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• Exclude Dictionary Part 3: The Annoyances

  Now that you have been introduced to the exclude dictionary, here are the annoyances/drawbacks: The exclude dictionary is set per computer user and across all of Microsoft Office.  Thus, you can’t easily have a separate…

• Exclude Dictionary Part 2: Other Uses of An Exclude Dictionary

  Yesterday’s posting discussed using the exclude dictionary feature of Microsoft Office to reduce patent profanity in your patent applications and Office Action responses.  Here are some other uses of the exclude dictionary feature: reducing embarrassing typos…

• Exclude Dictionary Part 1: Using An Exclude Dictionary to Prevent Patent Profanity

  Any experienced patent prosecutor can tell you that there are words or phrases that shouldn’t be used (or should be used with extreme caution) in a patent application or Office Action response.  For example,  words…

• Spliting Multi-part PAIR PDF Files

  When downloading multiple pieces of correspondence from PAIR in a single download, the USPTO usually outputs the documents into a single PDF file with each piece of correspondence seperately bookmarked. For an easy way to…

• USPTO Requests Volunteers to Test the Online Continuing Education for Practitioners (”CEP”) System

  I haven’t seen any of the other patent blogs or patent-related email lists mention it so this may be the under-reported patent story of the week. Regardless, given the audience of this blog is very…

• Yet Another Blog (YAB) for Patent Practitioners: Do we really need another?

  Welcome to Patent Tech Tips, a new blog about using technology to make life easier for the patent practitioner and associated support staff. In addition, ethical and legal concerns surrounding such technology use will also…