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One of our listserv members reports that the "signed-in" status in Patentcenter disappears abruptly and without notice, long before the end of the usual 30-minute forced logout.

PAIR has two modes — "Public PAIR" and "Private PAIR". EFS-Web has two modes as well, a signed-in mode and a not-signed-in mode. So it is more or less to be expected that the USPTO developers of Patentcenter set it up so that there is a signed-in... more »

One of our listserv members reports, wrong words used to describe what to do to e-file something. It says "file another patent application" when that link is really for doing lots of things in addition to or instead of filing another patent application. It says "new submission" when that link is really for filing a new patent application, not "submitting" something in a patent application. It says "existing submissions"... more »

One of our listserv members says, "In EFS-Web each ack receipt gets a file name that is unique. Patentcenter always tries to give the same name (N417) to every ack receipt. What Patentcenter should do is give a unique name to each ack receipt. The source of uniqueness in the file name for the ack receipt could be the application number or the docket number or even the patentcenter submission number." This is Patentcenter... more »

In the Documents listing for an application, there are checkboxes to allow selection of individual documents for download. There is the option to select or deselect ALL checkboxes at once.

It would be a great feature to add to have additional buttons that would allow the user to select checkboxes for all documents except NPL, or perhaps all documents except NPL, search listings, and other generally non-interesting documents.... more »

This week I have started getting a virus detection error that states "A virus system detection failed" and am unable to upload any documents.

The supplemental content tab has a column header for "Filing/Load Date" for documents that are accessible via that tab, but the column is blank and there is no data. If it is necessary to resort to such documents to resolve a priority issue later, there is no data that the Applicant can point to that confirms the date of submission for a particular document.

This seems relatively easy to fix. I believe PAIR's version... more »

We filed an application that included a 3K sequence listing (SQL) text file on August 5, 2020. The N417 electronic acknowledgement receipt lists the SQL file as a submitted document and provides a hash/message digest for it. On August 18, 2020, we received a Notice to Comply With Requirements For Patent Applications Containing Nucleotide and/or Amino Acid Sequence Disclosures that indicated that the USPTO had *not* received... more »

I sign into my USPTO.gov account, then click the Patent Drop Down and click on Patent Center. Once there, I do not have "Existing Submissions" available and when I look in the upper right, my name is not there. It still says Sign In. It seems that when you open patent center in a new tab, the sign in does not transfer.

Also the same when I open the link from the emailed receipt -- I can already be logged in and then... more »

Have a Word doc saved version alternative to standard Adobe PDF. My computer had a virus which used the majority of common apps, browsers,software, Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word doc, Firefox, chrome, etc stemming from my College (Stockton University) which caused a lot of issues on my application when I first filed still existing today and all uploaded documents prior to COVID-19. I would suggest so no one else has others... more »

It would be great if the USPTO could supply all valid/legitmate browsers, apps, software, servers, etc. to be downloaded. In other words I had a computer virus that used all the common browsers and files and apps and security encryptions used against me stemming from Stockton University that created a block that caused a technical difficulty on the USPTO. In other words I had to used their system (USPTO) to solve mailing... more »

We usually like to copy and paste the applicant info from Patent Center into our documents as to avoid typos. If you are signed in to PC you can't copy the examiner name. It does a pop up instead with their name (which is appreciated) but we should still be able to copy the text. However, we noticed if you are NOT signed in to PC the popup doesn't work but you can select the examiner name on public applications. Is there... more »

The addition of the "View Receipt History" feature to the Workbench recently was a nice addition, but it is broken. It seems to only show receipts for *new* application filings (the inaptly named "new submissions") and does not list receipts for submissions in existing applications (the inaptly named "existing submissions"). While having receipt information for new application filings is certainly useful, that information... more »

The ability to submit documents in an application that is not associated with a customer number that you are associated with is broken, at least with respect to uploads by sponsored staff. We went to file a change of power of attorney today, and my secretary successfully uploaded it under my sponsorship. It gave her a warning that the application was not associated with any of my customer numbers, but let her upload and... more »

There is no ability in Patent Center to submit Continued Prosecution Applications with the requisite fees. This should be fixed.

Managing Customer Numbers is a function of administrative staff in law firms. The new requirement to have the practitioner sign the change is impractical because partners do not want to be bothered with these administrative tasks. They prefer to instruct their administrators to make the change and the changes to then be completed.

There is no current requirement for practitioner signature in Private PAIR. The existing... more »