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<p>Yes GD does not require you to log in and prove who you are.</p>
<p>Each participating office has its own track record as to how
reliably it makes its content available to GD. There have been
times when USPTO was a bit spotty about making its content
available to GD.</p>
<p>GD also comes nowhere close to letting you see the entirety of
the IFW and does not give you the entirety of the other
information that is different from IFW.</p>
<p>But yes, GD is available and could serve some of these same
functions to some extent.</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/30/2025 10:32 AM, Tim Ackermann
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<div>Isn't Global Dossier also still available for anyone to
use?</div>
<div><a href="https://globaldossier.uspto.gov/"
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<div>Tim Ackermann</div>
<div>The Ackermann Law Firm</div>
<p><span>E: <a href="mailto:tim@ackermannlaw.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tim@ackermannlaw.com</a></span><br>
<span>P: 817.305.0690</span><br>
<span>F: 214.453.0810</span><br>
<span>W: <a href="http://ackermannlaw.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">ackermannlaw.com</a></span><br>
<span>O: 1785 State Hwy 26 Ste 200</span><br>
<span> Grapevine TX 76051</span></p>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at
11:11\u202fAM Dana Stangel via Patentpractice <<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com"
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<div dir="ltr">There is another way to publicly access the
file wrapper of published applications. It is more
awkward to use than patent center, at least with the
current interface for my purposes, but it doesn't
require login. It seems to work better with some
browsers than others, but I haven't worked with it much
yet.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Links: </div>
<div dir="ltr"><a
href="https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/search"
rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://data.uspto.gov/patent-file-wrapper/search</a></div>
<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://data.uspto.gov/home"
rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://data.uspto.gov/home</a></div>
<div dir="ltr">You might consider sharing the links with
your foreign associates, most of them want to be able to
see files electronically too. </div>
<div dir="ltr">-Dana</div>
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<div><b>To:</b> Dan Feigelson <<a
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<<a href="mailto:david@hricik.com" target="_blank"
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<div><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at
08:22:38 AM MDT</div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] Patent Center
change</div>
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<div>I thought about that route (provisional). It
does seem to be likely to be unlawful but I need
to read the statutes. There\u2019s no more physical
shoes where you can search prior art,and I assume
those had been statutorily required.
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<div>Don\u2019t get me started on the rest. <br>
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<div dir="ltr">David Hricik
<div>151 Country Creek Rd.</div>
<div>Macon, GA 31220<br>
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<div>David, I have not looked at the
form for verifying one's identity
via paper since getting a USPTO
account many years ago. So in
response to your email, I looked at
what the USPTO has to say about
using PatentCenter, and found that
the <a
href="https://gcfagjf.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/cl/RG5kATAGQJxrnW1-ouDyea13AEap9uuOfvVtEDPXIW_LiBnKHPMM2NdkmX27ZnZ_ussJJRU1GuLbpkixX7BPr3y3WY97h99caerCZDSud_BSdG1DZ-TGH0dx2PiblyRCy4fLwPUw-BESQVHlQiYKU7JTq79l9OYRkN7sMCEuEWuXdFl5ykQIolp_-mnR_MUk6MB5VXHbPwe0zTNds29iEocTiS0yfpqWuOs64m4SuCPSy8XU89MhcT0QxSTIjM4Pmw8BFYbfTkXxx5_VNEJiKwac9QaOMU2ZB0FjURncuAOPH6RaRKwLLOGsLd0SLltSzbeTkMGGxuyOLBoA-w"
rel="noreferrer noopener"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">instructions
for new users</a> are themselves
confusing. I also found that you
appear to be correct: the <a
href="https://gcfagjf.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/cl/3EBu7EYo0Y10ibZZEuZzUEOP4uEl1HDVUXKaGerr81GHDWmlMCgZ9v3ZPwAoMKvRId4cqf-DSRRzwoJ_r2AQwDVe4_2AbbPQb7Xye9LPrNW3DRv7pnIn1mcd0rv7hYgZrmwxvJI5Pq7y_6QXmLNs0Zb21NNu7GOGfS_9IilEM7icJm9_nxJa7xb9N1EW2jkH_3qMRRSZHn1Gz9CCmfDuaiZmWnZIdB0fYvujt3W4TwODWdOaoqWDgTb5JkwKnKw4g-57FPebOiFFnR4H8eU79UKXIcgv-ovDIqPhY8ESOMJIiUbwX-hVEApQyUfrxTr6GlGp"
rel="noreferrer noopener"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">paper form</a>
for verifying one's ID with the PTO
requires that one be a licensed
practitioner, or a limited
recognition practitioner, or a pro
se inventor. If you're not one of
those, you're not entitled to look
at the USPTO records. Not only is
that unbelievably stupid policy, but
I'm certain that that position
violates some federal statute, and
even if allowed by statute, did not
go through notice-and-comment
rulemaking.</div>
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<div>You could sue the PTO, but I
suggest a cheaper course of action:
think up a dumb idea that may be
(but more likely is not) patentable,
write a one-page description of that
idea that includes at least one
patent-type claim on the idea, and
file the one-pager as a provisional
patent application, listing yourself
as inventor. That will make you a
pro se inventor, which will allow
you to register as a PatentCenter
user under the PTO's current
(indefensible) rules. I suggest
filing a provisional because (a)
it's a low fee compared to a
non-provision and (b) with a
provisional, there's no requirement
for an oath/declaration averring
that you consider yourself to be the
original inventor of what is
claimed.</div>
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<div>Finally, I'm thinking it must be
really nice to be someone like Kathi
Vidal, on whose watch they decided
to destroy private and public PAIR.
You FUBAR the agency you're the head
of and the people who need that
agency, then leave for a nice
private-sector gig without any
repercussions for the mess you
created. Nice work if you can get
it.</div>
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<div>Dan </div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at
1:17\u202fAM David Hricik via
Patentpractice <<a
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<div>I doubt many of you need to
use it, but the PTO recently
(start of the month) changed
patent center to only
practitioners or \u201cindependent
inventors\u201d can have permission
to access it. For patent
litigators or a lot of other
people, that\u2019s not a good
development. Anyone know why the
change?</div>
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