Form G302 DOCX Survey

OMB Control No. 0651-0080
Expiration Date: 09/30/2021

Question Title
*1.

I file in EFS-Web and/or Patent Center as:

Independent Inventor
Registered Attorney/Patent Agent
Sponsored Support Staff

Question Title
*2.

Approximately how many Patent Applications do you file in a year?

0-9
10-99
100 or more

Question Title
*3.

Please respond to the following statements:
Strongly Agree

DOCX is a secure
way to file
Having my Office
Actions available in
DOCX format is
useful

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

DOCX is a secure way
DOCX is a secure
to file Strongly Agree
way to file Agree

DOCX is a secure
way to file Neutral

Having my Office
Actions available in DOCX
format is useful Strongly
Agree

Having my Office
Having my Office
Actions available in DOCX Actions available in DOCX
format is useful Neutral
format is useful Disagree

I make edits to my
I make edits to my
application filed in application filed in DOCX
DOCX based on the based on the feedback
feedback document document Strongly Agree

Having my Office
Actions available in
DOCX format is
useful Agree

Strongly Disagree

DOCX is a secure way
DOCX is a secure way
to file Disagree
to file Strongly Disagree

I make edits to my
I make edits to my
I make edits to my
application filed in
application filed in DOCX application filed in DOCX
DOCX based on the
based on the feedback
based on the feedback
feedback document Agree document Neutral
document Disagree

N/A
DOCX is a secure
way to file N/A

Having my Office
Actions available in DOCX
format is useful Strongly
Disagree

Having my Office
Actions available in
DOCX format is
useful N/A

I make edits to my
application filed in DOCX
based on the feedback
document Strongly Disagree

I make edits to my
application filed in
DOCX based on the
feedback document N/A

Strongly Agree

Agree

Content-based
validation saves me
time

Content-based
validation saves me
time Strongly Agree

Content-based
validation saves me
time Agree

Uploaded DOCX
files should
automatically have
all meta data
removed before
submission

Uploaded DOCX
files should automatically
have all meta data removed
before submission Strongly
Agree

Multi-section DOCX
filing (e.g. SPEC,
CLM, and ABST in
the same document)
is useful

Neutral
Content-based
validation saves me
time Neutral

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

Content-based
validation saves me
time Disagree

N/A

Content-based
validation saves me
time Strongly Disagree

Content-based
validation saves me
time N/A

Uploaded DOCX
Uploaded DOCX
Uploaded DOCX
files should automatically
files should automatically files should automatically
have all meta data
have all meta data removed have all meta data removed
removed before
before submission Neutral before submission Disagree
submission Agree

Uploaded DOCX
files should automatically
have all meta data removed
before submission Strongly
Disagree

Uploaded DOCX
files should
automatically have all
meta data removed
before submission N/A

Multi-section DOCX
filing (e.g. SPEC, CLM,
and ABST in the same
document) is useful Strongly
Agree

Multi-section
Multi-section DOCX
Multi-section DOCX
DOCX filing (e.g. SPEC,
filing (e.g. SPEC, CLM,
filing (e.g. SPEC, CLM,
CLM, and ABST in the
and ABST in the same
and ABST in the same
same document) is
document) is useful Neutral document) is useful Disagree
useful Agree

Multi-section DOCX
filing (e.g. SPEC, CLM,
and ABST in the same
document) is useful Strongly
Disagree

Multi-section
DOCX filing (e.g.
SPEC, CLM, and ABST
in the same document)
is useful N/A

I regularly review
the feedback
document after
uploading the
DOCX file

I regularly review the
feedback document after
uploading the DOCX
file Strongly Agree

I regularly review
the feedback document
after uploading the
DOCX file Agree

I regularly review the
I regularly review the
feedback document after
feedback document after
uploading the DOCX
uploading the DOCX
file Neutral
file Disagree

I regularly review the
feedback document after
uploading the DOCX
file Strongly Disagree

I regularly review
the feedback document
after uploading the
DOCX file N/A

I find the feedback
document easy to
understand

I find the feedback
document easy to
understand Strongly Agree

I find the feedback
document easy to
understand Agree

I find the feedback
document easy to
understand Neutral

I find the feedback
I find the feedback
document easy to
document easy to
understand Strongly Disagree understand N/A

I find the feedback
document easy to
understand Disagree

Question Title
*4.

Please rate your interest in the following options:
Very Interested

Are you interested in
being able to file
amendments and/or
responses in DOCX?
Are you interested in
filing Figures in
DOCX?

Somewhat Interested

Neutral

Not Really Interested

N/A

Are you interested in
being able to file amendments
and/or responses in
DOCX? Very Interested

Are you interested in
Are you interested in being able
Are you interested in being
being able to file amendments
to file amendments and/or responses able to file amendments and/or
and/or responses in
in DOCX? Somewhat Interested
responses in DOCX? Neutral
DOCX? Not Really Interested

Are you interested in
being able to file
amendments and/or responses
in DOCX? N/A

Are you interested in
filing Figures in DOCX? Very
Interested

Are you interested in filing
Figures in DOCX? Somewhat
Interested

Are you interested in
filing Figures in DOCX? N/A

Are you interested in
Are you interested in filing
filing Figures in DOCX? Not
Figures in DOCX? Neutral
Really Interested

Very Interested
Are you interested in
having a claim tree
diagram generated
before you submit your
application?

Are you interested in
having a claim tree diagram
generated before you submit
your application? Very
Interested

Somewhat Interested

Are you interested in having a
claim tree diagram generated before
you submit your
application? Somewhat Interested

Neutral

Are you interested in
having a claim tree diagram
generated before you submit
your application? Neutral

Not Really Interested
Are you interested in
having a claim tree diagram
generated before you submit
your application? Not Really
Interested

N/A

Are you interested in
having a claim tree diagram
generated before you submit
your application? N/A

Question Title

5. What advantages does PDF provide you that DOCX does not?

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6. What automatic validations would be useful to you that are not already implemented?

Question Title
*7.

Participant Information

Contact Name
Organization
Customer Number
Phone
Email
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is conducting this survey to gather feedback associated with filing documents in DOCX format. This survey is strictly
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