USPTO Initiatives: Global Dossier and eCommerce Modernization Workshop

Abstract:

Global Dossier is a set of business services that provides IP stakeholders free, secure, one-stop access to patent application from all participating IP offices. It enables the exchange of patent information between foreign patent offices, patent examiners, and the public worldwide.

The Office of Patent Information Management (OPIM) is working on eMod (eCommerce Modernization), a project to improve the electronic patent application process by modernizing its filing and viewing systems. Patent Center is the new tool in development, which features a unified interface, with all of the capabilities from today's tools in a single place, and so much more.

Workshop Objectives:

• Discuss USPTO initiatives: Global Dossier and eCommerce Modernization.
• Demonstrate how Global Dossier can assist stakeholders quickly and easily view, monitor and manage IP protection around the world, including the latest enhancements and progress on the document sharing priority
• Discuss the eCommerce Modernization project and how it improves the electronic patent application process by modernizing USPTO’s application filing and viewing systems
• Determine ways that stakeholders can continue to provide input and feedback into both the development of additional Global Dossier enhancements the eCommerce Modernization project.