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    <p>It's why I really appreciate this list. It's like RI for patent
      practitioners (RI = REAL intelligence)!<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/13/2025 2:25 PM, Sarah Adriano via
      Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Thanks
            Randall!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">CONFIDENTIALITY
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">
                Patentpractice
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>]
                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Randall Svihla via Patentpractice<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 13, 2025 12:14 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice
                <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">&lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a><br>
                <b>Cc:</b> Randall Svihla <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rsvihla@nsiplaw.com">&lt;rsvihla@nsiplaw.com&gt;</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] January 19, 2025
                USPTO Fees question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif">Yes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Under
              the changes to&nbsp;</span><b><span style="font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/mpep-9015-appx-l.html#d0e303440" moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#031D4E">35
                    U.S.C. 151</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;background:white">&nbsp;in
              the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act (PLTIA) (Public
              Law 112-211), the sum specified in the Notice of Allowance
              will constitute the issue fee and any required publication
              fee, and the Office will proceed to issue a patent when
              the applicant pays the sum specified in the Notice of
              Allowance, regardless of the issue fee and/or publication
              fee in effect on the date the sum specified in the Notice
              of Allowance is paid.</span><span style="font-family:&quot;inherit&quot;,serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">
              Patentpractice &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;
              on behalf of Carl Oppedahl via Patentpractice &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;<br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 13, 2025 3:06 PM<br>
              <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>
              &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;<br>
              <b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl &lt;<a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">carl@oppedahl.com</a>&gt;<br>
              <b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] January 19, 2025 USPTO
              Fees question</span> <o:p>
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            <p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A
                listserv member asks to post anonymously ...</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Does
                the previous fee for an Issue Fee remain fixed ($1200)
                for a large entity after January 19, 2025 for an issue
                fee due January 21, 2025?&nbsp; If not, does the Applicant
                pay the new fee - $1290?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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