[Patentpractice] Application sitting unexamined for nearly 3 years

[Krista Jacobsen]

Hi Randall,

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I guess the client should be grateful they're not working in cryptography!

Best regards,
Krista
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Krista S. Jacobsen
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Jacobsen IP Law
krista at jacobseniplaw.com
T:  408.455.5539
www.jacobseniplaw.com


On Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 4:00 PM Randall Svihla <rsvihla at nsiplaw.com> wrote:

> Hi, Krista
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> One of my neighbors is a patent examiner in the cryptography art and he
> said he is working on applications filed in 2017.
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> Best regards,
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> Randall S. Svihla
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> NSIP Law
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> Washington, D.C.
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> *From:* Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On
> Behalf Of *Krista Jacobsen via Patentpractice
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 8, 2024 5:21 PM
> *To:* For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal
> advice. <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Krista Jacobsen <krista at jacobseniplaw.com>
> *Subject:* [Patentpractice] Application sitting unexamined for nearly 3
> years
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> Hi all,
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> A client filed its first application in November 2021 and has since filed
> two more. All of them are just sitting there:
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> Other than filing continuations on Track 1 (which, I learned, can result
> in the Track 1 examiner grabbing the originally-filed application and
> examining both at the same time), is there any trick to getting the USPTO
> to move them along?
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> I feel bad for the client, which is a small company that would like to get
> some patents to help with funding. The prospect of PTA doesn't help them at
> this point.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Best regards,
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> Krista
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> Krista S. Jacobsen
>
> Attorney and Counselor at Law
>
> Jacobsen IP Law
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> krista at jacobseniplaw.com
>
> T:  408.455.5539
>
> www.jacobseniplaw.com
>
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