Patent Law

USPTO Introducing Functionality to Update Practitioner Information Online

By Mark Reichel, Esq.

The USPTO recently announced that it will be introducing functionality through its website to allow registered practitioners to update their personal information as it appears within the USPTO interface. According to the USPTO announcement (link below), ?Allowing practitioners to maintain and update their own telephone number, postal and e-mail addresses will eliminate delays and processing errors in updating information, reduce losses caused by mailings made to obsolete addresses, and ensure prompt receipt of critical communications from [the Office of Enrollment and Discipline].? Registered practitioners will be mailed their user identification numbers along with instructions to obtain a password to update their information. As of the time of this post, the USPTO?s On-Line Change of Address for Practitioners webpage (link below) is up and running, so that practitioners with their user ids and passwords may use the new system.

USPTO Announcement: LINK
On-Line Change of Address for Practitioners Webpage: LINK

Full post as published by Daily Dose of IP on July 29, 2008 (boomark / email).