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<p>was one filed in EFS-Web and the other in Patent Center? I guess
not.</p>
<p>Was one filed on paper and the other electronically? I'd guess
not.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/25/2024 10:50 AM, Catherine Van
Houten via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Has
anyone else noticed that provisional application numbers are
not sequentially in order?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Prov
1, filed in January is 63/625###.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Prov
2, filed the next day in January is 63/557###.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">Prov
3, filed a full month after Prov 2 is only 10 digits greater
than Prov 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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