[Patentpractice] Assignment Center -- stored contacts

[Carl Oppedahl]

Sure you can do the recordation by usps postal mail at the USPTO.

This requires paying a fee.

On 2/10/2024 4:00 PM, Allen Richter (allenr--- via Patentpractice wrote:
>
> Considering the following (worst case?) scenario:
>
> Because of the bug I cannot record within the “three months window” an 
> assignment for a PCT that was filed with an Non-US Receiving-Office.
>
>  1. Are there any remedies available?
>  2. Are there alternatives available for recording the Assignments
>     with the USPTO other than using the defunct improved system?
>
> *From:*Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On 
> Behalf Of *Michael Dryja via Patentpractice
> *Sent:* Saturday, 10 February 2024 22:51
> *To:* For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek 
> legal advice. <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Michael Dryja <mike at dryjapat.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Patentpractice] Assignment Center -- stored contacts
>
> Sigh.  Hopefully they will fix this at some point.
>
>
>
>     On Feb 10, 2024, at 1:13 PM, Scott Nielson <scnielson at outlook.com>
>     wrote:
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>     When I first tried Assignment Center, I noticed the "Stored
>     contact information" field and wondered where this contact
>     information is stored. After some poking around, I found an
>     address book on the MyUSPTO account page.
>
>     <image.png>
>
>     I entered my address and a few client addresses. I then went back
>     to Assignment Center to see if they would show up. Surprisingly,
>     my contact information showed up as an option in the drop down
>     list on the correspondence information page. When I selected it,
>     my contact information was auto-populated as the correspondence
>     information.
>
>     I then proceeded to the conveying party page and my contact
>     information also appeared in the drop down list but none of the
>     client contact information appeared. The same thing happened on
>     the receiving party page. It would auto-fill my information but
>     the client information in my address book was nowhere to be found.
>
>     I ended up deleting that assignment recordation entry and ever
>     since then, the stored contact information section has been blank.
>     I still have the same entries in my address book, but nothing
>     shows up in the drop down list for stored contact information.
>
>     *Scott Nielson*
>
>     801-660-4400
>
>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>     *From:*Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>
>     on behalf of Michael Dryja via Patentpractice
>     <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
>     *Sent:*Saturday, February 10, 2024 10:52 AM
>     *To:*For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek
>     legal advice. <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
>     *Cc:*Michael Dryja <mike at dryjapat.com>
>     *Subject:*[Patentpractice] Assignment Center -- stored contacts
>
>     I filed my first assignments using Assignment Center.  As Carl’s
>     blog has noted, it’s impossible to create “stored contacts” that
>     you can subsequently select when filing a new assignment.
>
>     Has anyone heard when the USPTO is planning on rolling out this
>     functionality?  That would go a long way in my mind to making AC
>     more usable.
>
>      - Mike.
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