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    New Web-Based Filing System For Patent Applications

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and Under Secretary for Intellectual Property Jon Dudas launched the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) new electronic filing system that will allow applicants to file over the Internet virtually anytime and anywhere, reducing the application process by 30 minutes and improving accuracy on filed documents.

    Three early adopters--the 3M Company, the law firm of Fish & Richardson and the University of Maryland--filed the first applications using EFS-Web, the new web-based patent application tool, today at the Commerce Department, officially opening the system to all patent applicants.

    "This new electronic filing system is another critical step in our on-going efforts to provide innovators with the most secure and simple patent-applicant process in the world,” said Gutierrez. "Our country is rich in skill and creativity. Every day this human talent develops novel and useful inventions to improve the lives and livelihoods of the American people."

    "The USPTO worked with the intellectual property community to develop this new system," added Under Secretary Dudas.  "Focus groups composed of corporations, law firms and individual filers provided input about their needs. Based on this customer input, USPTO developed a tool designed to meet those needs--an efficient patent submission tool in which users have full confidence."

    The shift from a paper-based system to an electronic environment offers a number of advantages to patent filers. Patent customers can file applications and related documents using their existing software. It is now possible to submit documents by simply attaching PDF files. EFS-Web offers additional practical flexibility to the intellectual property community by allowing staff to file documents prepared and reviewed by patent attorneys. Filers will also be able to pay filling fees over the Internet.

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