[Patentcenter] Issue Fee Transmittal - Certificate of Service

Timothy Snowden timothy at thompsonpatentlaw.com
Fri Nov 10 17:00:01 UTC 2023


Good point James --

You can also just modify the top to say "Practitioner Substitute of <form>"

Then it's no longer an Office form.

On 11/10/2023 10:47 AM, James E. Lake via Patentcenter wrote:
>
> Remember to revise per 37 CFR 1.4(d)(5)
>
> “(5) Forms. The Office provides forms for the public to use in certain 
> situations to assist in the filing of correspondence for a certain 
> purpose and to meet certain requirements for patent applications and 
> proceedings. Use of the forms for purposes for which they were not 
> designed is prohibited. No changes to certification statements on the 
> Office forms (e.g., oath or declaration forms, terminal disclaimer 
> forms, petition forms, and nonpublication request forms) may be made. 
> The existing text of a form, other than a certification statement, may 
> be modified, deleted, or added to, if all text identifying the form as 
> an Office form is removed. The presentation to the Office (whether by 
> signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating) of any Office form 
> with text identifying the form as an Office form by a party, whether a 
> practitioner or non-practitioner, constitutes a certification under § 
> 11.18(b) of this chapter that the existing text and any certification 
> statements on the form have not been altered other than permitted by 
> EFS-Web customization.”
>
> James Lake
>
> *From:*Flash <guyvmann at flash.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 10, 2023 8:10 AM
> *To:* patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com
> *Cc:* James E. Lake <jel at randalldanskin.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Patentcenter] Issue Fee Transmittal - Certificate of 
> Service
>
> [External Email]
>
> Or you can just use a PDF editor to type onto it what it needs to say. 
>  That’s how I fill out the old 85b anyway.
>
> I haven’t been correcting it for this issue until now, but I think I 
> may start. No step to add something new.
>
> Guy Vincent Manning
>
> guyvmann at flash.net
>
>
>
>     On Nov 9, 2023, at 11:18 AM, James E. Lake via Patentcenter
>     <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>
>     
>
>     If you need to use the 85b the PTO sent to you with the NOA
>     instead of using the Patent Center Web 85b, then I suggest you
>     prepare and upload PTO/SB/92 Certificate of Mailing or
>     Transmission under 37 CFR 1.8 as a separate paper since the
>     certificate on the old 85b is incorrect. SB92 expressly includes
>     Patent Center.
>
>     James Lake
>
>     *From:*Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On
>     Behalf Of *Randall Svihla via Patentcenter
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, November 8, 2023 1:24 PM
>     *To:* patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com
>     *Cc:* Randall Svihla <rsvihla at nsiplaw.com>
>     *Subject:* Re: [Patentcenter] Issue Fee Transmittal - Certificate
>     of Service
>
>     [External Email]
>
>     Fairness, schmerness.  You can bet if your livelihood depends on
>     it, the USPTO will throw you under the bus.
>
>     *From:*Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On
>     Behalf Of *Dale Quisenberry via Patentcenter
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, November 8, 2023 4:20 PM
>     *To:* Timothy Snowden <timothy at thompsonpatentlaw.com>;
>     patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com; Sarah Adriano
>     <sbadriano at adrianoassociates.com>
>     *Cc:* Dale Quisenberry <dale at quisenberrylaw.com>
>     *Subject:* Re: [Patentcenter] Issue Fee Transmittal - Certificate
>     of Service
>
>     Thanks, Tim.  I think what you and Sarah are saying are good
>     arguments, and may very well be winning arguments.  As I think
>     about it further, it would seem unfair for the USPTO to take the
>     position that using the USPTO’s own form would not constitute an
>     effective certificate, especially once we arrive in a Patent
>     Center only world.
>
>     Dale
>
>     C. Dale Quisenberry
>
>     Quisenberry Law PLLC
>
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>     *From: *Timothy Snowden <timothy at thompsonpatentlaw.com>
>     *Date: *Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 3:11 PM
>     *To: *patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com
>     <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>, Sarah Adriano
>     <sbadriano at adrianoassociates.com>
>     *Cc: *Dale Quisenberry <dale at quisenberrylaw.com>
>     *Subject: *Re: [Patentcenter] Issue Fee Transmittal - Certificate
>     of Service
>
>     I would argue a similar point to Sarah. However, for elimination
>     of doubt (because Dale's view is arguable, and probably the most
>     'to the letter accurate'), I modify our Certificate to say "...
>     EFS-Web/PatentCenter ..."
>
>     Part of the confusion is that USPTO has been a bit imprecise
>     whether they refer to PatentCenter as an iteration of EFS-Web or a
>     different system. I take the view that it's an iteration at least
>     as far as the legal framework for the Certificate of Service goes.
>     I know the USPTO hasn't updated it, but it seems like the only
>     other option is to Fax / USPS, and that's clearly not the intent
>     ... so clearly the practical intent of the USPTO is that
>     PatentCenter is the next iteration of the USPTO's electronic
>     filing system.
>
>     Not sure if that stream of consciousness helps, but there it is...
>
>     On 11/8/2023 2:48 PM, Dale Quisenberry via Patentcenter wrote:
>
>         Sarah,
>
>         My view is that the certificate below would not be effective
>         for Patent Center unless it was changed from EFS-Web to Patent
>         Center.
>
>         Dale
>
>         C. Dale Quisenberry
>
>         Quisenberry Law PLLC
>
>         13910 Champion Forest Drive, Suite 203
>
>         Houston, Texas 77069
>
>         (832) 680.5000 (office)
>
>         (832) 680.1000 (mobile)
>
>         (832) 680.5555 (facsimile)
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>         *From: *Sarah Adriano <sbadriano at adrianoassociates.com>
>         <mailto:sbadriano at adrianoassociates.com>
>         *Date: *Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 2:31 PM
>         *To: *users of Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
>         <mailto:patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
>         *Cc: *Dale Quisenberry <dale at quisenberrylaw.com>
>         <mailto:dale at quisenberrylaw.com>
>         *Subject: *RE: Issue Fee Transmittal - Certificate of Service
>
>         Dale,
>
>         I saw EFS-web as a generic electronic filing system with
>         species therein. Filing via patent center was just another
>         form of an electronic filing system via the web.  Comments?
>
>         Thanks, Sarah
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>         *From:*Patentcenter
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>         <mailto:patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>] *On Behalf
>         Of *Dale Quisenberry via Patentcenter
>         *Sent:* Friday, November 03, 2023 4:30 AM
>         *To:* users of Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
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>         *Cc:* Dale Quisenberry <dale at quisenberrylaw.com>
>         <mailto:dale at quisenberrylaw.com>
>         *Subject:* [Patentcenter] Issue Fee Transmittal - Certificate
>         of Service
>
>         Listmates,
>
>         You have probably already noticed this, but just in case:
>
>         The “Certificate of Mailing or Transmission” on the Part B –
>         FEE(S) TRANSMITTAL form for transmittal of an Issue Fee does
>         not list transmission to USPTO via Patent Center.
>
>         <image001.png>
>
>         This form won’t work come November 8, agree?
>
>         Dale
>
>         C. Dale Quisenberry
>
>         Quisenberry Law PLLC
>
>         13910 Champion Forest Drive, Suite 203
>
>         Houston, Texas 77069
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