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    <p>The reason the USPTO email address is barely readable is, the
      original PDF was in blue or some other non-monochrome color.  And
      the CIO's Patent Center system halftoned the blue into blur.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/29/2024 11:05 AM, Dan Feigelson
      via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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          <div>Carl, good catch, that was due to the OCR I did of the
            pdf that the PTO sent.  Here's a screenshot of the actual
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          <div>Not sure why the uspto email address is barely
            readable...</div>
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 28, 2024 at
            11:49\u202fPM Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice &lt;<a
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              <p>This notice says:</p>
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                <p>Inquiries regarding this matter may be directed ...
                  via email addressed to ugPto.gov.</p>
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              <p>I am pretty sure if I were to address email "to
                ugPto.gov" it would fail to reach its destination.  This
                does not instill confidence in our CIO.<br>
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