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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">My biggest gripe with Assignment Center is the impossibility of having a paralegal prepare a cover sheet for recordation and allow me to review, sign and file it. Just looking at the draft receipt so I can
approve the paralegal signing the submission is really unsatisfactory. I cannot look to see what pages were uploaded for filing. I cannot be sure that the box is checked for the document serving as both a declaration and assignment as this is checked only
upon final submission. I cannot see exactly what was put on the first page when filing a complicated document, such as a correction of a previously recorded assignment or cover sheet. Furthermore, the spacing on the draft receipt is often screwy and it is
hard to determining if the spacing was entered correctly or not.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This liability is a definite step back from EPAS. We would love to find out if there can be a workaround for this problem<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Roger<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> Tuesday, May 14, 2024 3:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] Let's try to collect all of our Assignment Center bugs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>I imagine some may have read my blog article from yesterday entitled <i><a href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/uspto-fails-to-let-me-know-that-it-fixed-a-defect-that-i-reported-in-assignment-center/">USPTO fails to let me know that it fixed a defect that I reported
in Assignment Center</a></i>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I am not exactly sure whether yesterday's blog post had anything to do with it, but just now a phone call came in from a person who answers to Joyce R. Johnson, who is the manager of the Assignment Branch. He has offered to spend some time with me reviewing
the various defects in Assignment Center.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>This strikes me as a perfect time to try to collect in one place all of our Assignment Center bugs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I guess maybe post them to this listserv, and I will try as best I can to collect them for the discussion with this fellow.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Oh and I guess the other thing is, it would be good to get at least one more person from the patent community involved in the discussion, for a lot of reasons. Volunteers welcome.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Carl<o:p></o:p></p>
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