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Or the USPTO didn\u2019t<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Thus, I have 4 more mouse clicks to verify by copying the code from WA.<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'>Did you do something to invoke that, or did it just appear because you use whatever authenticator you use?<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 guess it could be an age thing. 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Bitte benachrichtigen Sie uns sofort des Fehlers in dem Sie diese e-mail zurück senden und bitte löschen Sie diese Nachricht von ihrem System. </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Vielen Dank im Voraus für Ihre Mitarbeit.<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><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>Rick Neifeld via Patentpractice<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 2, 2024 10:37 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> Rick Neifeld <richardneifeld@gmail.com>; Masson, Roger M. <RMasson@hinshawlaw.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] Microsoft Authenticator for 2FA in Patent Center?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Victoria. The way I use authenticators on PC is by clicking the program authenticator icon adjacent the text-box for entry of the code, as shown graphically below, by the little green Roboform icon. I wonder if your method is more efficient (easier and reliable) than that.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=472 height=423 style='width:4.9166in;height:4.4062in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DB44A7.C3EEB5B0"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 10:58<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>\u202f</span>AM Victoria OConnor via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>I noticed recently that the USPTO added the option to use a security key or Biometric Authenticator as an option. I have no idea how long this has been available, but I only recently noticed a few weeks ago. I set it up with my Windows Hello fingerprint to log in on my laptop and it\u2019s been so wonderful! No more waiting on a code to be emailed/texted or having to use a code generator authenticator. Of course, I still have the other options set up as a backup, but using the fingerprint scanner on my laptop to authenticate/login has been a great change. Worth looking into if you haven\u2019t already!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Also, if you do set this up, I would clear cookies for the PTO website before logging in with the new method so that when you login, it will ask you to set up a new default type of login you want to use moving forward. You can then choose the biometric method instead of whatever you had set up previously and moving forward the login is much more seamless. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Happy Holidays to you all,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Victoria</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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" target="_blank">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Masson, Roger M. via Patentpractice<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, December 2, 2024 10:45 AM<br><b>To:</b> Michael Dryja <<a href="mailto:mike@dryjapat.com" target="_blank">mike@dryjapat.com</a>>; <a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b> Masson, Roger M. <<a href="mailto:RMasson@hinshawlaw.com" target="_blank">RMasson@hinshawlaw.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] Microsoft Authenticator for 2FA in Patent Center?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>MS Authenticator works just fine for me for the USPTO as well as 2 other logins.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=602 style='width:451.5pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002856'>Roger M. 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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'> Michael Dryja <<a href="mailto:mike@dryjapat.com" target="_blank">mike@dryjapat.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 28, 2024 10:01 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] Microsoft Authenticator for 2FA in Patent Center?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I\u2019ve always used SMS for 2FA in Patent Center, but figured I should add an authenticator app, too. Since I have MS Authenticator on my phone for Microsoft 365, I figured I\u2019d use that.<br><br>But when I try to authenticate it, I get \u201cThere was an error with the system, please try again later.\u201d<br><br>Has anyone had this issue, and/or is anyone successfully using MS Authenticator? <br><br>Before I call the EFS Help Desk, I want to make sure that it\u2019s not an issue similar to the address book in Assignment Center, which just doesn\u2019t work, full stop.<br><br> - Mike Dryja.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><img border=0 width=1196 height=974 style='width:12.4583in;height:10.1458in' id="m_-5082936831205906883Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image007.png@01DB44A7.C3EEB5B0"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is an Illinois registered limited liability partnership that has elected to be governed by the Illinois Uniform Partnership Act (1997).<br><br>The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) named in this message. 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