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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.

Continue reading “A smart thing that USPTO customers should do now”

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Netherlands joins DAS!

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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.

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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.

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Reprise of PDX-DAS webinar

The May 8, 2018 webinar on this topic was well received.  But many people missed the webinar and asked if it will be repeated.  So we are presenting this webinar again, with updates.  For example:

  • On June 1, 2018 the Denmark patent office will become an Accessing Office in the DAS system
  • On June 1, 2018 the Netherlands patent office will become a member of the DAS system

This will be a live webinar, not a replay of a recording. Continue reading “Reprise of PDX-DAS webinar”

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EPO is [not yet] an Accessing Office in DAS

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Update:  I have heard from WIPO that this was a temporary thing, as part of the testing for EPO becoming an Accessing Office.  WIPO has now finished the test and the Certificates of Availability as of today no longer mention EPO.  

It is still planned that EPO will commence its participation in DAS in the second half of 2018.

Neither EPO or WIPO has yet announced it, but I am delighted to be able to report that EPO is now an Accessing Office in the DAS system.  Continue reading “EPO is [not yet] an Accessing Office in DAS”

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Meet the Bloggers XIV was a success!

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Meet the Bloggers XIV was very successful.

From left to right, blogger/sponsors Erik Pelton, John Welch, Pamela Chestek, Tara Aaron, Marty Schwimmer, Carl Oppedahl, Ron Coleman. (Not shown: blogger and sponsor Marc Randazza.)

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