# MPEP § 1704: Application Records and Reports

> Federal · Agency guidance · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/MPEP_S1704

## Section

- **Citation:** MPEP § 1704
- **Heading:** Application Records and Reports
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Agency guidance
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** USPTO MPEP / Chapter 1700 - Miscellaneous / MPEP § 1704

## Text

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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