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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I\u2019m not sure why we are obligated to show how much we care for and support federal employees any more than private employees who live with the
uncertainty of future employment in the business world every day.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Cleaning house in the extremely inefficient federal bureaucracy is long overdue, particularly in view of the fact that we continue to run a deficit upwards of $1.5 trillion annually.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>No one is guaranteed permanent employment at a location of their choice forever.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>The abuse of locality pay provisions by remote workers who live in low-cost areas needs special attention.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I\u2019m also not sure what you mean by a funding issue.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>There is a reason the offer only extends to the end of the current fiscal year, so no additional funding is necessary over what is already allocated for these federal jobs.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>There is nothing unlawful about ordering federal employees who are not covered by separate remote work agreements to return to their offices.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Who is and who is not covered by the order will get sorted out.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Probably most USPTO remote workers will get to continue being remote, so our \u201cfriends and colleagues\u201d in the USPTO will be able to continue putting out the same shoddy work product we complain about on these list serves every day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I worked in the USPTO on the patent side for eight years, the last four as a primary examiner.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Good examination, in both divisions of the USPTO, is a collaborative process, and it would benefit the quality of examination greatly were there be at least a partial return to office-based examination.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Younger examiners simply do not get the training and tutelage that they should be getting to be quality examiners.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>When remote work became an option in the 90\u2019s, there were core days where everyone needed to be in the office.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>In view of the current shortage of office space, those days would probably need to rotate, but in the long run the USPTO would be a much more effective agency with a partial return to office examination.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Unfortunately, the outgoing administration made that a near impossibility by ensuring that new labor agreements were signed during the transition period, once again prioritizing the unionized federal employees over the USPTO customers and the public.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>So there will continue to be plenty of complaint traffic on these list serves for years to come, sadly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">From:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""> Laura Geyer <lgeyer@ndgallilaw.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 29, 2025 3:36 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Don Stout <dstout@patlawyers.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [E-trademarks] [External Sender] Another wrinkle to the "buyout"--does the administration have the ability to pay the workers who resign?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">Don:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">It\u2019s a sham because there is no evidence that the executive had the authority to make this offer, nor that there is funding allocated for such an offer, nor is this how that works.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">Your reference to this being something private companies do is inapposite. This is not a private company, and there are rules and ways and means.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">I think we need to be clear how much we support and care for our friends and neighbors and colleagues in the federal government. They\u2019ve been put through an industrial washing machine in
the last week and a half with nobody knowing what\u2019s happening next. And this has been against a backdrop of demonizing government employees for months (well, years, actually).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">So again, the people in charge have NO idea how any of this works and until they have the full message from the courts, nobody should accept anything or take any employment impacting action
without further clarity. Nothing that has happened in the last few days is in any way encouraging that this situation is improving.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">And that\u2019s the expert advice I\u2019m hearing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">Oh, and in case it helps, if any of your kids are in college or college bound, you should have received a note today or last night that for the moment, the announcement that all grants and
loan programs are suspended (which is now stayed anyway) does <b>not apply currently to the Direct Loan or Pell grant programs</b>. A lot of kids were looking at possibly having to leave college, so this is good news. It did say that in the future all of these
programs will be run past the test of whether they are compatible with the administration\u2019s philosophy.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos">Hope that helps!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Don Stout via E-trademarks<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] [External Sender] Another wrinkle to the "buyout"--does the administration have the ability to pay the workers who resign?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">How is it a \u201csham\u201d? The offer, as I understand it, is to guarantee an employee\u2019s job until the end of the fiscal year, and the employee who accepts the offer does not have
to comply with the \u201creturn to work\u201d order. If an employee\u2019s remote working arrangement is protected by collective bargaining or some other reason particular to their agency, then they don\u2019t need the offer. But an employee who lives 1,000 miles from their
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Many private employees are facing the same dilemma, and they aren\u2019t getting a guaranteed 8 months to look for a new opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] [External Sender] Another wrinkle to the "buyout"--does the administration have the ability to pay the workers who resign?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="yiv6211050112msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">This is from someone in the PTO examining corps: The offer was not to put people on administrative leave. If they resign, they still have to work
until the end of the FY. If they don\u2019t, they can be fired. No lump sum payout or package was offered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Cc:</b> Kevin Grierson <<a href="mailto:kgrierson@cm.law">kgrierson@cm.law</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External Sender][E-trademarks] Another wrinkle to the "buyout"--does the administration have the ability to pay the workers who resign?</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6211050112msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Sen. Kaine on the Senate floor claimed "The President has no authority to make that offer. There's no budget line item to pay people who are not
showing up for work...If you accept that offer and resign, he'll stiff you..." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv6211050112msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Obviously there\u2019s politics at play here, but this does raise the question: can the administration simply put everyone on paid administrative leave
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