<img width="1" height="1" src="https://gcfagjf.r.bh.d.sendibt3.com/tr/op/bEHN__qHZ5eGn1x2DcsOyLlLybkS910wyj4ezMJAx9fcA7UPi5cDjVeBFC4tVf21cNe4pz39JF4Jwjxzms9Z4j3ER8WuAvVSTcmJBVq1sjqVurVWEwwHwSFw5JMkA5IID0BKBIkvxfUgMqtRe6bSHkPsnVspoc9a7jui0J80D4l88FPiyIW4JutFdJ8QdceJkBL_pvFqTIaWOCuJsgXABYlKPyKMy1zV8Cny" style="mso-hide:all"/><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>But I can see assignment data for unpublished applications, so they didn't cut ALL access to assignment data from PC. </div><div>If you're saying they cut off assignment access for all publicly visible applications, that's a possible explanation, but doesn't answer my question. Except that, if true, it means they're just lazy and/or incompetent.</div><div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 1:04\u202fPM Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-6617976260355307184">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">My guess is that they figured that if they don't allow any assignment
data to be displayed via Patent Center, they can't have another data leak of assignment data for unpublished applications.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><span> Dan Feigelson <<a href="mailto:djf@iliplaw.com" target="_blank">djf@iliplaw.com</a>>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 26, 2025 6:01 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com" target="_blank">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>; users of Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Patentpractice] why do uspto programmers design inefficiency into the system?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sounds like an excuse, not a reason.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Can someone explain why the ONLY way to fix the issue behind the data leak was to prevent practitioners from seeing assignment data for their own published cases in PC? <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 12:55\u202fPM Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com" target="_blank">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Because of the assignment data leak last year.</span></font><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Dan Feigelson via Patentpractice<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, June 26, 2025 5:49 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>; users of Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Dan Feigelson <<a href="mailto:djf@iliplaw.com" target="_blank">djf@iliplaw.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Patentpractice] why do uspto programmers design inefficiency into the system?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">I'm logged into patentcenter, looking at one of my cases, and I want to see the assignment information they have on
record. When I click on "assignments", I get a pop-up window saying, "Patent Center only displays assignment information for non-public applications to user authorized to access the application. This application is open to the public. Please use Assignment
Search to search assignment information for applications open to the public. <a href="https://gcfagjf.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/cl/-EmW0t0ZBqiB0ZKGIWv8Yi9y-p-aEjx_tHlbcJ0evDwDqI8Wtq9lbVnIkL-9WdwR-qAhPVZosSXDgEe9oloxMwsKxl9ZH8U5cu-wWvAthLhLM5Nm4qQsDNihUKEXvSvrGW8xisjgjctnwINgj0MglWvwDk9D9f9kXFhKWE72zVN9rjPwoT5uMJoxaCO6u2zZqTA87pIhkiTmBtrTLovCikG0da1C8m9LP5D58OdD5yaNdCN_dgBdOeQ1W_v0rSPZ5FNUm7hCK8Toro6w4tcd0VUmFudjsZsnLkNV1U60cNZb_Px7OzfCGZFP4Z76uVUUYVbNqq-EaADHtaLcNzj0-w" target="_blank">
https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html#/patent/search</a>". <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Inasmuch as from within patentcrapper, I can see the assignment info for my
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">un</span></b>published applications, it's clear that whoever wrote the notice was <i><span style="font-style:italic">trying</span></i> to say, "The application you're looking at has published, so we're not making assignment
information available to you in Patent Crapper, go to Assignment Center, nyeah nyeah nyeah."<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Quite a contrast from what we saw earlier in the week with Mike Richardson and WIPO regarding the applicant email field
in ePCT...<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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