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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">By chance, I did the search PO:20240423 this morning. Wow! 15,979 trademarks published for opposition today*. Seemed like an unusually large count, prompting the following searches (c</span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">omparing
the first 17 weeks of year 2023 to year 2024)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Week</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">2023 Query</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Count</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">2024 Query</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Count</span></div>
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1</div>
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PO:20230103</div>
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7,426</div>
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PO:20240102</div>
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6,251</div>
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2</div>
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PO:20230110</div>
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7,738</div>
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PO:20240109</div>
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11,338</div>
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3</div>
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PO:20230117</div>
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8,238</div>
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PO:20240116</div>
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9,410</div>
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4</div>
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PO:20230124</div>
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8,679</div>
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PO:20240123</div>
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11,011</div>
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5</div>
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PO:20230131</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
5,244</div>
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PO:20240130</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
5,198</div>
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6</div>
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PO:20230207</div>
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7,530</div>
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PO:20240206</div>
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9,210</div>
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7</div>
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PO:20230214</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
7,344</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20240213</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
9,493</div>
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8</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20230221</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 80px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
6,753</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 98.667px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20240220</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
7,861</div>
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9</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20230228</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
8,247</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20240227</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
9,057</div>
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<div style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; font-family: "Aptos Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;" class="elementToProof">
10</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20230307</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 80px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
8,245</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20240305</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
3,389</div>
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<div style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; font-family: "Aptos Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
11</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20230314</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 80px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
7,876</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 98.667px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20240312</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 80px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="elementToProof">
15,631</div>
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<td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 52px; height: 14.4pt;">
<div style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; font-family: "Aptos Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
12</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20230321</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 80px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
8,558</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 98.667px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20240319</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 80px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
8,618</div>
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</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 52px; height: 14.4pt;">
<div style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; font-family: "Aptos Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
13</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 98.667px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20230328</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 80px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
6,496</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 98.667px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20240326</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 80px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
6,016</div>
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<div style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; font-family: "Aptos Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
14</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20230404</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 80px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
8,542</div>
</td>
<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 98.667px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PO:20240402</div>
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10,960</div>
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15</div>
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PO:20230411</div>
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8,898</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 98.667px;">
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PO:20240409</div>
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10,681</div>
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<td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 52px; height: 14.4pt;">
<div style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; font-family: "Aptos Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
16</div>
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PO:20230418</div>
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9,949</div>
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PO:20240416</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
6,017</div>
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</tr>
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<td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 52px; height: 14.4pt;">
<div style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; font-family: "Aptos Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
17</div>
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PO:20230425</div>
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10,058</div>
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PO:20240423</div>
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15,979</div>
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<td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 52px; height: 14.4pt;">
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</td>
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</td>
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Average</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
7,989</div>
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Average</div>
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<td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 80px;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: "Aptos Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">
9,184</div>
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Standard Dev</div>
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1187.4</div>
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Standard Dev</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
3367.9</div>
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Here's a quick plot.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Publications for calendar year 2024 have been a bit more
<i>chaotic</i> than calendar year 2023. Why? I have no guesses.</span></div>
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* The search PO:20240423 AND UD:20240423 only retrieves 35 records; that is, only 35 of the trademarks published for opposition today were updated this morning. Tomorrow's count may differ. Similarly, today's registrations ...</div>
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Happy Trademarking,</div>
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Ken Boone</div>
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