Here you’ll find a list of our regularly updated step-by-step tutorials for performing various patent proofreading and time-saving tasks in ClaimMaster. Note that features vary between versions, as explained in this table. Patent Proofreading Tools How do I proofread patent documents using ClaimMaster ?
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ClaimMaster has a helpful feature for converting Word’s Track Changes to the USPTO amendment formatting (i.e., underline, strikethrough). We’ve also been receiving occasional requests to add a mirror feature that would converting the USPTO amendment formats to the Track Changes. We’ve now added such
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The USPTO filing systems have recently started accepting documents in DOCX format. In particular, DOCX filing was made available to all EFS-Web Registered, Private PAIR users, and Patent Center users. Users who file in DOCX text are able to access their submissions and office
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The latest version of ClaimMaster (2020.0.0) includes a helpful tool for tracking all documents downloaded or generated with ClaimMaster. These documents include, for example, various downloads from the USPTO/EPO, proofreading reports, filled-out IDS forms, and patent family trees. In the past, some of these
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ClaimMaster 2020 includes many small, but helpful improvements to the software. Some of these improvements are outlined below. Specifying Client Matter ID ClaimMaster now lets you associate client matter id with proofreading reports, document downloads, and other documents generated by the software. To specify
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The new version of ClaimMaster includes several improvements to the patent and file wrapper downloading features. Downloading front pages of the foreign IDS references When submitting IDS forms, you may also need to submit English abstracts/translations for the foreign references. One easy way to
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New PEDS Integration As you probably noticed, Public PAIR has not been particularly stable or reliable lately. In addition, the USPTO recently removed Private PAIR access to applications not listed under the same customer number. To deal with these PAIR limitations, ClaimMaster 2020 now
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ClaimMaster 2020 greatly improves its tools for analyzing Office Actions and drafting Office Shell responses. We’ve streamlined drafting workflows, added many new helpful features, and expanded on the pre-built library of boilerplate entries that could be used to quickly add content to the Office
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