[Patentpractice] Snail mail from the USPTO

[Krista Jacobsen]

Thanks, Randall — this is helpful and good to know. 

I have filed many 371 applications over the years, and this is the first time I’ve received the filing receipt and 371 acceptance letters via snail mail. It seemed very odd, especially when both documents had already gone out via e-Office Action. 

Thanks also to Andrew for his reply. 

I suppose I should be grateful for redundant documents, which are far preferable to the alternative of no documents.

Best regards,
Krista

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Krista S. Jacobsen
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Jacobsen IP Law
krista at jacobseniplaw.com
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> On Apr 10, 2024, at 8:40 AM, Randall Svihla <rsvihla at nsiplaw.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, Krista
>  
> The U.S. Receiving Office only sends things by snail mail, and the same office processes the U.S. National Stage filings, so it appears that some documents such as filing receipts and 371 acceptance letters for U.S. National Stage applications are sometimes sent both by snail mail and e-Office Action, or maybe by snail mail only.  I'm not sure what determines how things are sent.'
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Randall S. Svihla
> NSIP Law
> Washington, D.C.
>  
>  
> From: Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of Krista Jacobsen via Patentpractice
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 9:51 AM
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> Cc: Krista Jacobsen <krista at jacobseniplaw.com>
> Subject: [Patentpractice] Snail mail from the USPTO
>  
> Yesterday when I checked my physical mailbox, I found I had received two envelopes from the USPTO. I opened them to find that they contained hardcopies of the filing receipts and 371 acceptance letters for two U.S. national-phase entries I filed in October 2023.
>  
> "Huh," I thought. "This must mean there was yet another Patent Center issue, and these documents are not yet available electronically."
>  
> But no. Electronic copies have been available in the file wrapper since March 25. I had downloaded and reviewed them already.
>  
> ??
>  
> Has anyone else received untimely hardcopies of things from the USPTO for seemingly no reason?
>  
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> Krista S. Jacobsen
> Attorney and Counselor at Law
> Jacobsen IP Law
> krista at jacobseniplaw.com <mailto:krista at jacobseniplaw.com>
> T:  408.455.5539
> www.jacobseniplaw.com <http://www.jacobseniplaw.com/>
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