[Patentpractice] Snail mail from the USPTO

[steve at hoffberglaw.com]

Has anyone else had problems with DOCX removing application footers (and therefore leaving the pages without numbering and then complaining about it)?  The headers are not stripped.



This has happened for only one application document, but was persistent for that document.  There was not apparent trigger (embedded codes, etc.) for this behavior.



Very truly yours,



Steven M. Hoffberg

Hoffberg & Associates

29  Buckout Road

West Harrison, NY 10604

(914) 949-2300 tel

(845) 625-2547 fax

 <mailto:steve at hoffberglaw.com> steve at hoffberglaw.com

 <https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoffberg/> https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoffberg/



Emails and attachments received from us may be confidential and/or protected by the attorney-client privilege, as attorney work-product or based on other privileges or provisions of law. If you are not designated as an intended recipient of this email, do not read, copy, use, forward or disclose the email or any of its attachments to others. Instead, immediately notify the sender by replying to this email and then delete it from your system. We strictly prohibit any unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or use of emails or attachments sent by us to other than the intended recipient. This communication does not create any legal obligations on behalf of the sender, unless executed in a manner indicating an intent to be bound.



From: Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of Randall Svihla via Patentpractice
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 11:41 AM
To: For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
Cc: Randall Svihla <rsvihla at nsiplaw.com>
Subject: Re: [Patentpractice] Snail mail from the USPTO



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 <mailto:patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> > On Behalf Of Krista Jacobsen via Patentpractice
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2024 9:51 AM
To: For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto:patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com> >
Cc: Krista Jacobsen <krista at jacobseniplaw.com <mailto: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?



------------------------------------------

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>



--
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
www.avast.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://oppedahl-lists.com/pipermail/patentpractice_oppedahl-lists.com/attachments/20240411/39433ab9/attachment.html>