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<p class="MsoNormal">Note that USPTO reports that as of 7:31AM this morning the TEAS save feature has been restored:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#444444;mso-ligatures:none">Thursday Dec 14, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="current-events994"></a><span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#333333;mso-ligatures:none">Current Events<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events994">https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/entry/current-events994</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Erik<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3C3F">Erik M Pelton</span></strong><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3C3F"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D3C3F">Founder & Lead Attorney<br>
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#9A9A9A">phone: 703-525-8009</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#727272"><a href="https://www.erikpelton.com/about/"><span style="font-size:8.0pt">bio</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#727272"> for
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