Patents e-Commerce at the U.S.Patent

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Patents e-Commerce at the
U.S.Patent Trademark Office

• July 2003

Created July 2003
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Todays Topics

• Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC)

Electronic Filing System (EFS) Overview
Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR)
System

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Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC)

• Provides access to electronic business
  applications for patent customers
• Customer Number Registration Forms
• Required for PAIR and EFS
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Registration
  Forms
• Security software to support electronic commerce
• Required for PAIR and EFS
• Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR)
• Access to application status and history via the
  internet
• Electronic Filing System (EFS)
• Filing of patent applications via the internet

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Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC)

How does one get to the EBC?
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Visit the USPTO Website, www.uspto.gov
click on Online Business.
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Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC)
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Patent Electronic Business Center (EBC)

Where do first-time visitors go?

Click on New Users
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Patent Electronic Business Center EBC Customer
Support Center
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Patent Electronic Business Center EBC Customer
Support Center
Available To Our Customers 18 Hours Daily
Monday - Friday Hours of Operation Mondays
Fridays 6 AM Midnight (Eastern
Time) Contact Information Telephone Local
[phone] Toll-Free 1 (866)
217-9197 E-Mail EBC_at_uspto.gov Facsimile (703)
308-2840 Address U.S. Patent Trademark Office,
Mail Stop EBC, Commissioner for Patents, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450 Website
http//www.uspto.gov/ebc/index.html