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<p class="MsoNormal">We got a call today from an examiner who said their performance plan changed to require them to do more in the same time, but that to do that, he had to have cases in his docket. So he was calling for a telephone election.
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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>
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<b>Cc:</b> Alan Taboada <ataboada@mtiplaw.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] One Interview per Round?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">We had an examiner tell us that they were instructed to have NO interviews \u2013 apparently due to the large backlog of cases and in
an effort to spend more time examining and less time chatting on the phone with pesky applicants and/or their attorneys.<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 <<a href="mailto:patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] One Interview per Round?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>I had an examiner tell me the same thing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 10/3/2025 3:10 PM, Judith S via Patentpractice wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">An examiner in a recent interview told me that<span style="color:#212121"> the examining corps just received a memo indicating that they are only permitted one interview for a \u2018round,' which means from filing
through RCE.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#212121">The Patent Examiner subreddit confirms: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<u><span style="color:#467886"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__link.edgepilot.com_s_614d03ad_QcT-2DhnKatU2pSi7WaJhCCw-3Fu-3Dhttps-3A__www.reddit.com_r_patentexaminer_comments_1nw58wc_stakeholders-5Fthey-5Fjust-5Feffectively-5Flimited-5Fyou-5Fto_&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=5yorqlAgQCjy70Bhtwc7O92AgXg2Hoo2uu3SnI8N-6adpnDDvaqkuM5mXjRy2qe3&m=2DLJGseHbqXvZ8UOxXLG9902PDZ4HQc9IKORJSt2KyZxKLN7CgIZJIEJ1x0cw4-z&s=4qslxcqrk381IMikS2-wAlYsm1MgskNdTR3EdLOYm0Q&e=">https://link.edgepilot.com/s/614d03ad/QcT-hnKatU2pSi7WaJhCCw?u=https://www.reddit.com/r/patentexaminer/comments/1nw58wc/stakeholders_they_just_effectively_limited_you_to/</a></span></u></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Commenters are suggesting that patent attorneys need to step up and push to change this policy, because otherwise we'll be getting a lot of interview denials.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">I hope this memo predates the new head of the PTO, but I fear it does not.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Judith</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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