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<span dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">I wonder if your phone number has been flagged as problematic or if this is just run of the mill incompetence.</span>
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<p>Dec 18, 2023 1:47:55 PM Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com>:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=" mso-pagination: widow-orphan; margin: 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;mso-style-unhide: no"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ssundby/"><span style="color:black;text-underline:none;text-decoration:none">Suzannah K. Sundby</span></a> <b><span style="color:#0000CC">|</span></b> Partner</span></p>
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