# IFEE Submitter Extraction Guide

**Priority 5** | Status: PDFs downloaded; manual review for submitter names

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## What Was Done

1. **PDFs downloaded:** 4 IFEE documents saved to `evidence/ifw_ifee/`
3. **Manifest:** `evidence/ifw_ifee/IFEE_MANIFEST.txt`

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## IFEE PDFs Downloaded

| Patent | Application | Date | File |
|--------|-------------|------|------|
| 11881807 | 18215352 | 2023-12-18 | IFEE_11881807_LQBEFMNAGREE.pdf |
| 11932607 | 18384685 | 2024-01-29 | IFEE_11932607_LRZIBLDZGREE.pdf |
| 11976365 | 18122396 | 2024-04-01 | IFEE_11976365_LUH8OF25XBLU.pdf |
| 11980937 | 18392663 | 2024-04-04 | IFEE_11980937_LULHPS2QXBLU.pdf |

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## Why Submitter Matters

The USPTO document list API does **not** include submitter/signatory names. The IFEE (PTO-85B) form is filed by the applicant/firm and may show who signed or submitted it. Finding **Goldberg** as submitter on these forms would strengthen the transition/control theory (Litman in correspondence block, Goldberg as filer).

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## Manual Review Steps

1. Open each PDF in `evidence/ifw_ifee/`
2. Look for: **Submitter**, **Signed by**, **Signature**, **Name**, or similar fields
3. Record: Patent | Submitter name | Any other relevant fields
4. Update `ANALYSIS_ifw_submitter_direction.csv` or create `IFEE_SUBMITTER_RESULTS.csv` with findings

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## Technical Note

The IFEE PDFs appear to be **image-based** (scanned), not text-based. Manual review is the most reliable approach for extracting submitter names.