I apologize if this was already covered in the group and I missed it.
If you go to http://pair.uspto.gov you can plug in a US patent number and
get lots of things that can't be gotten online any other way. For example,
you can see the entire prosecution history, the attorney docket number, and
the payor number.
Carl Oppedahl
Oppedahl & Larson LLP
http://www.patents.com
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