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in the Federal Register on February 14, <b>2007</b> at 72 Fed. Reg. 6,984. It looks like this proposal was withdrawn and a supplemental NPRM was issued to require $50 for a request for reconsideration on paper but no fee on TEAS.
<i>Institution of a Fee To File on Paper a Request for Reconsideration of a Final Office Action in a Trademark Case</i>, 73 Fed. Reg. 22,894 (Apr. 28, 2008). I couldn’t easily find a follow-up on the 2008 supplemental NPRM.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 7, 2025 12:34 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Crane, Susan <susan.crane@wyndham.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Proposed shortening of Request for Reconsideration to Final Appeal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Proposed shortening of Request for Reconsideration to Final Appeal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">That still doesn't make sense. These things are reviewed extensively, and no one caught it? It removes information that is on a different topic and still relevant,
and doesn't have the title they claim it has. It's not on the PTO website as<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">That still doesn't make sense. These things are reviewed extensively, and no one caught it? It removes information that is on a different topic and still relevant, and doesn't
have the title they claim it has. It's not on the PTO website as a pending notice of rulemaking. I searched the
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.federalregister.gov/documents/search?conditions*5Bterm*5D=trademark&conditions*5Btype*5D*5B*5D=PRORULE*__;JSUlJSUlIw!!Nf401RNTQFE14GfWW3o!jBtVAa3qeR7llTvfqiIWWvK5CBOQa43fb4Lv2U92yzZy1ZKTqJ4rp7whuWFn0LeD2o7s8MfTtrpOQuXG7-ftpPGoha4IIkI$">
Federal Register website</a> and didn't find it. I wonder if it was a draft that somehow ended up on the website?
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Perhaps the kind PTO lurkers on the list can privately message one of us whether this was an error.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">On 1/7/2025 9:11 AM, Crane, Susan wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Proposed shortening of Request for Reconsideration to Final Appeal</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Is it me, or does the whole thing not make sense? The
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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>
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<pre><span style="color:black"> 2. Amend Sec. 2.64 by revising paragraphs (b) and (c)(1) to read as</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black"> Sec. 2.64 Final action.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black"> (b)(1) During the three-month period after issuance of a final action,</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">the applicant may request that the examining attorney reconsider the final</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">action. The request must be filed through TEAS. The filing of a request</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">for reconsideration will not extend the time for filing an appeal or</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">petitioning the Director.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black"> (2) During the six-month period after issuance of a final action, the</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">applicant may submit amendments. Any such amendments will be examined, and</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">will be entered if they comply with the rules of practice in trademark</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">cases and the Act of 1946. The filing of such an amendment will not extend</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">the time for filing an appeal or petitioning the Director.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><span style="color:black"> (c)(1) If an applicant in an application under § 1(b) of the Act files</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">an amendment to allege use under Sec. 2.76 during the six-month period</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">after issuance of a final action, the examiner shall examine the amendment.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">The filing of such an amendment will not extend the time for filing an</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">appeal or petitioning the Director.</span><o:p></o:p></pre>
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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 $125 fee?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>To:</b> Carl Oppedahl <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Lara Pearson <<a href="mailto:lara@brandgeek.net" target="_blank">lara@brandgeek.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] [E-trademarks] Proposed shortening of Request for Reconsideration to Final Appeal</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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3 months, and came across this Dec 31, 2024 <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2024/week53/TOCCN/item-469.htm__;!!Nf401RNTQFE14GfWW3o!gd_D4QXVw_Hn7FKsfUfr2IVqhWwJhzzupJta15YgLi5P-vLuEAVJVzwjxgi62wAEkB4F1c9E_-5Up0E5vGUl2LCApkpZ6rs$" 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):</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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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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