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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Have you tried looking at</span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://petition.ai/">https://petition.ai/</a>? They advertise a searchable database of petition documents. I have not used this service myself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Watt, Rachel S. via Patentpractice<br>
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<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Watt, Rachel S. <Rwatt@hodgsonruss.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] "Good and Sufficient Cause"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I\u2019m very interested in the answer to this as I have been unable to find the USPTO\u2019s definition of the phrase. I\u2019ve been told by the PTO that the standard is quite low. But
how low, and is it subjective to each Petitions Examiner?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I\u2019ve personally seen petitions granted where a paper certified copy was unable to be filed because a patent office was not issuing them during/since covid.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Roger Browdy via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 2, 2024 4:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Roger Browdy <<a href="mailto:RLBrowdy@browdyneimark.com">RLBrowdy@browdyneimark.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] "Good and Sufficient Cause"</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does anyone know of or have access to any petition decisions that define \u201cgood and sufficient cause\u201d for delay, for example, in filing of a certified priority document? Or at least examples of what the Petitions
Office is accepting as good and sufficient cause? Thank you very much in advance.
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