<div dir="ltr"><div>&quot;
Note, too, that this mess falls a day before the end of the
      fiscal year.  Lots of folks at the USPTO will be completely
      focused on internal rush-rush things relating to the imminent end
      of the fiscal year and will be unable to make time for things like
      a defective launch of a new software system.  &quot;</div><div><br></div><div>Lots, the majority, of folks, will be on vacation using their &quot;user or lose&quot; leave.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 30, 2025 at 12:49\u202fPM Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt; 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"><u></u>

  
    
  
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    <p>The answer appears to be &quot;no&quot;.  I suspect the situation is that
      the USPTO did absolutely no beta testing with any paying customers
      of the USPTO.  I suspect that to the extent that anything along
      the lines of &quot;testing&quot; happened, it was only by persons who were
      not at arm&#39;s length from the software developers.  </p>
    <p>Note, by the way, that the date that the existing systems will
      get cut off (September 27) falls on a Saturday.  This is a day
      when every USPTO support office is closed.  The same is true of
      the following day (Sunday).  I predict there will be defects in
      the successor system.  This means that Monday morning, September
      29, will be a big day for lots of telephone calls to the various
      USPTO support offices to try to get the defects remedied.</p>
    <p>Note, too, that this mess falls a day before the end of the
      fiscal year.  Lots of folks at the USPTO will be completely
      focused on internal rush-rush things relating to the imminent end
      of the fiscal year and will be unable to make time for things like
      a defective launch of a new software system.  </p>
    <div>On 8/27/2025 2:54 PM, Dan Feigelson via
      Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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        <div>Was anyone in this group involved in beta testing of the
          USPTO&#39;s new assignment search program? Is there a reason there
          can&#39;t be a transitory period when we can compare the old and
          new programs?</div>
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          <div>I&#39;m sure I&#39;m not the only one who is not reassured by
            this USPTO announcement. </div>
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          From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">U.S. Patent and
            Trademark Office</b> <span dir="auto">&lt;<a href="mailto:subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov" target="_blank">subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov</a>&gt;</span><br>
          Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 9:40\u202fPM<br>
          Subject: USPTO enhances assignment records search process<br>
          To: &lt;<a href="mailto:djf@iliplaw.com" target="_blank">djf@iliplaw.com</a>&gt;<br>
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                                                  <h1>News Brief</h1>
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                                                  <h2><span lang="EN-US"><span>USPTO
                                                      </span><span>enhances
                                                      </span><span>assignment</span>
                                                      <span>record</span><span>s</span><span>
                                                        search process</span></span></h2>
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                                                    <p><span>The U.S.
                                                        Patent and
                                                        Trademark Office
                                                        (USPTO) is
                                                        streamlining the
                                                        overall
                                                        assignment
                                                        search
                                                        experience by
                                                        replacing two
                                                        legacy search
                                                        applications\u2014Patent
                                                        Assignment
                                                        Search and
                                                        Assignments on
                                                        the Web\u2014with
                                                        one, more
                                                        reliable,
                                                        secure, and easy
                                                        to use
                                                        Assignment
                                                        Search
                                                        application.</span><span> </span></p>
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                                                    <p><span>Starting on
                                                        September 27,
                                                        2025, Assignment
                                                        Search will be
                                                        live, and the
                                                        two legacy
                                                        systems will
                                                        cease to be
                                                        available. This
                                                        new, web-based
                                                        application
                                                        provides
                                                        customers
                                                        seeking patent
                                                        and trademark
                                                        assignment
                                                        information with
                                                        reliable,
                                                        detailed results
                                                        via a modernized
                                                        interface.
                                                        Customers can
                                                        perform basic
                                                        searches and
                                                        refine their
                                                        searches using
                                                        the filtering
                                                        options
                                                        available in the
                                                        \u201cadvanced
                                                        search\u201d field of
                                                        the tool.</span><span> </span></p>
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                                                    <p><span>To improve
                                                        the customer
                                                        experience, all
                                                        previous
                                                        assignment
                                                        services will be
                                                        centrally
                                                        located in
                                                        Assignment
                                                        Center. The new
                                                        Assignment
                                                        Search
                                                        application can
                                                        be found in </span><b><span><span><a href="https://gcfagjf.r.bh.d.sendibt3.com/tr/cl/J-5t4GTAKeOUJBn3YkhGje2l8i0nNbxqqmyh3M5kqCeRjIS82nhyqGQWKSPFBWTliPYUxYsjTLoxG1HV0hvBZ_zOnw4a83w3QbtnTYixjhMKtbVoD9HGOkKUW16BXyUrubX1yxH8fuhrUnLNB_PDDpmPAMQCLzGcPhZDZhN84BCNv4iDZtuyvjhdILSGugQc1XNyd4dWs9AFDwKCIFfzoN5AI7McPLShyG8GJ9tibEtwBfQFpaQLw1RMmbJmXyz6VbkwusyDSCyH-xVNIACXH1P2Yd3X1wqbod0oCFJAu5FlHGuLXhraqzPubqRRoFC-7mOnEOzP6COhLxY_OjkFh1-Ufwk08KzNrZNOuDTuR00dMFuJPsiXfsNzXqtVGJmEWina2cIcwFIZ1MKiopTCKh9U4-T1np-H23Wrkdmkzw2l4umi9xTkVkDK33IlD3bzudM_5VlwojilyCm5H8x5btbUk38tq-530cqcyV_xS88HNeMUq8VWwYKcfkDBlNE20yBWcu5ewZ6RuXU91OQHV44_hT9KHSFsBOJ4N2KyFTRVI92SXXqP1MeFlZROujA_SO5zexgUwlui80PTVonZsv4FzYynPYURZD9l2ocR55sZz5kpQ4lkR0BXgrT7JCPR3-ERhrfyUwuEjF7f5MWRDJZkPtduFZTPKU2Bq-R8BeApt--4Wqe4sM5EdOA1Jow9iMNWQ7XA" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Assignment Center</a></span></span></b><span>
                                                        on September 27,
                                                        2025.</span><span> </span></p>
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