<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Randall,</div><div><br></div><div>O</div><div>M<br></div><div>G</div><div><br></div><div>I guess the client should be grateful they're not working in cryptography!</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Krista<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div>------------------------------------------<br></div><div>Krista S. Jacobsen<br></div><div>Attorney and Counselor at Law</div><div>Jacobsen IP Law</div><div><a href="mailto:krista@jacobseniplaw.com" target="_blank">krista@jacobseniplaw.com</a></div><div>T: 408.455.5539</div><div><a href="http://www.jacobseniplaw.com" target="_blank">www.jacobseniplaw.com</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 4:00\u202fPM Randall Svihla <<a href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com">rsvihla@nsiplaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8679360504344521392">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi, Krista<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">One of my neighbors is a patent examiner in the cryptography art and
he said he is working on applications filed in 2017.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><span> Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Krista Jacobsen via Patentpractice<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, August 8, 2024 5:21 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Krista Jacobsen <<a href="mailto:krista@jacobseniplaw.com" target="_blank">krista@jacobseniplaw.com</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [Patentpractice] Application sitting unexamined for nearly 3 years<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Hi all,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">A client filed its first application in November 2021 and has since filed two more. All of them are just sitting there:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Other than filing continuations on Track 1 (which, I learned, can result in the Track 1 examiner grabbing the originally-filed application and examining both at the same time),
is there any trick to getting the USPTO to move them along? <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">I feel bad for the client, which is a small company that would like to get some patents to help with funding. The prospect of PTA doesn't help them at this point.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thanks in advance.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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