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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D">Not for that reason, anyway. While designing systems for lots of traffic requires careful work, it’s doable. But apparently that’s beyond the capability of
whatever contractor(s) the PTO employed for their New Way of Working. The r/patentexaminer subreddit has numerous complaints about how badly the PTO’s IT systems are working for them, too. So apparently the PTO can’t get things right for anyone, internal or
external.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/patentexaminer/comments/1ark24w/its_a_living/">Here at the USPTO our servers and IT infrastructure are state of the art!</a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Best regards,<br>
<b>Richard A. Schafer | Schafer IP Law</b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><br>
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M: 832.283.6564 | </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:richard@schafer-ip.com">richard@schafer-ip.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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>Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 29, 2024 12:14 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For bug reports, feature requests, and tips and tricks about Patent Center. <patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Suzannah K. Sundby <suzannah@canadylortz.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter] Patent Center Availability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I don’t recall Public PAIR having to be shutdown…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#0000CC">|</span></b> Partner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="mso-ligatures:none"> Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Andrea R. Jacobson via Patentcenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 29, 2024 11:49 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> David Boundy via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Andrea R. Jacobson <<a href="mailto:arj@mcgarrybair.com">arj@mcgarrybair.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentcenter] Patent Center Availability<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Patent Center Public Application Access Unavailable</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">The Patent Center public application access has been temporarily disabled to address excessive traffic volume impacting USPTO systems. Guests or unauthenticated users will be unable
to access publicly available applications. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">Logged in registered users will not be affected and will still be able to access applications. Filing applications for guest/unauthenticated users and logged in registered users
is not affected by this activity.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">The USPTO Technical Teams are implementing a solution to mitigate the underlying concern and will update users when it is resolved. We expect functionality to be restored by 5pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B">EMERGENCY: Patent Center Submissions</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<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-events1055"><b><span style="color:#005EA2">11:38AM Feb 29, 2024</span></b></a> in <span class="category">Current
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Andrea R. Jacobson (she/her ) | Senior Litigation Paralegal |
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0038A8">McGarry Bair PC<br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666">Direct (616) 742-3538 |
<a href="mailto:arj@mcgarrybair.com"><span style="color:#666666">arj@mcgarrybair.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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