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<p>Inquiries regarding this matter may be directed ... via email
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<p>I am pretty sure if I were to address email "to ugPto.gov" it
would fail to reach its destination. This does not instill
confidence in our CIO.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/28/2024 3:39 AM, Dan Feigelson via
Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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<div>I got the following in one of my cases. Supposedly posted
yesterday (Saturday, April 27)<br>
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<div><b>Notice of Potential Erroneous Release of Patent
Application Titles</b></div>
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On February 5, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark
Office (USPTO), replaced the Electronic Patent Assignment System
(EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) with
Assignment Center.<br>
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Between February 5, 2024 and March 29, 2024, the USPTO,
unintentionally, through a computer programming error, permitted
bibliographic information to be viewed by unauthorized
individuals with access to registered Assignment Center
accounts. This bibliographic information was limited to the
application number (the two-digit series code plus the six-digit
serial number) and title of the invention.<br>
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You are receiving this notification because your application
\u2019spatent title may have been viewed during that time frame by
individual(s) who lacked permission to do so . The software
error was first reproduced by USPTO on March 28, 2024, and was
corrected on March 29, 2024. Only application numbers and titles
were disclosed; it is important to note that your specification
and claims were not part of the information made available and
were not accessed.<br>
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Any improper access of the application information between the
dates of February 5, 2024 and March 29, 2024, is not considered
a publication of such applications under 35 U.S.C. 122(b). No
rights in United States patents are threatened by the access to
unpublished applications. It is extremely unlikely that the
title could disclose the invention in a way that would
constitute patent- defeating prior art in any jurisdiction. To
the extent any issue is raised, the USPTO will assist applicants
by confirming that the disclosure was erroneous and inadvertent.<br>
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We\u2019re committed to data security and are taking enhanced steps
to prevent incidents such as this from happening in the future.
The USPTO sincerely regrets this error and is instituting more
testing controls, both manual and automated testing, to prevent
similar processing errors in the future.<br>
<br>
Inquiries regarding this matter may be directed to Mark Polutta,
Senior Legal Advisor, at (571) 272-7709 or Andrew Stclair, Legal
Advisor, at (571) 270-0238, both of the Office of Patent Legal
Administration or via email addressed to ugPto.gov.<br>
<br>
Henry \u201cJamie\u201d Holcombe<br>
Chief Information Officer<br>
US Patent and Trademark Office<br>
Office +1 (571)272-9400<br>
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Dated: April 27 th , 2024
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