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The recent data breach at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has had a wide-ranging impact on the agency’s operations. The breach was discovered earlier this month and affected some of the agency’s core systems, as well as its backup systems. Since the breach, USPTO has been unable to process new patent and trademark applications, or provide certain services such as searching and retrieving records. To add to the complexity, the agency has received nearly 10,000 additional requests since the breach was discovered. The agency has been working with various government security agencies to investigate the incident and identify the source of the breach. It is believed the incident may have started as far back as February 2020, but was only recently discovered. The USPTO noted in a press release that it is still working to fully assess the situation, however, there is evidence that the data breach did not affect the actual application or renewal process, or the stored information about existing patents or trademarks. The USPTO is reportedly working to mitigate the breach and “restore all of its systems, including its core and backup systems that were affected by the incident”, as soon as possible. All USPTO systems are currently offline while they work on
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