Method for filing US patent application Technical Field

The technical field is the filing of US patent applications through ePave.

Background Art

The background art is as follows. The US Patent and Trademark Office provides software called PASAT and XPort which is intended to facilitate authoring of XML patent applications. It is desirable for users to have more than one option for the authoring of XML patent applications.

Technical Problem

The problem is to provide an alternative to PASAT/XPort for the authoring of XML patent specifications.

Technical Solution

What is proposed is to use the PCT-SAFE editor for authoring of XML patent specifications. After the document is authored, the user uses Notepad to open the XML file and to change the country code to "US".

Advantageous Effects

Advantageously, an alternative to PASAT/XPort is provided for the authoring of XML patent specifications

Description of Drawings

Fig. 1 shows various ways of e-filing patent applications.

Best Mode

It is not clear what is the best mode.

Mode for Invention

This is also not clear.

Industrial Applicability

The method has industrial applicability.

1. A method for filing a patent application comprising the steps of: authoring the application in PCT-SAFE editor; closing PCT-SAFE; opening the XML file using Notepad; changing the country code to "US"; closing Notepad; and submitting the application using ePave.

This is the abstract.

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