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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/20/2025 8:11 PM, Benjamin Keim
via Patentpractice wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I just heard from a SPE that: </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Acting Commissioner Valencia Martin
Wallace sent out instructions today to the examiners that
they are required to conduct interviews when they are
requested by the applicant in order to further prosecution.
Hopefully, you and all other practitioners don't experience
a detrimental impact.</span></p>
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<p>Thank you for posting.</p>
<p>I wonder if the Examiners will get "an hour" for the interview
like in the old days? Or are the Examiners being instructed to do
it for free?</p>
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