<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone,</div><div><br></div><div>According to the transaction history, the appeal brief in an application was forwarded to the examiner over 2 months ago. We have not yet received the examiner's answer.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Per MPEP 1207.02, "[t]he examiner should furnish the appellant with a written statement in answer to the appellant\u2019s brief within 2 months after the receipt of the brief by the examiner."</div><div><br></div><div>(Note the word "should," which seems problematic, at least because the appeal cannot be forwarded to the PTAB without an examiner's answer. What's to stop an examiner from just sitting on the appeal brief forever?) </div><div><br></div><div></div><div>Other than calling the examiner's supervisor (and/or Patrick the Ombudsman who is definitely not AI), is there anything an applicant can do when the examiner misses the 2-month (apparently soft) deadline to provide the answer? <br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_m4mtehm70" alt="Angryfish.png" width="68" height="62" style="margin-right: 0px;"></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Krista<br></div><br><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></div>
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