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</style><span class="c1"><strong>Richard Straussman</strong></span><span
        class="c3"><span class="c2"><strong><br>
          </strong></span> </span><strong><span class="c4">Senior
          Counsel</span><span class="c5"><strong><br>
          </strong></span> <span class="c6">Registered Patent Attorney</span><span
          class="c5"><br>
        </span></strong> <span class="c6">Member NY, NJ & CT Bars</span><span
        class="c5"><br>
      </span> <span class="c7"><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . .</strong></span>
      <span class="c8"></span> <span class="c5"><br>
      </span> <span class="c9"><strong>Weitzman Law Offices, LLC</strong></span><span
        class="c16"><span class="c5"><br>
        </span> <span class="c9"><strong>Intellectual Property Law</strong></span><span
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        </span> <span class="c4">425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 401</span><span
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/1/2025 3:09 PM, jeanmach
      mbh-law.com via Pct wrote:<br>
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      <div>Thank you, Richard. Signed.</div>
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      <div>Are you willing to entertain a few amendments :) to the flow
        of the first full
        <i>para</i> of of p.2 of your very well-drafted letter?</div>
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        <div><font color="#5a1c00">In your nomination hearing, you
            highlighted how American ingenuity will be crucial to
            putting</font></div>
        <div><font color="#5a1c00">America first:</font></div>
        <div><font color="#5a1c00"><span class="Apple-tab-span"
            style="white-space:pre"></span>• “winning the AI race” while
            minimizing American vulnerabilities to foreign cyberattacks</font></div>
        <div><font color="#5a1c00"><span class="Apple-tab-span"
            style="white-space:pre"></span>• reclaiming, monetizing and
            protecting semiconductor manufacturing in America</font></div>
        <div><font color="#5a1c00"><span class="Apple-tab-span"
            style="white-space:pre"></span>• maximizing the promises of
            the CHIPS and Science Act, and the BEAD program</font></div>
        <div><font color="#5a1c00"><span class="Apple-tab-span"
            style="white-space:pre"></span>• leading the world in 5G and
            6G.</font></div>
        <div><font color="#5a1c00"><br>
          </font></div>
        <div><font color="#5a1c00"><u>In proclaiming these initiatives,
              you’ve outlined</u> [<strike>Which is</strike>] why we
            applaud David for envisioning a more effective and efficient
            USPTO that capably [<strike>knowledgeably</strike>] protects
            solutions to
            <u>each</u> [<strike>all those initiatives</strike>], while
            balancing the needs of all actors. [<strike>Perhaps</strike>]
            <u>One thing we all can agree on is that</u> a
            highly-functioning, state-of-the-art USPTO [<strike>is</strike>]
            <u>will continue as</u> the hub of the wheel that harnesses
            and</font></div>
        <div><font color="#5a1c00">rewards innovation [<strike>,</strike>]
            <u>while</u> achiev[<strike>es</strike>]<u>ing</u> multiple
            goals
            <u>for a wide set of stakeholders</u> [<strike>and inspires
              more win-win-wins</strike>]. Could “growing the pie” be [<strike>that</strike>]
            <u>this</u> simple?</font></div>
        <div><font color="#5a1c00"><br>
          </font></div>
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          <div><font color="#5a1c00">His ability to see these
              cooperative opportunities is why David is revered by his
              peers . . .</font></div>
          <div><font color="#5a1c00"><br>
            </font></div>
          <div><font color="#5a1c00">We advocate for David as the unique
              voice to offer win-win-win solutions for the
              administration,</font></div>
          <div><font color="#5a1c00">USPTO leadership and frontline
              staff, as well as us—the “customers.”</font><font
              color="#5c0700">
            </font>{<i>perfect para to use</i> "win-win-win”}</div>
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      <div>—————————— </div>
      And, thank you David, for your willingness to enter the lions den!
      (Knowledgeable, brave, resolute, well balanced: none better for
      this job comes to mind.)
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          <div>Take good care,</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Jean Macheledt | 970.218.6798</div>
          <div>Registered Patent Attorney</div>
          <div>Macheledt Bales LLP | mbh-law.com</div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
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              <div><font color="#263e0f">On Apr 1, 2025, at 10:02 AM,
                  PTAAARMIGAN LLC via Pct <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com"><pct@oppedahl-lists.com></a>
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                            color="#263e0f">Dear Colleagues:</font></span></div>
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                            style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">As most
                            of you know, David Boundy has been an active
                            and generous participant in this and other
                            of Carl's listservs for many years.  David
                            is being nominated for membership on PPAC
                            where he can extend his reach have an even
                            greater and more direct voice in improving
                            the PTO for practitioners and applicants. 
                            Accordingly, I would like to ask you to each
                            <u>please</u> take a moment to give back and
                            sign a letter endorsing David Boundy for
                            membership on PPAC.</span><span
                            style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> 
                            Signatures close at 5PM eastern Wednesday.</span><span
                            style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span> 
                              <br>
                            </span></span></font></div>
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                          style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font
                            color="#263e0f">The endorsement letter is
                            here:</font></span></div>
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                          style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font
                            color="#263e0f"><span>           
                            </span><a
href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m7wiQ-tX8fRmgavL9MB8F3ZNA838j5IA/view?usp=drive_link"
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                          style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font
                            color="#263e0f">The signup list is here.</font></span></div>
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                            style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span>           
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                            color="#263e0f">I will sign on behalf of the
                            organization PTAAARMIGAN, and we’ll list
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                            color="#263e0f">If you would like to add an
                            endorsement note (a sentence or a
                            paragraph), please send it to
                            <a href="mailto:ptaaarmigan@ptaaarmigan.org"
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                              ptaaarmigan@ptaaarmigan.org</a> and we’ll
                            include it at the bottom of the letter below
                            the list of individual signatories.<br>
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                          style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font
                            color="#263e0f">Thank you.</font></span></div>
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                            color="#263e0f">Sincerely,</font></span></div>
                      <div><font color="#263e0f"> <br>
                          <font size="3"><span><b>Richard Straussman</b></span><span><span><b><br>
                                </b></span></span><b><span>Senior
                                Counsel</span><span><b><br>
                                </b></span><span>Registered Patent
                                Attorney</span><span><br>
                              </span></b><span>Member NY, NJ & CT
                              Bars</span><span><br>
                            </span><span><b>. . . . . . . . . . . . . .</b></span>
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