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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:40 AM<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> 'Andrea R. Jacobson' <arj@mcgarrybair.com><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Patentcenter] USPTO timestamp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In a course I took recently from the USPTO, Kimberly Williams explained that the Examiner or person handling the papers enters a date when the status is changed in the USPTO system
as it leaves their function/control to move on to the next function for internal tracking. The mail date is when it is actually mailed and these dates will likely always be different. We would see the last status date but not the other status dates and the
mail date.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b> Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Andrea R. Jacobson via Patentcenter<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 7, 2023 9:13 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com; 'Randall Svihla' <rsvihla@nsiplaw.com><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Andrea R. Jacobson <arj@mcgarrybair.com><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Patentcenter] USPTO timestamp<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I believe the status date has been different for quite a while \u2013I know that I have noticed it\u2019s a very different date related to issued patents because it has tripped me when
doing intake of transferred files. On active matters it seems to quite often use the imaging date and not the mailing date. Some example:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A patent issued today shows a status of \u201cPatented Case 10/18/2023\u201d which is the mailing date of the issue notification.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A non-final OA has a status of \u201cNon Final Action Mailed 11/02/2023\u201d which is the
<u>imaging</u> date of the non-final action. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I\u2019ve checked Word and my date and time are set to my time zone. So I don\u2019t know what is going on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">With your issue, unfortunately, I\u2019ve noticed the \u201cstatus\u201d date has mostly differed from the last action in documents and transactions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Don\u2019t feel silly. Patent Center is making us question a lot of stuff. Today I looked up a just-issued office action
for a pending patent application in Patent Center. The office action was emailed today, Nov 6, 2023, but the \u201cstatus\u201d says it was mailed Nov 2, 2023. Obviously this affects the due date for the response. And there was zero activity in documents or transactions
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">However, I checked PAIR and it too showed the same inconsistent status date (once I finally got in after getting the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">So, has the \u201cstatus\u201d date always differed from the last action in documents and transactions? I don\u2019t know, but it\u2019s
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Watt, Rachel S. via Patentcenter<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 6, 2023 3:09 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>>;
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Patentcenter] USPTO timestamp<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">EBC doesn\u2019t know, maybe that\u2019s new. But now I\u2019m wondering if that is my version of Word that inserted the timestamp. I feel a bit silly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 6, 2023 5:03 PM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi, Rachel</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Obviously they are using GMT. Why are they using GMT? The system they are using to check the DOCX document for errors must be running on GMT. Maybe
it's in the UK or Ireland? Although I would think foreign export laws would prevent that. As far as how does it affect the filing date, who knows? Call the EBC and ask them.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Good luck.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Randall S. Svihla</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Monday, November 6, 2023 4:48 PM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I\u2019m filing an application in docx format. Looking at the USPTO feedback document, their timestamp on their comments is 5 hours ahead (I\u2019m in EST).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is this an issue? What if I was filing at 11:00 pm EST?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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