Phil Decker
@phildecker.bsky.social
Patent attorney, retired USPTO patent examiner, and presently a sailor living on and working from my sailboat Catmandu somewhere on the east coast of the US.
We lost our sailboat engine! Read my latest blog to find out what happened. undertheboom.com/youve-lost-t...
“You’ve lost that SQUEEZING feeling!” | Under the Boom
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December 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We lost our sailboat engine! Read my latest blog to find out what happened. undertheboom.com/youve-lost-t...
Has your utility patent application been stewing unexamined at the USPTO for months on end? Shorten the claims to be eligible for expedited examination under the “Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program.” #patent #inventor #invention www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is implementing the Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program to evaluate how having a limited number of claims under examination impacts pendency and e...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Has your utility patent application been stewing unexamined at the USPTO for months on end? Shorten the claims to be eligible for expedited examination under the “Streamlined Claim Set Pilot Program.” #patent #inventor #invention www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Kay has just published a heart-felt blog about "Going Home, Again." She shares our nautical journey from Florida to Annapolis, and the start of our voyage going back. Please enjoy, and leave us a comment in the blog! undertheboom.com/going-home-a...
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Kay has just published a heart-felt blog about "Going Home, Again." She shares our nautical journey from Florida to Annapolis, and the start of our voyage going back. Please enjoy, and leave us a comment in the blog! undertheboom.com/going-home-a...
Please enjoy Kay's latest blog in Under The Boom! Kay tells our story of sailing Catmandu from Spanish Wells, in the Bahamas, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Please enjoy Kay's latest blog in Under The Boom! Kay tells our story of sailing Catmandu from Spanish Wells, in the Bahamas, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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undertheboom.com/going-home/
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@kaydoll.bsky.social and I are busy making repairs after our trip to the Bahamas so we can go cruising again! Here, Kay holds up a piece of frayed topping lift we replaced. Our prop shaft coupler that was throwing nuts has been fixed, we replaced the wind instrument, fixed the autopilot, and more.
June 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
@kaydoll.bsky.social and I are busy making repairs after our trip to the Bahamas so we can go cruising again! Here, Kay holds up a piece of frayed topping lift we replaced. Our prop shaft coupler that was throwing nuts has been fixed, we replaced the wind instrument, fixed the autopilot, and more.
Please enjoy Kay Dolliver Decker's latest blog entry about SV Catmandu sailing from Port Lucaya on Grant Bahama Island to Royal Island Harbour in the Eleuthera Island chain. #sailing #cruising #bahamas #catalina380 undertheboom.com/uneventful/
Uneventful | Under the Boom
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May 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Please enjoy Kay Dolliver Decker's latest blog entry about SV Catmandu sailing from Port Lucaya on Grant Bahama Island to Royal Island Harbour in the Eleuthera Island chain. #sailing #cruising #bahamas #catalina380 undertheboom.com/uneventful/
Kay and I published a new blog about how we do things on our sailboat Catmandu when we are at anchor! We have been living "on the hook" in Spanish Wells, Bahamas, for the past three weeks. Give it a read! undertheboom.com/how-do-we/ #sailboat #anchoring #Bahamas
How Do We …. | Under the Boom
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May 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Kay and I published a new blog about how we do things on our sailboat Catmandu when we are at anchor! We have been living "on the hook" in Spanish Wells, Bahamas, for the past three weeks. Give it a read! undertheboom.com/how-do-we/ #sailboat #anchoring #Bahamas
Please enjoy the blog I just published about importing parts to the Bahamas to fix our mainsail on SV Catmandu. undertheboom.com/remember-the...
Remember the Main! | Under the Boom
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May 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Please enjoy the blog I just published about importing parts to the Bahamas to fix our mainsail on SV Catmandu. undertheboom.com/remember-the...
@kaydoll.bsky.social has a new blog post about our travels on SV Catmandu. This one is about our time at Port Lucaya on Grand Bahama Island.
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The Sailboat that Couldn’t Sail | Under the Boom
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May 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
@kaydoll.bsky.social has a new blog post about our travels on SV Catmandu. This one is about our time at Port Lucaya on Grand Bahama Island.
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undertheboom.com/the-sailboat...
Kay and I had ice cream at Papa’s Scoops in Spanish Wells, Bahamas, last night!
April 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Kay and I had ice cream at Papa’s Scoops in Spanish Wells, Bahamas, last night!
My Monday office on Catmandu near Spanish Wells, Bahamas.
April 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My Monday office on Catmandu near Spanish Wells, Bahamas.
Please enjoy a new blog post by @kaydoll.bsky.social about our time sailing to West End, Bahamas! undertheboom.com/the-kindness...
The Kindness of Strangers | Under the Boom
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April 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Please enjoy a new blog post by @kaydoll.bsky.social about our time sailing to West End, Bahamas! undertheboom.com/the-kindness...
Please enjoy Kay's latest blog about SV Catmandu clearing in to the Bahamas with some "dinghy drama"! undertheboom.com/dinghy-drama...
Dinghy Drama and Docktails | Under the Boom
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March 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Please enjoy Kay's latest blog about SV Catmandu clearing in to the Bahamas with some "dinghy drama"! undertheboom.com/dinghy-drama...
Please enjoy Kay's new blog post on Crossing the Gulf Stream! It was our first time! undertheboom.com/crossing-the...
Crossing the Gulf Stream | Under the Boom
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March 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Please enjoy Kay's new blog post on Crossing the Gulf Stream! It was our first time! undertheboom.com/crossing-the...
Kay Dolliver Decker and I watched the launch of #SpaceX #Starship 8 live on our laptop yesterday, 3/6/25. When we saw it had gone out of control, we stepped outside and watched the explosion. I got about a minute of footage before my GoPro battery died. Enjoy! youtu.be/1XA85gI3yiQ
Starship 8
YouTube video by Phil Decker
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March 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Kay Dolliver Decker and I watched the launch of #SpaceX #Starship 8 live on our laptop yesterday, 3/6/25. When we saw it had gone out of control, we stepped outside and watched the explosion. I got about a minute of footage before my GoPro battery died. Enjoy! youtu.be/1XA85gI3yiQ
Please enjoy Kay's latest blog entry in Under the Boom! Kay describes our preparation for sailing to the Bahamas. undertheboom.com/ready-set/
Ready, Set, . . . | Under the Boom
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March 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Please enjoy Kay's latest blog entry in Under the Boom! Kay describes our preparation for sailing to the Bahamas. undertheboom.com/ready-set/
I have a new article in Practical Sailor magazine that was just posted! It is about marine air conditioning. Enjoy! www.practical-sailor.com/blog/where-c...
Where Credit Is Due: Citimarine Air Conditioner Customer Service - Practical Sailor
After a Citimarine AC unit failed, their excellent customer service organized replacement and install—the unit and has worked well since then.
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March 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I have a new article in Practical Sailor magazine that was just posted! It is about marine air conditioning. Enjoy! www.practical-sailor.com/blog/where-c...
Give blood! 6 gallon donor.
February 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Give blood! 6 gallon donor.
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Marbury v Madison is a seminal case from 1803 that holds that the federal courts must determine the constitutionality of the actions of the other two branches of government. Hope that helps, Stephen.
February 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Marbury v Madison is a seminal case from 1803 that holds that the federal courts must determine the constitutionality of the actions of the other two branches of government. Hope that helps, Stephen.
Most USPTO #patent examiners are protected from return-to-office mandate due to union agreement -- for now.
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Most Patent Examiners Protected from USPTO Return-to-Office Mandate (for now) Through Union Agreement
by Dennis Crouch USPTO Commissioner for Patents Vaishali Udupa released guidance yesterday regarding the agency's implementation of President Trump's return-to-in-person …
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February 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Most USPTO #patent examiners are protected from return-to-office mandate due to union agreement -- for now.
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"Musk Aides Lock Government Workers Out of Computer Systems"
18 USC 1030:
"(a)Whoever—
(3)intentionally, without authorization to access any nonpublic computer of a department or agency of the United States, accesses such a computer of that department or agency that is exclusively for the use of the Government of the United States . . . shall be punished"
"(a)Whoever—
(3)intentionally, without authorization to access any nonpublic computer of a department or agency of the United States, accesses such a computer of that department or agency that is exclusively for the use of the Government of the United States . . . shall be punished"
February 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"Musk Aides Lock Government Workers Out of Computer Systems"