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<p>The notice identifies Mr. Polutta and Mr. Stclair as the people
who will answer questions about this data leak. So I realized I
need to ask them about it. Here is the email that I sent to them
today.</p>
<p>Who would like to make book on how promptly they will get back to
me on this?<br>
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<td>Erroneous release of invention titles</td>
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<td>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:48:30 -0600</td>
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<td>Carl Oppedahl <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com"><carl@oppedahl.com></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:patent.practice@uspto.gov">patent.practice@uspto.gov</a></td>
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Hello Mr. Polutta and Mr. Stclair. Your Notice dated April 27
raises many questions.<br>
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How did you pick the list of recipients for your Notice?<br>
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I imagine that the way you picked this list was by identifying all
of the patent applications for which a document got recorded in
Assignment Center between February 5, 2024 and March 29, 2024. Is
that how you picked this list? And then you sent the Notice to
the point of contact for each of those patent applications? Can
you confirm this?<br>
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When you were getting ready to send the Notice to the
points-of-contact identified above, did you cross-check to see if
the person who did the Assignment Center recordation was the same
person who filed the patent application in the first place? My
best guess is that you did not carry out such a cross-check. Can
you confirm this?<br>
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What about the cases where somebody was using Assignment Center
between February 5, 2024 and March 29, 2024, and typed in a
particular application number, and saw the invention title, and
then did not click "submit"? Did you send the Notice to the point
of contact for those application numbers? My best guess is that
the USPTO never logged such instances, meaning that no Notice got
sent to points of contact for such application numbers. I hope to
get a clear yes-or-no answer from you on this.<br>
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As you may imagine, patent practitioners need to know the answers
to these questions so that we may communicate appropriately with
all affected clients, not merely the clients for which you sent
out this Notice. I hope I may hear back from you very promptly.<br>
<br>
Carl Oppedahl<br>
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Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC<br>
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