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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif"> Patentpractice &lt;patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dan Feigelson via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 29, 2025 1:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. &lt;patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Dan Feigelson &lt;djf@iliplaw.com&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Patentpractice] USPTO wasting our time with stupid notices<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Suzannah, why do you mock the people at the USPTO for sending these notices? I was losing sleep, wondering where the ceremonial copies of the patents are. I was
 worrying about how to tell the clients that I don't yet have their ceremonial<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Suzannah, why do you mock the people at the USPTO for sending these notices?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was <b>losing sleep</b>, wondering where the ceremonial copies of the patents are.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was worrying about how to tell the clients that I don't yet have their ceremonial copies. Sure, it's not my fault,&nbsp;but do they care? They want those ceremonial&nbsp;copies!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But now I point to these notices, legitimately blame the PTO, and sleep soundly at night.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And we can all bill our clients for docketing these notices, they don't care how much we charge, right?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What I really wonder, though, is in what ceremony are these copies meant to be employed?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Weddings?&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bar mitzvahs?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Communion?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cotillion?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Homecoming?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rain dances?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 7:35<span style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice &lt;<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt; wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="m8592354070452590211grame">So</span> the USPTO is now wasting our time with sending out Notices of delayed ceremonial copies for each patent\u2026 &lt;sigh&gt;<o:p></o:p></p>
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