[Patentpractice] Is the PTO still sending "ceremonial" paper copies?

[Timothy Snowden]

Yep, I just received another one earlier this week.

On 6/6/2025 2:59 PM, Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice wrote:
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> I have a pile of them about 4 feet thick…
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> I told my clients I wasn’t going to send the ceremonial copies unless 
> they specifically asked for them (because of the extra costs in 
> service and courier fees)… I also told them that I would throw them 
> away after X amount of time.
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> Problem is that I feel like the moment I trash them, some client is 
> going to ask for them… and so here I am with this ridiculous growing 
> pile of stupidity that I don’t know what to do with…
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> I’ve been thinking that once the USPTO stops sending the ceremonial 
> copies, I am then going to send big “gift” boxes to the clients with 
> all their ceremonial copies that I have been collecting…
>
> It’s sort of like Amazon boxes… very hard to throw away a perfectly 
> good box that I’m never going to use… but just in case I might need a 
> box of a given size… <sigh>
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> *Subject:* [Patentpractice] Is the PTO still sending "ceremonial" 
> paper copies?
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> Or is it purely electronic now?
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> I wish they'd make it a check box -- some clients REALLY want the 
> paper copy with the red and gold ribbon.  For some it's a nuisance 
> that they affirmatively do NOT want.  I wish the PTO had asked us...
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