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USPTO News: Optional e-Office Action Program to Begin in March

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Christopher P. Singer -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office sent out a series of e-Commerce Alerts on February 10, 2009, announcing that the existing pilot e-Office Action program will be made permanent and available as an option to all applicants beginning this March. The USPTO has been maintaining the current pilot e-Office Action program for the past two years, and has gathered regular participant feedback in efforts to improve the program.As we have previously reported (see "USPTO Begins the 'e-Office Action' Pilot Program" and "Patent Office Announces Update to E-Office Action Pilot Program"), participants in the e-Office Action...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).