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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif">John L. Welch<span style="color:#0E74AE"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Orvis PC via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 28, 2024 11:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Edward Timberlake <ed@timberlakelaw.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Orvis PC <orvispc@gmail.com>; For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] Is Only a Request to Suspend Proper to a Non-Final OA with Multiple Issues<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks. I knew I read that somewhere a few weeks ago.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 11:41 AM Edward Timberlake <<a href="mailto:ed@timberlakelaw.com">ed@timberlakelaw.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif"> "an applicant must respond completely to each issue raised in the examining attorney’s Office action to avoid abandonment. Generally, a response is incomplete if it: (1) does
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 11:18 AM Orvis PC via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We received an office action with multiple 2(d) cites and goods/services rejections. One of the 2(d) citations is in its grace period and is about to be cancelled for failure to file Section 8/9. Is it proper to file a simple response requesting
suspension in light of the imminent abandonment, where that response does not address the other 2(d) citations or the goods/services rejections? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">TMEP 716.02(e) suggests not, but I swear I have done this before. <o:p></o:p></p>
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