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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This was sent to me by the other person as a follow up (posted here with her permission)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ok\u2026I should have tested it. I can pull up a single address when I\u2019m using Ass Center. But\u2026it will only work with an individual name\u2026it will not populate the Organization.
When I entered a second address, I can still only select the first entry \u2013 again with the Organization name.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">So the second contact I stored was an Assignee only. I can enter the organization correctly including punctuation, but it requires an individual name to be listed and will
not appear in the dropdown unless I delete the first organization. When I get to the Conveying Party, indicate an organization it will pull up the Organization name in the dropdown, but will not populate the Entity name field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">So\u2026still a useless function at this point.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-Bruce Young<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(712) 541-9822<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>Bruce Young via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 23, 2024 9:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bruce Young <bruce@youngtogether.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] How to enter contacts into USPTO Address Book for use in Assignment Center (which doesn't work)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I was contacted by another person who told me that they were unable to see any of the contacts they had entered for a patent assignment in Patent Center. They also told me that they had talked to a third person
at a different firm who said that for trademark assignments, they had been able to make it work when they had only one contact entered, but as soon as they entered more than one contact, nothing was visible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I then went back and deleted all of the contacts I had entered except for my own contact information. I then created a new assignment and was able to see my contact info and add myself as the correspondent.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The person that contacted me is a sponsored user, not a registered practitioner, so that could be a reason that I was able to see the address book with a single entry but she couldn\u2019t.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-Bruce Young<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(712) 541-9822<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><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 <<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Young via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 23, 2024 9:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bruce Young <<a href="mailto:bruce@youngtogether.com">bruce@youngtogether.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] How to enter contacts into USPTO Address Book for use in Assignment Center (which doesn't work)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">If you click on the little circled \u2018i\u2019 next to \u201cStored contact information\u201d when you first get to the Correspondence information page for a new assignment in Assignment Center, it brings up the instructions
(see below).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">BUT\u2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I followed those instructions and entered my contact info and then went back to Assignment Center. I was able to add myself as the correspondent for a new assignment from the address book. I then went back
to the Account page and entered additional contacts. When I went back to Assignment Center, no contacts at all were visible. I tried logging out and back in. I tried a different browser to make sure it wasn\u2019t a cookie problem. I can\u2019t see any of the 6 contacts
that I entered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I know that I should call the EBC and report it, but I just don\u2019t have the time/energy to do that right now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Here are the instructions that come up from the circled \u2018i\u2019:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#FAFAFB"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#1B1B1B;letter-spacing:-.5pt">What is a Stored Contact?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">It is a feature that allows you to save contact information and pre populate that data in sections of a Patent or Trademark
submission; these contacts must be added in the MyUSPTO account that was created to access the Assignment Center System.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">How to add it?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Log into MyUSPTO: <a href="https://my.uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#005EA2">https://my.uspto.gov<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">external link</span></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1B1B1B;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Click on Name Dropdown andClick Account<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><img border="0" width="769" height="368" style="width:8.0069in;height:3.8333in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image001.png@01DAACFA.BD51FF40" alt="MyUspto Account link"></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Scroll Down to Address book on the Account Page and click \u201cAdd a contact\u201d<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><img border="0" width="770" height="375" style="width:8.0208in;height:3.9027in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01DAACFA.BD51FF40" alt="MyUspto Address book"></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Complete \u201cAdd a new contact\u201d wizard<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><img border="0" width="797" height="428" style="width:8.2986in;height:4.4583in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01DAACFA.BD51FF40" alt="MyUspto Contact overview"></span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">-Bruce Young<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(712) 541-9822<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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