Office of Public Records
Public User’s Meeting
July 20, 2005
2:00 p.m. - Randolph Building Conference Center

The Public Users Meeting was held at 2:00 p.m. in the 1st floor conference room 1D04/1D14, Randolph Building on the USPTO campus at Carlyle in Alexandria, Virginia. Ted Parr, OPR Director, chaired the meeting. There were approximately 3 members of the public in attendance and 7 USPTO staff.

Announcements

• OEMS will be down for maintenance between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. Sunday

a) Cannot place orders
b) Cannot check status of orders

• Introduced Diane Lewis, new manager of the Public Search Facility
• Edith Wilkniss, Branch Chief in the Public Search Facility, retired July 23, 2005. A reception will be held 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. tomorrow (July 21, 2005)

Data Center Relocation Update

There are no servers moving this weekend. However, there may be some disruption/outages this weekend due to preparation work for next weekend’s moves. Therefore, the PSF will close early this Friday, as scheduled.

Public Search Facility Update

Public beta testing for new releases of patent and trademark examiner search systems are tentatively planned for August. Public will be advised of specific dates through notices published in Public Search Facility.

Questions/Comments/Problems

Customer request: Decrease alert time for workstation shut down prior to PSF closure each day. Workstations currently shut down at 7:45 p.m. Customer requested that the shut down time be changed to 7:50 p.m. The customer felt that was plenty of time to shut down and exit the building by 8 p.m. Request is under investigation.

Questions:

Why has the TICRS release date been delayed? This question will be relayed to Trademarks.

The GAO report seems to indicate that the IFW system will be replaced. Is this true? No, there are no plans at the present to replace the IFW system.

The next meeting date is August 17, 2005.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:15 p.m

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