[Patentcenter] Patent Center Down?
Jeff Lindsay
jeff at jefflindsay.com
Wed Jan 17 05:34:13 EST 2024
I was on the calculate fees page yesterday when the system would not let me go forward and EBC staff could not help. That was when the system went down completely. But at 3:40 AM on Jan. 17, I noticed the USPTO center was back up and Patent Center was up again. Instead of going back to sleep, I jumped at the chance to complete my filing. I went back to my saved submission and this time was able to move forward, submit my application, and pay for it. There was no option shown for additional fees for submitting everything as PDF documents, so I assume that because I had uploaded the documents on Jan. 16, the punitive innovation tax for using proven and reliable PDF documents does not apply. I hope that is the case. For the moment, it looks like I may have dodged the DOCX bullet for this case. Or is there a gotcha waiting for me?
The impact of the Patent Center on patent practitioners seems to be one of the burdens that the USPTO has not fairly considered in representing the glories of their new system. It’s quite a tax on IP and the IP community.
Jeff Lindsay
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> On Jan 16, 2024, at 10:05 PM, Jeff Lindsay via Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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> Now on my phone I can’t access the USPTO at all. I had a non-provisional ready to submit but when I clicked on the button to pay, nothing happened except a screen refresh, over and over. EBC told me to log out and try again (I saved the submission first), and then the Patent Center would not come up at all, though the USPTO site would. Now it’s down too.
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> I wish there was some accountability for the terrible state of software for the nation’s patent systems and the many costs it is imposing on us. Not to mention the surprising cost of the non-bid contract behind these “improvements.” Do we need to ask Congress to hold hearings on what’s happening?
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> Jeff Lindsay
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>> On Jan 16, 2024, at 9:00 PM, Scott Nielson via Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>> wrote:
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>> I cannot access any uspto.gov <http://uspto.gov/> websites on my computer, but I can on my phone. The difference appears to be that my computer is using Cloudflare as the DNS server (1.1.1.1 and the ipv6 equivalent) and my phone is using Google (8.8.8.8 and the ipv6 equivalent). If you cannot connect, then try switching your DNS to Google if you can.
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>> Scott Nielson
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>> From: Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>> on behalf of Jeff Lindsay via Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 7:07 PM
>> To: For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent Center. <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>>
>> Cc: Jeff Lindsay <jeff at jefflindsay.com <mailto:jeff at jefflindsay.com>>
>> Subject: Re: [Patentcenter] Patent Center Down?
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>> Patent Center went down right as I tried to pay.
>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On Jan 16, 2024, at 5:54 PM, Anne Weeden-Franssen via Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>> wrote:
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>>> Well, I was mid-Assignment recording and then EPAS choked and now I can’t get it to load fully to complete recordation.
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>>> *Sigh*
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>>> From: Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>> On Behalf Of Andrea R. Jacobson via Patentcenter
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 1:04 PM
>>> To: For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent Center. <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>>
>>> Cc: Andrea R. Jacobson <arj at mcgarrybair.com <mailto:arj at mcgarrybair.com>>
>>> Subject: Re: [Patentcenter] Patent Center Down?
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>>> It was down for over an hour mid-afternoon, but seems to have been up reliably since about 2p ET.
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>>> From: Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>> On Behalf Of Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentcenter
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 4:02 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [Patentcenter] Patent Center Down?
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>>> I just filed multiple things today…
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>>> From: Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>> On Behalf Of Goldberg, Judi via Patentcenter
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 2:33 PM
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>>> Subject: Re: [Patentcenter] Patent Center Down?
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>>> Here’s what’s posted on the status page (from yesterday):
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>>> Note when they posted the status:
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>>> It took them all day to figure out they were offline, or nobody bothered to post the status because they were closed? Take your pick, not good customer service.
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>>> Here’s today’s status. It doesn’t say they are closed.
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>>> Of course, DC Federal Buildings are closed, but the PTO is silent. Maybe they’ll tell us tomorrow that they were closed lol.
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>>> Best
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>>> From: Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>> On Behalf Of Dan Feigelson via Patentcenter
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 2:07 PM
>>> To: For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent Center. <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>>
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>>> Subject: Re: [Patentcenter] Patent Center Down?
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>>> I successfully filed a new application a few hours ago.
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>>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 8:10 PM Andrea R. Jacobson via Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>> wrote:
>>> Is Patent Center down for others? We’re getting a DNS Probe error. I called EBC and opened a ticket but the agent I was speaking with was not aware of an issue at this time.
>>>
>>> Andrea
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