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      be brought to John Squires' attention once he gets his footing,
      and perhaps even seek a meeting with John and Secretary Lutnick!<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/26/2025 9:30 AM, David Boundy via
      Patentcenter wrote:<br>
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        <div>It's the incompetence of cultivated indifference.</div>
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        <div>For example, the PTO has obligations under the Paperwork
          Reduction Act that govern most of the issues we've raised. 
          The PTO doesn't just passively ignore the PRA, the PTO
          affirmatively lies in its communications to the Office of
          Management and Budget, claiming to have existing clearances
          when the PTO never filed the paperwork.  If the lawyers will
          run interference for the agency to avoid following the law,
          why should IT care?</div>
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        <div>A couple weeks ago at AIPLA conference, I asked Will Covey
          (PTO's chief ethics officer, and Acting Deputy Director),
          about the PTO's plans to implement President Trump's Executive
          Orders 13891 and 13892, which cover many of our issues.   <a
href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22623/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-improved-agency-guidance-documents"
            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22623/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-improved-agency-guidance-documents</a>
           <a
href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22624/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-transparency-and-fairness-in-civil-administrative-enforcement-and"
            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/15/2019-22624/promoting-the-rule-of-law-through-transparency-and-fairness-in-civil-administrative-enforcement-and</a> 
          He said (not literally, but in effect) that the PTO isn't
          doing a damn thing.  Apparently if a law has any costs to the
          PTO or limits PTO action, the law can go fly a kite, with the
          blessing of the PTO's chief ethics officer.<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at
          9:15\u202fAM Vivek Ramachandran via Patentcenter &lt;<a
            href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com"
            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
          wrote:<br>
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          <div dir="ltr">More likely it's just incompetence. The current
            view is security by locking down access to public data. They
            shut down more than the assingments. The entire PEDS system
            was turned off. 
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            </div>
            <div>They should have separated the two systems from get go.
              One stores data that is public and one stores data that is
              non-public. Turns out they were using access control from
              the same database. To fix this, they would have had to
              replicate their expensive system. Instead they chose to
              shut it all down. Rate limit patent center to prevent
              leaks. It's security by hampering data access. </div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
            <div>Seems to be why we have to put up with a suboptimal
              system.</div>
          </div>
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          <div class="gmail_quote">
            <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at
              7:42\u202fAM Dan Feigelson via Patentcenter &lt;<a
                href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com"
                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
              wrote:<br>
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                <div>Suzannah, I buy the "planned obsolescence"
                  explanation of Microsoft/PC manufacturers doing what
                  they do. I've said for a long time that Word 2.0
                  worked just great for what I usually do. As did
                  Windows XP, which was the first version of Windows
                  that was almost good as the original Mac OS.</div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>But PatentCrapper is not a mass-market program,
                  it's made for exactly one client, the USPTO, made to
                  specifications set by the USPTO - just like ePCT is
                  made only for WIPO, to specs set by WIPO. And yet the
                  folks running and programming ePCT don't seem to be
                  operating on a planned obsolescence model. </div>
                <div><br>
                </div>
                <div>The fact that patent crapper is so bad, despite
                  input from those of us who use it, means that (a) the
                  people in charge of IT at the USPTO are incredibly
                  stupid (b) the people in charge of IT at the USPTO
                  don't care, (c) the programmers have a contract that
                  effectively makes them immune from getting dinged for
                  bad work.  Of course, those three things are not
                  mutually exclusive. And I think Carl has in the past
                  explained how (c) is a possibility (viz. federal
                  government requirements for contractors that insure
                  that only big, clunky vendors can even bid for USPTO
                  IT contracts). </div>
                <div><br>
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                Dan</div>
              <br>
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                <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 26, 2025
                  at 3:08\u202fPM Suzannah K. Sundby &lt;<a
                    href="mailto:suzannah@canadylortz.com"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext">suzannah@canadylortz.com</a>&gt;
                  wrote:<br>
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                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">&gt;</span>
                          <span
style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">why do
                            <span>uspto</span> programmers design
                            inefficiency into the system?</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">To guarantee their
                            employment\u2026 if a program/system is \u2018perfect\u2019
                            and can\u2019t be improved upon, they will no
                            longer be needed.</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">I suspect this is
                            the same for most all software programmers.</span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span></p>
                        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">In fact, I think
                            software programmers, computer hardware
                            <span>mfrs</span>, and hackers are all in
                            cahoots with each other\u2026 Think about it\u2026
                            over the last 10 or more years, not much is
                            different
                            <span>wrt</span> to, e.g., MS Word and its
                            functions, except for its
                            appearance/interface\u2026 but the programmers
                            keep making new versions claiming its new
                            and improved.<span> 
                            </span>The newer version, however, often
                            removes a prior function or two\u2026 yet the
                            newer version requires more RAM and ROM\u2026
                            which then requires one to get a new
                            computer with sufficient RAM and ROM\u2026 which,
                            \u2018lo and behold, the new computer\u2019s operating
                            system and/or the newer version of software
                            has virus/hacker vulnerabilities (shocker),
                            which requires patches etc. which require
                            more RAM and ROM\u2026 and btw now the new
                            computer and newer version of software
                            doesn\u2019t work seamlessly with some of your
                            other software programs\u2026 so you have to get
                            the newer versions of those other software
                            programs\u2026 and \u2018round n \u2018round\u2026 meanwhile all
                            the newer versions of software only allow
                            annual subscription licenses whereby they
                            can charge you more\u2026 and force you to
                            upgrade to the next newer version of the
                            software which subscription costs even more.
                          </span></p>
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                            addressee, you may not read, print, retain,
                            copy, or disseminate this message or any
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                            message in error, please notify the sender
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style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> </span></p>
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                          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Patentcenter &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentcenter-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
                              <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan Feigelson via
                              Patentcenter<br>
                              <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 26, 2025 6:16
                              AM<br>
                              <b>To:</b> Randall Svihla &lt;<a
                                href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>&gt;<br>
                              <b>Cc:</b> Dan Feigelson &lt;<a
                                href="mailto:djf@iliplaw.com"
                                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">djf@iliplaw.com</a>&gt;;
                              For patent practitioners. This is not for
                              laypersons to seek legal advice. &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;;
                              users of Patentcenter &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                moz-do-not-send="true"
                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;<br>
                              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentcenter]
                              [Patentpractice] why do uspto programmers
                              design inefficiency into the system?</span></p>
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                            style="font-size:10pt"><img
id="m_-952216898742123267m_7357679762360645802m_4262930617514929164m_-4275820637843796663_x0000_i1027"
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                              <p class="MsoNormal">But I can see
                                assignment data for unpublished
                                applications, so they didn't cut ALL
                                access to assignment data from PC. </p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class="MsoNormal">If you're saying they
                                cut off assignment access for all
                                publicly visible applications, that's a
                                possible explanation, but doesn't answer
                                my question. Except that, if true, it
                                means they're just lazy and/or
                                incompetent.</p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 26, 2025
                                at 1:04<span
                                  style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM
                                Randall Svihla &lt;<a
                                  href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com"
                                  target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>&gt;
                                wrote:</p>
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style="border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:none none none solid;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204);padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in">
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                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">My guess is that
                                        they figured that if they don't
                                        allow any assignment data to be
                                        displayed via Patent Center,
                                        they can't have another data
                                        leak of assignment data for
                                        unpublished applications.</span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;padding:3pt 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor">
                                      <p class="MsoNormal">
                                        <b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b>
                                        Dan Feigelson &lt;<a
                                          href="mailto:djf@iliplaw.com"
                                          target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">djf@iliplaw.com</a>&gt;
                                        <br>
                                        <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 26,
                                        2025 6:01 AM<br>
                                        <b>To:</b> Randall Svihla &lt;<a
href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                        <b>Cc:</b> For patent
                                        practitioners. This is not for
                                        laypersons to seek legal advice.
                                        &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;;
                                        users of Patentcenter &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                          class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                        <b>Subject:</b> Re:
                                        [Patentpractice] why do uspto
                                        programmers design inefficiency
                                        into the system?</p>
                                    </div>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in"><img
id="m_-952216898742123267m_7357679762360645802m_4262930617514929164m_-4275820637843796663m_-6617976260355307184Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:part1.DdxwqbW6.sFyy3nRm@weitzmanip.com"
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                                                      <p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sounds like an
                                                          excuse, not a
                                                          reason.</span></p>
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class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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                                                      <p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Can someone
                                                          explain why
                                                          the ONLY way
                                                          to fix the
                                                          issue
                                                          behind the
                                                          data leak was
                                                          to prevent
                                                          practitioners
                                                          from seeing
                                                          assignment
                                                          data for their
                                                          own published
                                                          cases in PC? </span></p>
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class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                                    </div>
                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Thu, Jun 26,
                                                        2025 at 12:55\u202fPM
                                                        Randall Svihla
                                                        &lt;<a
href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span></p>
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                                        <blockquote
style="border-width:medium medium medium 1pt;border-style:none none none solid;padding:0in 0in 0in 6pt;margin:5pt 0in 5pt 4.8pt;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor currentcolor rgb(204,204,204)">
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                                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Because of the
                                                    assignment data leak
                                                    last year.</span></p>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p>
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style="border-width:1pt medium medium;border-style:solid none none;padding:3pt 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor">
                                                  <p class="MsoNormal">
                                                    <b><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b>
                                                    Patentpractice &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
                                                    <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan
                                                    Feigelson via
                                                    Patentpractice<br>
                                                    <b>Sent:</b>
                                                    Thursday, June 26,
                                                    2025 5:49 AM<br>
                                                    <b>To:</b> For
                                                    patent
                                                    practitioners. This
                                                    is not for
                                                    laypersons to seek
                                                    legal advice. &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;;
                                                    users of
                                                    Patentcenter &lt;<a
href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                                    <b>Cc:</b> Dan
                                                    Feigelson &lt;<a
href="mailto:djf@iliplaw.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">djf@iliplaw.com</a>&gt;<br>
                                                    <b>Subject:</b>
                                                    [Patentpractice] why
                                                    do uspto programmers
                                                    design inefficiency
                                                    into the system?</p>
                                                </div>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;border:1pt solid windowtext;padding:0in"><img
id="m_-952216898742123267m_7357679762360645802m_4262930617514929164m_-4275820637843796663m_-6617976260355307184m_-2065113422159441995Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:part1.DdxwqbW6.sFyy3nRm@weitzmanip.com"
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                                                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I'm logged into
                                                        patentcenter,
                                                        looking at one
                                                        of my cases, and
                                                        I want to see
                                                        the assignment
                                                        information they
                                                        have on record. 
                                                        When I click on
                                                        "assignments", I
                                                        get a pop-up
                                                        window saying,
                                                        "Patent Center
                                                        only displays
                                                        assignment
                                                        information for
                                                        non-public
                                                        applications to
                                                        user authorized
                                                        to access the
                                                        application.
                                                        This application
                                                        is open to the
                                                        public. Please
                                                        use Assignment
                                                        Search to
                                                        search assignment
                                                        information for
                                                        applications
                                                        open to the
                                                        public. <a
href="https://gcfagjf.r.af.d.sendibt2.com/tr/cl/-EmW0t0ZBqiB0ZKGIWv8Yi9y-p-aEjx_tHlbcJ0evDwDqI8Wtq9lbVnIkL-9WdwR-qAhPVZosSXDgEe9oloxMwsKxl9ZH8U5cu-wWvAthLhLM5Nm4qQsDNihUKEXvSvrGW8xisjgjctnwINgj0MglWvwDk9D9f9kXFhKWE72zVN9rjPwoT5uMJoxaCO6u2zZqTA87pIhkiTmBtrTLovCikG0da1C8m9LP5D58OdD5yaNdCN_dgBdOeQ1W_v0rSPZ5FNUm7hCK8Toro6w4tcd0VUmFudjsZsnLkNV1U60cNZb_Px7OzfCGZFP4Z76uVUUYVbNqq-EaADHtaLcNzj0-w"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">
https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html#/patent/search</a>". </span></p>
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                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Inasmuch as from
                                                          within
                                                          patentcrapper,
                                                          I can see the
                                                          assignment
                                                          info for my
                                                          <b>un</b>published
                                                          applications,
                                                          it's clear
                                                          that whoever
                                                          wrote the
                                                          notice was <i>trying</i> to
                                                          say, "The
                                                          application
                                                          you're looking
                                                          at has
                                                          published, so
                                                          we're not
                                                          making
                                                          assignment
                                                          information available
                                                          to you in
                                                          Patent
                                                          Crapper, go to
                                                          Assignment
                                                          Center, nyeah
                                                          nyeah nyeah."</span></p>
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                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Quite a contrast
                                                          from what we
                                                          saw earlier in
                                                          the week with
                                                          Mike
                                                          Richardson and
                                                          WIPO regarding
                                                          the applicant
                                                          email field in
                                                          ePCT...</span></p>
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                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dan</span></p>
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                </blockquote>
              </div>
              -- <br>
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                target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">Patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
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href="http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentcenter_oppedahl-lists.com"
                rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentcenter_oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
            </blockquote>
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          -- <br>
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            target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
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href="http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/patentcenter_oppedahl-lists.com"
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