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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Molly Kocialski, the long-time director of the Denver office just stepped down, but I have not heard the office is being shut down. At least the first back to work order absolutely applied
to the Denver office. Was at an event with Molly shortly after it came down and she confirmed that she and other higher-level people were back in the office full time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>David Hricik via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 29, 2025 4:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> David Hricik <david@hricik.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] Patent Center change<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I doubt many of you need to use it, but the PTO recently (start of the month) changed patent center to only practitioners or \u201cindependent inventors\u201d can have permission to access it. For patent litigators or a lot of other people, that\u2019s
not a good development. Anyone know why the change?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I also heard a rumor (maybe it is old news) that the Denver regional office employees were not part of a back-to-the-office order, and rumor is it is shutting down? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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