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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Information Products Division
Data Dissemination
Trademark Daily XML MigrationMarch 30, 2005
Trademark Daily XML Files - Weekly Status Report
The following is a status update for all inquiries.
Inquiries can be made to: Ed Johnson at Ed.Johnson@uspto.gov - (571) 272-5471 or Jazmin Stanback at Jazmin.Stanback@uspto.gov - (571) 272-5477 or sent to OEIP@uspto.gov.
*The format of the Weekly Status Report will appear as follows:
1. Each inquiry is given a USPTO Control # for tracking purposes.
2. The summary portion of “Status of Inquiries” will be “grouped” by the current status.
3. The detail portion of the report will be in sequence Control # (for easier reference).~~~
Any inquiries that require additional research and/or response are considered outstanding inquiries and will appear in red, bold and italicized.
Inquiries that have been resolved will have the resolution in black, bold, italicized and underlined.
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For Your Information – FYI:
08/13/2004:
Requirements and Proposed Schedule for the updated Trademark Daily Applications product – Control #61
Requirements:
Proposed Schedule:
- September 1, 2004 – The updated Daily Application DTD and Documentation to be released. Test files will be made available during the month of September 2004.
- October 8, 2004 – Proposed parallel process to include the updated Daily Application product along with the current production product to take place October 8, 2004 through December 31, 2004.
12/03/2004:
It has been noted that the data content has been cleaned up Significantly in the updated/new Applications “C” files. Inquires continue to arrive. These inquiries will continue to be thoroughly addressed throughout the parallel process.
NOTE: The Trademark Applications Daily XML Element Documentation (v2.0 – “C”) includes the following color identification to show differences from the Trademark Applications Daily XML Element Documentation (v.12 – “B”).
Black – Existing in both “B” and “C”.
Red – New in “C”.
Blue – XML tags that are the same in “B” and “C” but re-ordered in “C”.
Green – Information that has a different definition in “C” than was present in “B”.- January 3, 2005 – Proposed deployment of the updated Daily Application product into production.
NOTE: Once the updated Daily Application product is accepted and placed into production, the Monthly Status File and the Monthly Contractor Reports will be discontinued in a timely manner.
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04/16/2004:
"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is processing paper Madrid filings within a week of receipt and electronic applications within hours. Information is generally viewable on the USPTO website within 24 hours of the completion of Trademark processing. In addition to the work done on Madrid filings at the USPTO, there is also processing at the International Bureau of WIPO. Thus, in certain circumstances pendency is influenced by any backlogs that might develop at WIPO."
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Availability of Files:
03/30/2005
All Trademark Daily XML Files have been successfully disseminated through a new server since Tuesday, December 14, 2004.
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Status of Inquiries:
03/30/2005:
In Process:
03/30/2005:
NOTE #1: The Daily Application “B” file will be available through the file dated Thursday, March 31, 2005 and the March Monthly Status File will be available Tuesday, April 5, 2005.
Beginning April 1, 2005 the Daily Application “C” file will become the production file and the Daily Application “B” file, the Monthly Status file and accompanying Contractor’s Report will be discontinued.
NOTE #2: The following files will contain a <creation-datetime> field, with a format of yyyymmddhhmm, where yyyymmdd contains the year, month and day and hhmm contains the 2400 time in hour and minutes. The <creation-datetime> field identifies that each record present on the file is current up to the minute of extraction.
1. The Trademark Applications Retrospective File will contain all Live and Dead Trademarks through March 31, 2005.
2. The Daily Applications File as of April 1, 2005.
3. The Daily Assignment File as of April 1, 2005.
4. The Daily TTAB File as of April 1, 2005NOTE 3: There will be a planned power outage at the USPTO Alexandria Campus Saturday, April 2, 2005 and Sunday, April 3,2005,
All Trademark Daily XML files dated March 31, 2005 will be available Friday morning, April 1, 2005. After that time no files will be available until Monday, 12:00 p.m., April 4, 2005.
On Monday, 12:00 p.m., April 4, 2005 the following files will be available:
1. The Trademark Applications Retrospective File containing all Live and Dead Trademarks through March 31, 2005. File(s) names to be provided.
2. The Daily Applications Files dated April 1, 2005, April 2, 2005 and April 3, 2005.
3. The Daily Assignment Files dated April 1, 2005, April 2, 2005 and April 3, 2005.
4. The Daily TTAB Files dated April 1, 2005, April 2, 2005 and April 3, 2005.
5. The Daily 24 Hour Box File and the Daily 24 Hour Box Supplemental file dated April 1, 2005.Closed:
Control #177, #202, #206, #207, #208, #209
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Control #177
The <attorney-name> element is not present for all “C” records beginning the 1st of December 2004.
03/30/2005 – Applications that were missing the <attorney-name> element will be present on the Trademark Applications Retrospective File containing all Live and Dead Trademarks through March 31, 2005.
Control #202
The OG transactions being disseminated in the "C" file.
a. Contains transactions with a "10" (Principal Register) <action-key> but do not provide a <registration-date>.
b. The <status-code> for these registered transactions have not been updated and contain a "686" (Published for Opposition).
03/30/2005: This will be resolved by extracting all OG records each Tuesday night for dissemination each Wednesday morning.
Note: The skeleton/’placeholder of the records will be present on TARR the day prior to dissemination.
Control #206
In the apc050308 file and the apc050309 file there were 8,170 transactions with a <status-code> of "618" (Abandoned File - Backfile). Is this correct?
03/30/2005: This was a one time process to ensure that all "618" (Abandoned Files - Backfile) were in a proper location.
Control #207
The 25,750 of the Serial Numbers on apc-supp02.xml contain Serial Numbers with Series Code 77? An example being 77-377687 that is also present on TARR.
03/30/2005: These skeleton “77 series” applications should not have been present on the supplemental file and will not appear on the Trademark Applications Retrospective File.
Control #208
We still are receiving invalid first use dates or first international use dates. Sample Serial Numbers:
78213417 apc20050318
78290667 apc20050318
78355306 apc20050318
78378137 apc20050318
78442212 apc20050318
75885055 apc200503193/30/2005: A fix will be applied to correct all dates.
Control #209
Numerous virtually empty records are present on the “C” file. Below is a list of characteristics shared by most of these virtually empty records:
1. No '<Filing-Date>' tag present
2. Most contain a '<Status-Code>' = 630 (New Application - Not Assigned To An Examiner)
3. <Mark-Identification> = NULL or Space
4. <mark-drawing-code> = 1000 (MDC=1)
a. There should be no (Mark-drawing-code =1) for records filed after 11/02/2003.
b. (Mark-drawing-code = 1 and a <Mark-Identification> is a contradiction3/30/2005: A 630 status-code without a filing date will no longer be extracted and placed on the “C” file.
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If you have any questions or need additional information please contact one of the following individuals:
Ed Johnson Jazmin Stanback Office of Electronic Information Products Office of Electronic Information Products (571) 272-5471 (571) 272-5477 (571) 273-0110 Fax (571) 273-0110 Fax Ed.Johnson@uspto.gov Jazmin.Stanback@uspto.gov
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