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<div dir="auto">According to information available on the examiner subreddit, examiners do not have to Return to Office (RTO) because working remotely is part of their union contract. However, management, including Supervisory Patent Examiners (SPEs) and higher
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" style="font-size: 11pt;"><strong>From:</strong> Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of david--- via Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<strong>Sent:</strong> Sunday, January 26, 2025 8:59:52 AM<br>
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<strong>Cc:</strong> david@hricik.com <david@hricik.com>; patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [Patentpractice] USPTO employees ordered to "return to office"<br>
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I had thought I\u2019d seen the Office was in a \u201cwait for guidance\u201d list or exclusion? If not, ugh. <br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature">
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What if they all come back? There is probably office space for about 20% of them.</p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",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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