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an Office Action last week, and at the end, it implies that a
response should be filed by mail or fax because it specifically
directs us that, for a response to be considered timely, a
transmission certificate in accordance with various cited CFR
sections should e included followed by examples of a certificate
of mailing and a certificate of fax transmittal! It is almost as
if this was expected prior to the Christmas holiday! <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/4/2024 9:50 AM, David Boundy via
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<div>I just called EBC (9:45 AM eastern), and the nice agent
confirms that Patent Center is up in smoke again. You can
pull up "application data" but when you click "Documents
& Transactions" you get "No data available" My EBC agent
explained that the reason for the long wait before she
answered was because this is broken for everyone, and has been
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