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<p>Hello David.</p>
<p>Back in March of 2024, a member of the e-Trademarks listserv
posted a search strategy looking for US trademark applications
dating from before 2021, that had not yet gotten examined. Here
is the search strategy:<br>
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<p> FD:[* TO 20201231] AND (SA:" application assignment" ~5) AND
OW:usa NOT (SA:" application assignment" ~3)</p>
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<p>The listserv member found that there were 182 such US trademark
applications.</p>
<p>I would have hoped that one or another of the dozen Trademark
Office people who are subscribers to the listserv might have taken
action on this, after seeing that listserv posting in March of
2024.<br>
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<p>Recently we have had reports from two listserv members that they
have clients whose US trademark applications are suspended over
such old US trademark applications.</p>
<p>I repeated this search today, and I was disappointed to see that
the number of untouched old US trademark applications is unchanged
at 182. Not one of those applications has, apparently been
attended to by the Trademark Office.<br>
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<p>This does not serve the filing community very well.</p>
<p>I wonder if you might be willing to take some steps to get those
182 old applications examined.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Carl</p>
<p>Carl Oppedahl</p>
<p>Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC<br>
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