From: Claire R Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 3:01 PM To: Information Collection Subject: re: Paperwork Reduction Act notice-and-comment period that is open til 7/23. 1) Consistency of date format... In form PTO/SB/08a, dates are in a format: 1999-01-01 In private pair, dates are in the format: 09-09-2015 Tess: January 1, 2016 EPAS: 01/01/2016 PCT filings: 20160101 The process of filing paperwork will be more efficient and accurate if a consistent format is used. 2) AIA0014, corrected ADS. I attempted to file on of these and it was rejected, requiring that I manually underline changes. This is VERY SURPRISING. It should be possible in 2016 to allow digital underlining in the form itself, or otherwise designate changes. 3) AIA0015 If we file the ADS online, how about having the transmittal letter be part of the online filing as well? In fact, many of the boxes on AIA0015 could be auto-populated as the files are uploaded. The data in 0015 could be displayed on the payment screen, for example. -- Claire Rutiser MS, MBA Director of Intellectual Property, Angstron Materials and Nanotek Instruments 937-331-9884 1240 McCook Ave. Dayton, OH 45404 This email may contain material that is subject to copyright or trade secret protection, confidential and/or privileged and, in all cases, provided for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, reliance or distribution by others or forwarding without express permission is strictly prohibited. If you receive this message in error, please do not directly or indirectly use, print, copy, forward, or disclose any part of this message. Please also delete this e-mail and all copies and notify the sender. Thank you.