<div dir="ltr">For those who didn't receive the email below, have fun.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Michael Brown<br>Michael J Brown Law Office<div>354 Eisenhower Parkway</div><div>Plaza I, 2nd Floor, Suite 2025<div>Livingston, NJ  07039<br><br><div><a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">www.mjbrownlaw.com</a> <br>+1 973-577-6300  fax +1 973-577-6301<br></div><div>Google Voice +1 973-637-0358</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">U.S. Patent and Trademark Office</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov">subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 7:58 AM<br>Subject: Four minutes will help us improve our website<br>To:  <<a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg1529299468451391625"><u></u>



    






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<span style="line-height:1.4">Expanding the USPTO Virtual Assistant to cover both patent and trademark services</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span>
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<span style="line-height:1.4">Launching an updated USPTO.gov website search tool with new features and greater ability to filter results</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span>
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