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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">By definition, a proper AFCP request includes an examiner-initiated interview, if only to indicate that (at least in the majority of my experience) additional search and consideration
 will be required (i.e., RCE).&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2013-05-17/pdf/2013-11870.pdf">Fed. Reg. Vo. 78, No. 96, at 29118</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">\u201c</span>If the examiner\u2019s consideration of a proper AFCP 2.0 request and response does not result in a determination that all pending claims are in condition for allowance, the
 examiner <u>will request an interview</u> with the applicant to discuss the response.<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1B1B1B;background:white">\u201d</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">If you aren\u2019t seeing interview requests from examiners, it follows that either the application was allowed or the AFCP request was improper.&nbsp; No?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Best regards,<br>
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-Jim<br>
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James C. Larsen<br>
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<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 12:04</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">\u202f</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Aptos&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice &lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;<br>
<b>Cc: </b>pbrisky@fujitsu.com &lt;pbrisky@fujitsu.com&gt;<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Patentpractice] Number of AFCP interviews granted each year<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The USPTO claims that 50% of all AFCP requests (out of the 60k annually) made by applicants have been granted interviews. Anecdotally this has not been our observation. I am wondering if anybody has numbers
 to either refute the USPTO's assertion or back it up.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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