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<div>When you say "The Patent Center page" do you mean the > you can turn to V on this page? <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center" target="_blank">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/patent-center</a></div><div><br></div><div>If not, can you give me a URL?</div><div><br></div><div>I have to do paying-client work today... But a fun article will be up at IPWatchdog in a few hours...</div>
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<div><font size="3" face="times new roman,times,serif" color="#0f0f0f">So sad --- it's like life in a Dilbert cartoon .... and all of this is of such basic importance to our day-to-day work. And is there also a hope that all of this EFS shutdown is also to be a diversion from the January mandate for DOCX filing?
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<br> <b>Received: </b>Wed, 08 Nov 2023 01:21:16 AM EST
<br> <b>From: </b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<br> <b>To: </b><a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>
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<br> <b>Subject: </b>Re: [Patentcenter] LMAO! - November 15th
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<p>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.
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<div>On 11/7/2023 7:42 PM, Rick Bigelow via Patentcenter wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div>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.
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<div>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.
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<div>Friday is a federal holiday and the start of a three day weekend. How much work will get done over that three day weekend?
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<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 7, 2023 3:26 PM
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<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Patentcenter] LMAO! - November 15th</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">\u201c<font color="#222222"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">We\u2019re not stopping here. Since its launch six years ago, we\u2019ve rigorously tested Patent Center and made improvements based on your feedback. We will continue to use your input to enhance the system\u2019s functionality. If you have a suggestion or an idea for new functionality or performance improvement send them to </span></font><a href="http://emod@uspto.gov/" target="_blank"><b><font color="#0076a3"><span style="color:rgb(0,118,163);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;background:white;font-weight:bold">emod@uspto.gov</span></font></b></a><font color="#222222"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);background:white">. We review these ideas weekly. </span></font></span></font>
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<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, November 7, 2023 3:17 PM
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<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com" target="_blank">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>>
<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Patentcenter] LMAO! - November 15th
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span>Like in SIX business days, the USPTO is going to actually fix all the problems with PatentCenter (of course, without breaking other things\u2026 as is the usual SOP)\u2026</span></font>
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