[Patentpractice] POA and correspondence/maintenance fee address change after issuance

[Dan Feigelson]

Late to this discussion, but in addition to filing all those documents, in
my cover letter I would quote the relevant reg(s) and explain which of the
attached documents fulfills which requirement of which reg.  At least that
way, if you have to go higher up within the PTO or to court, the next
person up the chain can see how the dolt who's refusing the POA is flouting
the regs.

Dan

On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM Peter Medley via Patentpractice <
patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> I agree with Timothy (and others). I would re-file the documents, although
> I’m not sure about either the Copy of the Assignment Notice of Recordation
> because the 3.73(c) statement includes the reel and frame number (at least
> the USPTO form does) or the Change of Correspondence Address because the
> change of address is included on the power of attorney (at least the USPTO
> forms does). We have successfully had a new power of attorney accepted for
> many patents without submitting either of these two documents.
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> Occasionally, we’ll have to do this for a patent portfolio. Our success
> rate is around 60%–70%. We have learned over the years to just re-file the
> documents if they aren’t accepted the first time. Rarely, we’ll have to
> re-file a second time. To be clear, if we file the same forms in 10 patents
> at the same time, then we expect that the USPTO will accept the new power
> of attorney in about 6 or 7 of the patents and will reject the same forms
> in 3 or 4 of the other patents.
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