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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Leigh T has an</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> excellent idea. The challenge will be to do it in a way that\u2019s not too time-consuming or violates client confidences.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>If we do this, the key is to get the info and a proposed solution to someone who will do something about it since the USPTO won\u2019t. May I suggest we talk to our respective senators, as Leigh T suggested, to propose a \u201ctech surge\u201d that was used to fix the debacle rollout of healthcare.gov? Here\u2019s a summary of that ugly rollout and its fix: <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Healthcare.gov_website_rollout">https://ballotpedia.org/Healthcare.gov_website_rollout</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Sandra<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:navy'>______________________</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#993366'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'>Sandra L Etherton</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'>Registered U.S. Patent Attorney</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>ETHERTON LAW GROUP, LLC</span></b><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>tel: (602) 681-3331 | fax: (602) 681-3339 </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333'>email: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:sandra@ethertonlaw.com"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>sandra@ethertonlaw.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy'>www.ethertonlaw.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Patentcenter [mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2024 11:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent Center. <patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] Patentcenter DNS broken - just came back up 11:28am eastern<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>In the past I have sometimes tried to do something like this simply by looking at the listserv postings.<o:p></o:p></p><p>But yes I will try to set up some very simple reporting log system. Thank you for this idea.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 1/17/2024 10:08 AM, Leigh T via Patentcenter wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Would it be possible to (easily) set up a place where we each could make a log <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>of specific times when PatentCenter glitches or we get a "search limit reached" error?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It might help to be able to show/document that numerous people are having issues,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>rather than those issues being viewed as individual anecdotes.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>A log might include time wasted, what the USPTO did or didn't do to help mitigate,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>and estimated cost (if people were willing to share that).<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Not that the PTO cares, but maybe Sen. Tillis or others might use the information<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>in approaching the PTO to ask for improvements on behalf of stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Leigh<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 11:31\u202fAM Dana Stangel via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"helvetica neue"'>It didn't work for me a minute or two ago (Firefox browser), but now appears to be working again (same browser).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"helvetica neue"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="m_-5335525653403909295ydp1d5083ebyahoo_quoted_5603952724"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'>On Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 07:40:03 AM MST, Rick Neifeld via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id="m_-5335525653403909295ydp1d5083ebyiv4356357959"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#26282A'>Still down:<br><br><img border=0 width=866 height=465 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01DA4939.94FD9060"><br><br>Bummer.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'>Best regards, Rick Neifeld, Ph.D., Patent Attorney<br>Neifeld IP Law PLLC<br>9112 Shearman Street, Fairfax VA 22032-1479, United States<br>Office: 1-7034150012<br>Mobile: 1-7034470727<br>Fax: 1-5712810045<br>Email: <a href="mailto:rneifeld@neifeld.com" target="_blank">rneifeld@neifeld.com</a><br>and <a href="mailto:richardneifeld@gmail.com" target="_blank">richardneifeld@gmail.com</a><br>Web: <a href="https://neifeld.com/" target="_blank">https://neifeld.com/</a><br>This is NOT a confidential communication of counsel. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this email and notify the sender that you did so.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-5335525653403909295ydp1d5083ebyiv4356357959yqt84610"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'>On 1/17/2024 8:56 AM, Katherine Koenig via Patentcenter wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div id="m_-5335525653403909295ydp1d5083ebyiv4356357959yqt97844"><div><div><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#26282A'>Although not a Patent Center issue, I also wanted to share this error message on the top of the trademark side\u2019s TSDR page: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#26282A'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><img border=0 width=634 height=213 id="m_-5335525653403909295ydp1d5083ebyiv4356357959Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.png@01DA4939.94FD9060"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#26282A'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Best regards,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Katherine</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dr. Katherine Koenig</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Registered Patent Attorney</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Koenig IP Works, PLLC</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>2208 Mariner Dr.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>(954) 903-1699</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:katherine@koenigipworks.com" target="_blank">katherine@koenigipworks.com</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><img border=0 width=182 height=49 id="m_-5335525653403909295ydp1d5083ebyiv4356357959Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.png@01DA4939.94FD9060"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Targeted Intellectual Property Strategy</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The information contained in this communication, including any attachments, is privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. 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And they do not cost a lot of money. But the USPTO probably contracted this out to somebody incompetent.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div id="m_-5335525653403909295ydp1d5083ebyqt05997"><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue";color:#26282A'>-- <br>Patentcenter mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">Patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br><a href="http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentcenter_oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentcenter_oppedahl-lists.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>Patentcenter mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">Patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br><a href="http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentcenter_oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentcenter_oppedahl-lists.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></body></html>