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USPTO transitioning to Patent Center e-Office Action program and seeking public input on e-postcards
To modernize the electronic Office (e-Office) action process and further streamline its service delivery processes, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is beginning its transition to the Patent Center e-Office Action program. Implementation of the Patent Center e-Office Action program is another step in the USPTO’s transition to Patent Center, a more modern, user-friendly system that provides improved system performance and a more intuitive user experience. Once fully implemented, the Patent Center e-Office Action program will replace the existing e-Office Action program available to users of the Private Patent Application Information Retrieval system.
In addition, the Patent Center e-Office Action program offers a new option for users to receive courtesy postcards by email (e-postcards) as a reminder that there are available USPTO communications that have not been viewed or downloaded. The USPTO is implementing the e-postcard option based on feedback from customers, particularly to reduce paper consumption and mitigate the impact of potential postal delays. The USPTO seeks public comments on eliminating the postal postcard for all Patent Center e-Office Action program users in the future.
For more details, including information on how to comment on the e-postcard option, please see our Federal Register Notice that is available on the Patent Related Notices webpage. More information is also available on the e-Office Action program webpage.
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