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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>My apologies if this isn\u2019t the right listserv for this question.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Have others seen notations in Patent Center of a <u>first office action (OA1) that was \u2018counted but not mailed\u2019 and still sits there with that status for weeks?</u><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I have three, two pending since July 8, one pending since July 29. Of course, I checked to see if they appear in the Documents page. No joy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Of course, I\u2019m forced into CYA by taking screenshots of PC showing dates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>They all happen to be design patent applications. Two different examiners. AU 2932 and 2938 respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>They\u2019re from <u>three different inventors</u>, but, oddly, two work for the same company (same examiner for both) and the third works for another subsidiary of the same company (different examiner).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>No clue, of course, what\u2019s in the OA1\u2019s to find out if there\u2019s any significance to the oddity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Any recommendations on how to get these off high center?<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I\u2019ve tried calling the examiners but to no avail.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Guy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:navy'>Guy V. 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