I am by now part way through a series of sixteen webinars about the ePCT system. Thirteen of the webinars have been presented, and there are three more webinars that you can register for (click here to register). We were successful in recording the first thirteen webinars and the recordings have been edited into presentable form and have been posted for viewing. So if you missed any of the first thirteen webinars, you can view the recording. Here are the topics and links for viewing the thirteen recordings that have been posted so far. Continue reading “Recordings of many recent ePCT webinars are now available”
A second false statement on the USPTO web site
(Update June 20, 2023 — the false statement has returned to the USPTO web site — see blog article.)
Yesterday I reported (blog article) on a first false statement on the USPTO web site. Here is a second false statement that appeared on the USPTO web site as recently as two days ago (screen shot above):
The USPTO strongly recommends submitting Specification, Claims, and/or Abstract in DOCX format which provides better data accuracy.
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A first false statement on the USPTO web site
Here is a false statement from the Patentcenter web site of the USPTO (screen shot above right):
Patent Center has 100% of the functionality of EFS-Web, Public and Private PAIR, and is available to all users for electronic filing and management of patent applications.
This false statement on the Patentcenter web site has been reported to the USPTO as EBC ticket number 1-831173674. This is Patentcenter trouble ticket number CP141 (click here to see it).
On the Patentcenter Trouble Ticket page, we list dozens of reasons why this statement is false. Here are just a few of them … Continue reading “A first false statement on the USPTO web site”
Terrifying Tales of the USPTO’s DOCX Filing System – the movie!
On May 3, 2023, I urged you (blog article) to attend a webinar presented by two partners in the Fitch Even law firm, entitled Terrifying Tales of the USPTO’s DOCX Filing System. Hopefully you attended that webinar.
But if you missed the live webinar, the good news is that Terrifying Tales of the USPTO’s DOCX Filing System is now available as a recording. To view the recording, click here.
You can also view recordings (click here) of my two recent webinars on the malpractice risks associated with use of the USPTO’s DOCX e-filing system.
A nice person at the EBC
Folks, I am reminded that there are bright and alert and nice people in the world.
I encountered a problem in Patentcenter recently. (For reasons that will become clear, in this posting I am going to avoid discussing the particular problem in detail.) I posted the problem in https://patentcenter-tickets.oppedahl.com/ as usual, giving it a new patentcenter trouble ticket number starting with “CP”. This was one of those trouble reports where a screen shot is part of explaining what the problem is that is being reported. Continue reading “A nice person at the EBC”
An open letter to Director Vidal and Commissioner Udupa about DOCX
Here is a letter that I sent today to the Director and the Commissioner:
Hello Director Vidal and Commissioner Udupa and Deputy Commissioner Seidel:
By now there have been many webinars scheduled and presented that are intended to help the patent community understand the risks of filing US patent applications using the USPTO’s DOCX initiative. These include:
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- Patent Center DOCX Filing: What you Need to Know, March 10, 2023, Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner
- Professional Liability Risks of Filing in DOCX – for users of Microsoft Word, April 18, 2023, Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC
- Professional Liability Risks of Filing in DOCX – for users of non-Microsoft word processors, April 18, 2023, Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC
- Professional Liability Risks of Filing in DOCX – for users of Microsoft Word, May 10, 2023, Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC
- Professional Liability Risks of Filing in DOCX – for users of non-Microsoft word processors, May 12, 2023, Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC
- Terrifying Tales of the USPTO’s DOCX Filing System, May 23, 2023, Fitch Even
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You can see the May 10 recording here (1:29 in length) and you can download the presentation materials here.
I invite you and request you to let me know if you think there were any factual inaccuracies in the May 10 webinar. If there were any inaccuracies in that webinar, I will publish corrections.
Carl Oppedahl
Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC
Who would find these four webinars to be of interest?
(Update: now you can sign up for the four webinars! )
At this link you can see a plan for four webinars. The goal is to cover the PCT forms that PCT applicants and agents receive most often. Each webinar will be 90 minutes in length. The goal is to cover the forms listed and discussed in Oppedahl on PCT Forms and PCT Docketing, shown at right.
The question is, would anybody actually want to attend these four webinars? That’s what I would like to know. I invite people to post a comment below.
Recordings now available for May 10 and 12 webinars about DOCX risks
Hello readers! On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 I presented a webinar about the malpractice risks of e-filing a patent application in DOCX format under the USPTO’s DOCX initiative, for those who use Microsoft Word. On Friday, May 12, 2023 I presented a webinar about the malpractice risks of e-filing a patent application in DOCX format under the USPTO’s DOCX initiative, for those who use non-Microsoft word processors.
The webinars got recorded, and the recordings have now been edited into usable format for later viewing. You can see the May 10 recording here (1:29 in length) and you can download the presentation materials here. You can see the May 12 recording here (1:10 in length) and you can download the presentation materials here.
Recording now available for May 10 webinar about DOCX risks
Hello readers! On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 I presented a webinar about the malpractice risks of e-filing a patent application in DOCX format under the USPTO’s DOCX initiative. The webinar got recorded, and the recording has now been edited into usable format for later viewing. You can see the recording here and you can download the presentation materials here. (Update: the recording of the May 12 webinar is also now available.)
Terrifying Tales of the USPTO’s DOCX Filing System
(Update: a recording of the Terrifying Tales webinar is now available.) Those who are considering filing a patent application at the USPTO in DOCX should inform themselves of the professional liability risks of doing so. A first way to learn about this is to watch recordings of my recent webinars about this. A second way will be to attend Terrifying Tales of the USPTO’s DOCX Filing System, presented by two partners in the Fitch Even law firm. The webinar, which is free of charge, will take place on May 23. To find out more about that webinar, or to register, click here.