OMB Control Number 0690-0030
Expiration Date: 04/30/14
Pre-watching the Video Survey Questions
Do you author patent documents (initial application and/or follow-ons) using Microsoft Word?
Yes
No
Do you use any other word processing application to author patent documents?
WordPerfect
OpenOffice
Google Docs
Star Office
Apple Pages
Other___________________
Do you currently receive patent documents authored by the applicant in Word or from any other word processing application?
Yes
No
If Yes, does the firm make any changes to the document or is it converted to PDF as is?
Yes
No
If needed
Do you have any reservations using Word to submit patent documents to the USPTO?
Yes
No
If Yes, what?_________________________________
Does the phrase “validation tool” make you think of ePAVE or PASAT?
Yes
No
Post-watching the Video Survey Questions
After viewing the video of validator tool, do you have any reservations about using it?
Yes
No
If Yes, what ____________________
Do you have any recommendations on how to improve it?
Yes
No
If Yes, What_________________________________
Would you use in its current state?
Yes
No
Do you think that the validation errors uncovered by the tool would decrease and eventually not become an issue through user experience?
Yes
No
Should a form of the validation tool be used in a future version of e-filing, would a training video help to minimize any apprehension?
Yes
No
Currently, the validation tool provides the user the option to remove all identified validation errors and allows the user to create a new document that has all validation issues removed.
If you accepted the new validated document, would you then review the document to check for other changes made during the validation process?
Yes
No
Would you rather have the tool identify the errors incrementally so that you could make the corrections on the source document?
Yes
No
Would you use a web based ‘cut and paste’ submission process in lieu of submitting patent documents in Word or in any other word processing format?
Yes
No
Would need to see it first
Has the need and importance been clearly conveyed why the USPTO needs to receive text from the applicant?
Yes
No
Have the benefits to the applicant been clearly conveyed if text is submitted to the USPTO?
Yes
No
Other comments?
__________________________________________________
This information collection contains requirements subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the PRA, unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number. The estimated response time for this collection is 90 minutes. The response time includes the time for reviewing the instructions, viewing the video, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
File Type | application/msword |
Author | turanga |
Last Modified By | gbanks |
File Modified | 2012-02-03 |
File Created | 2012-02-03 |