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

[Krista Jacobsen]

Thank you, Judi and Andrea, for confirming I am not losing my mind (or
maybe that we all are?).

I am finally able to see the filed application in PC, and EPAS recognized
the application number. I guess the mice that carry the data in their
little napsaks between the PC victim-facing interface and the IFW and EPAS
repositories were running a little bit slower than usual today.

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Krista S. Jacobsen
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Jacobsen IP Law
krista at jacobseniplaw.com
T:  408.455.5539
www.jacobseniplaw.com


On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 1:07 PM Goldberg, Judi <jgoldberg at leydig.com> wrote:

> Hi Krista,
>
> I also just filed a 371 application and ran into a similar issue.  I
> normally go directly to the EPAS website, but this time I clicked on the
> ‘file assignment’ link in PC immediately after completing my 371 filing.  I
> like that it included the application number (normally I copy and paste
> from the EFS receipt and have to remove a comma and remember the last
> digit…) but then I got a message that the application number was invalid.
> I had just filed an earlier 371 application and was able to submit the
> assignment (thru the EPAS site directly) with no problem, so I saved my
> submission, waited a few minutes, and went back into the submission, and
> then everything worked perfectly.  Not sure if saving the submission did
> anything, but at least if I had to go back in later, I would have to redo
> all the info already filled in.
>
>
>
> I also didn’t have any issues with recordation last month – I usually get
> my recordation notices within a day.
>
>
>
> Hope it starts to work for you.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> - Judi
>
>
>
> *From:* Krista Jacobsen <krista at jacobseniplaw.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 19, 2024 2:56 PM
> *To:* For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent
> Center. <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Goldberg, Judi <jgoldberg at leydig.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Patentcenter] PTO continues to change its story on launch
> of IPAS (Assignment Center)
>
>
>
> *[External Email]*
>
> I'm trying to file an assignment using EPAS right now for a 371
> application I just filed. I'm following the same steps I always follow,
> which include filing the assignment right after I finish filing the
> application. Today, however, EPAS is telling me that the application
> number, copied and pasted in from the EAR (and of course erasing the
> USPTO's own comma and manually typing in the last digit), is an "Invalid
> application number." I've double and triple checked that it's right.
>
>
>
> Seems they broke something -- surprise, surprise. This follows on the
> heels of me filing multiple assignments in December and not getting any
> recordation notices until I sent an email to ask where they were.
>
>
>
> I also cannot see the application I just filed in PC. Normally within a
> few minutes I can copy in the number on the "Home" screen and see the file
> wrapper, but it's not working at the moment.
>
>
>
> The wheels seem to be flying off over there.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Krista S. Jacobsen
>
> Attorney and Counselor at Law
>
> Jacobsen IP Law
>
> krista at jacobseniplaw.com
>
> T:  408.455.5539
>
> www.jacobseniplaw.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 11:13 AM Goldberg, Judi via Patentcenter <
> patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>
> Just got this alert.  I’m glad they postponed the start date, but did I
> miss where we could provide valuable additional stakeholder feedback?  I
> have so many questions about the new system….
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Barrett, Scott R. via Patentcenter
> *Sent:* Friday, January 19, 2024 11:54 AM
> *To:* users of Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Barrett, Scott R. <Scott.Barrett at wilmerhale.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Patentcenter] PTO continues to change its story on launch
> of IPAS (Assignment Center)
>
>
>
> *[External Email]*
>
> This apparently was delayed to February 5th…
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Richard Schafer via Patentcenter
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 16, 2024 10:00 PM
> *To:* For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent
> Center. <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Richard Schafer <richard at schafer-ip.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Patentcenter] PTO continues to change its story on launch
> of IPAS (Assignment Center)
>
>
>
> *EXTERNAL SENDER*
>
>
>
> 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
>
>
>
> *From:* Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Randall Svihla via Patentcenter
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 16, 2024 7:31 PM
> *To:* For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent
> Center. <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Randall Svihla <rsvihla at nsiplaw.com>
> *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.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Richard Schafer via Patentcenter
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 16, 2024 8:25 PM
> *To:* users of Patentcenter <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com>;
> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Richard Schafer <richard at schafer-ip.com>
> *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
>
>
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