Unauthorized changes have been made to a number of active trademark
applications and registrations. These changes may be part of a scheme to
register the marks of others on third-party “brand registries.”
Unauthorized parties have filed forms through our Trademark Electronic
Application System (TEAS) to make these changes. Although these
instances affect a small percentage of total applications and
registrations, we want to make sure our customers are aware of the
problem as we work to resolve it.
See our webpage on unauthorized changes for steps to take if you believe your trademark application or registration has been impacted by an unauthorized change.
Friday, October 19, 2018
Thursday, October 18, 2018
EFS-Web and Private PAIR authentication change: Sponsorship tool
EFS-Web
and Private PAIR users now have a new, safer, and simpler login. In
November, a new sponsorship tool will be available for registered practitioners to sponsor their support staff, who work on their behalf. We
will no longer support the existing public key infrastructure
(PKI) certificates for two-factor authentication because the PKI
authentication software vendor will no longer support the product after
2018.
Creating an account
If you or your support staff do not already have USPTO.gov accounts, you will need to create one and opt-in for two-step authentication.
Migrating an existing account
If you are a registered practitioner or independent inventor with an existing PKI digital certificate, use our migration tool with these step-by-step instructions to link your new USPTO.gov account to your current PKI digital certificate.
Using your new account
There
are new URLs for EFS-Web and Private PAIR when signing in using your
USPTO.gov account. You will need to update any bookmarks you may have:
More Information
Please review the Patent Electronic System Access Document for additional information on authentication, sponsorship, and verification for accessing patent electronic systems.
We invite you to register for multiple information sessions related to this authentication change, because new information will be added as it becomes available.
For more information, visit Authentication Change for EFS-Web and PAIR.
If
you need assistance creating your USPTO.gov account, please call the
USPTO Contact Center (UCC) at 800-786-9199. For assistance with
migration, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center at ebc@uspto.gov or 866-217-9197.
Monday, October 15, 2018
October Inventor Info Chat
Join the next USPTO Inventor Info Chat webinar on Oct. 18, from 11 a.m. to noon ET for an informative discussion
on "Responding to
Pre-Examination Notices.”
The
chat will present tips for more effectively responding to Notices of Missing Parts
and Notices of Incomplete Application. One of our patent application processing specialists will be available to answer your questions. Submit questions via email to inventorinfochat@uspto.gov.
To register, visit the Inventor Info Chat webinar event page.
The Inventor Info Chat webinar series is presented by the
Office of Innovation Development, which fosters invention and entrepreneurship
by providing full access to the U.S. intellectual property system.
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Texas A&M University Libraries will be hosting Patent and Trademark Day
It will take place at the Sterling C. Evans Library, Room 204E, in College Station on Tuesday, November 6th from 8:30am-4:30pm.
In conjunction with the library celebrating its 35th anniversary of being a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), the library will be having two librarians from the USPTO provide a full day of workshops on intellectual property, including how to search for existing patents and trademarks. Below is a schedule of the day’s events:
In conjunction with the library celebrating its 35th anniversary of being a Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), the library will be having two librarians from the USPTO provide a full day of workshops on intellectual property, including how to search for existing patents and trademarks. Below is a schedule of the day’s events:
- 8:30-9:00AM: Sign-in
- 9:00-9:15AM: Welcome and PTRC Services Information
- 9:15-10:30AM: Overview of Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets
- 10:30-10:45AM: Break
- 10:45-11:45AM: Local Resources Panel
- McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship
- TAMUS Technology Commercialization
- Research Valley Small Business Development Center
- School of Innovation
- 11:45AM-12:45PM: Lunch (provided)
- 12:45-2:00PM: 7-Step Strategy for Preliminary U.S. Patent Search Using USPTO Databases
- 2:00-2:30PM: 35th Anniversary Remarks
- 2:30-3:45PM: Conducting a Preliminary Trademark Search Using USPTO Databases
- 3:45-4:15PM: Non-USPTO Solicitations and Invention Promotion Scams: Asking the Right Questions
- 4:15-4:30PM: Review and Questions; Adjournment
For more information or to register: bit.ly/PatentTrade2018
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
New webpage for refund information
The new Refund Information page of
the USPTO website is a comprehensive resource for refund requestors
seeking general information about refunds, their eligibility, and
instructions for
submitting a request using the new Request for Refund form (PTO-2326). The page includes information about:
- Time limits
- Who can submit
- What to provide
- Where to submit
For assistance, contact the Refund Branch at 571-272-6500 or RADHelpdesk@uspto.gov.
Thursday, October 4, 2018
AFCP 2.0 Extended
The After-Final
Consideration Pilot 2.0 (AFCP 2.0) has been extended to Sept. 30, 2019. AFCP 2.0 and Quick Path Information Disclosure Statement (QPIDS) are part of the USPTO's ongoing efforts towards compact prosecution and
increased collaboration between examiners and stakeholders.
Learn more on the AFCP 2.0 page on the USPTO website.
If you have any questions,
please contact afterfinalconsiderationpilotafcp20@uspto.gov.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Patent Quality Chat
Our Patent Quality Chat webinar continues its 2018 series on Oct. 9, from noon to 1 p.m. ET, with “Leveraging a Harmonized Patent Classification System.”
Join us this month to learn how the USPTO Office of International
Patent Cooperation contributes to the development of the Cooperative
Patent Classification (CPC) system and other international classification
harmonization efforts. We
will be discussing how patent offices benefit from extensive searching
capabilities while external users see improved searching and patenting activity
analysis. We look forward to hearing your thoughts and
answering your questions about CPC and international classification
harmonization efforts.
This webinar would be of
interest to all those involved in patent prosecution and patent searching.
No registration is
necessary to attend. More information,
including how to attend, is available on our event page. Please send your input and questions to patentquality@uspto.gov before and during the event.
The Patent
Quality Chat webinar series is presented as a part of the USPTO’s continuous
effort to improve patent quality.
Authentication change for EFS-Web and Private PAIR: Migration tool now available
EFS-Web and Private PAIR users now have a new, safer, and
simpler login. The new method grants access to multiple USPTO systems with one
consolidated sign-in and eliminates shared credentials by providing
practitioners and their support staff with their own USPTO.gov accounts.
The Migration
Tool is now available for existing PKI digital certificate holders
(registered practitioners and independent inventors) to link their USPTO.gov
accounts to their current PKI digital
certificates. (To successfully migrate,
users must already have a USPTO.gov account. If you do not already have one, create a
USPTO.gov account and opt in for two-step authentication.) Please
follow the step-by-step
instructions to migrate and allow 1–2 business days after you finish the
migration steps for the process to complete; you can then use your USPTO.gov
account to sign in to EFS-Web and Private PAIR. Customer Numbers associated
with the PKI certificate will be migrated to the linked USPTO.gov account. PKI
certificates can still be used to sign in to EFS-Web and Private PAIR as well.
Please note that there are new URLs for EFS-Web and Private
PAIR for signing in using your USPTO.gov
account. You will need to update any bookmarks to the new URLs below:
- EFS-Web: https://efs-my.uspto.gov/EFSWebUIRegistered/EFSWebRegistered
- Private PAIR: https://ppair-my.uspto.gov/pair/PrivatePair
The USPTO has expanded information sessions related to this
authentication change. We welcome attendees to register for multiple sessions,
because new information will be added as it becomes available. Register
for one of the sessions.
For additional information, visit Authentication
Change for EFS-Web and PAIR.
If you need assistance creating your USPTO.gov account,
please call the USPTO Contact Center (UCC) at 800-786-9199. For assistance with
migration, please contact the Patent Electronic Business Center at ebc@uspto.gov or 866-217-9197.
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