Mar 03, 2019 by claimmaster

As you are probably aware, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), went into effect on 25 May 2018 and has a major impact on European privacy law. GDPR is a single regulation that unifies data protection requirements for all EU member states. GDPR has a

Jan 06, 2019 by claimmaster

ClaimMaster 2019 can now generate patent proofreading reports in HTML format, such as the one shown here.  These reports include many helpful features: 1. Powerful reviewing interface – the new reports make it significantly easier to review all the results of patent proofreading at once. Relying on the

Jan 06, 2019 by claimmaster

As you probably heard, the USPTO is changing the login procedure to Private PAIR and EFS-Web, replacing it with two-factor authentication (PKI certificates will be disabled on February 19,  2019).  Certain background changes to Public PAIR login page also affected automation features in ClaimMaster.  In

Dec 22, 2018 by claimmaster

How big of a problem is the wrong patent application number? Have you ever put a wrong patent application number in the header of your Office Action response?  Maybe you’ve used another response as a template, but forgot to change its header…  What happens to your

Nov 18, 2018 by claimmaster

Similarly Spelled Words and Spell-Checking Have you ever accidentally mistyped one word for a similarly spelled word when drafting a patent application, but the Word’s spellchecker didn’t catch the error? This will often happen when the word itself is spelled correctly, but is the wrong word for the context, such as nodule vs. module, formed vs. foamed,

Sep 09, 2018 by claimmaster

New ClaimMaster release 2018.9.0 is here!  It has numerous improvements, including many new features and bug fixes – we’ve improved all aspects of the tool, including user interface, claims/specification proofreading, time-saving tools, and various downloading features, as explained in more detail below. Generate figures from

Aug 18, 2018 by claimmaster

Data security in the cloud is a popular topic these days.  Web-based applications offer certain advantages over the traditional desktop applications, such as cross-platform compatibility and ease of access.  But what about using the cloud for preparing highly confidential documents like patent applications?  Currently,

Nov 06, 2017 by claimmaster

The USPTO recently announced a new way to perform patent application filings in DOCX format. Per the USPTO Text Intake Guidelines, applicants can submit their applications, via EFS-Web, in three separate DOCX documents: Specification, Claims, and Abstract.  EFS-Web users must create and upload these

Oct 16, 2017 by claimmaster

ClaimMaster 2018 is here!  First, we’ve changed our software versioning scheme to make version control more intuitive. But most importantly, the new release includes many improvements to the tool, including numerous new features and bug fixes – we’ve improved all aspects of the tool,

Aug 08, 2017 by claimmaster

What happens when you fail to thoroughly proofread your patent applications? Well, the USPTO will certainly not correct your patent drafting mistakes, so you may end up with an issued patent riddled with errors.  And don’t be surprised if the courts will publicly point out