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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>pbrisky--- via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 19, 2024 11:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'users of Patentcenter' <patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> pbrisky@fujitsu.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentcenter] Ass. Center Unreachable?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is anyone else having credential issues with the son of the beast this morning?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-ligatures:none">In Edge:</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010;background:#F6F6F6">You can't visit epas.uspto.gov right now because the website sent scrambled credentials that Microsoft Edge can't process. Network errors and
attacks are usually temporary, so this page will probably work later.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-ligatures:none">In Firefox:</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010;background:#F6F6F6">Did Not Connect: Potential Security Issue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010;background:#F6F6F6">Firefox detected an issue and did not continue to epas.uspto.gov. The website is either misconfigured or your computer clock is set to the wrong
time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010;background:#F6F6F6">It’s likely the website’s certificate is expired, which prevents Firefox from connecting securely.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010;background:#F6F6F6">What can you do about it?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010;background:#F6F6F6">epas.uspto.gov has a security policy called HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS), which means that Firefox can only connect to it securely.
You can’t add an exception to visit this site.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010;background:#F6F6F6">The issue is most likely with the website, and there is nothing you can do to resolve it. You can notify the website’s administrator about the
problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#101010;background:#F6F6F6">!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Fujitsu Infinity Pro Italic";color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Pamela Cei Brisky
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