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    <p>If they really cared about this, they would designate one or two
      USPTO people to be stated liaisons to the e-Trademarks listserv. <br>
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    <p>If the Commissioner for Trademarks really cared about this, he
      would have answered our August 7, 2021 letter about TEAS that you
      can see at <a
href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/commissioner-for-trademarks-responds-to-the-fifty-four-trademark-practitioners/"
        class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://blog.oppedahl.com/commissioner-for-trademarks-responds-to-the-fifty-four-trademark-practitioners/</a>
      .   He failed to answer that letter.  When I managed to extract a
      verbal response from him, which I accomplished only because he and
      I were both on the faculty of a CLE event, he said he would do
      what we asked in mid-2022.  Notice by the way that he did not
      actually do it in mid-2022 as promised.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/12/2023 9:08 AM, Kevin Grierson
      via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
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class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><img
style="width:6.25in;height:.3229in" id="_x0000_i1060"
src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/USPTO/2022/10/6650664/qa_original.png"
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
                              <div align="center">
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style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0"
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id="abe-column-block-6feef036-34ac-49aa-aa93-da30965508df">
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                                                          <td
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                                                          <h1
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in">
                                                          <span
style="font-size:34.0pt;color:#50738F">Trademark Alert<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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style="padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt">
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style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:right" align="right"><img
style="width:1.2291in;height:.6875in" id="_x0000_i1059"
src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/USPTO/2022/10/6650682/uspto-footer-logo-original_original.jpg"
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0"
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
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                                                          <h2
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in">
                                                          <span
class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;color:black">We</span></span><span
class="textrun"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;color:black">
                                                          </span></span><span
class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;color:black">want</span></span><span
class="textrun"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;color:black">
                                                          </span></span><span
class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;color:black">your
                                                          feedback:</span></span><span
class="textrun"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;color:black"> </span></span><span
class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;color:black">Sign up
                                                          as a</span></span><span
class="textrun"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;color:black">
                                                          </span></span><span
class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;color:black">customer
                                                          experience
                                                          volunteer
                                                          today</span></span><span
style="font-size:16.5pt;color:black">
                                                          <o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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                                                          <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                                          <span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">At the United States Patent and
                                                          Trademark
                                                          Office
                                                          (USPTO), we
                                                          strive to
                                                          continuously
                                                          improve the
                                                          trademark
                                                          filing
                                                          experience.
                                                          You can help
                                                          inform these
                                                          improvements
                                                          by signing up
                                                          as a
                                                          <a
href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vdXNwdG8uZ292MS5xdWFsdHJpY3MuY29tL2pmZS9mb3JtL1NWX2Q2WjdyTW5oUjdrQ3dqWT91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249c3Vic2NyaXB0aW9uY2VudGVyJnV0bV9jb250ZW50PSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9uYW1lPSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5JnV0bV90ZXJtPSIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzEyMTIuODcwMDMwNDEifQ.MKyIhVYP-KEkyb5Yk-cTLpsu48Q-y_gB6N-PZdfcXZQ/s/533029974/br/232819504234-l"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">
                                                          <span
style="color:#0000EE">volunteer</span></a> to share your feedback with
                                                          us.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                                          <span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Customer experience volunteer
                                                          opportunities
                                                          include: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <ul
style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
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class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                                          <span
style="font-size:10.5pt">Participating in interviews and surveys  <o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                                          <li
class="MsoNormal"
style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:11.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                                          <span
style="font-size:10.5pt">Beta testing new systems  <o:p></o:p></span></li>
                                                          </ul>
                                                          </div>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                                          <span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">We use the feedback to enhance our
                                                          systems to
                                                          better meet
                                                          your needs. In
                                                          a previous
                                                          survey, we
                                                          learned that
                                                          as applicants
                                                          complete forms
                                                          in the
                                                          Trademark
                                                          Electronic
                                                          Application
                                                          System (TEAS),
                                                          they expect
                                                          better
                                                          functions when
                                                          saving,
                                                          clearer
                                                          instructions,
                                                          and
                                                          transparency
                                                          of the total
                                                          cost to file.
                                                          As a result,
                                                          we
                                                          incorporated
                                                          that feedback
                                                          into the
                                                          design of
                                                          Trademark
                                                          Center, the
                                                          new
                                                          application
                                                          system that
                                                          will
                                                          eventually
                                                          replace
                                                          TEAS.  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                          </div>
                                                          <div>
                                                          <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                                          <span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Thank you to the thousands of
                                                          volunteers who
                                                          have already
                                                          provided
                                                          feedback. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                                                          </div>
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                                                          <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:11.25pt;margin-left:0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                                          <span
style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">To be a customer experience
                                                          volunteer and
                                                          help us
                                                          improve your
                                                          filing
                                                          experience,
                                                          click below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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class="MsoNormalTable"
style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0"
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
style="padding:0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                                          <div
                                                          align="center">
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class="MsoNormalTable"
style="border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
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                                                          <td
style="background:#008139;padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span
style="color:black"><a
href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDIsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vdXNwdG8uZ292MS5xdWFsdHJpY3MuY29tL2pmZS9mb3JtL1NWX2Q2WjdyTW5oUjdrQ3dqWT91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249c3Vic2NyaXB0aW9uY2VudGVyJnV0bV9jb250ZW50PSZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9uYW1lPSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPWdvdmRlbGl2ZXJ5JnV0bV90ZXJtPSIsImJ1bGxldGluX2lkIjoiMjAyMzEyMTIuODcwMDMwNDEifQ.8t8dqAvw7_wR7bNVVNBM8JMPHWqmZKCs6yBJ33mjxtw/s/533029974/br/232819504234-l"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><strong><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white;text-decoration:none">Sign
                                                          up to
                                                          volunteer</span></strong></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                              <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
                              <div align="center">
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style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;border-spacing: 0"
                                  width="600" cellspacing="0"
                                  cellpadding="0" border="0">
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                                    <tr
id="abe-section-row-888c271b-304c-4320-b219-be1e986514aa">
                                      <td
style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                        <div>
                                          <div align="center">
                                            <table
                                              class="MsoNormalTable"
style="max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse" cellspacing="0"
                                              cellpadding="0" border="0">
                                              <tbody>
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style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%">
                                                  <td
style="background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" valign="top">
                                                    <div align="center">
                                                      <table
class="MsoNormalTable" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"
                                                        width="100%"
                                                        cellspacing="0"
                                                        cellpadding="0"
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                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in" width="600" valign="top">
                                                          <div
id="abe-column-block-dc2973fb-bb36-4a4a-956f-993da3dbd407">
                                                          <div
                                                          align="center">
                                                          <table
class="MsoNormalTable" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"
                                                          width="100%"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
                                                          <tbody>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
style="padding:0in 15.0pt 0in 15.0pt">
                                                          <table
class="MsoNormalTable" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"
                                                          width="100%"
cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
                                                          <tbody>
                                                          <tr>
                                                          <td
style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
                                                          <p
class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><img
style="width:5.8333in;height:.0104in" id="_x0000_i1058"
src="https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/fancy_images/USPTO/2022/11/6685282/rt_original.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" width="560" height="1" border="0"><o:p></o:p></p>
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