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Below is a plot of pending trademarks counts on Wednesdays for calendar year 2024.</div>
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Pendency declined at the beginning of year, then rose (with some variations) until Thanksgiving, then declined again at the end of the year. The low point: 922,030 on 01/24/24. The high point: 960,860 on 11/27/24. Below is the raw data for the above plot.</div>
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01/03/24</div>
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929,409</div>
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05/08/24</div>
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941,387</div>
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09/11/24</div>
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950,772</div>
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01/10/24</div>
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927,939</div>
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05/15/24</div>
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942,556</div>
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09/18/24</div>
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953,431</div>
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01/17/24</div>
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924,241</div>
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05/22/24</div>
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946,175</div>
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09/25/24</div>
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954,188</div>
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01/24/24</div>
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922,030</div>
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05/29/24</div>
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942,494</div>
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10/02/24</div>
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955,604</div>
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01/31/24</div>
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924,615</div>
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06/05/24</div>
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943,660</div>
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10/09/24</div>
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954,381</div>
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02/07/24</div>
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926,342</div>
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06/12/24</div>
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945,611</div>
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10/16/24</div>
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953,762</div>
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02/14/24</div>
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927,852</div>
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06/19/24</div>
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945,645</div>
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10/23/24</div>
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955,310</div>
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02/21/24</div>
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927,756</div>
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06/26/24</div>
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946,011</div>
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10/30/24</div>
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956,249</div>
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02/28/24</div>
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929,546</div>
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07/03/24</div>
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947,987</div>
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11/06/24</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
956,596</div>
</td>
</tr>
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03/06/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
930,634</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
07/10/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
943,790</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
11/13/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
958,212</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-left: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
03/13/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
932,750</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
07/17/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
943,891</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
11/20/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
958,606</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-left: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div class="elementToProof" style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
03/20/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
937,105</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
07/24/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
944,721</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div class="elementToProof" style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
11/27/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div class="elementToProof" style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
960,860</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-left: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
03/27/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
937,816</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
07/31/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
945,741</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
12/04/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
955,706</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-left: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
04/03/24</div>
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<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
937,076</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
08/07/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
946,598</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
12/11/24</div>
</td>
<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
953,047</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-left: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
04/10/24</div>
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<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
944,212</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
08/14/24</div>
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<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
947,212</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
12/18/24</div>
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<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
947,522</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-left: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
04/17/24</div>
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<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
939,309</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
08/21/24</div>
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<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
947,645</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
12/25/24</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
945,875</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-left: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
04/24/24</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
940,141</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
08/28/24</div>
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<td align="left" style="width: 80.6565px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-right: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
948,424</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
01/01/25</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
946,518</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: 0.5pt solid; border-left: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
05/01/24</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
941,828</div>
</td>
<td align="right" style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
09/04/24</div>
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<div style="white-space: nowrap; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
948,664</div>
</td>
<td style="width: 70.9136px; height: 22px; white-space: nowrap; border-bottom: 0.5pt solid; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: bottom;">
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On 01/08/25, pendency dropped further to 940,788, continuing the downward trend for the end of 2024. \U0001f642</div>
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Overall, pendency grew in 2024 by about 17,000 trademarks. My pending search (live, ignoring 89's and registrations):<span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><b> LD:true NOT (SN:89* RN:*)</b></span></div>
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Happy Trademarking,</div>
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Ken Boone</div>
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