[Patentcenter] missing from the announcement (was Fwd: Coming soon: USPTO’s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and EPAS)

Sat Nov 11 03:53:17 UTC 2023

Hi, Richard:

Well, 37 CFR 1.21(h) states as follows:

§ 1.21 Miscellaneous fees and charges.
. . . .
(h) For recording each assignment, agreement,
or other paper relating to the property in a patent or
application, per property:
(1) If submitted electronically, on or after
January 1, 2014:............................................$0.00.
(2) If not submitted electronically:....$50.00.

So unless they change this rule, I don't see how the new IPAS will be able to charge a fee.

Best regards,

Randall S. Svihla
NSIP Law
Washington, D.C.

From: Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of Richard Schafer via Patentcenter
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Subject: Re: [Patentcenter] missing from the announcement (was Fwd: Coming soon: USPTO’s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and EPAS)

Another thing missing is whether the new IPAS will charge a fee for recordation as ETAS does now or no fee as EPAS does.

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On Nov 10, 2023, at 4:23 PM, Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

Conspicuously absent from this announcement about the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system is any hint or suggestion of any of the following:

  *   any effort to ask users what features they are looking for in the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system;
  *   any commitment to ensuring that all of the functionalities of the EPAS/ETAS systems will be carried forward into the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system (I am thinking for example of the image preview that shows what the halftoning would give you);
  *   any indication that alpha or beta testing by actual users took place;
  *   any indication of planning for a beta testing interval between now and launch day;
  *   any commitment that the legacy systems would remain in operation for some amount of time after the launch of the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system, to permit continued use of the legacy systems if against all odds there turns out to be some defect in the newly launched "son of EPAS/ETAS" system;
  *   any presentation (for example with screen shots or mock-ups) that shows what the "son of EPAS/ETAS" is going to look like.

These things were also conspicuously absent from any of the previous announcements about the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system.

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