<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;">Happy Friday everyone! Could someone point me to a case or rule regarding the filing of a motion in a TTAB proceeding on a Sunday and whether a Sunday filing is considered “prior to” the deadline. <div><br></div><div>Here is the hypothetical situation. In an opposition, Plaintiff’s trial period closes on Monday, February 5. Plaintiff files request for extension of its trial period on Sunday, February 4. Given that February 4 is a Sunday, would this request for extension be “<i xmlns="urn:us:gov:doc:uspto:enterprise" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">before the original time or its extension expires” </i><span xmlns="urn:us:gov:doc:uspto:enterprise" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> per FRCP 6(b)? </span><br><div><br></div><div>Any thoughts? </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><span><img alt="email signature.jpg" src="cid:038AD19E-E378-4327-A09E-283148977B96" width="300"></span></div></div><div><span><br></span></div></div></body></html>