Yes, I am currently working on a provisional with him. To be clear, he does not work for the USPTO. He helps companies file patents and has taken a test to prove that he is capable of doing so.
Yeah, I know someone exactly like this. I was asking because I was wondering if this person I know was still working during the shutdown, or if things had possibly gotten so backed up that they couldn't do any more work until the government re-opened and they were furloughed by their employer.
