<img width="1" height="1" src='https://gcfagjf.r.bh.d.sendibt3.com/tr/op/Hm3pyxvkGfdYmznlzUivM3WDULiHoVLy2lNnUduQnaXSAP8snDwPbxUaqCovk1poTlBe8b8OeluAk7iDeABOoUvUWUs5M1hF_z4c5hkEvdPuA6VfDQC6AgTsbrzRM0WsrwwVPNeeO-a9PBJ4EJ-GI9zkcjn8UxzppRk--lqsV9PUcrZ3zPPuV0A6ZsgFchwSjfu4At3nbdebdgldJAjFhiDOZGraHJzNySyI' /><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hijacking Rick's thread because of Carl's comments re: few workers at PTO in around Xmas/NYD, I filed a 371 application early last February. Recorded an assignment shortly after and got the assignment recordation email, but otherwise the only correspondence since then was the "Oops, we may have published the name of your application" letter that went out in late April.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 27, we finally got the filing receipt and request to pay additional claim fees, the latter signed by one Juelethia A. Palmer. I'm less surprised about the delay in the issuance of the filing receipt than I am about the fact that it issued on a Friday, between Xmas and NYD.<br></div><div><br clear="all"></div>Dan</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 6:40\u202fPM Carl Oppedahl via Patentcenter <<a href="mailto:patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.com">patentcenter@oppedahl-lists.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"><u></u>
<div><p>The events laid out in IFW seem to have taken place during the
Christmas-to-New-Years period at the USPTO. Historically, very
little work gets done on Fridays at the USPTO, and even less work
(historically) gets done at the USPTO during the week or two that
contains Christmas and New Years. I share your astonishment that
someone at the USPTO was actually doing work on the 27th.</p><br>
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