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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A
listserv member asks to post anonymously ...</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> “how
much more can they waste our time” ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I know
the Welcome Letter was previously discussed, but today I found
10 or more WELCOME.LET2 in our daily eOA along with a
corresponding M327 document (Miscellaneous Incoming
Communication to Applicant-No Action Count). Welcome Letter
TWO was mailed about 10+ days following an office action.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What a
huge waste of time on our part – especially linking it to an
M327 document which generally has an important communication
with it. Unless I’m wrong, these Welcome Letters aren’t
extremely important…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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