<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">And impatient, what-are- you bugging-me for, real clients!<div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jeffrey L Wendt</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Wendt Firm PC</span></div><div>PO Box 26010</div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Austin TX 78755</span></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">281/703-4820</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wendtfirm.com</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">JLW@wendtfirm.com</span></div></div></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><div><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 13pt;"><br></i></div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><i style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </i></p></div></div></blockquote></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 13pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 13pt;"><br></span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 27, 2024, at 5:10\u202fPM, Diane Gardner via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<span>Do extra steps irk me? Yes. But that is not what's absurd about this. </span><br><span></span><br><span>Human error is real. If a practitioner has prepared an application and forwarded it to the applicant for signature "UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY," but the specimens are not included and they must be sent separately (and maybe they are sent incorrectly), WTH? Often, I have lots of specimens from which to choose and it is entirely possible that I might accidentally send some that were not the ones that were attached to the submission.</span><br><span></span><br><span>What the applicant receives for signature should be, unmistakably, the entire application as a whole - including the specimens. Seriously - how HARD CAN THIS BE?!</span><br><span></span><br><span>It's as if the USPTO programmers (or maybe the USPTO in general) do not understand that what we are dealing with is, ya know...evidence, and law.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Kind regards,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Diane L. Gardner</span><br><span>Reg. No. 36,518</span><br><span>_____________________________________________________________</span><br><span>Please note our new corporate address as of February 1, 2023:</span><br><span>Mastermind IP Law P.C., 440 N. Barranca Ave. #6387, Covina, CA 91723</span><br><span>760.294.5160 tel. 706.955.9666 tel. 803.226.0741 tel. \u25aa diane@mmip.com e-mail</span><br><span>CA Lic. No. 196214 DC Lic. No. 470855 USPTO Reg. No. 36518</span><br><span></span><br><span>Please note our expedited mail processing address as of February 1, 2023:</span><br><span>Mastermind IP Law P.C., 532 Forest Bluffs Rd., Aiken, SC 29803</span><br><span>__________________________________________________________________________________________________________</span><br><span>This communication is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. §§2510-2521. It is sent by a law firm for its intended recipient only, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this communication to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone (706) 955-9666 or e-mail reply, delete it from your system, and destroy any hard copy you may have printed. Absent an executed engagement agreement with Mastermin</span></div></blockquote></div></body></html>