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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">My guess is the delay is caused by the overall backlog in post-reg, which is the group that reviews the Section 7 requests. As of November 13, 2024, post reg was working on Section 8 filings submitted as
of March 8, 2024 (and Section 71 filings are on a slightly different backlogged timeline).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Annette Heller via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 21, 2024 4:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com; e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Annette Heller <tmattorneyheller@aol.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] How long for the PTO to act on Section 7 requests?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">My experience with Section 7 amendments is that they are taking six or more months. I cannot understand why this is happening since it is not affected by the increase
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Annette P. Heller<br>
Trademark/Copyright Attorney<br>
TM Law & Associates<br>
400 Chesterfield Center Ste 400<br>
Chesterfield [St Louis] MO 63017<br>
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</span><a href="http://www.trademarkatty.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">www.TrademarkAtty.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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314-469-2610 Fax 314-469-4850</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In a message dated 11/21/2024 3:47:46 PM Central Standard Time,
<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a> writes:
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<p class="yiv8693313169msonormal">I filed a Section 7 request back in early July that has not been acted on yet. The PTO\u2019s dashboard on trademark processing times doesn\u2019t appear to include these requests.<o:p></o:p></p>
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