<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="">Thanks, Sandra. That contract between the USPTO and SteamPunk seems to be for $349,680. I\u2019ve searched found several other small contracts for SteamPunk with the USPTO at the poorly designed search engine at <a href="https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/fpdsportal?" class="">https://www.fpds.gov/ezsearch/fpdsportal?</a>, but haven\u2019t seen anything over $6 million. Do we know how much of the horrifically expensive Patent Center work is being done trough SteamPunk? <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Nov 11, 2023, at 8:02 PM, Sandra L Etherton <<a href="mailto:sandra@ethertonlaw.com" class="">sandra@ethertonlaw.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; 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;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">There wasn\u2019t a competitive process. The USPTO is exempt from that. I attach here:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span class="">-<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">PTO acquisition guidelines.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span class="">-<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">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.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: 21pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">\u201c 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)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span class="">-<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">A list of the companies that made the cut for determining who would build the systems<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 21pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span class="">-<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Some details on the Steampunk contract. I can\u2019t actually find the prime contract, but my experience is that you can\u2019t get it without a FOIA request.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Makes one wonder\u2026<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Sandra<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(22, 9, 90);" class="">______________________</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(22, 9, 90);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(22, 9, 90);" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(22, 9, 90);" class="">Sandra L Etherton</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(22, 9, 90);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(22, 9, 90);" class="">Registered U.S. Patent Attorney</span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(22, 9, 90);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><span id="cid:image003.jpg@01DA14D1.91CCA800"><image003.jpg></span></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""> P.O. Box 13808 | Scottsdale, AZ 85267<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""> tel: (602) 681-3331 | fax: (602) 681-3339<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""> email:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 114);" class=""><a href="mailto:sandra@ethertonlaw.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">sandra@ethertonlaw.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></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 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Patentcenter [<a href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" class="">mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Jeff Lindsay via Patentcenter<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, November 11, 2023 6:43 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>users of Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" class="">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jeff Lindsay <<a href="mailto:jeff@jefflindsay.com" class="">jeff@jefflindsay.com</a>>; David Boundy <<a href="mailto:DavidBoundyEsq@gmail.com" class="">DavidBoundyEsq@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Patentcenter] missing from the announcement (was Fwd: Coming soon: USPTO\u2019s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and EPAS)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" 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. <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Jeff Lindsay<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><a href="mailto:jeff@jefflindsay.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">jeff@jefflindsay.com</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">+1 920-257-7347<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">On Nov 9, 2023, at 3:14 PM, David Boundy via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" 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.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" 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.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">On Thu, Nov 9, 2023 at 4:07\u202fPM Alan Taboada via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><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:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><h1 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0.5in; font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" class=""><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><o:p class=""></o:p></h1><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><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.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 84, 106);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-color: currentcolor;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, November 9, 2023 3:54 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>users of Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Carl Oppedahl <<a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">carl@oppedahl.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Patentcenter] missing from the announcement (was Fwd: Coming soon: USPTO\u2019s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and EPAS)<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Conspicuously absent from this announcement about the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system is any hint or suggestion of any of the following:<o:p class=""></o:p></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom: 0in;" class=""><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">any effort to ask users what features they are looking for in the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system;<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">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);<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">any indication that alpha or beta testing by actual users took place;<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">any indication of planning for a beta testing interval between now and launch day;<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">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;<o:p class=""></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">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 class=""></o:p></li></ul><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">These things were also conspicuously absent from any of the previous announcements about the "son of EPAS/ETAS" system.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class="">-------- Forwarded Message --------<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; 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padding: 0in;" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td width="600" valign="top" style="width: 6.25in; padding: 0in;" class=""><div id="m_-8386888233711013524abe-column-block-0dedbed8-9500-46da-ae67-660e91ed433b" class=""><div align="center" class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 600px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="padding: 0in 15pt 15pt;" class=""><h2 style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;" class=""><span class="m-8386888233711013524normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt;" class="">Coming soon: USPTO\u2019s new modernized assignment system is replacing ETAS and EPAS</span></span><span class="m-8386888233711013524eop"><span style="font-size: 16.5pt;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 16.5pt;" class=""></span><o:p class=""></o:p></h2><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://link.edgepilot.com/s/78c7b780/MU4fsPYuFkC0CH0jcJ32zQ?u=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZXRhcy51c3B0by5nb3YvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zdWJzY3JpcHRpb25jZW50ZXImdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMTEwOS44NTQzNDE5MSJ9.AGtOaHYuGoh4ZBPqhkoVhuJo0oTy_l8esWaB0pbd0dY/s/532755691/br/230480403810-l" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class="">Electronic Trademark Assignment System</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(ETAS) and the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://link.edgepilot.com/s/69461420/0jntSytatEyOul0q0aTJWw?u=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vZXBhcy51c3B0by5nb3YvP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zdWJzY3JpcHRpb25jZW50ZXImdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDIzMTEwOS44NTQzNDE5MSJ9.XsxcBPFuwA3li4xBi8gLjzPt79QZ8fG_iKr4z_UeQj4/s/532755691/br/230480403810-l" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class="">Electronic Patent Assignment System</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(EPAS) into one cohesive and modernized system: the Intellectual Property Assignment System (IPAS). IPAS will be available to customers starting on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">January 15, 2024</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">. </span><o:p class=""></o:p></p></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;" class="">This new system provides integrated information support by processing all<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://link.edgepilot.com/s/1e6bfbf0/QtsuJ8p_xEG-Rnhn5L-Gxg?u=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDMsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnVzcHRvLmdvdi9wYXRlbnRzL21haW50YWluL3BhdGVudHMtYXNzaWdubWVudHMtY2hhbmdlLXNlYXJjaC1vd25lcnNoaXA_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXN1YnNjcmlwdGlvbmNlbnRlciZ1dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjMxMTA5Ljg1NDM0MTkxIn0.dYFWYhRx7UchCsUQ0oTtHgn4P1iq6Eh7RjfMrk380aQ/s/532755691/br/230480403810-l" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class="">patent</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://link.edgepilot.com/s/d064b503/YFC9OHpjbUSWA_XWQs0F8w?u=https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDQsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnVzcHRvLmdvdi90cmFkZW1hcmtzL3RyYWRlbWFyay1hc3NpZ25tZW50cy1jaGFuZ2Utc2VhcmNoLW93bmVyc2hpcD91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249c3Vic2NyaXB0aW9uY2VudGVyJnV0bV9jb250ZW50PSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9uYW1lPSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5JnV0bV90ZXJtPSIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzExMDkuODU0MzQxOTEifQ.z-3VYAXkYXByMcJotuKEoYVO5KYQffjT5EyLAIgv3es/s/532755691/br/230480403810-l" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class="">trademark re-assignment</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>requests, in which a patent or trademark holder transfers ownership or changes the owner\u2019s name on their pending or granted application or registration. 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