[Patentcenter] USPTO timestamp

Tue Nov 7 02:29:29 UTC 2023

The status has always-or at least as far back as I can remember-listed a date that is a few days before the official mailing date. The status updates on the date that the status becomes "STATUS - Not Yet Mailed" or the like, where STATUS is "Final Action Counted" or "Allowed" or whatever the updated status of the case is.

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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 15:22:19 -0700
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Don?t feel silly. Patent Center is making us question a lot of stuff. Today I looked up a just-issued office action for a pending patent application in Patent Center. The office action was emailed today, Nov 6, 2023, but the ?status? says it was mailed Nov 2, 2023. Obviously this affects the due date for the response. And there was zero activity in documents or transactions on Nov2.

However, I checked PAIR and it too showed the same inconsistent status date (once I finally got in after getting the ?search limit reached? error message ? twice).

So, has the ?status? date always differed from the last action in documents and transactions? I don?t know, but it?s Patent Center that made me wonder.

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EBC doesn?t know, maybe that?s new. But now I?m wondering if that is my version of Word that inserted the timestamp. I feel a bit silly.

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Hi, Rachel

Obviously they are using GMT.  Why are they using GMT?  The system they are using to check the DOCX document for errors must be running on GMT.  Maybe it's in the UK or Ireland?  Although I would think foreign export laws would prevent that.  As far as how does it affect the filing date, who knows?  Call the EBC and ask them.

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Subject: [Patentcenter] USPTO timestamp

I?m filing an application in docx format. Looking at the USPTO feedback document, their timestamp on their comments is 5 hours ahead (I?m in EST).

Is this an issue? What if I was filing at 11:00 pm EST?

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