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

Leigh T esthorne at gmail.com
Mon Nov 13 02:23:43 UTC 2023 

This is amazing, thanks so much for the info.
I wonder if there would be any support for changing that exemption.


On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 11:20 PM Sandra L Etherton via Patentcenter <
patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> There wasn’t a competitive process. The USPTO is exempt from that. I
> attach here:
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> -       PTO acquisition guidelines.
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> -       A GAO decision on a protest by Ascendant for the initial RFI.
> Protests are common on prime contracts but this was eye-opening for me.
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> “ USPTO is exempt from the Competition in Contracting Act under the Patent
> and Trademark Office Efficiency Act, 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(4)(A)
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> -       A list of the companies that made the cut for determining who
> would build the systems
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> -       Some details on the Steampunk contract. I can’t actually find the
> prime contract, but my experience is that you can’t get it without a FOIA
> request.
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> Makes one wonder…
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> *From:* Patentcenter [mailto:patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com] *On
> Behalf Of *Jeff Lindsay via Patentcenter
> *Sent:* Saturday, November 11, 2023 6:43 PM
> *To:* users of Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Jeff Lindsay <jeff at jefflindsay.com>; David Boundy <
> DavidBoundyEsq at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Patentcenter] missing from the announcement (was Fwd:
> Coming soon: USPTO’s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and
> EPAS)
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> Is SteamPunk also doing the IPAS programming? I assume that this big
> project also falls under the $2 billion BOSS contract that SteamPunk
> received (though there seems to be no mention of SteamPunk in any
> announcement from the USPTO — did I miss something?). Does anybody know
> about the open, transparent, competitive process that led to the selection
> of SteamPunk? Anyone seen the RFP that was used? I’m just curious.
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> On Nov 9, 2023, at 3:14 PM, David Boundy via Patentcenter <
> patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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> At lest in my view, that view could easily hold water.  I have no
> allegiance to one or the other.  I don't care that much about 90% of the
> differences.
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> What I DO care about is COMPLETENESS and RELIABILITY.  Get the new
> software WORKING RELIABLY (and fix the really stupid stuff, like the
> haphazard use of "application" vs "submission" -- that kind of amateur hour
> stuff leaves me in fear that lots of other things are done imprecisely and
> incompetently), and I'll switch happily and immediately.
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> On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 4:07 PM Alan Taboada via Patentcenter <
> patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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> I think the USPTO folks consider themselves above and beyond all that.  I
> think someone read a bit too much into the following quote attributed to
> Steve Jobs:
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> Some people say, “Give the customers what they want.” But that's not my
> approach. Our job is to figure out what they're going to want before they
> do. I think Henry Ford once said, "If I'd asked customers what they wanted,
> they would have told me, 'A faster horse!'" People don't know what they
> want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on market research.
> Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page.
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> I would say the folks at the USPTO in charge of customer-facing electronic
> systems is definitely doing that… with the exception of our failing to
> appreciate that what we are being showed is what we actually want.
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> *From:* Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 9, 2023 3:54 PM
> *To:* users of Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Carl Oppedahl <carl at oppedahl.com>
> *Subject:* [Patentcenter] missing from the announcement (was Fwd: Coming
> soon: USPTO’s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and EPAS)
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> Conspicuously absent from this announcement about the "son of EPAS/ETAS"
> system is any hint or suggestion of any of the following:
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>    - 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.
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> These things were also conspicuously absent from any of the previous
> announcements about the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system.
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> Coming soon: USPTO’s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS
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