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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Carl, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">30 trademark registrations for me in 2024. Thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I did not see a link for a questionnaire.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Paul<sub><o:p></o:p></sub></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://supnik.com/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="333" height="125" style="width:3.4635in;height:1.302in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01DB69CF.01F805E0" alt="Paul D. Supnik9454 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 550Beverly Hills, CA 90212"></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 18, 2025 4:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> for trademark practitioners <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] It's time to get your numbers in for the 2024 US trademark tote board<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin";color:#333333">Hello readers. It is now 2025 and this means it is time to get in your numbers for the 2024 toteboards:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin";color:#333333"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDvuv1_opqiOc7UtOBrpuPwXfk87Y33tmuH5qNecN8A3530A/viewform?usp=header"><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none">Thirteenth
Annual US design patent toteboard</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin";color:#333333"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf6g6WcK1SBkLcFs7hP16jJUYo_7LehHKlOMo5s7InwcujsKA/viewform?usp=header"><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none">Tenth
Annual US utility patent toteboard</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin";color:#333333"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQpdX_YSJeqwRAtezqSkzLTQ5YqRp2Br3jy9bQpRdBQB__5Q/viewform?usp=header"><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none">Sixth
Annual US plant patent toteboard</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin";color:#333333"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftRlMnsBNanF1uZW1v8NFiW9P9Y6HLVZpnSdllYvc5daVM1w/viewform?usp=header"><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none">Tenth
Annual US trademark toteboard</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin""><o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:.25in;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: inherit;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;text-decoration-thickness: initial;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin";color:#333333">The goal is to recognize and rank law firms in the US based upon the numbers of US design patents, US utility patents, US plant patents, and US trademark registrations each
firm obtained for clients in 2024.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin";color:#333333">The questionnaires will close on Friday, February 14, 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin";color:#333333">Every year after I post the results of the toteboards, I get sad emails from firms that want me to accept their numbers late. This would, of course, typically result in kicking other firms down in the
rankings \u2014 other firms that got their numbers in on time. Please help to reduce the number of such sad emails that I will receive this year. Maybe you are a person at your firm who is responsible for getting these numbers in. If so, please get your numbers
in! Otherwise, please forward this blog posting to somebody at your firm to make sure that somebody at your firm gets the numbers in for your firm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Libre Franklin";color:#333333">You can see the previous toteboards <a href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/tote-boards/"><span style="color:#222222;text-decoration:none">here</span></a>, going back to the earliest toteboard in 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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