[Patentpractice] USPTO welcome letters

[Carl Oppedahl]

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  “how much more can they waste our time” ...

I know the Welcome Letter was previously discussed, but today I found 10 
or more WELCOME.LET2 in our daily eOA along with a corresponding M327 
document (Miscellaneous Incoming Communication to Applicant-No Action 
Count).  Welcome Letter TWO was mailed about 10+ days following an 
office action.

What a huge waste of time on our part – especially linking it to an M327 
document which generally has an important communication with it.  Unless 
I’m wrong, these Welcome Letters aren’t extremely important…

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