Category Archives: Assignments

USPTO to Remove Inventor’s Mailing Address from Patent Docs

Posted on December 16, 2010 by mjwhitekingston

The USPTO will no longer include the inventor’s mailing address on unassigned patents and published applications because of privacy concerns. However, correspondence information will continue to be available in Public PAIR. Patent documents will only display the city and state … Continue reading →

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US Assignment Data in INPADOC

Posted on May 20, 2010 by mjwhitekingston

The EPO recently announced that US assignment data will be updated weekly instead of bimonthly in the INPADOC legal status database, which also means that it will be available via esp@cenet. The data will be captured from the USPTO’s assignment … Continue reading →

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US Assignment Data in espacenet

Posted on August 12, 2009 by mjwhitekingston

The June issue of Patent Information News states that the EPO is in the process of reloading US assignment records into its legal status database. When the project is finished US patents in esp@cenet will be linked to more than … Continue reading →

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