<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">You could try the Office of Data Management at 571-272-1000.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/organizational-offices/office-commissioner-patents/data-management">https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/organizational-offices/office-commissioner-patents/data-management</a><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Thanks,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Jake</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 3:16 PM Jim Larsen via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg2344848589579944255">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Judi. Thanks for the suggestion. That is a fax number. Changing to the 272 version gets me to a general directory, so unfortunately not much closer.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:black">Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> on behalf of Goldberg, Judi via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, February 26, 2024 at 1:12</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;color:black">PM<br>
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<b>Cc: </b>Goldberg, Judi <<a href="mailto:jgoldberg@leydig.com" target="_blank">jgoldberg@leydig.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Patentpractice] Correction of assignee on 85B?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I have (571) 273-2885 as the number for the issue branch, but can’t say if it’s still in use.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] Correction of assignee on 85B?</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>I would run, not walk, to the phone, and call up the Issue Branch. I would not waste a second trying to communicate about this to anybody in any part of the USPTO other than the Issue Branch.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Oh, wait. Dang it.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>The Issue Branch used to have a telephone number.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Now I see that the Issue Branch tries to blow you off and tell you to call the "misnamed" Application Assistance Unit.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>I am now clicking around to try to find the true phone number for the Issue Branch.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">A misunderstanding led to mis-identifying an assignee on an issue fee transmittal filed a few days ago. I.e., the assignment of record identifies a different assignee that has
not transferred rights. I've been unable to identify <span style="background:white">
in the MPEP or elsewhere</span> a process for correcting the assignee for publication in this particular situation. (<a href="https://mpep.uspto.gov/RDMS/MPEP/current#/current/d0e145040.html" title="https://mpep.uspto.gov/RDMS/MPEP/current#/current/d0e145040.html" target="_blank">MPEP
1481.01</a> seems not quite on point, as (in my reading) it is directed to identifying an assignee recorded after issue fee payment, and would not likely result in correction prior to printing. ) </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I've spent unconscionable time on hold for the Application Assistance Center only to be directed to the Certificate of Corrections office (703-756-1814), which office provides only
a recorded message directing the caller to send an email or call a team leader at 703-756-1586 (disconnected) or supervisor at 571-272-6621 (unhelpfully an examiner in art unit 3637). I sent an email to the specified email address,
<a href="mailto:customerservicecoc@uspto.gov" target="_blank">customerservicecoc@uspto.gov</a>, a week ago, to no avail.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">So, does anyone have experience suggesting it is possible to correct the assignee to be published on the patent's face after issue fee payment but before the patent
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<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)">Best regards,</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(89,89,89)">James C. Larsen<br>
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<p><b><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(47,84,150)">Larsen IP PLLC</span></i></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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