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    <p>I don't know about that particular form, but sometimes a leading
      or trailing space will be recognized as a character. <br>
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    <p>Pam<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/20/2024 1:01 PM, Katherine Koenig
      via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">I\u2019m making a 2(d) claim in a new
          application based on an active prior registration (and 5+
          years of use).  When I enter the prior registration, I
          initially copied/pasted it from TSDR and received an error
          that I
          <u>must</u> fix: \u201cYou must enter a valid active registration
          number.  A valid registration number consists of 5, 6, or 7
          numbers.\u201d  It has 7 numbers.  I tried again by typing the reg.
          no. in, and received the same error message.
          <o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal">Interestingly, I\u2019d also specified that I
          wanted to enter a prior active registration (separate from the
          entry for the 2(d) claim).  I\u2019d copied/pasted the reg. no.
          from TSDR in that section, and did
          <u>not</u> get the same error message. <o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">Am I missing something?  Has anyone else
          had this issue?  Sigh.
          <o:p></o:p></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Corbel&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Best
            regards,</span><span
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Corbel&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Katherine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Corbel&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Dr.
            Katherine Koenig<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Corbel&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Registered
              Patent Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Corbel&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Koenig
            IP Works, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Corbel&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">2208
            Mariner Dr.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Corbel&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Fort
            Lauderdale, FL 33316<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Corbel&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">(954)
            903-1699<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Corbel&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a
              href="mailto:katherine@koenigipworks.com"
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              Intellectual Property Strategy</span></i><span
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