<img width="1" height="1" src="https://gcfagjf.r.bh.d.sendibt3.com/tr/op/ciP6z9CjHQr8KfDEN4uxtqYEoNxr9aDxwqUvtFnAeBNwaRAn4uG9xsxaRN-W429IOPoavjzKMoVPetM1-UoNi5wKYC1avOYvKricI1oMzIl6Xms-g6U422zF9Hc6NPdwLwU5pEggePRXh7o9oMqBaMf0S1MUkhdp2o0thQI765fn_2FeZB6J4elrHOqCrp0R5btgrVcojw3eNmaz5XDhLd__31c6QLWscNWc" style="mso-hide:all"/><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Sounds like an excuse, not a reason.</div><div><br></div><div>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? </div><div><br></div>On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 12:55\u202fPM Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></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 class="msg-2065113422159441995">
<div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">
<div class="m_-2065113422159441995WordSection1">
<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.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<div style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;padding:3pt 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><span> Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<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></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:10pt;border:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in"><img width="1" height="1" id="m_-2065113422159441995Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_197abad45f1bee2ed7e1" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<div>
<div>
<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>
</div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<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>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
</div>
<div>
<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>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></font></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dan<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div></blockquote></div></div>