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<p>Thank you for posting this -- together with Carl's blog article
on the phones, and the new Commerce Secretary's stated intent to
reduce backlog, it inspired a post:
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/11/2025 1:46 PM, Judith S via
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<div>I saw this on the Patent Examiner reddit, and thought it
was worth sharing:</div>
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<div>Original Poster said:</div>
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<p> 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. </p>
<p> But hey, at least my phone wasn\u2019t working so I
didn\u2019t have to field any calls. </p>
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Various commenters, many of whom appear to be examiners:</div>
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<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>
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