<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Good luck, on a steep uphill climb.<div>PTO treats each application, and each examiner’s opinions and office actions as not a precedent.</div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Is there any merit to the argument that the applicant should be able to rely on the prior approval without the disclaimer requirement? </div></blockquote>Miracles might happen. Otherwise, have some other evidence/citation based argument, then include your prior-examiner</div><div>argument and pray.</div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 22, 2024, at 3:36 PM, Gordon Firemark via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:</div><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Is there any merit to the argument that the applicant should be able to rely on the prior approval without the disclaimer requirement? </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">It seems to me that administrative agencies should apply rules and laws consistently across identical scenarios… particularly when presented by the exact same applicant? Isn’t this a due-process thing? (I can’t find much to support my thinking specifically with respect to the USPTO)</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>