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</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 4:28\u202fPM Jim Larsen via Patentcenter &lt;<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg6076384367680842941">




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I&#39;ve been trying for weeks to get access to a (expired) provisional application on behalf of the widow of the deceased inventor, as there is interest in the likely subject matter, given the inventor&#39;s renown in his field.  There was (as far as we know) no attorney,
 no co-inventor listed in the file, and, obviously, no available record of the application.  I have appropriate documentation identifying the widow as a legal representative and have filed a power of attorney signed by same.  This resulted in an Unauthorized
 Signature response from the PTO.  After speaking with people in the inventor&#39;s assistance center, USPTO legal office, and certification section I&#39;m no closer to getting access as each PTO contact&#39;s respective passing the buck has yet to identify someone that
 actually knows how to gain access.  I have only the inventor name and the application number to go on.  Any ideas how to get access?</div>
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-Jim</p>
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