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<p>I cringe to imagine that it might turn out to be necessary to set
up a counterpart to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://patentcenter-tickets.oppedahl.com/">https://patentcenter-tickets.oppedahl.com/</a>
that would be a bug list for Assignment Center.</p>
<p>One of the saddest things about the Patent Center bug list at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://patentcenter-tickets.oppedahl.com/">https://patentcenter-tickets.oppedahl.com/</a> is that when I first
created that site, I sort of naively assumed that there would
never be more an a dozen active bugs, two dozen at most. So I did
not construct a massive underlying database or anything like
that. Just a simple unordered HTML list. I sort of naively
assumed that the USPTO developers would be correcting reported
bugs more or less in real time. <br>
</p>
<p>I also sort of naively assumed that when the developers said they
welcome feature requests, this actually meant they would implement
some of the requested features.</p>
<p>It never crossed my naive mind that the number of unfixed bugs
would grow seemingly without limit. And that the number of
unimplemented feature requests would forever be identical to the
number of feature requests, likewise growing with time.</p>
<p>But anyway, for now the Assignment Center bug list, such as it
is, may be seen at <a
href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/some-of-the-defects-in-the-new-assignment-center/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.oppedahl.com/some-of-the-defects-in-the-new-assignment-center/</a>
.</p>
<p>While we are on the topic of Assignment Center, what is
everybody's reaction to the claim, made by MC in the Assignment
Branch (see <a
href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/no-responsiveness-from-the-assignment-branch-on-defect-in-assignment-center/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.oppedahl.com/no-responsiveness-from-the-assignment-branch-on-defect-in-assignment-center/</a>
) that there was supposedly customer-side beta testing going on at
least as early as two weeks before the release of Assignment
Center?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/6/2024 4:12 PM, Richard Schafer
wrote:<br>
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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
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</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"
moz-do-not-send="true"><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
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" 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 5:23 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for
laypersons to seek legal advice.
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com"><patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com"><carl@oppedahl.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] I predicted this
defect in Assignment Center<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </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"
moz-do-not-send="true">
<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"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <a
href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com" moz-do-not-send="true"><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"> <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/"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
https://blog.oppedahl.com/some-of-the-defects-in-the-new-assignment-center/</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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