<div dir="ltr"><div>I saw this on the Patent Examiner reddit, and thought it was worth sharing:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/patentexaminer/comments/1j8ear1/today_sucked/">https://www.reddit.com/r/patentexaminer/comments/1j8ear1/today_sucked/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Original Poster said:</div><div><div class="gmail-text-neutral-content">
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Junior here. I just need to vent. I don\u2019t understand how I\u2019m
supposed to do my job when I have no one to help me. Struggled all day
with a search and was told SCEs can no longer help. Need to transfer
some cases, not sure where they should go. SPE was unavailable because
they were trying to figure out their RTO, but they don\u2019t know my art
anyway. Struggled with claim interpretations that I would usually ask
about. Spent a lot of time stuck and frustrated. I do not blame the
primaries for not helping, and I hope they continue to hold the line.
But man, this really f-ing sucks. I care about my work, and I don\u2019t want
to put out shitty actions.
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But hey, at least my phone wasn\u2019t working so I didn\u2019t have to field any calls.
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</div>Various commenters, many of whom appear to be examiners:</div></div></div><div><span><span><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",system-ui,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Web",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><p>"I was told all SCE (Search and Classification Examiners) time was gone, for everyone." </p></span></span><span><span style="font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",system-ui,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Web",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><p>"we were explicitly told by our SPE to not ask primaries questions, and that our AU was cut to zero other time."</p><p>Judith</p> </span></span></span></div></div>