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The latest ClaimMaster version contains a number of helpful improvements to our patent proofreading reports, both in HTML and PDF format.

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In this post, we continue to discuss some of the lesser-known yet helpful ClaimMaster features in our Office Action shells, USPTO forms, and downloading tools.

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As noted by Judge Newman “there are few, if any, legal documents more difficult to craft, more fraught with pitfalls than patent applications.” In this post we go over various drafting errors that could raise 35 U.S.C. 112 issues during litigation and discuss how to avoid them.

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ClaimMaster features have grown steadily over the years and we’ve occasionally added features to address specific user requests. Some of these helpful ClaimMaster features might not be well-known to the casual users, so we’ll highlight them in this post to hopefully help you work a little more efficiently with our patent proofreading and patent drafting tools.

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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.

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