<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="">While filing an IDS on Saturday using the USPTO\u2019s IDS form, PTO/SB/08a (02-18), when I previewed the uploaded file using a Mac (the problem occurs both in Chrome and Firefox browsers), the fields with identifying information in the upper right hand corner of the IDS form appeared completely blank. I checked the file, uploaded it again, and had the same result. I was about to redo it in EFS-Web but recalled something related in listserv comments, so instead of using the \u2018Preview\u201d feature, I downloaded the file I had uploaded and saw that what the USPTO had was OK. Still a time-waster and definitely not a confidence builder. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I called the EBC to ask about this today. They said it\u2019s not a bug but a feature. The \u201cfeature" is that preview in PatCenter allegedly provides the PUBLIC view, so it\u2019s necessary to hide confidential information like names. Such information hiding is not consistently applied to other forms such as a power of attorney or a provisional cover sheet. Why would IDS info be treated this way?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I told the EBC customer service rep that the EFS does not hide information on a document a patent practitioner has just uploaded. Forcing a public view filter seems improper. Preview should let us quickly confirm that what was uploaded looks OK. It\u2019s a useful feature of EFS that is not properly implemented in the Patent Center. I asked if the public view is applied to other documents. The customer service rep told me they did not know and that I would have to contact the developers (<a href="mailto:emods@uspto.gov" class="">emods@uspto.gov</a>) to learn more. I politely asked how can the USPTO claim 100% of EFS-Web functionality is provided if the Patent Center doesn\u2019t provide a properly working preview feature found in EFS-Web. Again, I was told I would need to contact the developers. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 9, 2023, at 1:49 PM, Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" class="">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">And if we can please memorialize them in a place where our listserv people can do some cluster analysis on it. You will see some of the CP tickets where an EBC ticket number is included in a CP ticket text description. Can people please look to see if your situation that prompted you to call the EBC happens to match an existing CP ticket. If so, then please post to ask one of the editors to add your EBC ticket number to the existing CP ticket.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">If there is no existing CP ticket for your situation, then please post to ask one of the editors to create a new CP ticket, and add your EBC ticket number to the new CP ticket.</p><div class="moz-cite-prefix" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On 11/9/2023 11:14 AM, James E. Lake via Patentcenter wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:81ba73ec6daa4f1f8b3802975d84473e@randalldanskin.com" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">As we continue to encounter the infuriating, frequent errors in PC, it seems in our best interest to document a body count with the EBC that these errors are occurring. Below please find an example.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">One of the justifications for inaction by the PTO has been something like, \u201cmost users find that PC works just fine\u201d or \u201cwe do not have reports of errors.\u201d Well, most users encountering errors find a way to get their work done by signing out then logging back in, switching browsers, restarting the computer, clearing the cache, waiting 30 minutes, etc. etc. etc. This mode of operation appears to be completely acceptable to PTO and perhaps even expected under NWOW. It is \u201cunfreakingbelievable\u201d (thanks Suzannah) that users are subjected to such disdain and spend double, triple, or quadruple the time to complete the final administrative step in PTO submissions.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Yes, it is a royal pain to make error reports, but it will be more of a royal pain for the present mode of operation to continue for years. Developers keep saying they cannot duplicate the errors. Maybe if they have stacks of thousands of well-documented error reports they will finally drop their lame excuse. I doubt the EBC will timely reply or send any useful info, but the point is to create a body count of real, continuing errors. Report an error especially if you are forced to file by fax or mail. Learn how to take screenshots (shift+command+s in Windows) and paste the screenshot into the email. (Tip: decreasing the window size before the screenshot helps the image fit better.)<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">James<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span class="">From:</span></b><span class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>James E. Lake<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, November 9, 2023 9:12 AM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">ebc@uspto.gov</a>'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><ebc@uspto.gov></a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Blank page Patent Center<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I am currently unable to open Patent Center in MS Edge or Firefox or Google Chrome. After authenticating into MyUSPTO and selecting Patent Center from the menu, the web page opens with the correct URL identified in the tab, but the page is completely blank. Reloading the page does not change it.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Suggestions?<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Screen shots attached.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span id="cid:part1.87dIJwFY.OlFwODmZ@oppedahl.com"><image002.png></span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span id="cid:part2.A4lca0Qa.q7vlBREp@oppedahl.com"><image003.png></span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Tried again and received this error<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span id="cid:part3.wyKLNCDD.DVQLVzSi@oppedahl.com"><image004.png></span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span id="cid:part4.VC8F1roA.LSYLQZ5R@oppedahl.com"><image001.png></span></span><b class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">James E. 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