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<p class="MsoNormal">I believe the list has already discussed this, but for safekeeping, I just received a phone call from a number that spoofed a PTO phone number (571.272.6500). The caller started telling me about an application filed two months ago and
how it would register shortly. She seemed to think I was the applicant. I believe she was going to ask for an additional payment, but before she got there, I started asking questions. She quickly hung up, saying she would send me an email, which never came.
The application she mentioned still hasn’t been assigned to an Examiner.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Clearly people are scraping the PTO database for the phone numbers of applicants (and their attorneys). Is there anything the PTO can do to block that? If you call the number, a PTO recording says they are aware of call scams.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lou<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR">Louis J. Levy, Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#4472C4"><a href="http://www.lermansenter.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#4472C4">BELLES</span></a> KATZ LLC
</span></b><b><span style="color:#212121">| </span></b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">1800 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 1010
<b>| </b>Philadelphia, PA 19103</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#212121">240.453.9211 or 267.952.2060(d) | 202-258-6547(m) |
<a href="mailto:llevy@belleskatz.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">llevy@belleskatz.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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