[Patentpractice] USPTO welcome letters

[John Hammond]

Perhaps it would be appropriate to file a formal Reply to the letter, stating with due decorum and courtesy how useless the letter and Patent and Ass. Center are.

John

 

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I think the welcome letters are narcissistic.

And then we get the once-a-week emails from the USPTO detailing "USPTO events for the next two weeks".   I cannot imagine any category of reader who would find those emails helpful in any way.

On 2/22/2024 3:53 AM, Suzannah K. Sundby wrote:

Agreed.

 

Imo, the Welcome Letters are Vidal trying to justify herself… “But we’re nice and welcoming… <shows letter>… even if our software ‘improvements’ are not user friendly…”

 

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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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