Appendix A

Appendix A. USPTO Systems, Workflow Tools, and Searchable Data Sources Table A-1. USPTO software and workflow tools
Name
Function

PE2E-DAV

Document viewer for the application file and posted search results

SLIC

Sequence Listing Control system used to review sequence-listing versions and certification status

ABSS

USPTO internal biological sequence-search system
STIC-EIC 1600 Sequence Search Request Form
Internal request mechanism for customized sequence searches STIC Workflow Tracker (SWFT)
Internal status tracker for search requests submitted to STIC-EIC 1600 GenBase UI
Interface used for advanced review and navigation of ABSS search results ABSS sequence-to-sequence alignment tool
Tool for direct local alignment of two sequences
S3C (Sequence Systems Service Center)
Technical support resource for sequence-listing issues
Table A-2. Sequence databases searchable through ABSS
Database or database group
General purpose
Pending_Patents_NA_Main and Pending_Patents_NA_New
Nucleotide sequences from pending patent applications
Pending_Patents_AA_Main and Pending_Patents_AA_New
Amino acid sequences from pending patent applications
Published_Applications_NA_Main and Published_Applications_NA_New Nucleotide sequences from published patent applications Published_Applications_AA_Main and Published_Applications_AA_New Amino acid sequences from published patent applications Issued_Patents_NA
Nucleotide sequences from issued patents
Issued_Patents_AA
Amino acid sequences from issued patents
Geneseq_NA and Geneseq_AA
Subscription-based patent-sequence data
GenEmbl
Broad public nucleotide-sequence data
EST
Expressed sequence tag data
UniProt
Protein sequence data
PIR
Protein sequence data
Table A-3. External resource used in limited circumstances Name
Limitation

NCBI BLAST

External resource; may be used only for published sequence content