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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">David,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As a former PPAC member, I would be happy to endorse you.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> ---Howard---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif">Howard J. Klein<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif">Registered US Patent Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif">Admitted in CA and NY<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif">Of Counsel<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif">SHORE IP GROUP, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif">780 Long Beach Blvd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif">Phone: 516-682-2024<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Efs-web <efs-web-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Boundy via Efs-web<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 30, 2025 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> users of Patentcenter <patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com>; for users of EFS-Web and patent practitioners generally <EFS-web@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> David Boundy <DavidBoundyEsq@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Efs-web] Group nominatino for PPAC?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would the group be interested in putting forward a candidate for PPAC? Might that be me? If there's someone willing to prep the form and some way to gather a consensus, I can give you t<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">he
fill-in-the-blanks. If there's another person pitching for this group endorsement, I withdraw the idea.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As you might guess, my pitch is</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22624/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-transparency-and-fairness-in-civil-administrative-enforcement-and</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> (c) promoting proper rulemaking that reduces costs for teh public, for example
<a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22623/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-improved-agency-guidance-documents" target="_blank">
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22623/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-improved-agency-guidance-documents</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://iqconnect.iqfed.com/iqextranet/EForm.aspx?__cid=USPTO&__fid=100188" target="_blank">
https://iqconnect.iqfed.com/iqextranet/EForm.aspx?__cid=USPTO&__fid=100188</a></span>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The USPTO is requesting nominations of qualified candidates to fill 18 recently vacated Public Advisory Committee (PAC) positions\u2014nine on the
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">New members will be appointed in May 2025 to serve terms for the remainder of existing vacancies that end in December 2025, 2026, and 2027, and will be eligible to serve a subsequent
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