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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Has anyone tried the latest new Beta feature?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">After having adjusted to the new TESS search protocols, this new Beta feature is a bridge too far for me. The information seems disorganized and even more difficult
to navigate than the 3-tab (Status, Documents, Maintenance) current approach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">I’m not sure why the PTO is expending effort/$ on continuous improvement of the TESS database and access shell(s) rather than focusing on reducing all prosecution
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