[Patentcenter] PTO continues to change its story on launch of IPAS (Assignment Center)

[Richard Schafer]

Well, the system availability page says ETAS and EPAS will not be available after the maintenance period ends at 11 pm, and we should use IPAS instead. EPAS and ETAS still say the new system will be available on the 22nd. So if that's accurate, either no assignment handline will be available the entire weekend or IPAS gets a 3-day head start.

At the moment, any attempt to reach assignments.uspto.gov gets a DNS PROBE FINISHED NXDOMAIN error, so the PTO hasn't put up even an "under construction" website, although that's probably antithetical to the New Way of Working at the PTO.

Best regards,
Richard A. Schafer | Schafer IP Law
P.O. Box 230081 | Houston, TX 77223
M: 832.283.6564 | richard at schafer-ip.com<mailto:richard at schafer-ip.com>

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Subject: Re: [Patentcenter] PTO continues to change its story on launch of IPAS (Assignment Center)

Perhaps the new-and-improved-greatest-thing-since-sliced-bread IPAS or Assignment Center will go live on January 22, 2024.


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Subject: [Patentcenter] PTO continues to change its story on launch of IPAS (Assignment Center)

I love the customer-focused attitude of the PTO.

On January 11, the PTO announced that Assignment Center would replace EPAS and ETAS on January 22, 2024. But what do I see today on the PTO status page?

Electronic Patent Assignments System (EPAS) and Electronic Trademark Assignments System (ETAS) Maintenance
The USPTO Certified Copy and Assignments (CC&A) Product team will replace the EPAS and ETAS systems with IPAS (Assignment Center), from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. on Friday, January 19 ET.
During the maintenance period and after, the EPAS and ETAS products will not be available. Please use the new product at: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov<https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/>.
So apparently they've moved the date again, this time in a way that eliminates the ability to record assignments nearly all day Friday, January 19. After all, we couldn't expect the PTO's IT staff to work over the weekend, could we?

Best regards,
Richard A. Schafer | Schafer IP Law
P.O. Box 230081 | Houston, TX 77223
M: 832.283.6564 | richard at schafer-ip.com<mailto:richard at schafer-ip.com>

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