RFI Attachment 3 - Grant Workflow.pdf
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This document is a workflow diagram detailing the Content Management System (CMS) process for patent application documents after a Notice of Allowance (NOA). The workflow illustrates the data export and management process from the USPTO to a publication vendor, encompassing multiple document types and stages including Initial Data Capture (IDC) and Final Data Capture (FDC).
Key components of the workflow include exporting various patent-related documents such as drawings, claims, specifications, abstracts, sequence listings, office actions, and bibliographic data. The process involves daily document reporting through a DREAD Report, which provides an Excel spreadsheet of newly ingested documents. Additional details include verification of bibliographic data, timing checks, and handling of petitions and supplemental information. The workflow highlights the systematic transfer of patent application documents between the Content Management System and the publication vendor, with specific export protocols for different stages of patent processing.
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Content Management System (CMS) (All patent application related documents)
Grant: After Notice of Allowance (All bibliographic data is verified)
All Patent Application Documents (TIF, DOCX, PDF, etc.):
Drawings Claims Specification Abstract Sequence Listing (produced by SLIC application)
.txt (600KB to <1GB)
.txt (<600KB for publication in Yellow Book)
.xml Office Action Bib data documents (ADS, IIFW, BIB, etc.)
All artifacts except: Non-Patent Literature, Foreign Patent Document
IDC- Initial Data Capture export at NOA (next export date after NOA approval (e.g., SPE approval for Junior) export occurs 5 days a week.
Authority File for PGPUB for Reference Citation Kind Code
Authority File for Certificates Kind Code (ReExAM Certificate, PTAB Certificate, Supplemental Exam Certificate)
Authority File for Grant for Reference Citation Kind Code
Group Art Unit Data exported along with Image of the File Wrapper Part of Examiner ("contents.xml file from PAVES at IDC and FDC)
Cumulative Valid Symbol List
CPC to IPC Concordance (XML & TXT) via email to pub vendor (4 times/year)
FDC- Final Data Capture export after issue fee payment. Publication vendor should not get any more documents after FDC. All new documents in CMS after IDC. Except ReExam and PTAB Decisions on application - these are full application documents export.
DREAD Report: Daily New Document Report of documents (not actual documents) received after Initial Data Capture export. Every morning, this report goes out to vendor containing documents that are ingested by CMS. It is an Excel Spreadsheet listing the document code, application number, and load date into CMS.
U.S. Patent Classification (USPC)
Additional Details:
Grant Manuals All Bib data is verified Timing checks Petitions to consider additional IDS to consider
Publication vendor updated documents:
(e.g. 1449, etc.)
Vendor to USPTO USPTO to Vendor
Publication Vendor
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