Bluesky: @oppedahl.com
Hello PCT enthusiasts!
There was already a good reason to make plans to attend the PCT seminar that will take place next week in Detroit — namely the opportunity to hear from very nice WIPO people (and from me) about the PCT and ePCT. (For more information or to register click here.)
Now there is an additional good reason to make plans to attend. There will be a networking reception afterwards! It is sponsored by the Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association.
Hello PCT enthusiasts! Who would like to participate in a day of Patent Cooperation Treaty (and ePCT) training? It will take place this coming Tuesday, October 28, in the Detroit patent office. I am one of the faculty members for this training. For more information, or to register, click here.
Hello PCT enthusiasts! Who would like to participate in a day of Patent Cooperation Treaty (and ePCT) training? It will take place this coming Friday, October 24, in the Dallas patent office. I am one of the faculty members for this training. For more information, or to register, click here.
(Note: this blog article is the first in a series of articles that will describe recent changes within the USPTO that have big effects upon applicants and upon people within the USPTO.)
For decades it has been the case that when a primary Examiner submits a piece of outgoing correspondence, the applicant would receive it soon after — typically within a couple of days. But within recent months, it has been commonplace to see long delays before the applicant receives the outgoing correspondence. How bad are the delays, and what is the cause of the delays? Continue reading “Why outgoing correspondence from the Patent Office is so slow”
Users of Patent Center are familiar with the Patent Center Tickets web site. It lists bugs in Patent Center, and it lists Patent Center feature requests, and it has a special section entitled Good things about Patent Center. I am delighted to report that the USPTO has fixed one of the bugs in Patent Center! Continue reading “USPTO fixes a bug in Patent Center”
Every USPTO system relating to assignments is broken today.
Continue reading “Every USPTO system relating to assignments is broken today”
From time to time I will become aware for the first time of some element of popular culture that most other people already know about. Today’s example is a term for a kind or category of song, namely the “I Want” song. There is a particular song that is very popular right now, all around the world, and it turns out that this particular song falls into the (apparently well-known) category of “I Want” songs. Today is when I learned that there is this category of song.
What is the definition of an “I Want” song? What is this particular song that is right now very popular all around the world that falls into the category of being an “I Want” song? Continue reading “What is an “I Want” song?”
What could be more fun than a full day of PCT training? The answer, of course, is a full day of PCT training followed by a reception. Continue reading “And a reception after the Dallas PCT seminar”
As a reminder, folks, there is an upcoming opportunity for training on Madrid Protocol docketing, at which I am the presenter.
As a reminder, folks, there are four upcoming opportunities for PCT and ePCT training, all of which will include me as a presenter.