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    <p>Can you click on the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of the
      offending email message?<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/28/2023 7:19 AM, Jana Sanders
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              someone please remove Sarah Lau from this email
              distribution list as she has retired and is no longer at
              this email address.<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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                                            Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                            Sanders,  </span><i><span
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                                              Paralegal</span></i><span
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                                            A</span><span
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#881934">Attorneys
                                              and Counselors<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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                                          style="line-height:105%"><span
style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:maroon">Formerly:
                                            Carstens & Cahoon, LLP</span><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#881934"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                              href="tel:9723672001"
                              moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Montserrat;color:#881934">972.367.2001</span></a></span><u><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Montserrat;color:#881934">
                              ext. 117 </span></u><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:Montserrat;color:#881934">Website</span></a></span><u><span
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                                Dallas Pkwy | Suite 300 | Plano, Texas
                                750</span></a></span><u><span
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Pct
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pct-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com"><pct-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of
            </b>Andrew Berks via Pct<br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 22, 2023 4:38 PM<br>
            <b>To:</b> Carl Oppedahl <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com"><carl@oppedahl.com></a><br>
            <b>Cc:</b> Andrew Berks <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:andrew@freship.com"><andrew@freship.com></a>; for
            users of the Patent Cooperation Treaty
            <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com"><pct@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Pct] Filing at RO/IB and electing
            ISA/US - problem<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">They are still working on it. Some time
            in April they said yes we made a mistake we'll redo the
            WOSA, but then they didn't issue it until October, and they
            still didn't search the second invention. I advised the
            client to drop it and file Art 34 amendments and a demand,
            but the client called the PCT help desk and apparently they
            promised to redo the search report a third time. Some may
            find it hard to believe but many clients actually take these
            patents seriously! <o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">The 30 mo. date is in March, so the
              IPRP will probably issue after the 30 mo. date. FYI if you
              want to see the case its WO 2023/042178 A2.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<br clear="all">
              <o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 3:36 PM Carl
              Oppedahl <<a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com"
                moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">carl@oppedahl.com</a>>
              wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p>Yeah.  So there's no real question the USPTO failed to
                do what you paid the USPTO to do.<o:p></o:p></p>
              <p>So next steps.  Did you already call the PCT Help
                Desk?  If so, what happened next?<o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">On 11/22/2023 10:44 AM, Andrew
                  Berks wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal">Yes the transaction showed up
                    Financial Manager and looked normal there with the
                    correct application no. <o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at
                      10:30 AM Carl Oppedahl <<a
                        href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com" target="_blank"
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">carl@oppedahl.com</a>>
                      wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">On 11/22/2023 9:00 AM, Andrew
                        Berks via Pct wrote:<br>
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                            <p class="MsoNormal">I had a problem earlier
                              this year in another case filed at the
                              RO/IB and electing the ISA/US. First of
                              all, I frequently recommend the ISA/US
                              with small entity clients because the
                              search fee is lower with small
                              entity prices. The problem was that the
                              ISA/US made a unity of invention objection
                              and issued an invitation to pay an
                              additional search fee. The client was OK
                              with this, but this case did not appear on
                              Patent Center/EFSweb/Private PAIR -
                              because it was filed at RO/IB. We had to
                              pay the fee with a credit card form that
                              was faxed, which is really ridiculous.
                              Putting full credit card info on a paper
                              and faxing it is not secure. The fee
                              payment form was clearly marked with what
                              the money was for - the additional search
                              fees. 
                              <o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal">But the people who do
                                the searching didn't get the message
                                that the additional fees were paid and
                                issued the WOSA without searching the
                                second invention. Bottom line - this bad
                                WOSA was issued in March 2023 and as of
                                today (Nov. 21, 2023) this situation is
                                still not resolved. <o:p></o:p></p>
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