By Christopher P. Singer --
In a notice posted on June 3, 2009, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced the launch of an on-line system that will allow registered practitioners to update their official address of record with the Office of Enrollment and Discipline (OED) electronically, without the need to submit paper forms. The idea behind the system is to allow practitioners a convenient way to maintain and update their own telephone number, postal and e-mail addresses in a more convenient manner, eliminating delays and processing errors in updating information, reducing losses caused by mailings made to obsolete addresses, and ensuring prompt receipt of critical communications from OED. The PTO further notes that email addresses will not be available to the public. The on-line system will be free to its users.
Practitioners will need to log in and register in order to use the system. The OED will be sending two separately mailed letters in the second week of June 2009 to practitioners at their official mailing address as reflected on the official roster of registered patent attorneys and agents. The letters will be mailed separately and may arrive on different days. The first letter will contain the practitioner's user identification number and the second letter will provide a password. Both the identification number and password will be necessary in order to register and log in to the system. More information regarding the on-line interface is viewable on the homepage of the system, without having to log in.
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