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<p class="MsoNormal">Did you see the System Alert for today that was posted? <o:p>
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<a name="current-events1054"></a><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333">Current Events<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Users are reporting that they are not able to view submissions. Patent Center operations are currently being impacted
by other internal USPTO systems. The USPTO Technical Teams are investigating the issues and will update users when it is resolved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Posted at <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events1054"><b><span style="color:#005EA2">07:10AM
Feb 29, 2024</span></b></a> in Current Status | <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Patentcenter <patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeff Lindsay via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 29, 2024 9:15 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> Jeff Lindsay <jeff@jefflindsay.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] venting about Patent Center<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I had the same ridiculous message yesterday in trying to download a document in the Patent Center. After waiting ten seconds, I tried again and the download worked. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pro tip: during those ten seconds, I gently chanted \u201cI love the Patent Center.\u201d This seems to work for many issues, though for some bugs, it may take several years of chanting. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Feb 29, 2024, at 6:59 AM, Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Today is the day that the USPTO has mailed out a Notice of Allowance in one of our cases. Except of course not really. The USPTO loaded a Notice of Allowance into IFW and notified
us that it is in IFW.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">So of course our next step is to go into IFW and try to download the Notice of Allowance. What happened next is, the hourglass spun and spun. After some minutes, this very helpful
error message popped up. It is not clear to me what exactly the error is, so I guess I should click "close".<o:p></o:p></p>
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