[Patentpractice] Interesting notice from USPTO re data breach

[Carl Oppedahl]

On 4/29/2024 9:20 AM, Patent Lawyer via Patentpractice wrote:
> *Part II:*
>
> I have received at least 6 of these notices.
>
> What should I tell my clients?
>
> (Because I feel like writing another letter in my abundant free time!)
>
Here is what I wrote to one of our clients a few minutes ago ...

Subject line includes "USPTO may have revealed your application title to 
a third party"

Body of email includes:

Now the USPTO reveals that it may have revealed the title of your patent 
application to some member of the public.  See the attached Notice.

Our title is "redacted".  Our application is scheduled to be published 
on redacted, 2025.  I'd guess your reaction to this would be that the 
title, taken alone, does not reveal the entirety of the invention.  Of 
course the revelation of the title might nonetheless be of interest to 
third parties who would thereby learn that the client is innovating in 
this technical area.

As you may see, the USPTO commits to "confirming that the disclosure was 
erroneous and inadvertent".

I am not able to think of any next step for the client to do about this, 
other than waiting for the publication to happen around sixteen months 
from now.

Carl

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