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<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Crane, Susan <susan.crane@wyndham.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] Other PTO delays<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">I have two like this -- prosecution history shows "APPROVED FOR PUB" on 25 October but no action since. Sent an inquiry to the TAC nine days ago. Crickets. Tim
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have two like this -- prosecution history shows "<span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#333333">APPROVED FOR PUB</span>" on 25 October but no action since. Sent an inquiry to the TAC nine days ago. Crickets.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 1:32\u202fPM Crane, Susan via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In addition to a batch of registrations that never issued, it appears a batch of marks approved for pub have not been
published. We had a mark approved by the examiner on 10/24. After inquiry with the EA, I got the following response, in pertinent part, today:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Apparently, there was an internal process change that delayed the publication date (and that 98XXXXXX was one of many
cases set to a delayed date). I was told by one of our hard working data management specialists that this date has been reset and that it should be moving soon.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I\u2019m sure Ken could come up with a search for marks with a status of \u201cReview prior to publication completed\u201d with no
pub dates. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Perhaps the incoming USPTO Director and/or incoming Commissioner for Trademarks needs to take a good hard look at their
operations, as these \u201cglitches\u201d seem to be happening with increased frequency.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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