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<font face="AvenirNext-Regular">Thank you, Richard, the revisions are perfect. Hope the group hit 100 signatures!</font>
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<div><font face="AvenirNext-Regular">Jean Macheledt</font><br>
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<div><font face="AvenirNext-Regular">Macheledt Bales LLP</font></div>
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<div>On Apr 1, 2025, at 1:16 PM, Richard Straussman via Pct <pct@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:</div>
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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">
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</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>
</span><span class="c12"><strong>main</strong></span> <span class="c6">973.403.9940<br>
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973.403.9944</span><span class="c11"><br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rstraussman@weitzmanip.com">rstraussman@weitzmanip.com</a></span><span class="c11"><br>
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</span><span class="c14"><strong><a href="http://www.weitzmanip.com/" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">http://www.weitzmanip.com</a><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>
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<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>
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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>
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<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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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>
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<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> wrote:</font></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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</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>
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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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</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">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">
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span 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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<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 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#263e0f">Thank you.</font></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#263e0f">Sincerely,</font></span></div>
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<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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