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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mine appear to be in order, but relative to your numbers I filed one in early January and its serial number is 63/614,xxx<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Another one filed in mid-February is 63/627,xxx<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Catherine Van Houten via Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, 25 April 2024 at 11:54</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">\u202f</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">am<br>
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<b>Cc: </b>Catherine Van Houten <catherine.vanhouten@mcneillbaur.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Patentpractice] Provisional Application Numbers?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Has anyone else noticed that provisional application numbers are not sequentially in order?</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Prov 1, filed in January is 63/625###.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Prov 2, filed the next day in January is 63/557###.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Prov 3, filed a full month after Prov 2 is only 10 digits greater than Prov 2.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">A client has asked about this, so I wonder if anyone in the group knows why the numbers are not in order. All three applications were electronically filed by the same paralegal
sponsored by the same practitioner, and with the same PTO customer number.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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