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January 1, 2014:............................................$0.00.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Richard Schafer via Patentcenter<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, November 10, 2023 10:14 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Richard Schafer <richard@schafer-ip.com><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Patentcenter] missing from the announcement (was Fwd: Coming soon: USPTO\u2019s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and EPAS)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">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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<p><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Conspicuously absent from this announcement about the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system is any hint or suggestion of any of the following:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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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;<o:p></o:p></span></font></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in">
<font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">any presentation (for example with screen shots or mock-ups) that shows what the "son of EPAS/ETAS" is going to look like.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li></ul>
<p><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">These things were also conspicuously absent from any of the previous announcements about the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Coming soon: USPTO\u2019s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and EPAS<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Thu, 09 Nov 2023 20:23:55 +0000<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><b><font size="5" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Coming soon: USPTO\u2019s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and EPAS</span></font></b></span><span class="eop"><font size="5" color="black"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> </span></font></span><font size="5" color="black"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">
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<font size="2" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">As part of our updates to online services, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is reforming the
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<font color="#0000ee"><span style="color:#0000EE">Electronic Patent Assignment System</span></font></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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<font color="#0000ee"><span style="color:#0000EE">trademark re-assignment</span></font></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
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