Changes To Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is amending the rules of practice to support implementation of the Office's electronic filing system (EFS) for patent correspondence, and in particular, the Web-based electronic filing system (EFS-Web). EFS- Web permits most patent correspondence, that is, most patent applications and other patent related documents, to be submitted in a portable document file ("PDF") format. The major changes that the Office is adopting are changes to provide patent users with a process for showing that correspondence submitted in an application which has entered national stage under 35 U.S.C. 371 submitted via EFS-Web was actually received by the Office by relying on the acknowledgment receipt, and to treat certain correspondence as received, for timeliness purposes, as of the date submitted by applicant rather than the date received by the Office if the correspondence is filed via EFS- Web.
- Task
- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
- both
- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/01/23/E7-906/changes-to-facilitate-electronic-filing-of-patent-correspondence (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
- Legacy system and where it moved
- No legacy system name mention in title or summary )
- Fee
- No fee mention in title or summary )
- What you need (account or API key)
- No account or key mention in title or summary )
- Published
- 2007-01-23
- Document type
- Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Related entry points
- Use of WIPO's ePCT System for Preparing the PCT Request for Filing as Part of an International Application With the USPTO as Receiving Office
- Date of Receipt of Electronic Submissions of Patent Correspondence
- Changes To Practice for Continued Examination Filings, Patent Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims, and Examination of Claims in Patent Applications
- Changes To Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims
- Date of Receipt of Electronic Submissions of Patent Correspondence
- Changes To Facilitate Applicant's Authorization of Access to Unpublished U.S. Patent Applications by Foreign Intellectual Property Offices
- Changes To Facilitate Applicant's Authorization of Access to Unpublished U.S. Patent Applications by Foreign Intellectual Property Offices
- Changes To Support Implementation of the United States Patent and Trademark Office 21st Century Strategic Plan
- Electronic Submission of a Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a Computer Program Listing Appendix in Patent Applications
- Notice of Public Hearing and Request for Comments on Matters Related to the Harmonization of Substantive Patent Law
- Submitting Patent Applications in Structured Text Format and Reliance on the Text Version as the Source or Evidentiary Copy
- New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related Correspondence and Madrid Protocol Rules Change
- Provisions for Persons Granted Limited Recognition To Prosecute Patent Applications and Other Miscellaneous Matters
- Electronic Filing System-Web (EFS-Web) Contingency Option
- Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
- Changes To Implement the Inventor's Oath or Declaration Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act