<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif">I suspect that a pretty substantial number of examiners belong to the "<span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)">non-bargaining, fully remote" category, </span></font></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 24, 2025 at 2:57\u202fPM Vic Indiano via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@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"><div>
My cousin is with NIH and got the same letter <div><br></div><div>It really stinks. The better examiners will find jobs as patent agents or attorneys or else retire </div><div><br></div><div><br><br><br><div><a style="font-size:12px" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=Global_Acquisition_YMktg_315_Internal_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=Global_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100000604&af_sub5=EmailSignature__Static_" target="_blank">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br></div><br><p style="font-size:15px;color:rgb(132,115,255);padding-top:15px;margin-top:0px">On Friday, January 24, 2025, 5:53 PM, Jim Larsen via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:</p><blockquote><div id="m_4839203655008944031yiv1825134333">
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<p><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Was just talking to an examiner who received an email while on the phone ordering all USPTO employees to \u201creturn to office\u201d due to new DOE mandates. I suspect this is going to disrupt things.</span></p>
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