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FELTEN, DANIEL S  (DANIEL S FELTEN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3696)  8/30/2008
obviousness  (DANIEL S FELTEN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3696)  8/30/2008
Baldwin couple arrested, charged with identity theft  (ANAND S JAILALL)  (GROUP ART UNIT 4173 )  8/27/2008
Helpful  (BENJAMIN LAYNO)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3711 )  8/19/2008
Organized, coherent rejection - overall good work product  (JAMES S   WOZNIAK)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2626 )  8/13/2008
Awful - no understanding of the law, rules, or the technology  (JOSEPH (JOE) D   WONG)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2168 )  8/5/2008
MORON  (ANDREW W SUTTON)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3765 )  8/4/2008
We need more examiners like Mr. Keefer  (MICHAEL E KEEFER)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2154 )  7/28/2008
Great Examiner for Software Arts  (MICHAEL E KEEFER)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2154 )  7/28/2008
thorough and tough  (GREGORY J STRIMBU)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3634 )  7/24/2008
Excellent patent examiner  (JULIA SLUTSKER)  (GROUP ART UNIT 4193 )  7/22/2008
Helpful SPE  (KAMINI S SHAH)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2128 )  7/16/2008
Experiences with Examiner Jackson  (MONIQUE R JACKSON)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1794 )  7/16/2008
Has anyone heard of this USPTO policy?  (MANJUNATH N RAO)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1647 )  7/14/2008
Very Helpful  (KAJ K OLSEN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1792 )  7/14/2008
Very Helpful  (JILL A WARDEN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1797 )  7/14/2008
Does not know difference between anticipation and obviousness  (AMY T LANG)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3731 )  7/10/2008
needs to be fired  (RICARDO J PALABRICA)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3663 )  7/10/2008
Anyone deal with this Examiner?  (JOSEPH D TORRES)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2624 )  7/8/2008
TODD, GREGORY G not good Examiner  (GREGORY G TODD)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2157 )  7/2/2008
She issued the best OA I have ever seen come out of the USPTO  (CHERIE M   WOODWARD)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1647 )  7/1/2008
Lazy  (TERRELL H MATTHEWS)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3653 )  6/30/2008
Outstanding  (JIMMY T NGUYEN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3725 )  6/27/2008
Kudos Meera!  (MEERA NATARAJAN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1643 )  6/27/2008
Unintelligble Writing  (NAM V NGUYEN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2612 )  6/26/2008
Fantastic Source of Information  (CHRISTOPHER (CHRIS) L CHIN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1641 )  6/19/2008
dissatisfaction guaranteed  (CHARLES D GARBER)  (GROUP ART UNIT 4125 )  6/10/2008
Dissatisfaction guaranteed  (CHARLES D GARBER)  (GROUP ART UNIT 4125 )  6/9/2008
RATE YOUR SPE / PRIMARY  (RATE YOUR SPE)  (9999)  6/6/2008
By far and away the greatest examiner who ever lived.  (BRUCE A   WITZENBURG)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2166 )  6/4/2008
Brilliant  (FORD JANET L EPPS)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1633 )  6/2/2008
thinks outside the box  (KARLHEINZ R SKOWRONEK)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1631 )  6/2/2008
Office Action  (TIMOTHY J NEAL)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3731 )  6/2/2008
"New Matter"?  (STUART SNYDER)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1648 )  5/29/2008
Unintelligible Office Actions  (TSUNG YIN (TSUNG-YIN) TSAI)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2624 )  5/28/2008
The best of the best  (STUART F BAUM)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1638 )  5/28/2008
Did a very good job on this one  (DAVID E HARVEY)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2621 )  5/23/2008
hard work has a new name: Garrett A Smith  (GARRETT A SMITH)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2168 )  5/23/2008
70% Allowance Rate  (LESZEK B KILIMAN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1794 )  5/22/2008
58% Allowance Rate  (VIVIAN CHEN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1794 )  5/22/2008
40% Allowance Rate  (EDWARD M JOHNSON)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1793 )  5/22/2008
28.6% Allowance Rate  (JAMES FIORITO)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1793 )  5/22/2008
50% Allowance Rate  (JOHN J KRECK)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3672 )  5/22/2008
My Most Difficult  (WILLIAM D CUMMING)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2617 )  5/8/2008
0% Allowance Rate  (KEVIN R KRUER)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1794 )  5/6/2008
66.7% Allowance Rate  (DHIRAJLAL S NAKARANI)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1794 )  5/5/2008
31.3% Allowance Rate  (MONIQUE R JACKSON)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1794 )  5/5/2008
Primary Examiner on telephonic interview.  (EUGENIA   WANG)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2617 )  5/1/2008
By far and away the greatest examiner who ever lived.  (BRUCE A   WITZENBURG)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2166 )  4/21/2008
Knowledgeable  (KEVIN T TRUONG)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3734 )  4/9/2008
Knowledgeable  (MICHAEL G MENDOZA)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3734 )  4/9/2008
Competent  (MANUEL A MENDEZ)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3763 )  4/9/2008
Helpful  (CHERYL L MILLER)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3738 )  4/9/2008
Call Him First  (BRIAN E PELLEGRINO)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3738 )  4/9/2008
Helpful  (JONATHAN M FOREMAN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3736 )  4/9/2008
Knowledgeable  (MAX F HINDENBURG)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3736 )  4/9/2008
wrote a good and thorough office action  (NATHAN A MITCHELL)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2617 )  4/4/2008
i never met a man like sam dillon  (SAMUEL A DILLON)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2185 )  4/1/2008
This Examiner is a Stud!  (JOSEPH F EDELL)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3636 )  3/28/2008
Makes Examining Look Good  (JESSE R MOLL)  (GROUP ART UNIT 2181 )  3/17/2008
Carbon Nanotube Expert  (STUART L HENDRICKSON)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1793 )  3/17/2008
Already Known  (STUART L HENDRICKSON)  (GROUP ART UNIT 1793 )  3/12/2008
Allow only one patent application per year  (VINCENT A MILLIN)  (TECHNOLOGY CENTER 3600 )  3/9/2008
JILA M MOHANDESI  (JILA M MOHANDESI)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3728 )  3/7/2008
KELLY S CAMPEN  (KELLY S CAMPEN)  (GROUP ART UNIT 3691 )  3/6/2008

Trademark Examiners Add Post
Rude  (MICHAEL R TANNER )  (LAW OFFICE 117 )  8/27/2008
Helpful and professional  (TANYA L AMOS )  (LAW OFFICE 113 )  3/29/2008
Amazing  (WILLIAM (PATRICK) P SHANAHAN)  (LAW OFFICE 116 )  3/18/2008

Law Firms Add Post
Oliff and Berridge Anonymous  8/12/2008
Attorneys that waste examiners time Anonymous  8/12/2008
Attorneys that don't return phone calls Anonymous  7/16/2008
Oblan Spivak, aka The Worthless Firm that Requests Personal Interviews ad nauseum. Anonymous  7/9/2008
Worst Firm - An Examiner's Perspective. bababooey  5/22/2008
Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz pto7162  6/22/2008
Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman pto7162  5/27/2008
Farrell IP Law firm pto7162  5/19/2008
Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey Tyson's Corner Anonymous  5/27/2008
Danamraj & Youst, P.C. Patents pto7162  5/27/2008
Peter Zura (Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP) EPOexaminer  4/2/2008


General Discussions Add Post
RATIONAL IGNORANCE AT THE PATENT OFFICE Anonymous  9/5/2008
Foriegn Translations Anonymous  9/5/2008
Infinite retreat Anonymous  8/5/2008
IT Support Anonymous  5/27/2008
NEED HELP ON HOW MUCH A TRADEMARK THROUGH USPTO WOULD COST jeangray09  6/6/2008
Becoming a Trademark Examiner Anonymous  5/31/2008
RSS would be nice Anonymous  5/29/2008
Anonymous Button Admin  5/27/2008


Requests and Suggestions Add Post
Adding law firms? Anonymous  6/19/2008
Free Job Posting admin  6/2/2008
Inclusion of Art Unit Patent Guy  5/23/2008

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