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I've had this before. Everything happened normally. My understanding is that this usually happens because of 2 possible most likely reasons:</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Examiner has to get supervisor of some sort to sign off before it's mailed, and the supervisor is not available (busy/on vacation)</div>
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<div class="elementToProof">Applicant and Examiner had the mishap of getting this particular action / matter pulled for quality review, in which case OA is delayed.</div>
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There's nothing you can really do, so you just keep waiting...</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>From:</b> Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 28, 2024 6:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] Dislodging office actions counted but not mailed for weeks</span>
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<p>wow this brings back memories. Top dead center. Meaning the crankshaft has the piston in its highest position. Meaning that if the spark plug were to try to fire, the combustion would not make the crankshaft rotate.</p>
<p>Years since I thought about this.</p>
<p>Nowadays I drive an EV so it has been a while since I have thought about crankshafts.</p>
<div>On 8/28/2024 3:08 PM, guyvmann--- via Patentpractice wrote:</div>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">My apologies if this isnt the right listserv for this question.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Have others seen notations in Patent Center of a
<u>first office action (OA1) that was counted but not mailed and still sits there with that status for weeks?</u></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">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.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Of course, Im forced into CYA by taking screenshots of PC showing dates.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">They all happen to be design patent applications. Two different examiners. AU 2932 and 2938 respectively.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Theyre 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).</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">No clue, of course, whats in the OA1s to find out if theres any significance to the oddity.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><u>Any recommendations on how to get these off high center?</u></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ive tried calling the examiners but to no avail.</span></p>
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