[Patentcenter] LMAO! - November 15th

Wed Nov 8 14:08:16 UTC 2023

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On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 8:24 AM Wendy Koba via Patentcenter <
patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> I was just looking at the Patentcenter page ---  it enumerates a
> relatively long list of things they'll be working on (!!!) in the next 72
> hours --- and if you click through onto a following page of "other issues
> being reviewed", an even longer list pops up .....
>
> So sad --- it's like life in a Dilbert cartoon ....  and all of this is of
> such basic importance to our day-to-day work.    And is there also a hope
> that all of this EFS shutdown is also to be a diversion from the January
> mandate for DOCX filing?
>
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> *Received: *Wed, 08 Nov 2023 01:21:16 AM EST
> *From: *Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *To: *patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com
> *Cc: *Carl Oppedahl <carl at oppedahl.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [Patentcenter] LMAO! - November 15th
>
>
> And, if the Friday is a federal holiday (which it is) then the related
> thing is that very little work gets done on the afternoon of the preceding
> Thursday.
> On 11/7/2023 7:42 PM, Rick Bigelow via Patentcenter wrote:
>
> I've seen several of these big software projects.  They almost always
> result in delays when they get into beta testing because there are a lot of
> things that the software designers don't know about and therefore can't
> program for.
>
> What this really means is that the software contractor probably won't get
> its max bonus for meeting the deadline. (I'm assuming USPTO doesn't have
> the IT staff to develop PATENTCENTER internally).   I suspect the next
> deadline is also tied to a reduced bonus.  Who knows, maybe even USPTO
> management/project management has some bonus money at stake. That's
> generally the reason that project leadership adheres rigidly to due dates,
> live dates, and retirement dates even though they know the replacement
> system is FUBAR.
>
> So since max bonuses won't be paid, maybe they can spend some of the money
> they saved by doing a little maintenance on PAIR and other systems.
>
> Friday is a federal holiday and the start of a three day weekend.  How
> much work will get done over that three day weekend?
>
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 3:49 PM Randall Svihla via Patentcenter <
> patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>
>> What a joke.
>>
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>> *From:* Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On
>> Behalf Of *Doreen Trujillo via Patentcenter
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 7, 2023 3:26 PM
>> *To:* patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com
>> *Cc:* Doreen Trujillo <DTrujillo at vlplawgroup.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Patentcenter] LMAO! - November 15th
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>> From the blog:
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>> “We’re not stopping here. Since its launch six years ago, we’ve
>> rigorously tested Patent Center and made improvements based on your
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>> performance improvement send them to *emod at uspto.gov*
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>> Retiring our legacy EFS-Web and Private PAIR systems ensures that we are
>> better protecting confidential application materials and investing patent
>> user fees responsibly. Maintaining these legacy systems during the
>> development and testing of Patent Center made sense to ensure there was no
>> interruption in service. Patent Center is now ready to become the sole
>> system, and it is time to turn off the legacy systems so we can reinvest
>> recovered resources into developing your ideas for new functionality and
>> performance improvements.”
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>> Doreen
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>> Behalf Of *Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentcenter
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 7, 2023 3:17 PM
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>> *Cc:* Suzannah K. Sundby <suzannah at canadylortz.com>
>> *Subject:* [Patentcenter] LMAO! - November 15th
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>>
>> Aha aha hee ah hee ha.
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>> Like in SIX business days, the USPTO is going to actually fix all the
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>> the usual SOP)…
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