Application Records and Reports

The USPTO maintains an automated data management system for the retrieval

and/or online updating of the computer record of each patent application. The USPTO also

maintains integrated examination tools which display examiner time, activity, and docket

records, and technical support staff backlog records.

To retrieve data from the automated data management system transactions

are entered by keyed entries or by making an appropriate choice in a drop-down menu. Among

other items, classification, examiner docket, attorney, inventor, status, and prosecution

history data as well as the location of each paper application can be retrieved and updated

online.

I.

DOCKET REPORTS

Examiner dockets are maintained in the automated data management system

and the integrated examination tools simultaneously with the recording of incoming and

outgoing communications, transfers of applications to and from dockets, and other types

of updating of the application record. The status of each examiner’s docket can be

determined by means of the integrated examination tools. Examiner dockets include the

individual examiner new and amended docket which lists applications as regular, special,

or expedited applications in priority order; the individual examiner rejected

application docket; and the individual examiner new application profile, which lists the

totals of new applications in each docket. Various summaries of the above reports at the

art unit, Technology Center (TC), and corps levels are also available.

II.

BIWEEKLY TIME AND ACTIVITY REPORTS

All reporting of examiner time and activity is performed on a biweekly

basis. Each examiner’s examining and non-examining time, as entered in the USPTO’s time

and attendance system, is used by the integrated examination tools in the computation of

productivity data. Examiners can view biweekly time and activity reports through the

integrated examination tools, which include a list, by application number, of all

applications for which actions have been counted during the biweekly period

r’s examining and non-examining time, as entered in the USPTO’s time

and attendance system, is used by the integrated examination tools in the computation of

productivity data. Examiners can view biweekly time and activity reports through the

integrated examination tools, which include a list, by application number, of all

applications for which actions have been counted during the biweekly period. The type of

action counted for each application is also indicated on the report. The examiner may

also review time data, an action summary, and cumulative summaries to date for the

current quarter and fiscal year. Various summary reports at the Art Unit, TC, and Corps

levels are also produced.

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