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FAQs are organized by the following headings:

• New and Updated FAQs (14Apr2003)
• Prepare to Use EFS
• Software/System Requirements
• General Questions
• Types of Submissions that can be filed with EFS
• EFS and New Utility Patent Applications
• EFS Pre-Grant Publication Submissions
• File Formats
• Specification Authoring
  • General
  • TSA
  • PASAT
• Figures of Drawings, Chemical Structures, and Math Formulae
• Entering Additional Application Data
• View/Print
• Transmitting to USPTO
• Receipt of Filing
• Fees/Payment
• Troubleshooting

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