19Jan 2024

As part of the continued move toward total electronic processing, the USPTO will issue certificates of correction for patents electronically beginning January 30, 2024. The electronic certificate of correction will be the official certificate of correction issued under seal as provided for by the applicable statute. The USPTO will make electronic certificates of correction available in both the public and private views of Patent Center on the certificate’s date of issuance. Therefore, the public and the patent owner will be able to immediately view the official electronic certificate of correction. The USPTO will not mail a paper copy of the certificate of correction. Patents issued on or after April 18, 2023, are issued electronically, whereas patents issued before April 18, 2023, were issued on paper. All certificates of correction for patents issued on or after January 30, 2024, will be issued electronically, regardless of whether the patent was issued on paper or electronically. The other practices incident to issuance of a certificate of correction for notifying the public and the patent owner, as detailed in the Background section above, will not change. A notice will be sent to the patent owner to indicate that an electronic certificate of correction has issued. If the patent is associated with a Customer Number enrolled in the Patent Center Electronic Office (e-Office) Action program, the USPTO will send an email notification of the certificate of correction to the designated email addresses. Otherwise, the USPTO will mail a notification that the certificate of correction has issued to the correspondence address of record