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Hello PCT enthusiasts. As I blogged a couple of days ago, you get to pick where the next live in-person PCT seminars will be. I opened the survey about 48 hours ago. As of right now, the top-ranked locations are:
I will keep the survey open for about another week. It will be interesting to see if some other cities move upwards in the ranking.
Hello dear reader. Are you one of the 312 people who purchased a copy of Oppedahl on PCT Forms and PCT Docketing (second edition) between December 20, 2024 and today (January 18, 2025)? If so, then first of all thank you very much! I earned a royalty from your purchase. But second of all, I am sorry to say that your copy of this book has a defective table of contents. Continue reading “Corrected table of contents for Oppedahl on PCT Forms and PCT Docketing (second edition)”
(Update: you can read about early survey results.)
Hello dear readers. Now you get to determine where the next few live in-person PCT seminars will take place. The way you get to determine this is by responding to this survey. Continue reading “You get to determine the next few cities for PCT seminars!”
I am delighted to see US patent number Des. 1046783 which issued on October 15, 2024. Its figure 1 appears at right.
What delights me is that one of the References Cited in this US patent is an article from my blog. Continue reading “A patent that cites this blog!”
Recently I have had reason to try to learn a bit about a type of AI (artificial intelligence) called machine learning. It turns out that sometimes a researcher in this area will encounter the Helvetica scenario, which is a phenomenon where a machine learning model gradually degrades due to errors coming from uncurated training on the outputs of another model, including prior versions of itself. The Helvetica scenario, also called “Model Collapse” (Wikipedia article) is a common problem when training generative adversarial networks (GANs) (Machine Learning Glossary). The natural question for the reader is where this terminology came from? Continue reading “The Helvetica Scenario”
I just released the second edition of my book Oppedahl on PCT Forms and PCT Docketing. Amazon says this book is now the #1 best seller in Adult & Continuing Education. Not only that, but if you purchase this book, I will receive a royalty of about $48. As of right now, you would only have to pay about $21 to purchase the book from the US Amazon.com site. Continue reading “Now #1 best seller on Amazon in Adult & Continuing Education”
Hello readers. I just released the second edition of Oppedahl on PCT Forms and PCT Docketing. Like the original edition, it is priced at $89 and I earn a royalty of about $48 per book. But what I don’t understand is that Amazon has placed this book on sale for about $21. Continue reading “Odd Amazon pricing for second edition of my PCT Forms and Docketing book”
Hello readers. If you paid a government fee to the USPTO during any of the times listed below, and if you tried to protect yourself by authorizing any later fees due to be drawn from your USPTO Deposit Account, apparently your effort to protect yourself has failed. Continue reading “USPTO makes mistake with Deposit Account authorizations”
The mail room at the USPTO is, politely stated, a striking example of a service failure. Continue reading “USPTO mail room works unacceptably slowly”
Why should you attend my live, in-person PCT seminar in January? Continue reading “Why you should attend my live, in-person PCT seminar in January”