ABSTRACT
The purpose of the Electronic Filing System (EFS) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is to electronically file specific types of patent application-related submissions via the Internet. An EFS user must be identified as one of the following authorized patent application filers:
• Applicant • Assignee • Assignee undivided part as set forth in 37 CFR 1.33(b) • Registered Attorney or Agent
EFS is a system for submitting new utility patent applications, provisional patent applications, assignment documents, publication-ready application information for pre-grant publications, Information Disclosure Statements, and computer readable format (CRF) sequence listings for pending biotechnology patent applications as described in MPEP (Manual of Patent Examining Procedure) and 37 CFR 1.821-1.825.
