications now include DOCX.

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Filing in DOCX eliminates the need to convert
structured text into a PDF for filing.

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Additionally, uploading in DOCX with supported
fonts eliminates the non-embedded font error,

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which is the most common error when uploading
a PDF document.

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Registered or unregistered users may file
Utility non-provisional, provisional, and

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US 371 National Stage applications currently,
and we are working to add even more filing

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types.

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Your document can contain the specification,
claims, abstract and drawings sections in

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DOCX format in a single file.

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Using the USPTO’s Patent Center tool, filing
patent applications electronically has never

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been easier.

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Unique to Patent Center is a training mode
where DOCX documents may be anonymously uploaded

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and pre-checked by the system without submitting
the application for processing.

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For example, by selecting a new Utility nonprovisional
filing type

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and entering application data in the required
fields,

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a multisection document may simply be dragged
and dropped for upload.

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Available only to documents filed in docx
format, the system performs real time section

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detection and content validation – helping
to identify issues that may otherwise delay

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processing of the application.

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A feedback document is provided so you can
view the exact location of each identified

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issue and address them before officially submitting
the patent application.

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The application can be submitted with warnings
present, or the document may be removed, corrected,

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and reloaded for submission.

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The ability to make corrections pre-submission
may decrease the number of non-compliant notices

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you receive from the USPTO, saving you valuable
time and allowing the application to be processed

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without delay.

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User metadata such as author, comments, and
bookmarks are scrubbed from the document pre-submission,

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so that only the substantive information desired
to be seen in the image file wrapper is preserved.

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Advancing to the review and submit screen,
after entering efiler information and selecting

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the submit button,
the electronic acknowledgement receipt shows

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a dummy application number, the documents
submitted,

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and an SHA-512 secure hash which ensures that
the application is unaltered as it travels

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through the application process.

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To exit training mode, select “quit training
mode” at the top right corner.

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This takes you back to the Patent Center home
page.

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Please visit www.uspto.gov/patent/docx to
sign up for future training events and to

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learn more about filing in docx format,
the best way for authoring and processing

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your patent applications!