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Welcome to USPTO's brief survey about interview practices during patent prosecution. Your responses will help the interview team to identify best practices and training needs. Thank you in advance for your time.

Your response to this survey will remain anonymous, and results will be viewed and reported in aggregrate format only. Questions about the survey should be sent via email to ExaminerInterviewPractice@uspto.gov.

OMB No: 0690-0030
Expiration Date: 06/30/2017
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* 1. How effective do you feel an interview is in advancing prosecution?

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* 2. Have you conducted an interview with an examiner in the last 12 months?

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