<img width="1" height="1" src='https://gcfagjf.r.bh.d.sendibt3.com/tr/op/75Lc_E8f6xj7fVYT-oHluzVBQPRmAyy7QRhzOykH30yDp_jy0jwJwcl_n-rGZ-vN6HEfMAEb81R-QAm1MWphxTpcm1gB75gQzIPx3iiWs1pWtDgWfA6Lb_8Ho2zCNG2rb82SdeJmM48UUxL3uvyL5y2PE_evVVtqCLDkGLdm8gfEv0CXA5hhHYR7DbWqpAW30OR6gEnlbnGTYpZy0Rt3d5Sgha5Wlee6fQ' /><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>You can't make this stuff up.</div><div><br></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 9:39 PM Judith S via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I couldn't log into <a href="https://gcfagjf.r.bh.d.sendibt3.com/tr/cl/602HXbhAyhE9rrks8vcH-_L1mC1e1lMXxX_5L7IaKYyy-PYprKFdT_iKTCnUWPCIoT-k8VFD-qR_0H-W_SdS9YKFWvgQGCwEwbEvPaoM8mo-eLPrSFVl67z4TWYmTA26jFBaB7pyC8iCALzRMCd22cw50Y3sqMZt2Rn0bWJqpZy7cXWXKhpFEvC9J3tmlNRYhifkRrrX28LMYWzRl2F1d35KOZ9NABb-XbRiiAPNYNJKzTwUtq4gPbkSDu0HYv3QsUk3N3nYttqxkw" target="_blank">my.USPTO.gov</a>, so I checked status. While it says nothing about that, it does note that the Fax Service is offline, with no known time to restore.</div><div><br></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:"Public Sans Web",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><b style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px">PTOFax Outage</span></b></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:"Public Sans Web",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">The USPTO is currently experiencing technical difficulties with PTOFax  and fax systems are no longer receiving faxes.  At this time the PTOFax and UC teams are working with Verizon to resolve the issue but do not know when services will be fully restored.  Additional information will be posted as soon as it’s available. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:"Public Sans Web",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Please use the following for alternate submissions:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:"Public Sans Web",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">1.<span style="box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap">       </span>Patent Center.          </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:"Public Sans Web",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">2.<span style="box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>First-Class Mail with a certificate of mailing in accordance with 37 CFR 1.8</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:"Public Sans Web",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">3.<span style="box-sizing:border-box;white-space:pre-wrap">   </span>Priority Mail Express from the United States Postal Service (USPS) in accordance with 37 CFR 1.10.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;padding-bottom:15px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:"Public Sans Web",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:21px;padding-bottom:25px;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:"Public Sans Web",-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol";font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none">Posted at<span> </span><a href="https://gcfagjf.r.bh.d.sendibt3.com/tr/cl/3PaUYoUyW1r1xRnCOmcrp0jhD9X_BMysVT8SqkgP1HKEdCFeww5awFM1i-AwgKSx6t27RniU569PRTOOOK6EFVAIRqEiwCNrF1Kv4AGzHMKUoJ5O8tRIDj9Paa121BWMhVPy31WIDo89RKdKWEvBpfB6PiSmKdg9smoBnFQ6tb8nPkurO1KYjxb8K9Dx2oup5w87eFknnaAjBbSzJnMWQFTnw3dqPAQBgJuhbihEg61CerHvn11buf_PCQRaOMcfIR0rfj57J73zNipcLlE9N6e-DBghgm9IQTFRQVtQdUQ4YJ6EhPD5nOeSCcXLPXm1ns98nFccLQ" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);font-weight:600;color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">12:31PM Feb 07, 2024</a><span> </span>in<span> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Current Status</span><span> </span><br></p></div></div>
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