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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">You are at risk of the dreaded “withdrawal from publication”.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Which, as someone noted earlier today, is likely to result in a blackhole where your application can live for months and months with the status of “returned to Examiner” while it is not actually returned
to the Examiner until you find someone who is willing to go out and move the application manually.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I have had one set of applications go through this three times and have spent the last several months working with an office supervisor to try and get the applications through. The applications have been
pending for 3 years. They are use based certification marks. It has been a nightmare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ARIAL; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><br></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: ARIAL; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><br></p><table id="0.ipan1v0da59" style="width: 490px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="middle" style="width: 160px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; padding: 0px 6px 0px 0px;" class=""><img src="cid:cobbcolelogomodrgb_4d64a9e3-83d6-4a74-9443-b78133d2646e.png" border="0" id="0.ffmfn6vl4jr" alt="Picture1.png" style="aspect-ratio: 331 / 167;"></td><td valign="top" style="width: 330px; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 2px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-bottom-style: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; padding: 0px 0px 0px 6px;" class="">Heather Vargas (She/Her/Hers)<br>Florida Bar No. 230900<br>Board Certified in Intellectual Property Law<br>Cobb Cole<br>149 S. Ridgewood Avenue<br>Suite 700<br>Daytona Beach, FL 32114<br>(D) 386-323-9220 | (F) 386-323-9206<br><a href="https://cobbcole.com/" title="">Website</a> | <a href="https://cobbcole.com/attorney/heather-bond-vargas/" title="">Bio</a> <br></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><br></p>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: ARIAL">Notice: The information contained
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 7, 2024 1:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> for trademark practitioners <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kevin Grierson <kgrierson@cm.law><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Anybody know what "electronic record review" is?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I received notices of acceptance of statements of use for two applications for a client on February 13, and the status was changed to “Review prior to registration completed.” So far, so good. But 3 days
later, an entry was added to the prosecution history for both with the description “ON HOLD - ELECTRONIC RECORD REVIEW REQUIRED.” And no action has occurred since.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Anybody know what this might be? Can’t recall ever seeing it before. A search of the TMEP for “electronic record review” yields no results.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kevin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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