[Patentcenter] Impact of Patent Center on docketing system integration

[Randall Svihla]

We also use AppColl at our firm and this is just peachy keen.  How much more better could it be?  The answer is none.  None more better.


From: Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of Bean, Thomas J. via Patentcenter
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Subject: [Patentcenter] Impact of Patent Center on docketing system integration

We are AppColl users, and received the following notice with regard to Patent Center integration from AppColl:

Patent Center Update
Effective November 06, 2023, AppColl successfully transitioned away from Private Pair and now exclusively uses Patent Center to retrieve data for your U.S. and PCT patents and applications. While we continue to make this transition as seamless as possible, there are some changes in behavior:

  *   The performance of retrieving XML files and documents from Patent Center is significantly slower than Private Pair. Your documents and matter updates may take longer to complete each morning.

  *   Some customers may have experienced an increase in “Review USPTO Communication” tasks appearing on their docket over the past few days, most of which are redundant. These additional tasks are a direct result of the different information in the Patent Center XML files. The redundant tasks should simply be marked as “Not Needed”. If they are deleted, they will be regenerated the next time an XML is loaded for the matter. We regret the inconvenience this may cause.

  *   Another important difference with Patent Center XML files is that they no longer contain the historical information used to create the “USPTO:” tasks. The former “USPTO”: tasks showed the transaction history for a patent (e.g., when an Office Action was mailed, when a Notice of Allowance was mailed, etc.). With Patent Center removing this information from XML files, “USPTO:” tasks will no longer be generated.
We will alert you to any additional information regarding this transition as it becomes available.

As we’ve used AppColl’s USPTO: tasks in the past to trigger some of our docketing actions, this change will require some more rework and adjustment on our end.

Tom

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