<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">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 \u2014 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\u2019m just curious. <div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 9, 2023, at 3:14 PM, David Boundy via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" class="">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">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.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.<br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 4:07\u202fPM Alan Taboada via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" class="">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8386888233711013524">
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<div class="m_-8386888233711013524WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" class="">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:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16pt" class="">Some people say, \u201cGive the customers what they want.\u201d 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.</span><span style="font-size:16pt" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" class="">I would say the folks at the USPTO in charge of customer-facing electronic systems is definitely doing that\u2026 with the exception of our failing to appreciate that
what we are being showed is what we actually want.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(68,84,106)" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p>
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<b class="">On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter<br class="">
<b class="">Sent:</b> Thursday, November 9, 2023 3:54 PM<br class="">
<b class="">To:</b> users of Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" class="">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br class="">
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<b class="">Subject:</b> [Patentcenter] missing from the announcement (was Fwd: Coming soon: USPTO\u2019s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and EPAS)<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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</div><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="">Conspicuously absent from this announcement about the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system is any hint or suggestion of any of the following:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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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);<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
any indication that alpha or beta testing by actual users took place;<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
any indication of planning for a beta testing interval between now and launch day;<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></li><li class="MsoNormal">
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
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any presentation (for example with screen shots or mock-ups) that shows what the "son of EPAS/ETAS" is going to look like.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></li></ul><p class="">These things were also conspicuously absent from any of the previous announcements about the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">As part of our updates to online services, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is reforming the
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,238)" class="">Electronic Patent Assignment System</span></a> (EPAS) into one cohesive and modernized system: the Intellectual Property Assignment System (IPAS). IPAS will be available to customers starting on
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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,238)" class="">trademark re-assignment</span></a> requests, in which a patent or trademark holder transfers ownership or changes the owner\u2019s name on their pending or granted application or registration. IPAS also enhances customer service by enabling
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