<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="">Happy New Year list friends:</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif">I hope you all had a delightful holiday break and are finding things to look forward to this year.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif">I have a response to a Final OA and was researching whether there'd been a change in the response time from 6 to 3 months, and came across this Dec 31, 2024 <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2024/week53/TOCCN/item-469.htm" target="_blank">USPTO Notice of Proposed Rule</a>, which I don't recall seeing discussed here (forgive me if it was, and I missed it):</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") proposes to
amend 37 C.F.R. Sec. 2.64 to require a request for reconsideration of
an examining attorney's final refusal or requirement to be filed through
the Trademark Electronic Application System ("TEAS") within three
months of the mailing date of the final action. ***
</font><pre><font face="verdana, sans-serif">A request for reconsideration of a final action does not extend the time
for filing an appeal or petitioning the Director on that action. Under the
current version of the rule, wherein the applicant may file a request for
reconsideration at any time between the final action and the six-month
deadline for appealing or petitioning, many applicants simultaneously seek
reconsideration and file an appeal. Because the examining attorney loses
jurisdiction over the application upon the filing of an appeal to the TTAB,
this simultaneous pursuit of reconsideration and appeal often necessitates
a remand by the TTAB to the examining attorney for a decision on the
request for reconsideration. If the request is denied, then the case is
transferred back to the TTAB. If the request is granted, and the examining
attorney reconsiders the final action, the appeal or petition may become
moot. The need for these remands and transfers contributes to the burden on
the applicant and the USPTO, and prolongs the pendency of the case.</font></pre><pre style=""><font face="verdana, sans-serif">In order to eliminate some appeals and petitions and reduce the need for
these remands and transfers, the proposed rule provides that a request for
reconsideration must be filed within three months of the final action,
while the six-month period for appeal or petition remains unchanged.</font></pre></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Comments must be received by [60 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register] to ensure consideration.</font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="verdana, sans-serif" style="">I agree with the rationale here, but I'm not sure the process is the best to meet the stated goals, given the shortened evidentiary timeline.</font></pre><pre style="font-size:small;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Curious what others think.</pre><pre style="font-size:small;font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Cheers!</pre></div></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:x-small">Lara Pearson </span><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:x-small">(she/her/hers)</font><font size="1" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">[</span><a href="https://medium.com/gender-inclusivit/why-i-put-pronouns-on-my-email-signature-and-linkedin-profile-and-you-should-too-d3dc942c8743" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Why pronouns</a>?<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">] (<a href="https://namedrop.io/larapearson" target="_blank">Hear how I say my name</a>)</span></font></font></p><p style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><font size="1"><font size="1" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Law Office of Lara Pearson Ltd, PBC</font></font></p><p style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="1"><font size="1">Leader, Brand Geek</font></font><font size="1"><font size="1"><br></font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:x-small">Lara@BrandGeek.net | </span><span style="font-size:x-small">Ph: 775.833.1600</span><span style="font-size:x-small"> </span></font><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><font color="#000000">|</font> <font style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://brandgeek.net/about/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">My bio</a></font></span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"> </span><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><font size="1">This e-mail may contain information that is <b>privileged</b> or </font><font size="1"><b>confidential</b></font><font size="1">. 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