<div dir="ltr">Katherine,<div> On this point: "<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">AU1 registration has been accepted for priority only for the US classes in the AU1 registration, not for the classes divided out into AU2</span>" -- my question is if this is correct under the rules. But the timing would matter. You mention that "<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">During examination of AU1, several classes were divided out into a divisional application (AU2)</span>" -- did that happen before or after the claim for priority that was filed in the US case? If after, then I don't see why the US case would not be entitled to priority for the classes now in AU2. Those classes were present at the time of the claim -- consider the language from Paris Convention, Art. 4 ("whatever may be the subsequent fate of the application"). If before, then the more-than-six months gap between filing date and a potential new priority claim would say no. </div><div> On the question of "add[ing] (back) a Section 1 basis for the classes that were divided out of AU1" I presume this means the 1(b) basis was deleted when you submitted the AU1 registration (under the belief that it covered all the classes). Until AU2 is registered (which you don't say it is), *and* assuming the 44(d) priority claim does not apply, I think you must add a 1(b) basis, otherwise there's no filing basis present in the application. And if you want to get to publication w/o the AU2 registration, you'll need that 1(b) basis regardless of the 44(d) priority claim. (It's not a basis for publication, see 806.01(c)). (Obviously, 1(a) would also work here, but I assume there's no use or you would not be having this issue.)<br> Sincerely, </div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Tim Ackermann</div><div style="font-size:small">The Ackermann Law Firm</div><p><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">E: <a href="mailto:tim@ackermannlaw.com" target="_blank">tim@ackermannlaw.com</a></span><br><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">P: 817.305.0690</span><br>
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I don't know about your first question, but I think the answer to
the second is "no":<br>
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<i>An applicant must file a claim of priority within six months
after the filing date of the foreign application. 15 U.S.C.
§1126(d)(1); 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(4)(i), 2.35(b)(5); Paris
Convention Article 4(C)(3). The applicant can submit the priority
claim after the filing date of the U.S. application, as long as
the claim of priority is submitted within six months of the
foreign filing and the claimed priority date is earlier than the
filing date of the U.S. application.... If the applicant submits a
claim of priority more than six months after the date of the
foreign filing, the examining attorney must advise the applicant
that it is not entitled to priority.</i><br>
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<a href="https://tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current#/current/TMEP-1000d1e194.html" target="_blank">TMEP
1003.02</a>. Which would make the answer to the third question
"yes."<br>
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Pam<br>
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<div>On 6/13/2024 2:05 PM, Katherine Koenig
via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi everyone, <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I understand a US application may claim
priority to more than one foreign application/registration and
that any foreign application/registration to which priority is
claimed must be the first filed.
<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a situation that I\u2019ve not
encountered before regarding a divisional trademark
application in Australia:<u></u><u></u></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li style="margin-left:0.25in">US
application filed within 6 months of Australian priority
application (AU1).<u></u><u></u></li>
<li style="margin-left:0.25in">AU1
registered, and we submitted a copy to the USPTO.
<u></u><u></u></li>
<li style="margin-left:0.25in">During
examination of AU1, several classes were divided out into a
divisional application (AU2), which AU counsel has told me
gets the filing date of the parent AU1. AU2 was divided out
more than 6 months ago, I was told about it this week. <u></u><u></u></li>
<li style="margin-left:0.25in">The AU1
registration has been accepted for priority only for the US
classes in the AU1 registration, not for the classes divided
out into AU2. Now we\u2019d like Section 44 priority to AU2 for
the other classes.<u></u><u></u></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Can we validly claim priority to AU2 in the
US application, as well as AU1? AU2 is a first-filed
application (to my knowledge). Can we claim priority if AU2
was divided out more than 6 months ago, but is tied to the
parent AU1 to which the priority claim was timely? Or must we
add (back) a Section 1 basis for the classes that were divided
out of AU1?
<u></u><u></u></p>
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