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    BerndN5890

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    • Add Patentcenter deep link to top of matter

      Would be nice to have a deep link to Patentcenter next to the existing links at the top of the page (the matter files, tasks, ... references icons).

      https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/applications/{ApplicationNum_noformat}

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    • Impact of EFS-Web and Private PAIR Shutdown?

      I would love to hear how the USPTO's shutdown of EFS-Web and Private PAIR will affect AppColl. Last I remember the XML import of matters from PatentCenter was not a full replacement of importing Private PAIR XML data. Has that changed? Will a PatentCenter XML import provide everything AppColl needs for a complete patent matter? Are there any other impacts we should expect?

      posted in General Discussion
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    • Automatically calculate expiration date

      Would be helpful if AppColl could automatically calculate the expiration date of a patent once the issue date and PTA have been entered.

      posted in Product Requests
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    • RE: Form letter for generating XML file to upload to ePAS for assignment recordation

      @GeorgeJ4336 This is great!

      Here is a small Python script to automate the "lightly edit" step:

      import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
      import glob
      
      path="C:\\Users\\WhereeverYourDownloadAppcollFilesInput\\"
      f = next(glob.iglob(path+"*EPAS_*.txt")) # use a characterizing portion of filename 
      print ("Processing file ",f)
      
      tree = ET.parse(f)
      root = tree.getroot()
      conveyingparties=root.find("pat-conveying-parties")
      
      print("Enter assignment execution date in yyyy-mm-dd format")
      for conveyingparty in conveyingparties.findall("pat-conveying-party"):
          if (conveyingparty.find("individual/first-name").text == None):
              conveyingparties.remove(conveyingparty)
          else:    
              assignor=conveyingparty.find("individual/first-name").text+" "+conveyingparty.find("individual/last-name").text+": "
              executeddate=input(assignor)   
              conveyingparty.find("executed-date").text = executeddate   
      
      tree.write(path+"_EPAS-upload.txt")     
      
      posted in Files
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    • RE: Trigger Event: "While an expression ... evaluates true in..."

      Turns out the expression also requires curly brackets...

      AND while the expression 'x<#{General.Now(-500d)}# using the 'PriorityDate' field in the matter is true.

      31775d21-f2cb-4fa4-82a8-f79fa511c2f1-image.png

      posted in General
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    • RE: Automatically calculate expiration date

      @RichardS3059 Fair enough that AppColl won't be able to accurately calculate every expiration date. But it could still calculate a default date that will be correct for most patents. Even a human can't calculate the expiration date at issue accurately if the patent later becomes eligible for PTE.

      posted in Product Requests
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    • Share matters with another AppColl user

      I understand AppColl's access system to be based around the traditional firm model: A firm buys licenses and assigns users that then have access to the firm's matters. In more agile environments that model is not ideal. For example, it is hard to work with part-time paralegals that support multiple firms. Or with off-counsel who uses AppColl herself.

      It would be great if there were an option to share a matter with another AppColl user. One paralegal might log into AppColl with their ID, but access matters from different firms. On the flipside, a firm could work with 10 paralegals and off-counsel (all of which have their own AppColl accounts) without having to pay for licenses that are cost-prohibitive if the user only works on one or two cases.

      Or does this option already exist and I just don't know about it?

      posted in Product Requests
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    Latest posts made by BerndN5890

    • Impact of EFS-Web and Private PAIR Shutdown?

      I would love to hear how the USPTO's shutdown of EFS-Web and Private PAIR will affect AppColl. Last I remember the XML import of matters from PatentCenter was not a full replacement of importing Private PAIR XML data. Has that changed? Will a PatentCenter XML import provide everything AppColl needs for a complete patent matter? Are there any other impacts we should expect?

      posted in General Discussion
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    • RE: Share matters with another AppColl user

      @gregg_appcoll That sounds good.

      posted in Product Requests
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    • Share matters with another AppColl user

      I understand AppColl's access system to be based around the traditional firm model: A firm buys licenses and assigns users that then have access to the firm's matters. In more agile environments that model is not ideal. For example, it is hard to work with part-time paralegals that support multiple firms. Or with off-counsel who uses AppColl herself.

      It would be great if there were an option to share a matter with another AppColl user. One paralegal might log into AppColl with their ID, but access matters from different firms. On the flipside, a firm could work with 10 paralegals and off-counsel (all of which have their own AppColl accounts) without having to pay for licenses that are cost-prohibitive if the user only works on one or two cases.

      Or does this option already exist and I just don't know about it?

      posted in Product Requests
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    • RE: Import 892 Forms

      @BruceY9453 Just started looking into this. US references could be obtained in JSON format from PatentCenter. Would not be too hard to convert to CSV for import into AppColl.

      https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/retrieval/private/v2/applications/patentReferenceDocumentMetadata?applicationNumberText=15777677

      Foreign references are going to be much harder to load automatically.

      posted in Prior Art Module
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    • Add Patentcenter deep link to top of matter

      Would be nice to have a deep link to Patentcenter next to the existing links at the top of the page (the matter files, tasks, ... references icons).

      https://patentcenter.uspto.gov/applications/{ApplicationNum_noformat}

      posted in Product Requests
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    • RE: Drag and Drop Documents Into Task

      👍 Long been on my wish list, too.

      posted in Product Requests
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    • RE: Form letter for generating XML file to upload to ePAS for assignment recordation

      @GeorgeJ4336 This is great!

      Here is a small Python script to automate the "lightly edit" step:

      import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
      import glob
      
      path="C:\\Users\\WhereeverYourDownloadAppcollFilesInput\\"
      f = next(glob.iglob(path+"*EPAS_*.txt")) # use a characterizing portion of filename 
      print ("Processing file ",f)
      
      tree = ET.parse(f)
      root = tree.getroot()
      conveyingparties=root.find("pat-conveying-parties")
      
      print("Enter assignment execution date in yyyy-mm-dd format")
      for conveyingparty in conveyingparties.findall("pat-conveying-party"):
          if (conveyingparty.find("individual/first-name").text == None):
              conveyingparties.remove(conveyingparty)
          else:    
              assignor=conveyingparty.find("individual/first-name").text+" "+conveyingparty.find("individual/last-name").text+": "
              executeddate=input(assignor)   
              conveyingparty.find("executed-date").text = executeddate   
      
      tree.write(path+"_EPAS-upload.txt")     
      
      posted in Files
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    • Improved Two Factor Authentication

      I consider AppColl to be "business-critical" for the operation of my practice. Given increasing cyberthreats, I would like to move to a more robust two factor authentication than text and email. Texts are known to be susceptible to SIM swap attacks, and I would rather not have the security of a critical system depend on hundreds of employees at cell phone stores all following their company's policies. An authenticator app, or even better a FIDO2 hardware key, would be great.

      posted in Product Requests
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    • RE: .docx Form Letter templates

      @admin DOCX seems buggy. Saved the same form letter as DOCX and RTF. The RTF template fills correctly, the DOCX template does not.

      posted in Product Requests
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    • RE: Automatically calculate expiration date

      @RichardS3059 Fair enough that AppColl won't be able to accurately calculate every expiration date. But it could still calculate a default date that will be correct for most patents. Even a human can't calculate the expiration date at issue accurately if the patent later becomes eligible for PTE.

      posted in Product Requests
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