<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Check PTO/TMEP on difference of wrong applicant and mistake.<div><br></div><div>Daniel Kegan<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 31, 2024, at 1:52 PM, Montgomery, Alexander P. via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);">I’m inheriting an application where the CEO of a corporation filed an application (pro se) for the corporation’s name (currently in use) and listed himself as the owner. He then filed a preliminary amendment to list the corporation as the owner of the mark and removed himself. The examining attorney reviewed the application and issued an office action on other grounds, but apparently accepted that preliminary amendment.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(31, 78, 121);">Of course, the application is void ab initio, so I’m going to recommend a refile. But shouldn’t the examining attorney have flagged that in the office action? Or at least noted that a preliminary amendment is not the proper mechanism for updating ownership information? Am I missing something?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hinckleyallen.com/people/alexander-p-montgomery" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;"><b><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 121); text-decoration: none;">Alexander P. Montgomery</span></b><span style="color: rgb(119, 119, 121); text-decoration: none;"></span></a><br><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; color: rgb(119, 119, 121);">Partner</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><hr size="3" width="300" noshade="" align="left" style="width: 225pt;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 6pt; 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