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<p class="MsoNormal">I don\u2019t think this distinguishes between FIRST Official Actions and subsequent Official Actions.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Karen Oster via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 15, 2023 12:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Karen Oster <karen@kdopatent.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] Problems with First Action Prediction; Link to Patent Center reference guide<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">If you have the current group art unit (see the filing receipt or in Patent Center) you can use information
at the most recent Official Gazette (see <a href="http://www.uspto.gov/news/og/index.jsp">
http://www.uspto.gov/news/og/index.jsp</a>). Choose the most recent year to browse (e.g. Browse 2023). Choose the most recent week (e.g. Week #43). Click on "Patent Technology Centers" (at the bottom of the list).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.25pt">On the left side of the screen is a list of the GAU\u2019s (technology centers). Scroll down to the GAU closest
to, but less than the GAU to which your application is currently assigned (e.g. if you are assigned to GAU 1612 you would look to technology center 1610). Then on the right side of the screen you can see the average filing date of applications receiving Office
Actions in the last three months. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Karen Dana Oster</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></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>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 15, 2023 8:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <<a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com">carl@oppedahl.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] Problems with First Action Prediction; Link to Patent Center reference guide<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Yes, there is still a way. A half-competent programmer (yes I realize we are assuming a fact not in evidence) could take any case that is in Central Docket and look to see how it is classified. And could then do a lookup in the class-to-art-unit table.
And then could do a look up in the art-unit-to-pendency table. And then we would have the FOAP, with the exact same math result as one would have gotten under the old workflow.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 11/15/2023 9:11 AM, Randall Svihla via Patentcenter wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The reason First Action Prediction was not working in EFS-Web is that new applications are no longer assigned to an Art Unit immediately after classification. Rather, they are parked in OPAP
- Central Docket, so there is no way to determined a First Action Prediction based on the Art Unit the application will be examined in.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Randall S. Svihla</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NSIP Law</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Washington, D.C.</span><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> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kurt VanVoorhies via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 15, 2023 10:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kurt VanVoorhies <a href="mailto:vortekx@centurytel.net"><vortekx@centurytel.net></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentcenter] Problems with First Action Prediction; Link to Patent Center reference guide<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Ironically, in the Patent Center FAQs page, topic "<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:whitesmoke">Where can I find the Patent Center user guides?</span></b>", the link to
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">
the </span><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patent/docx"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#0076A3;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;text-decoration:none">Patent
Center reference guide</span></b></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white"> page.</span> links instead to the docx documents page. I called the EBC this morning, and they escalated this issue. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I also inquired as to how to find First Action Predictions for new applications (the reason for my seeking the user guide), and was informed that this was a known issue and presently not possible. The agent had no knowledge of whether this feature will
be reinstated, but instead advised that one would need to contact the Examiner for this info.
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<p>Kurt VanVoorhies<o:p></o:p></p>
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