Automatically generated forms should use the latest USPTO information
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Automatically generated forms, which are triggered by USPTO eOffice Actions, currently use out-of-date information. As one (basic) example, I have an Office Action Response template that is generated when an Office Action is received. This template populates basic bibliographic information, such as title, inventor, examiner, art unit, etc.
On first Office Actions, the Examiner on Appcoll-generated forms is typically populated as "Docket Central" and the art unit is "OPAP." This placeholder information is in the USPTO system long before the Office Action is generated, but is ultimately updated by the USPTO before the Office Action is sent out. Despite whatever technical hurdles exist, Appcoll should be able to populate correct, current information into our forms, otherwise the automatically generated forms are potentially unreliable, which strongly impacts their usefulness.
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@RichardS3059 Do you have form letters attached to automatically generated tasks that are triggered when an eOfficeAction is received?
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@gregg_appcoll All first actions/notices of allowances on my account have this issue.
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Hi Sadiq - do you have an example matter we can take a look at?
Thanks.
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@SadiqA2304 That certainly seems odd and I haven't seen that problem in my account.