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<p class="MsoNormal">Oops, uspto.gov just popped up again. But still no joy on Patent Center.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">-Bruce Young<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>Dana Stangel via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2024 10:31 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dana Stangel <dmstangel@yahoo.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] Patentcenter DNS broken - just came back up 11:28am eastern<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue",serif">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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A">Still down:<br>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue",serif;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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue",serif;color:#26282A">On 1/17/2024 8:56 AM, Katherine Koenig via Patentcenter wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydp1d5083ebyiv4356357959msonormal"><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",serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="ydp1d5083ebyiv4356357959msonormal"><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",serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2024 7:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> users of Patentcenter <a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">
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<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com" target="_blank"><carl@oppedahl.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentcenter] Patentcenter DNS broken</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue",serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue",serif;color:#26282A">There is something badly wrong with the USPTO's hosting of DNS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"helvetica neue",serif;color:#26282A">There are ways to do DNS in a very reliable fashion. 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>
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