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Two letters that were sent today to Director Vidal

(Update:  on January 6, 2023, the Director indirectly responded to these two letters.   You can read about it here.)

Hello readers.  You will recall that a few days ago I urged you to consider signing two letters to USPTO’s Director Kathi Vidal (blog posting, October 7).    Both letters have now been signed and have been sent to Director Vidal.

    • One of the letters is about erroneous information in official Filing Receipts regarding publication dates.  You can see the signed letter here.
    • The other letter is about missing information in official Filing Receipts regarding whether or not a Foreign Filing License has been granted.  You can see the signed letter here.

The chief person who made these letters possible is Krista Jacobsen, a patent practitioner in Silicon Valley.  She drafted the letters and finalized them with suggestions from professional colleagues.  Many practitioners signed the letters.  Today she sent them to the Director.  I hope readers will join me in being grateful to Krista for this work.

Of course what also made the letters possible is the many patent practitioners who signed the letters.

Let’s hope that Director Vidal will respond to Krista with good news of corrective steps that the USPTO will take to address the problems that are highlighted in the two letters.

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Please sign two letters to the Director

Hello folks.   Would you prefer it if the USPTO were to reduce how many mistakes it makes in official patent Filing Receipts?  Then please review and sign the following two letters:

These letters will close for signature this next Monday at noon Eastern Time. I have signed both letters.  Why don’t you join those signers, by signing these two letters yourself?

Carl

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Lightning protection around the house

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Of course it is smart to install whole-house surge protection as it relates to the electrical power wires in the house.  See blog article.  Having installed a nice Seimens FS140 whole-house surge protector, do you get to relax?  Of course not!  If a person is going to be thorough about this, one needs to think about the other wires and cables that enter the house from outside.  Continue reading “Lightning protection around the house”

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The “where you sleep at night” Federal Circuit appeal – amicus brief

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(Update:  The oral argument took place on December 7, 2023 and you can see the transcript here.)

(Update:  the appellee’s brief has been filed – blog article.)

(Update:  the appellant’s reply brief has been filed – blog article.)

Readers will recall that a few days ago I wrote:

This would be a perfect time for amici to file amicus briefs.

An amicus brief has now been filed in the case about the Trademark Office demanding to know where the trademark applicant sleeps at night (blog article).  You can see the amicus brief here.

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The “where you sleep at night” Federal Circuit appeal – first brief

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(update:  an amicus brief has been filed.)

(update:  the appellee’s brief has been filed.)

(update:  the appellant’s reply brief has been filed.)

Many readers are aware of the keen obsession that the Trademark Office at the USPTO has in knowing where trademark applicants sleep at night.  Readers who are familiar with the statutes and rules and accumulated court cases relating to the right and wrong ways to do “rulemaking” may also have gone to the trouble of looking at the steps that the Trademark Office followed in promulgating its rules that, since a couple of years ago, have required applicants to reveal to the Trademark Office where they sleep at night.  But perhaps not so many readers are aware that right now there is pending in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit a case that asks the Court to consider striking down those rules.

There is now an important development in that Court of Appeals case.  Continue reading “The “where you sleep at night” Federal Circuit appeal – first brief”

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How often do you check the Systems Status page?

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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?”