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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Hi All, </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Recently submitted a renewal filing and then received a subsequent post-registration Office Action with some interesting circumstances surrounding it. Wondering if anyone here has dealt with something similar. The OA stated that I did not have the authority to sign on behalf of the client even though it was a Section 8 & 9 filing and the TMEP clearly states that POA ends with acceptance of the previous post-reg filing (in this case the prior Section 8 filed by the registrant’s previous counsel). After submission and acceptance of the previous Section 8, prior counsel filed a blanket CAR form to update their firm information, which happened to include the registration at issue. Apparently that was enough to reinstate POA in the previous counsel after acceptance of the Section 8.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Spoke with the Post-Reg Examiner and had them verify with their manager that the OA was not issued erroneously. The OA states that we need to have the registrant sign a new POA, a separate verified statement that we had the authority to submit the 8 & 9 renewal on their behalf, and the authority to sign the response to the OA. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Has anyone dealt with something similar before? </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Thank you,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Stephanie</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Stephanie N. Nikitenko</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">IpHorgan Ltd</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">195 Arlington Heights Rd</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Suite #125</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Buffalo Grove</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">IL 60089-1768</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(847) 808 5500 Tel</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">(847) 808 7238 Fax</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:snikitenko@iphorgan.com"><span style="color:#0563c1">snikitenko@iphorgan.com</span></a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://www.iphorgan.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#2a5db0">www.iphorgan.com</span></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION - This communication and any attachments are intended for the addressee named above only and are protected by attorney-client and/or other privileges against disclosure. The communication may contain confidential information, attorney work product, and/or information prepared in the course of or in anticipation of litigation, all of which are legally privileged and are protected by law against unauthorized disclosure. If you believe that the communication has been sent to you in error, please notify the sender that you received it in error and delete it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>