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Obtaining international patent
protection is important, but it can be difficult.

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It typically involves
duplication and redundancy with millions

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of documents moving around the world.
Protection of your inventions may be

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inconsistent globally. What if there were
a single portal where all involved could

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easily view, monitor, and manage
intellectual property around the world?

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This concept -- a global dossier -- would save countless resources for patent

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applicants and IP professionals
worldwide.

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The five largest IP offices -- the IP five --

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are working to make global
dossier a reality.

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one that is envisioned to be expanded to IP offices outside of the IP five.

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With input from IP five industry groups,

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the World
Intellectual Property Organization and

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stakeholders all around the world, the IP
five is developing the suite of services

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needed for global dossier.

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Dossier access is the first part of the
working global dossier. It gives users

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online access to the documents in the
prosecution history of related

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applications filed at participating
offices

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now you can save time searching

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across patent families.

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Application
documents are available at your fingertips,

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and you can access machine translated

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documents in real time on your own --
saving time and money.

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global patent quality is improved because examiners have access to more relevant prior art

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earlier in the examination process and
because Dossier Access allows for more

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consistent patent application
prosecution globally, it provides greater

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predictability for patent applicants.

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The ultimate goal of global dossier is to

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allow applicants to file an application
in multiple patent offices from a single portal,

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reducing the burden and redundant
processes associated with cross filing.

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You'll be able to monitor and identify
issues during prosecution across all

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participating offices, allowing you to
act more quickly as developments unfold.

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The USPTO is in charge of evaluating the
process needed to make this a reality.

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We're exploring the ways sharing
documents among participating offices

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within today's IP 5 legal framework is
feasible.

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A mechanism that allows IP

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offices to exchange prosecution-related
documents could significantly reduce the

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administrative burden on patent
applicants.

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You can help us implement Global Dossier.

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Keep up-to-date about
Global Dossier on our website where

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you'll learn about the launch of new
services. Use these services and share

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your comments and suggestions about them,
to help us develop a global dossier that

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best serves you.