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<p class="MsoNormal">Director Vidal assumed office April 13, 2022 (confirmed earlier). The Steampunk contract was reported on April 21, 2022. I would presume it takes longer than a week for a contract to be awarded.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Doreen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Randall Svihla via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 8, 2023 5:26 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Randall Svihla <rsvihla@nsiplaw.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] Steampunk Contract<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Maybe I will drive out to Tysons one day and knock on Steampunk's door and ask them about this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Straussman via Patentcenter<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] Steampunk Contract<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I wonder if the PTO even went through the proper procurement process for this. I would LOVE to see the documents RFQ documents the PTO provided as to what they needed and the response. I bet it was also set
for a predetermined outcome. Who in the PTO is/was affiliated with Steampunk? (Just askin').<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 11/8/2023 4:45 PM, Sandra L Etherton via Patentcenter wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Per wiki:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">\u201c \u2018Steampunk\u2019 features
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anachronism" title="Anachronism">
<span style="color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none">anachronistic</span></a> technologies or retrofuturistic inventions as people in the 19th century might have envisioned them\u2026\u201d</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Yup. Living up to its name.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Sandra</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] PatentCenter file naming convention issue\u2026<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2 Billion dollar one<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] PatentCenter file naming convention issue\u2026<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Is this a joke?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 8, 2023 3:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>; Jeff Lindsay <<a href="mailto:jeff@planetlindsay.com">jeff@planetlindsay.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:pbrisky@fujitsu.com">pbrisky@fujitsu.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] PatentCenter file naming convention issue\u2026<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">\u201cThe objective of the BOSS contract is to procure services and expertise, primarily in the form of Agile Teams, that drive effectiveness and deliver on a key USPTO metric of "delivering business value to our customers, frequently, predictably,
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 8, 2023 2:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jeff Lindsay <<a href="mailto:jeff@planetlindsay.com">jeff@planetlindsay.com</a>>; users of Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] PatentCenter file naming convention issue\u2026<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">I might get that book\u2026 I was in 8<sup>th</sup> grade\u2026 TVs were brought into every classroom so we could watch the Challenger launch live\u2026</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">We were all staring\u2026 speechless\u2026 dumbfounded\u2026 Much like I am now at the \u2018genius\u2019 of the USPTO and other Govt agencies today.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Jeff Lindsay <<a href="mailto:jeff@planetlindsay.com">jeff@planetlindsay.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 8, 2023 2:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> users of Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>>; Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] PatentCenter file naming convention issue\u2026<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do we know who the firm is that the USPTO has been paying so much (6X over budget now) for the Patent Center? Or for DOCX? (Just Microsoft?) Are there any curious apparent conflicts of interest, close associations with foreign powers or
other US-patent-hostile entities, or other red flags that should make us question what is going on even more strongly? I\u2019ve been reading about one of the great government-business partnerships, that of NASA and Morton Thiokol, in<span class="xhkezso"><span lang="EN"> Allan
McDonald's <i>Truth, Lies, and O-Rings</i>, the story of the misaligned incentives and apparent greed that cost the lives of the crew of the Challenger Space Shuttle mission in 1986. Government officials and corporate executives felt great pressure (based
on their own incentives) to launch under dangerous conditions when key engineers like Allen McDonald refused to sign off on the launch due to safety concerns. They were overruled and nearly silenced in an ugly coverup, were it not for McDonald's courage to
speak out as a whistle blower. The rush to launch really bother me when I think about this book. </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just as engineers at Morton-Thiokol were demanding that the Jan. 1986 launch be delayed because the conditions were not right for launch and there were of genuine concerns about the potential failure of the system due to O-ring trouble,
so also the "engineers" of the patent system -- the IP workers who rely on that software for many aspects of their work and apparently some internal EBC staff at the USPTO -- have been warning against the launch of the Patent Center as the sole software platform
for patent work due to many bugs that are far easier to see than the subtle problems with O-rings on the solid rocket motors of the Challenger. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com"><span style="color:#0000CC">suzannah@canadylortz.com</span></a>><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, November 8, 2023 12:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Williams, Kimberly (OITP) <<a href="mailto:Kimberly.Williams@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Kimberly.Williams@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Brent, Derrick <<a href="mailto:Derrick.Brent@uspto.gov"><span style="color:#0000CC">Derrick.Brent@uspto.gov</span></a>>;
Udupa, Vaishali <<a href="mailto:Vaishali.Udupa@uspto.gov"><span style="color:#0000CC">Vaishali.Udupa@uspto.gov</span></a>>; Seidel, Richard <<a href="mailto:Richard.Seidel@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Richard.Seidel@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Vidovich,
Greg <<a href="mailto:Greg.Vidovich@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Greg.Vidovich@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Morris, Terrel <<a href="mailto:Terrel.Morris@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Terrel.Morris@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Mallari, Patricia <<a href="mailto:Patricia.Mallari@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Patricia.Mallari@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>;
Griffin, Steven <<a href="mailto:Steven.Griffin@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Steven.Griffin@USPTO.GOV</span></a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>EBC<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:EBC@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">EBC@USPTO.GOV</span></a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: Another Example: PatentCenter Meeting Yesterday - October 18<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">It is curious that extensions in all caps were previously accepted (and are still accepted in EFS). <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Seems to be a simple
fix that the USPTO could do, i.e., allow file extensions to be in all caps.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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USPTO not be willing make such a small change that would be appreciated by most all practitioners).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Williams, Kimberly (OITP) <<a href="mailto:Kimberly.Williams@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Kimberly.Williams@USPTO.GOV</span></a>><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
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Udupa, Vaishali <<a href="mailto:Vaishali.Udupa@uspto.gov"><span style="color:#0000CC">Vaishali.Udupa@uspto.gov</span></a>>; Seidel, Richard <<a href="mailto:Richard.Seidel@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Richard.Seidel@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Vidovich,
Greg <<a href="mailto:Greg.Vidovich@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Greg.Vidovich@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Morris, Terrel <<a href="mailto:Terrel.Morris@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Terrel.Morris@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Mallari, Patricia <<a href="mailto:Patricia.Mallari@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Patricia.Mallari@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>;
Griffin, Steven <<a href="mailto:Steven.Griffin@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Steven.Griffin@USPTO.GOV</span></a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: Another Example: PatentCenter Meeting Yesterday - October 18<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">Crying out loud\u2026 I\u2019ve been too busy to read the posts\u2026 thought it was just the file name itself, not the extension\u2026 and WHY does the ERROR not indicate the issue
is with the EXTENSION ITSELF. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The file extension is NOT part of the filename.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Yes, it's ridiculous. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>There were several emails about this on the list serve over the past few days. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The
lower case requirement for lower case file extensions like .pdf has been in effect since at least 2011, but they just started enforcing it in Patent Center on November 1. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The Patent Center main page now contains
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI ,sans-serif",serif">IMPORTANT </span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Some filers are experiencing a \u201c</span><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI ,sans-serif",serif">File
naming convention error</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">\u201d when uploading files in Patent Center. The filename extension must be lowercase (e.g. .docx) to be compatible with other USPTO systems. This has always
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Randall S. Svihla</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">(I hide file extensions so I can better/quickly see the file name.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: PatentCenter file naming convention issue\u2026<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi, Suzannah</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The problem was the uppercase file extension .PDF, not the uppercase letters in the file name before the file extension.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com"><span style="color:#0000CC">patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</span></a>><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On
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<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, November 8, 2023 9:51 AM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Suzannah K. Sundby <<a href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com"><span style="color:#0000CC">suzannah@canadylortz.com</span></a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>[Patentcenter] PatentCenter file naming convention issue\u2026<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">PatentCenter file naming convention issue\u2026</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">Could not even upload when the filename was \u201ca\u201d or \u201c1\u201d\u2026 I emailed the USPTO included the Deputy Director. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>See below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, November 8, 2023 9:47 AM<br>
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'Udupa, Vaishali' <<a href="mailto:Vaishali.Udupa@uspto.gov"><span style="color:#0000CC">Vaishali.Udupa@uspto.gov</span></a>>; 'Seidel, Richard' <<a href="mailto:Richard.Seidel@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Richard.Seidel@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; 'Vidovich,
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<<a href="mailto:Patricia.Mallari@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Patricia.Mallari@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; 'Griffin, Steven' <<a href="mailto:Steven.Griffin@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Steven.Griffin@USPTO.GOV</span></a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: Another Example: PatentCenter Meeting Yesterday - October 18<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">Btw, I just successfully filed via EFS. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>See attached.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Suzannah K. Sundby<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, November 8, 2023 9:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Williams, Kimberly (OITP) <<a href="mailto:Kimberly.Williams@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Kimberly.Williams@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Brent, Derrick <<a href="mailto:Derrick.Brent@uspto.gov"><span style="color:#0000CC">Derrick.Brent@uspto.gov</span></a>>;
Udupa, Vaishali <<a href="mailto:Vaishali.Udupa@uspto.gov"><span style="color:#0000CC">Vaishali.Udupa@uspto.gov</span></a>>; Seidel, Richard <<a href="mailto:Richard.Seidel@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Richard.Seidel@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Vidovich,
Greg <<a href="mailto:Greg.Vidovich@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Greg.Vidovich@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Morris, Terrel <<a href="mailto:Terrel.Morris@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Terrel.Morris@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Mallari, Patricia <<a href="mailto:Patricia.Mallari@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Patricia.Mallari@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>;
Griffin, Steven <<a href="mailto:Steven.Griffin@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Steven.Griffin@USPTO.GOV</span></a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ebc@uspto.gov"><span style="color:#0000CC">ebc@uspto.gov</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: Another Example: PatentCenter Meeting Yesterday - October 18<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">Wondering if you have any information on the provisional application issues I identified. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Please advise.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">Additionally, I just attempted to file an Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) in PatentCenter for 17/209,035 and was unable to because I received a filename in
convention in error. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Those on the list served indicated that they were receiving such errors when they used capital letters. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Therefore, I renamed my file with all lowercase
letters and still received an error. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I then renamed it to be \u201c1\u201d and then \u201ca\u201d, and both were still rejected. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>See below. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">Clearly, this file naming problem is critical to being able to use PatentCenter for filings.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">Best regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Suzannah K. Sundby<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, October 28, 2023 3:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Williams, Kimberly (OITP) <<a href="mailto:Kimberly.Williams@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Kimberly.Williams@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Brent, Derrick <<a href="mailto:Derrick.Brent@uspto.gov"><span style="color:#0000CC">Derrick.Brent@uspto.gov</span></a>>;
Udupa, Vaishali <<a href="mailto:Vaishali.Udupa@uspto.gov"><span style="color:#0000CC">Vaishali.Udupa@uspto.gov</span></a>>; Seidel, Richard <<a href="mailto:Richard.Seidel@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Richard.Seidel@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Vidovich,
Greg <<a href="mailto:Greg.Vidovich@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Greg.Vidovich@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Morris, Terrel <<a href="mailto:Terrel.Morris@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Terrel.Morris@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>; Mallari, Patricia <<a href="mailto:Patricia.Mallari@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Patricia.Mallari@USPTO.GOV</span></a>>;
Griffin, Steven <<a href="mailto:Steven.Griffin@USPTO.GOV"><span style="color:#0000CC">Steven.Griffin@USPTO.GOV</span></a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>RE: Another Example: PatentCenter Meeting Yesterday - October 18<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">Dear Kimberly,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">I look forward to receiving input the provisional application issues I identified.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">Note that the CORRECT application numbers are highlighted below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman ,serif",serif">Again, my apologies for initially providing the incorrect application numbers.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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