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USPTO updates Notice of References Cited form
As part of its continuous efforts to increase efficiency, America's Innovation Agency, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), is updating a standardized form that is attached to many Office actions, the PTO-892 Notice of References Cited form.
The PTO-892 form is used to provide an applicant with a list of the references cited in the Office action to which it is attached. Beginning on November 5, 2026, the form will be updated to have a new “T-column,” with a checkable box corresponding to each row in the Foreign Documents section, as shown below.
 Checking the box on the row corresponding to a reference indicates that an English-language translation is provided with the respective reference. Many practitioners and stakeholders will be familiar with this manner of notation because it mirrors the format of the SB-1449 form.
Examination tools have also been updated to automatically check the box in the T-column when the examiner exports a translation together with their respective foreign language reference. This update is expected to increase the efficiency of examiners in completing the PTO-892 form while also providing an accurate indication of the documents which have been considered by the examiner and are present in the application file.
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