[Patentpractice] New Patent Assignment Center Inoperable

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From: Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Richard Schafer via Patentpractice <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
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Subject: Re: [Patentpractice] New Patent Assignment Center Inoperable

You mean like the address book ePCT provides? That’s not possible, since that’s a not-invented-here feature.

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From: Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of Michael Dryja via Patentpractice
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Subject: Re: [Patentpractice] New Patent Assignment Center Inoperable


I cannot believe they didn't fix that idiocy with the "/" in the application number. And if you try the number with a "/" in it, does the error message say, "Oh, hey, you're not allowed to have a '/' in there"? No. It says it cannot find the property.

Their own electronic acknowledgment receipts include the slash, but apparently it's too much for the USPTO to allow a copy-paste of the number from the EAR to the assignment system. Why help customers avoid errors? What kind of patent office does that?!

This times a million.  It would be trivial to process input to remove slashes and commas, or add slashes and commas as necessary.  For an application, there are really only three general formats: XX/YYY,ZZZ; XX/YYYZZZ; XXYYYZZZ.

I have yet to file an assignment with the new system.  My initial hope was that they were going to expand the “templates” to a full-blown address book, so you can save information for parties for later selection as either an assignee or an assignor in a given assignment.  I can’t believe I was so silly in thinking that.

 - Mike.

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