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That still doesn't make sense. These things are reviewed
extensively, and no one caught it? It removes information that is on
a different topic and still relevant, and doesn't have the title
they claim it has. It's not on the PTO website as a pending notice
of rulemaking. I searched the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions%5Bterm%5D=trademark&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=PRORULE#">Federal
Register website</a> and didn't find it. I wonder if it was a
draft that somehow ended up on the website? <br>
<br>
Perhaps the kind PTO lurkers on the list can privately message one
of us whether this was an error.<br>
<br>
Pam<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/7/2025 9:11 AM, Crane, Susan
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think it was just a typo and they meant to say 2.63. They
are apparently renaming the section and eliminating (b)3 and
(b)4.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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L. Crane<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
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Vice President, Legal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#51534A">Intellectual
Property, Brands & Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#51534A">Wyndham
Hotels & Resorts, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#51534A">22
Sylvan Way<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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879-3420<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt"> E-trademarks
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com"><e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Pamela Chestek via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 7, 2025 11:48 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Pamela Chestek <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pamela@chesteklegal.com"><pamela@chesteklegal.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Proposed
shortening of Request for Reconsideration to Final Appeal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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whole thing not make sense? The current rule is titled
"Reinstatement of applications and registrations
abandoned, cancelled, or expired due to Office error.\u200a"
Section (a) is request for reinstatement of an abandoned
application<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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not make sense? The
<a
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current rule</a> is titled "Reinstatement of applications
and registrations abandoned, cancelled, or expired due to
Office error." Section (a) is request for reinstatement of
an abandoned application where there is an Office error,
section (b) is request for reinstatement of cancelled or
expired registration due to Office error, and (c) is request
for reinstatement may be construed as a petition. And there
is no (c)(i).<br>
<br>
<a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TFSR/current*/current/r-ad80a6fe-ef1d-41bf-b515-5db1487bcc95.html__;Iw!!Nf401RNTQFE14GfWW3o!gd_D4QXVw_Hn7FKsfUfr2IVqhWwJhzzupJta15YgLi5P-vLuEAVJVzwjxgi62wAEkB4F1c9E_-5Up0E5vGUl2LCAl0Alass$"
moz-do-not-send="true">Section 2.63</a> is titled "Action
after response" (not Final Action"), but it still doesn't
make much sense because it eliminates relevant information
formerly in the revised sections, as well as b(3) and b(4).<br>
<br>
There is no CFR section titled "Final action." The TMEP has
<a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/tmep.uspto.gov/RDMS/TMEP/current*/current/TMEP-700d1e1814.html__;Iw!!Nf401RNTQFE14GfWW3o!gd_D4QXVw_Hn7FKsfUfr2IVqhWwJhzzupJta15YgLi5P-vLuEAVJVzwjxgi62wAEkB4F1c9E_-5Up0E5vGUl2LCAe16A1p4$"
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section 714</a> titled "Final Action," which refers to CFR
section 2.63(b), not 2.64. And the TMEP doesn't use that
numbering format.<br>
<br>
This rule is not listed under the "Proposed Rules" on the
PTO <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws__;!!Nf401RNTQFE14GfWW3o!gd_D4QXVw_Hn7FKsfUfr2IVqhWwJhzzupJta15YgLi5P-vLuEAVJVzwjxgi62wAEkB4F1c9E_-5Up0E5vGUl2LCAD_dnEzo$"
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<br>
I'm leaning towards the fact this is an errant publication.<br>
<br>
Pam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt">Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chestek Legal<br>
PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW MAILING ADDRESS<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On
1/6/2025 9:18 PM, Lara Pearson via E-trademarks wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><span style="color:black"> 2. Amend Sec. 2.64 by revising paragraphs (b) and (c)(1) to read as<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">follows:<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black"> Sec. 2.64 Final action.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"> * * * * *<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black"> (b)(1) During the three-month period after issuance of a final action,<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">the applicant may request that the examining attorney reconsider the final<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">action. The request must be filed through TEAS. The filing of a request<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">for reconsideration will not extend the time for filing an appeal or<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">petitioning the Director.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black"> (2) During the six-month period after issuance of a final action, the<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">applicant may submit amendments. Any such amendments will be examined, and<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">will be entered if they comply with the rules of practice in trademark<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">cases and the Act of 1946. The filing of such an amendment will not extend<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">the time for filing an appeal or petitioning the Director.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black"> (c)(1) If an applicant in an application under § 1(b) of the Act files<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">an amendment to allege use under Sec. 2.76 during the six-month period<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">after issuance of a final action, the examiner shall examine the amendment.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">The filing of such an amendment will not extend the time for filing an<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">appeal or petitioning the Director.<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841">I
think that proposed rule skips a step because
the period from final OA to appeal is only 6
months if the applicant files an extension
request <b><u>BEFORE</u></b> filing the Request
for Reconsideration. Is the rule saying that the
filing of a RFR by 3 months automatically
extends the appeal deadline to six months? And
with or without payment of the $125 fee?</span><span
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841">That
rule does sound like the PTO making the
applicant pay for the PTO\u2019s inability to process
a RFR and Notice of Appeal simultaneously rather
than just fix internally whatever is screwing up
that process. Maybe the PTO should alter is
examiner jurisdiction rules.
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<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] [E-trademarks] Proposed
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researching whether there'd been a
change in the response time from 6 to 3
months, and came across this Dec 31,
2024 <a
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<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") proposes to </span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">amend 37 C.F.R. Sec. 2.64 to require a request for reconsideration of </span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">an examining attorney's final refusal or requirement to be filed through</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">the Trademark Electronic Application System ("TEAS") within three </span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">months of the mailing date of the final action. ***</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">A request for reconsideration of a final action does not extend the time</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">for filing an appeal or petitioning the Director on that action. Under the</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">current version of the rule, wherein the applicant may file a request for</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">reconsideration at any time between the final action and the six-month</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">deadline for appealing or petitioning, many applicants simultaneously seek</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">reconsideration and file an appeal. Because the examining attorney loses</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">jurisdiction over the application upon the filing of an appeal to the TTAB,</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">this simultaneous pursuit of reconsideration and appeal often necessitates</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">a remand by the TTAB to the examining attorney for a decision on the</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">request for reconsideration. If the request is denied, then the case is</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">transferred back to the TTAB. If the request is granted, and the examining</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">attorney reconsiders the final action, the appeal or petition may become</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">moot. The need for these remands and transfers contributes to the burden on</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">the applicant and the USPTO, and prolongs the pendency of the case.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">In order to eliminate some appeals and petitions and reduce the need for</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">these remands and transfers, the proposed rule provides that a request for</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">reconsideration must be filed within three months of the final action,</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">while the six-month period for appeal or petition remains unchanged.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Comments must be received by [60 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register] to ensure consideration.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Curious what others think.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Cheers!</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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privilege to live,
work and play on
the unceded
traditional lands
of the first
people of Lake
Tahoe, the Washoe
or Wa\u0161i\u0161iw
("people from
here," pronounced
Wa She Shu). With
humility and
gratitude, I honor
this sacred land,
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