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If you regularly make use of TEAS or PAIR or Patentcenter or EFS-Web, you probably find yourself checking the USPTO Systems Status and Availability web page (screen shot at right) from time to time.
Wouldn’t it be nice if somehow you could be notified automatically when that web page changes? Well, now you can be notified automatically, if you choose to participate in a beta test of my new change-detection system. Continue reading “How often do you check the Systems Status page?”
Yes, you heard it here first (blog article). On August 5, 2022, I was the first to tell you this very exciting news about the Polish patent office becoming trendy, modern, and up-to-date. Continue reading “Today is the day for the Polish patent office”
There are quite a few ways to set up two-factor authentication in ePCT. Last week there was a problem with the SMS-type 2FA in ePCT, and users who had failed to set up a second type of 2FA found themselves unable to log in. This offers a reminder that you should always have at least two types of 2FA set up with your WIPO user ID. I am delighted to report that I have successfully gotten it set up so that I can use my EPO smart card as a form of 2FA in ePCT. Continue reading “With ePCT, always have at least two kinds of 2FA”
From time to time I have commented upon nice things about ePCT. Here is one more. Continue reading “YANTAePCT (Yet Another Nice Thing About ePCT)”
This bit of news sort of snuck up on me. Only today did I catch on that five days ago, the Iranian patent office (formally known as the Intellectual Property Center (IPC) of the Islamic Republic of Iran) became a Depositing Office in the DAS system for two kinds of priority documents. Continue reading “Iranian patent office joins the DAS system as a Depositing Office”
I am delighted to be able to report that the Polish patent office has become trendy, modern and up-to-date. Continue reading “Polish patent office becomes trendy, modern, and up-to-date”
WIPO has announced that version 2.1.2 of its WIPO Sequence software will be available tomorrow (Wednesday August 3, 2022). You can see the announcement here. Here are action items for ST26 users: Continue reading “Version 2.1.2 of WIPO Sequence software available tomorrow”
Hello dear readers. In recent days I published two blog articles (July 15, 2022 and July 15, 2022) that are must-read articles for anybody who has filed any patent application on or after July 1, 2022 containing a sequence listing. If you have filed any patent application (PCT or non-PCT) on or after July 1, 2022 that contains a sequence listing, and if you have not read those two blog articles, you should read them. After that, you should return to this article and read this article. This article has more information from nice people at WIPO about the ST26 issues that I raised in those articles. Continue reading “Still more must-read for ST26 enthusiasts”
Just when you thought you were completely familiar with the USPTO e-commerce systems, you realize you were missing something important for all these years. Yes, it turns out that for all of these years, the Public PAIR system has been used for filing of patent applications. See this USPTO News Brief published today, which is quoted at right. Continue reading “PAIR was for filing patent applications?”
Yes, today and tomorrow I will be speaking at the Annual Meeting and Conference of the National Association of Patent Practitioners in Denver, Colorado. Continue reading “See and hear me at the NAPP Annual Meeting and Conference”