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 Patent e-Filing
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  •         Secrets, non-secrets, and support groups for electronically filing patent applications.
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Patent e-Filing
Table of Contents
  • 1.EFS Timeline
  • 2.Acronyms, etc.
  • 3.e-File or Flee?
  • 4.The Software
  • 5.The Process
  • 6.HELP
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1.EFS Timeline
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2.Acronyms, etc.

  • EFS-ABX Electronic Filing System Application Body   XML Authoring Tool
  • ePAVE electronic Patent And Validation Engine
  • IFW Image File Wrapper
  • PAIR Patent Application Information Retrieval
  • PKI Public Key Infrastructure
  • TEAS Trademark Electronic Application System
  • TIFF Tag(ged) Image File Format, the standard   used for images in applications
  • VBA Visual Basic for Applications
  • XML eXtensible Markup Language
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3.e-File or Flee?
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4a.The Software
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4b.The Software - CD
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4c.The Software - ABX
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5.The Process
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6a.HELP - FAQs
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6b.HELP - Resources