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    <p>Well, folks, the USPTO finally did fix this defect, which I had
      predicted back on January 29.  See <a
href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/uspto-fails-to-let-me-know-that-it-fixed-a-defect-that-i-reported-in-assignment-center/"
        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.oppedahl.com/uspto-fails-to-let-me-know-that-it-fixed-a-defect-that-i-reported-in-assignment-center/</a>
      entitled "USPTO fails to let me know that it fixed a defect that I
      reported in Assignment Center".<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/5/2024 10:09 PM, Carl Oppedahl via
      Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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      <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/29/2024 3:54 PM, Carl Oppedahl
        wrote:<br>
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        <i><b>Blocks you from including an application number that they
            can't find in their system.  </b></i>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.<br>
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      <p>Yes, I predicted this defect and sure enough, the USPTO
        developers got this wrong.</p>
      <p>It is impossible to record against a PCT application filed in
        an Office that is not the RO/US.</p>
      <p>See
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href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/some-of-the-defects-in-the-new-assignment-center/"
          moz-do-not-send="true">https://blog.oppedahl.com/some-of-the-defects-in-the-new-assignment-center/</a><br>
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