[Patentpractice] Buggy Patent Assignment Searching

[Scott Nielson]

The broken state of assignment searching is particularly galling given that it is the method by which notice is supposed to be provided to subsequent purchasers under 35 USC 261.


Scott Nielson

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From: Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Judith S via Patentpractice <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2024 10:56 AM
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Cc: Judith S <judith.a.s at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Patentpractice] Buggy Patent Assignment Searching

This problem pre-dates the new Assignment Center. I had this issue with a client more than a year ago, when then their potential investor gave them grief that the patents weren't correctly assigned, because they didn't show up in a search.

I was hoping that this at least would be fixed with the new system.

Judith

On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 8:41 AM Masson, Roger M. via Patentpractice <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>> wrote:

I received notices of recordation for two assignments on Tuesday and Wednesday. Out of curiosity, I decide to check the USPTO’s assignment database. I was able to locate them using by a Quick Lookup search for assignee yesterday (Wednesday). Today (Thursday) the same exact search did not locate the assignments. I was eventually able to locate them through the Advanced Search by patent number even though I could not find them by Quick Lookup search by patent number.



Is Patent Assignment Search normally this buggy since Assignment Center became compulsory? Will this bugginess for these assignments go away with time?





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