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Sarah Burstein | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Tried to pull up D1,000,000 on Patent Center and the system has apparently not been updated to accommodate the extra digit:

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9e343f95 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @e7f76f0d Oopsie! And everybody forgets what a big deal Y2K would have been if a bunch of developers hadn't fixed a bunch of bugs in advance.
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2c06fd8d | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @e7f76f0d Just... 🤦
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Sarah Burstein | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Workaround: Search by application number.

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Sarah Burstein | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Update: This has now been fixed.

#OneMillionDesignPatents