The USPTO recently launched a new tool to improve how you manage
your intellectual property portfolio. With one single sign on, you can now
track your patent and trademark applications, receive alerts when they are
updated, and get other news from the USPTO.
MyUSPTO is your
personalized homepage and gateway to all your USPTO business needs, and there
is no cost to sign up and use the site. MyUSPTO allows you to access your
patent and trademark applications in one central location, and also receive
email notifications when the status changes on those applications. The site
also allows you to save USPTO webpages as bookmarks, so you won’t need to save
them separately in your own browser. Additionally, you can learn about current
news, upcoming events, and connect with our Facebook and Twitter accounts on
the MyUSPTO homepage. The site uses “widgets,” which are small applications that display snippets of important
information; aka shortcuts to larger USPTO applications and affiliated
sites. The entire site is fully customizable so you can add a
little or as much as you prefer.
MyUSPTO simplifies, personalizes, and streamlines the
public’s interactions with the USPTO. Future releases will gradually replace
many of the credentials you use to sign in to our other systems with one
secure, consolidated sign-in. The accounts are designed for individuals; however, future updates will add
the ability for organizations to share information between colleagues.
Let us know your suggestions on how we can further improve
the site through our MyUSPTO
feedback forum on IdeaScale. I invite you to visit MyUSPTO, create an account, and check it out
for yourself. I’m positive that it will
be useful for your business needs. You can also visit our “What’s
New” page to find out about future updates and improvements.
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