G265- Global Dossier Survey and Focus Group

OMB Control Number: 0651-0080

Expiration Date: 8/31/2018

Global Dossier Focus Session Questions

1. Who are the main users of Global Dossier in your company/law firm/organization?

2. How are you using Global Dossier?

   1. For example, prior to submitting applications?

   2. During prosecution for monitoring?

   3. Monitoring competitor applications?

   4. Prior art searches?

   5. Etc.

3. How useful do you find Global Dossier?

4. Which features are most useful?

5. Which features need enhancement?

6. Does Global Dossier save you time?

   1. Where does the time savings come?

      1. At the beginning of prosecution?

      2. During prosecution?

7. Does Global Dossier save you money?

   1. In what ways?

   2. How much does it save you on average per case?

8. What could the USPTO and IP5 do to further improve the usefulness of Global Dossier?

9. One of the initiatives for Global Dossier is an XML provision. What are your thoughts on submitting applications to the Office in XML?

   1. What concerns do you have?

   2. What can the Offices do to help encourage stakeholder participation in submission of applications in XML?

10. The USPTO is working on a way to allow stakeholders to submit documents between Offices using Global Dossier, for example, for PPH or sharing priority documents. What are your thoughts on this?

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is conducting this focus session to gauge satisfaction on the Global Dossier program. This session is strictly voluntary, includes 10 questions and should take approximately 60 minutes to complete. 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.