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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D">Pa or the course for Jamie Holcombe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="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-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><br>
</span><span style="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-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><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 28, 2024 3:47 PM<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] Interesting notice from USPTO re data breach<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>This notice says:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Inquiries regarding this matter may be directed ... via email addressed to ugPto.gov.<o:p></o:p></p>
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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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 4/28/2024 3:39 AM, Dan Feigelson via Patentpractice wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I got the following in one of my cases. Supposedly posted yesterday (Saturday, April 27)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Notice of Potential Erroneous Release of Patent Application Titles</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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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>
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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>
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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 <o:p></o:p></p>
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