1. What are PAIR Alerts?
2. What are the different types of alerts I can sign up for?
3. How do I subscribe for alerts?
4. How frequently will I receive alerts?
5. How can I communicate a change in my email address for PAIR Alerts?
6. How many applications can I have in my alert list?
7. Why am I not able to sign in on the PAIR Alerts homepage?
8. How accurate is the information I receive?
9. How frequently is your database updated?10. Can I change my alert frequency from daily to weekly?
11. Why is the table blank in my alert email?
12. Why am I unable to go to USPTO IFW page from the alert email?
13. Can I try out the PAIR Alert service?14. Does MaxVal offer a service to track the status of foreign applications?
15. Why are some activities reported late?16. Why am I getting the alert with the same activity that was reported last week?
1. What are PAIR Alerts?PAIR Alerts are automated email notifications sent to you on the latest IFW updates for patent applications of interest to you. PAIR is the Patent Application Information Retrieval system of USPTO that displays information regarding patent application status. You can track the status of a public patent application as it moves from publication to final disposition.
2. What are the different types of alerts I can sign up for?
PAIR Alert offers patent application IFW update on daily, weekly or monthly basis.
Daily alert is an email aggregate of the latest IFW sent to you on a daily basis.
Weekly alert is an email aggregate of the IFW update sent to you every Monday.
Monthly alert is an email aggregate of the IFW update sent to you on the 1 st of each month.
3. How do I subscribe for alerts?
Visit the PAIR Alerts home page.
Click on New user register here
Enter your contact information, the mode of alert you'd like (Daily, Weekly or Monthly), and application numbers of your interest.
When you're done, click the 'Submit' button.
A confirmatory email will be sent to you.
4. How frequently will I receive alerts?
The frequency you select when you set up your alert determines how often you receive the alert. The IFW website is checked every day at a fixed time for updates and the information is stored in a database, which is then sent to you periodically, based on your selected alert frequency.
5. How can I communicate a change in my email address for PAIR Alerts?
Login to your PAIR account using your username and password and edit your email address. From then the alerts will be sent to your new email address.
6. How many applications can I have in my alert list?
There is no limitation on the number.
7. Why am I not able to sign in on the PAIR Alerts homepage?
If you're seeing an error message "Invalid Username/Password," please check to make sure you are using the correct username and password. In case you forgot the password, you can request password assistance by sending an email to pairalert@maxval-soft.com.
8. How accurate is the information I receive?
We scrape the IFW information from the USPTO website, and hence, our reporting is as accurate as the information available in Public PAIR. Occasionally, there is a lag between when the action is dated and when it gets posted on the Public PAIR, and this could be up to five days.
9. How frequently is your database updated?
The database is updated every week-day during a stipulated time period.
10. Can I change my alert frequency from daily to weekly?
Yes. Login to your PAIR account and change the mode of alert to weekly.
11. Why is the table blank in my alert email?
Tables would appear blank if there is no update for the period on the USPTO website. If you prefer, we can send you alerts for those applications only if there was any activity the previous week.
12. Why am I unable to go to USPTO IFW page from the alert email?
Sometimes there is an error in the automated process of generating the alert message or the USPTO location itself is changed. When any of these happens, the link may not work. In case of a problem, logon to http://maxval-pairalert.com to access the link. If necessary, you can mail us at pairalert@maxval-soft.com to receive an email with the correct web link.
13. Can I try out the PAIR Alert service?
Sure. Logon to http://maxval-pairalert.com/ and register for a 3-week free trial.
14. Does MaxVal offer a service to track the status of foreign applications?
No. Currently we track the status of US applications only.
15. Why are some activities reported late?
Some activities such as Examiner's search strategy, Fee Worksheet , Claims Worksheet, Extension of Time etc., appear in USPTO PAIR usually a week later than the mail room date.
16. Why am I getting the alert with the same activity that was reported last week?
Sometimes, USPTO inserts new activities in IFW among the existing items, instead of appending to the top of the list, which results in our system reporting the same activity again. However, users will then know that there has been new activity and could log on to our Website to view the complete IFW.
17. Why is a certain activity missing in my alert?
Sometimes, USPTO deletes new activities in IFW among the existing items, instead of appending to the top of the list. Therefore, the new activities may be missing from the alert and an earlier one listed as new.
Questions or Comments?
Please send your feedback to pairalert@maxval-soft.com
