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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
class="c9"><br>
</span> <span class="c4">425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 401</span><span
class="c5"><br>
</span> <span class="c4">Roseland, NJ 07068</span><span
class="c11"><br>
</span> <span class="c12"><strong>direct line</strong></span> <span
class="c6">973.403.9943<br>
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class="c6">973.403.9940<br>
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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>
<div>
<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.)
<div><br>
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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>
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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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<div
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font
color="#263e0f">Dear Colleagues:</font></span></div>
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<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font color="#263e0f"><span
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>
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<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span
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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<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span
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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<div
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font
color="#263e0f">I will sign on behalf of the
organization PTAAARMIGAN, and we’ll list
individual signatories below that.</font></span></div>
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font
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<div
style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span
style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font
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"
style="text-decoration: underline;"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">
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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<div
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font
color="#263e0f">Thank you.</font></span></div>
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<div
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style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font
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>
<span></span><span><br>
</span><span><b>Weitzman Law Offices, LLC</b></span></font><span><font
size="3"><span><br>
</span><span><b>Intellectual Property Law</b></span><span><br>
</span><span>425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite
401</span><span><br>
</span><span>Roseland, NJ 07068</span><span><br>
</span><span><b>direct line</b></span> <span>973.403.9943<br>
</span><span><b>main</b></span> <span>973.403.9940<br>
</span><span><b>fax</b></span><span></span>
<span>973.403.9944</span><span><br>
</span><span><b>e-mail</b></span><span></span>
<span><a
href="mailto:rstraussman@weitzmanip.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rstraussman@weitzmanip.com</a></span><span><br>
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