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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thank you for posting. This is very
interesting to wonder about.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/25/2024 1:01 AM, Dan Feigelson via
Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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<div>Last week, during the USPTO intermittent system crash, I
needed to file a response to a notice of missing parts in a
371 application to reduce the number of claims and eliminate
multiple dependent claims. I was able to file the response on
Tuesday, which was timely. But I also needed to pay a fee for
late submission of the inventor declarations, and because of
the PTO's IT issues, I was only able to pay that on Wednesday
(faxing in the credit card payment form on Tuesday was not an
option). Which left me wondering, is the PTO going to make me
pay an extension fee now? I decided to wait and see what
happens, and if I don't get a filing receipt by the one-month
extension deadline, pay the extension fee.<br>
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<div>This morning I got my answer: a revised filing receipt, and
change in the status of the application to "docketed - ready
for examination", as well a notation in the transaction
history "application is now complete". <br>
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<div>Not sure if this is someone's oversight, or if the PTO is
acknowledging its screw-up. If the latter, it would have been
nice if the PTO posted a notice to all of us who had payment
problems that the payment deadline was extended for us. <br>
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Dan</div>
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