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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"> \u201chow
much more can they waste our time\u201d ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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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style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What a
huge waste of time on our part \u2013 especially linking it to an
M327 document which generally has an important communication
with it. Unless I\u2019m wrong, these Welcome Letters aren\u2019t
extremely important\u2026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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