[Patentcenter] LMAO! - November 15th

Carl Oppedahl carl at oppedahl.com
Wed Nov 8 06:20:04 UTC 2023


And, if the Friday is a federal holiday (which it is) then the related 
thing is that very little work gets done on the afternoon of the 
preceding Thursday.

On 11/7/2023 7:42 PM, Rick Bigelow via Patentcenter wrote:
> I've seen several of these big software projects. They almost always 
> result in delays when they get into beta testing because there are a 
> lot of things that the software designers don't know about and 
> therefore can't program for.
>
> What this really means is that the software contractor probably won't 
> get its max bonus for meeting the deadline. (I'm assuming USPTO 
> doesn't have the IT staff to develop PATENTCENTER internally).   I 
> suspect the next deadline is also tied to a reduced bonus.  Who knows, 
> maybe even USPTO management/project management has some bonus money at 
> stake. That's generally the reason that project leadership adheres 
> rigidly to due dates, live dates, and retirement dates even though 
> they know the replacement system is FUBAR.
>
> So since max bonuses won't be paid, maybe they can spend some of the 
> money they saved by doing a little maintenance on PAIR and other systems.
>
> Friday is a federal holiday and the start of a three day weekend.  How 
> much work will get done over that three day weekend?
>
> On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 3:49 PM Randall Svihla via Patentcenter 
> <patentcenter at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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>     What a joke.
>
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>     *Subject:* [Patentcenter] LMAO! - November 15th
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>     Aha aha hee ah hee ha.
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>     Like in SIX business days, the USPTO is going to actually fix all
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