PAIR Master (BETA)

A.  INSTALLATION AND SETUP.

To install PAIR Master, simply download the file to your computer (see Download section) and install the file.  After PAIR Master is installed, you will need to identify where your USPTO Digital Certificate is located along with the password by going to Edit/Preferences.  You can also identify a Default Save-As Location if you have a common place on your server where you save your electronic files (or a base directory that you can then go further into). 

B.  DOWNLOAD PRIVATE PAIR DOCUMENTS (VIA OUTLOOK).

The easiest way to download Private PAIR documents is via Outlook.  To download the Private PAIR documents using this method, simply do the following:

1. Open PAIR Master.
2. Locate the Private PAIR Correspondence Notifcation e-mail from the USPTO (sent from PAIR_eOfficeAction@uspto.gov and titled Private PAIR Correspondence Notification for Customer Number XXXXX).
3. Open the Private PAIR e-mail (by double-clicking the e-mail or right-clicking then selecting Open).
4. Select the Send to PAIR Master button (in the upper-right portion of the e-mail).
5. The contents of the e-mail are sent to PAIR Master and PAIR Master will then proceed to download all of the USPTO documents contained in the PAIR Correspondence.  After each document is downloaded, a pop-up is displayed.
6. To open the downloaded documents, double-click the desired document or right-click then select Open.  The document should be displayed in your PDF viewer.

C.  DOWNLOAD PRIVATE PAIR DOCUMENTS (MANUALLY).

 If you are having problems using the Outlook method above, you can manually copy the e-mail into PAIR Master for processing by doing the following:

1. Open PAIR Master.
2. Locate the Private PAIR Correspondence Notifcation e-mail from the USPTO (sent from PAIR_eOfficeAction@uspto.gov).
3. Highlight all of the text in the e-mail containing the PAIR Correspondence (you can highlight by dragging your cursor or by doing a CONTROL-A).  With the text highlighted, copy the same by right-clicking then selecting Copy or by doing a CONTROL-C.
4. In PAIR Master, go to File then Manual PAIR E-mail Entry.  A new dialogue box will be displayed called PAIRMasterInsert.
5. In the new box titled PAIRMasterInsert, select the Paste button which will then paste the contents of the e-mail.
6. Select the Submit button which will then submit the e-mail contents for processing by PAIR Master.
7. PAIR Master will then proceed to download all of the USPTO documents contained in the PAIR Correspondence.  After each document is downloaded, a pop-up is displayed.
8. To open the downloaded documents, double-click the desired document or right-click then select Open.  The document should be displayed in your PDF viewer.