FAQs Patent Questions

Question:Will the USPTO advise me as to whether a certain patent promotion organization is reliable and trustworthy?

Answer:
No. The Office has no control over such organizations. The Office will publish complaints regarding invention promoters and replies from the invention promoters. The Office will not undertake any investigation of the invention promoters.

Question:You can File a patent via the internet by using the electronic filing system on the USPTO's website

Answer:
Use EFS, the USPTO's electronic filing system for patent applications, to submit Utility patent applications, Provisional applications, electronic information disclosure statements (eIDS), patent assignments, computer readable format (CRF) biosequencelistings, and pre-grant publication submissions to the USPTO via the Internet.

Question:How do I access sequences for a particular document?

Answer:
In order to access the sequence information for a patent or published application, you may submit the document number via the PSIPS home page. The PSIPS document detail page will then show you the number of sequences (SEQ ID NOs.) within the selected Sequence Listing. You will have the opportunity to view one or more sequences, or download the entire Sequence Listing.

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