<img width="1" height="1" src="https://gcfagjf.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/op/PcGSNc8QBmlcFdJWHNWnQdFHXpu1fVuIOCY0R-sInRlwNgqGI9ynyzGCNxfK2bzEwTIzGYLIXEc-iPqOJdgRzsgEcL7gsoDoMSxjwMLBvw_1ArQKLmeZBXa1I9nuwrf8RLjRmEMxFhIh4eJimlZxXn_fd0Mjvc4nfAu5mLO3LDgfPdDrdsuI84HUklK05dwJK6lpKKAfAlNSuuMQF-2R8zGn-OJs66Tzm2BQ" style="mso-hide:all"/><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you. That makes sense from a technical perspective (at least to someone who is not an IT person).</div><div><br></div>On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 4:16\u202fPM Vivek Ramachandran via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">More likely it's just incompetence. The current view is security by locking down access to public data. They shut down more than the assingments. The entire PEDS system was turned off. <div><br></div><div>They should have separated the two systems from get go. One stores data that is public and one stores data that is non-public. Turns out they were using access control from the same database. To fix this, they would have had to replicate their expensive system. Instead they chose to shut it all down. Rate limit patent center to prevent leaks. It's security by hampering data access. </div><div><br></div><div>Seems to be why we have to put up with a suboptimal system.</div></div><br><br>
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