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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D">While the Patent Center web page that lists known issues, etc. is weak, at least it exists. As far as I know, there is no corresponding page for Assignment
Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D"><sarcasm> However, I’m pleased that the PTO is consistent with Patent Cemter by wasting the top line of the page with a notice telling us it’s an official
government website. </sarcasm><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Best regards,<br>
<b>Richard A. Schafer | Schafer IP Law</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">P.O. Box 230081 | Houston, TX 77223<br>
M: 832.283.6564 | </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:richard@schafer-ip.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">richard@schafer-ip.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 6, 2024 5:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] I predicted this defect in Assignment Center<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>What Randall said. Folks, Randall is channeling the US Congress, which in the year 1975 enacted 35 USC § 363 which says:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>An international application designating the United States shall have the effect, from its international filing date under article 11 of the treaty, of a national application for patent regularly filed in the Patent and Trademark Office.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2/6/2024 3:39 AM, Randall Svihla via Patentpractice wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Of course, the fiction is that a PCT application that designates the U.S. filed in an Office that is not the US RO is in fact a U.S. application. Surely we should be able to file assignments
against all types of U.S. applications.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patentpractice <a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">
<patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 6, 2024 12:09 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com"><carl@oppedahl.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] I predicted this defect in Assignment Center<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 1/29/2024 3:54 PM, Carl Oppedahl wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Blocks you from including an application number that they can't find in their system.
</i></b>It looks like if your patent application is not in Patentcenter, you will be blocked from including it in your recordation submission. I suspect this means it will be impossible to record against a PCT application filed in an Office that is not the
RO/US.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Yes, I predicted this defect and sure enough, the USPTO developers got this wrong.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">It is impossible to record against a PCT application filed in an Office that is not the RO/US.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">See <a href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/some-of-the-defects-in-the-new-assignment-center/">
https://blog.oppedahl.com/some-of-the-defects-in-the-new-assignment-center/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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