[Patentpractice] why do uspto programmers design inefficiency into the system?

[Carl Oppedahl]

I note that the person who posted the original message here posted it to 
two listservs -- patentpractice and patentcenter.

The practical result is that most people are receiving every message and 
every subsequent message twice.

Fortunately our listserv hosting platform uses recycled electrons, so 
the result is not the felling of twice as many trees.

On 6/26/2025 3:49 AM, Dan Feigelson via Patentpractice wrote:
> I'm logged into patentcenter, looking at one of my cases, and I want 
> to see the assignment information they have on record.  When I click 
> on "assignments", I get a pop-up window saying, "Patent Center only 
> displays assignment information for non-public applications to user 
> authorized to access the application. This application is open to the 
> public. Please use Assignment Search to search assignment information 
> for applications open to the public. 
> https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html#/patent/search 
> <https://gcfagjf.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/cl/-EmW0t0ZBqiB0ZKGIWv8Yi9y-p-aEjx_tHlbcJ0evDwDqI8Wtq9lbVnIkL-9WdwR-qAhPVZosSXDgEe9oloxMwsKxl9ZH8U5cu-wWvAthLhLM5Nm4qQsDNihUKEXvSvrGW8xisjgjctnwINgj0MglWvwDk9D9f9kXFhKWE72zVN9rjPwoT5uMJoxaCO6u2zZqTA87pIhkiTmBtrTLovCikG0da1C8m9LP5D58OdD5yaNdCN_dgBdOeQ1W_v0rSPZ5FNUm7hCK8Toro6w4tcd0VUmFudjsZsnLkNV1U60cNZb_Px7OzfCGZFP4Z76uVUUYVbNqq-EaADHtaLcNzj0-w>". 
>
>
> Inasmuch as from within patentcrapper, I can see the assignment info 
> for my *un*published applications, it's clear that whoever wrote the 
> notice was /trying/ to say, "The application you're looking at has 
> published, so we're not making assignment information available to you 
> in Patent Crapper, go to Assignment Center, nyeah nyeah nyeah."
>
> Quite a contrast from what we saw earlier in the week with Mike 
> Richardson and WIPO regarding the applicant email field in ePCT...
>
> Dan
>
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