USPTO advises of action that may be needed for filing receipts for certain patent applications processed between March 2022 and mid-October 2022

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USPTO advises of action that may be needed for filing receipts for certain patent applications processed between March 2022 and mid-October 2022

As part of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) ongoing efforts to automate and enhance patent examination practices to support robust and reliable patent rights and speed the issuance of patents, the USPTO has transitioned to a new pre examination system to generate notices, including application filing receipts. After discovering that, with the transition, filing receipts issued for certain patent applications processed between March 2022 and mid-October 2022 did not include foreign filing license information, and a small number of filing receipts for provisional applications and design applications incorrectly showed a projected publication date, the USPTO took corrective steps by the end of October 2022.

The USPTO has posted a notice providing further information, including the corrective steps it has taken. Out of an abundance of caution, applicants should review their filing receipts issued for new patent applications between March 2022 and mid-October 2022, and take action if necessary, as outlined in the notice.

The full text of the notice is available on the USPTO’s Patent Related Notices webpage.

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