Private in-house PCT and DAS Training

In a recent blog post I listed the remarkable number of opportunities in the next few months for public PCT and DAS training programs.  What readers might not know about is that in addition to the many PCT and DAS training programs that are provided to the general public, many PCT and DAS training programs take place privately at law firms and corporations, as I will describe. Continue reading “Private in-house PCT and DAS Training”

A smart thing that USPTO customers should do now

(Please also see a followup blog article here.)

Those who make use of Private PAIR and EFS-Web are accustomed to USPTO’s very clunky way of accomplishing two-factor authentication, namely the poorly designed Entrust Java Applet (EJA).  USPTO has now formally announced (see excerpt at right from a slide in a USPTO webinar yesterday) that it will replace EJA with a much more user-friendly approach.  The goals of today’s blog article are:

  • describe the new system, and
  • explain what you can do right now to be ready for it well in advance.

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Netherlands joins DAS!

flag of the Netherlands

It is recalled that on May 5, 2018 I blogged about the imminent development of the Netherlands Patent Office joining the DAS system.  Today is the day!  The participation of the Netherlands Patent Office in DAS is as a depositing Office and as an accessing Office.  The participation is as to patent applications and PCT applications.

This brings to 19 the number of DAS participating Offices.

Registration now open: AIPLA PCT Seminar

The 22nd annual AIPLA PCT Seminar is now open for registration.  This will be Monday, July 23 and Tuesday, July 24 at AIPLA headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia.

This Seminar differs from many other PCT Seminars because it has such a large number of excellent presenters.  These will include a WIPO person, a USPTO person, and four experienced practitioners — Mark Guetlich, Mary Drabnis, Jeremy Smith and myself.

For more information, or to register, click here.