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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">What has gotten into the USPTO?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">To name just a few, I am running into the following problems:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Application has been filed and still 4+ months later, no filing receipt issued.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Issue fee paid and still 2+ months no Issue Notification issued.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Other times an issue notification is issued, but the date for the letters patent to issue has past and still not showing up in file wrapper.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Several PCT applications filed, and 6 months later, they are still under secrecy review.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">Has the USPTO laid people off, or have people up and quit, or what else is the USPTO’s problem?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">When I have called, all I get is a call reference number.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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