[Patentpractice] Provisional Application Numbers?

[Carl Oppedahl]

was one filed in EFS-Web and the other in Patent Center?  I guess not.

Was one filed on paper and the other electronically?  I'd guess not.

On 4/25/2024 10:50 AM, Catherine Van Houten via Patentpractice wrote:
>
> Has anyone else noticed that provisional application numbers are not 
> sequentially in order?
>
> Prov 1, filed in January is 63/625###.
>
> Prov 2, filed the next day in January is 63/557###.
>
> Prov 3, filed a full month after Prov 2 is only 10 digits greater than 
> Prov 2.
>
> A client has asked about this, so I wonder if anyone in the group 
> knows why the numbers are not in order. All three applications were 
> electronically filed by the same paralegal sponsored by the same 
> practitioner, and with the same PTO customer number.
>
> Cathy
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