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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I dont think that the fee payment issue is browser specific.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I just used a network utility to ping fees.uspto.gov. That domain mapped to fees-dmz-alx1.uspto.gov which got a timeout from ping.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">A Traceroute to fees.uspto.gov failed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">NWOW (New way of working)? More like
<b><u>NWONW (New way of not working)<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Also, and this may be duplicative, the PTO website (<a href="https://fees.uspto.gov/?auth=true">https://fees.uspto.gov/?auth=true</a>) has this notice:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The PTO (<a href="https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage">https://www.uspto.gov/patents/apply/filing-online/filing-documents-during-outage</a>) lists ways to pay fees
during an outage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For the credit card payment form PTO-2038, it says Do not submit this form via Patent Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I happen to have a deposit account but it may not sufficient funds to pay what I need to pay this morning. WTF!!! I will try to replenish it to add funds and see if that part of the PTOs system works.
WTF!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">"Andrea R. Jacobson" <arj@mcgarrybair.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 12:09 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Patent Lawyer <patentlawyer995@gmail.com>, Patentcenter Patentcenter <patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: Is Patent Center down? (Wednesday, January 17, 2024 -- 11:55 AM ET)? Can we not pay fees?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Its definitely not all working right; I got in to a file wrapper but then the page would just reload and then at the search screen it says that publication application search has been turned off temporarily
for maintenance. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hopefully this afternoon its up and running reliably.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Patent Lawyer <patentlawyer995@gmail.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2024 12:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Andrea R. Jacobson <arj@mcgarrybair.com>; For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent Center. <patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Is Patent Center down? (Wednesday, January 17, 2024 -- 11:55 AM ET)? Can we not pay fees?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I got a message that it could not find the fees server. I cannot tell if my fee transmittal was accepted and it is just the fee payment that failed (because the issue fee transmittal is not in the IFW).
I will try again, maybe this time with authorization to charge my deposit account.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From: </span></b><span style="color:black">"Andrea R. Jacobson" <<a href="mailto:arj@mcgarrybair.com">arj@mcgarrybair.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 12:04 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Patentcenter Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Patent Lawyer <<a href="mailto:patentlawyer995@gmail.com">patentlawyer995@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: Is Patent Center down? (Wednesday, January 17, 2024 -- 11:55 AM ET)? Can we not pay fees?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#F8F8F8">It has been down all morning, but seems to be attempting to come back up. I just got logged in using Edge (which I have set to clear cookies every
time it closes); no luck yet with Chrome</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D1C1D;background:#F8F8F8"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1020">https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1020</a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:#F8F8F8">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Patent Lawyer via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2024 11:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Patentcenter Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Patent Lawyer <<a href="mailto:patentlawyer995@gmail.com">patentlawyer995@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentcenter] Is Patent Center down? (Wednesday, January 17, 2024 -- 11:55 AM ET)? Can we not pay fees?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is Patent Center down? Can we not pay fees? I just tried to pay an issue fee and got some crappy failure after hitting submit</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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