<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<body>
<p>Thank you for taking the initiative to phone up the Assignment
Branch and thank you for posting.</p>
<p>What's weird about this situation is that in the old days
(EPAS/ETAS and PAIR) this uploading of reel and frame numbers from
one system to the next was automated. It's the sort of thing
computers are supposed to be good at. A simple cron job (<a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron">Wikipedia article</a>)
would make it happen.<br>
</p>
<p>And now what we have, apparently, is abject failure on the part
of the USPTO developers of Assignment Center and Patent Center to
carry out the one-time tasks needed to set up these seemingly
simple recurring tasks. And so there are accumulated backlogs of
simple tasks not getting done.<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/13/2024 8:22 PM, Jennifer via
Patentpractice wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CAPsAjftRK4YbN6OhP7Nw-BrAkZFN9LDj8oQfgpEwRyavQdHzLw@mail.gmail.com">
<div dir="auto">I called Ass. Center about this issue recently.
Evidently there's a pretty sizable backlog of uploading recorded
assignment data to the website. It might take a couple of
months.</div>
<br>
<div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container">
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Dec 13, 2024, 7:03\u202fPM
Scott Nielson via Patentpractice <<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote">
<div dir="ltr">
<div>
I recorded an assignment against two pending patent
applications directed to the same thing. Both have both
been published but neither has been granted. I received
the notice of recordation over a week ago. I still cannot
find where it is available on the USPTO's website. It does
not show up on the patent assignment search page (<a
href="https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html#/patent/search"
title="https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html#/patent/search"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">link</a>)
when I search by either application number. Assignment
info is no longer available in Patent Center. </div>
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>
Am I doing something wrong? Why isn't the assignment
showing up when I search for it on the assignment search
page?</div>
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>
Hypothetically speaking, let's assume the inventor is
claiming ownership of one of the applications and actively
seeking investors to monetize it. In that case, the
assignee would like the assignment to show up when the
investors review the patent application as a way to
discourage the inventor's behavior.</div>
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div id="m_6213979778555619632Signature">
<p><span><b>Scott Nielson</b></span></p>
<p><span>801-660-4400</span></p>
</div>
</div>
-- <br>
Patentpractice mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
<a
href="http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentpractice_oppedahl-lists.com"
rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentpractice_oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
</blockquote>
</div>
<br>
<fieldset class="moz-mime-attachment-header"></fieldset>
</blockquote>
</body>
</html>