USPTO Backtracks on Decision to Destroy Paper Records

The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") was planning to convert from a paper to an electronic public search system. However, this plan has now been put on hold. This decision by USPTO came about after a lawsuit was launched by the National Intellectual Property Researchers Association ("NIPRA") to stop the USPTO from its plan to begin dismantling its paper collection of patents and trademarks. For additional information, visit: http://www.nipra.org/PR082602.html http://www.nipra.org/pdfs/Rogan/rogan.pdf http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z50512043 For a copy of the pleadings in the NIPRA lawsuit, visit: http://www.nipra.org/pdfs/nvr/02-1253-a.pdf