<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">This may be a time for those with doctorates to sign as "Dr." or with "PhD" after their names.<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Apr 1, 2025, at 3:16 PM, Richard Straussman via Pct <<a href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com" class="">pct@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="">We will consider implementing your suggestions.<br class=""><br class=""></font><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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font-size: 8pt;"><br class=""></span><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="moz-cite-prefix" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Monaco; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">On 4/1/2025 3:09 PM, jeanmach<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mbh-law.com/" class="">mbh-law.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>via Pct wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:602C95B7-91D4-484A-9BA1-A0893DCD4B5F@mbh-law.com" style="font-family: Monaco; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><div class="">Thank you, Richard. Signed.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Are you willing to entertain a few amendments :) to the flow of the first full<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">para</i> of of p.2 of your very well-drafted letter?</div><div class="">—————————— </div><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class="">In your nomination hearing, you highlighted how American ingenuity will be crucial to putting</font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class="">America first:</font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• “winning the AI race” while minimizing American vulnerabilities to foreign cyberattacks</font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• reclaiming, monetizing and protecting semiconductor manufacturing in America</font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class=""><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 class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span>• leading the world in 5G and 6G.</font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class=""><u class="">In proclaiming these initiatives, you’ve outlined</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<strike class="">Which is</strike>] why we applaud David for envisioning a more effective and efficient USPTO that capably [<strike class="">knowledgeably</strike>] protects solutions to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">each</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<strike class="">all those initiatives</strike>], while balancing the needs of all actors. [<strike class="">Perhaps</strike>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">One thing we all can agree on is that</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a highly-functioning, state-of-the-art USPTO [<strike class="">is</strike>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">will continue as</u> the hub of the wheel that harnesses and</font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class="">rewards innovation [<strike class="">,</strike>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">while</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>achiev[<strike class="">es</strike>]<u class="">ing</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>multiple goals<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">for a wide set of stakeholders</u> [<strike class="">and inspires more win-win-wins</strike>]. Could “growing the pie” be [<strike class="">that</strike>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">this</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>simple?</font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class="">His ability to see these cooperative opportunities is why David is revered by his peers . . .</font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class="">We advocate for David as the unique voice to offer win-win-win solutions for the administration,</font></div><div class=""><font color="#5a1c00" class="">USPTO leadership and frontline staff, as well as us—the “customers.”</font><font color="#5c0700" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font>{<i class="">perfect para to use</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>"win-win-win”}</div></div></blockquote><div class="">—————————— </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 class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">Take good care,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jean Macheledt | 970.218.6798</div><div class="">Registered Patent Attorney</div><div class="">Macheledt Bales LLP |<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mbh-law.com/" class="">mbh-law.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">———————— <br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><font color="#263e0f" class="">On Apr 1, 2025, at 10:02 AM, PTAAARMIGAN LLC via Pct<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pct@oppedahl-lists.com"><pct@oppedahl-lists.com></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:</font></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class="">Dear Colleagues:</font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class=""> </font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class="">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<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u class="">please</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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;" class=""> Signatures close at 5PM eastern Wednesday.</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class="">The endorsement letter is here:</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class=""><span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m7wiQ-tX8fRmgavL9MB8F3ZNA838j5IA/view?usp=drive_link" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m7wiQ-tX8fRmgavL9MB8F3ZNA838j5IA/view?usp=drive_link</a></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><font color="#263e0f" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""></span></font></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class="">The signup list is here.</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v_6FHYq-AQZEfUYqhRKV5ogWNlpYcrtu/edit?usp=sharing_eil&rtpof=true&sd=true&ts=67ec0993" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v_6FHYq-AQZEfUYqhRKV5ogWNlpYcrtu/edit?usp=sharing_eil&rtpof=true&sd=true&ts=67ec0993</a><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></span></font></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""></div></blockquote><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class="">I will sign on behalf of the organization PTAAARMIGAN, and we’ll list individual signatories below that.</font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class=""> </font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class="">If you would like to add an endorsement note (a sentence or a paragraph), please send it to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ptaaarmigan@ptaaarmigan.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" style="text-decoration: underline;">ptaaarmigan@ptaaarmigan.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and we’ll include it at the bottom of the letter below the list of individual signatories.<br class=""></font></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class=""> </font></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class="">Thank you.</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class=""><br class=""></font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" class=""><font color="#263e0f" class="">Sincerely,</font></span></div><div class=""><font color="#263e0f" class=""> <br class=""><font size="3" class=""><span class=""><b class="">Richard Straussman</b></span><span class=""><span class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span></span><b class=""><span class="">Senior Counsel</span><span class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></span><span class="">Registered Patent Attorney</span><span class=""><br class=""></span></b><span class="">Member NY, NJ & CT Bars</span><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class=""><b class="">. . . . . . . . . . . . . .</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class=""></span><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class=""><b class="">Weitzman Law Offices, LLC</b></span></font><span class=""><font size="3" class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class=""><b class="">Intellectual Property Law</b></span><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class="">425 Eagle Rock Avenue, Suite 401</span><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class="">Roseland, NJ 07068</span><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class=""><b class="">direct line</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">973.403.9943<br class=""></span><span class=""><b class="">main</b></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">973.403.9940<br class=""></span><span class=""><b class="">fax</b></span><span class=""></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">973.403.9944</span><span class=""><br class=""></span><span class=""><b class="">e-mail</b></span><span class=""></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class=""><a href="mailto:rstraussman@weitzmanip.com" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">rstraussman@weitzmanip.com</a></span><span class=""><br class=""><br class=""></span></font><span class=""><b class=""><a href="http://www.weitzmanip.com/" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class=""><font size="3" class="">http://www.weitzmanip.com</font></a><br class=""></b></span></span></font></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6pt;"><font color="#263e0f" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class="">P<font size="2" class="">TAAARMIGAN (Patent and Trademark Agents, Attorneys, and Applicants for Restoration and Maintenance of Integrity in Government and Against Nonfeasance)</font></span></b><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri;" class=""></span></font></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#263e0f" class=""><a href="mailto:ptaaarmigan@ptaaarmigan.org" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">ptaaarmigan@ptaaarmigan.org</a></font></p></div></div></div><font size="3" class="">Pct mailing list<br class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Pct@oppedahl-lists.com">Pct@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br class=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/pct_oppedahl-lists.com">http://oppedahl-lists.com/mailman/listinfo/pct_oppedahl-lists.com</a><br class=""></font></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><fieldset class="moz-mime-attachment-header"></fieldset></blockquote><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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