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<p>Thank you again Scott for posting. I'd be grateful if you could
elaborate on this a bit. I am thinking of the two different click
paths for a Madrid application:</p>
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<li>the more expensive click path, where the filer is choosing to
make the Madrid case non-identical to the basic case, and some
human being in the MPU has to carry out the certification steps
manually (the goods "cover" the goods, the owners are the same,
etc.), and</li>
<li>the less expensive click path, where the Madrid case is
defined as being identical to the basic case, and thus the USPTO
software is able to auto-certify the Madrid application.</li>
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<p>Does the Trademark Office's failure to assign design codes
promptly affect both of these click paths, or only the latter?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Has anyone else noticed that it is
taking a long time for design codes to be assigned. I just
got a design code email on an application I filed August 1,
2025. It seems to me this used to happen within days or at
least a week of filing. This had an effect on other
applications I filed because I found with two other
applications that, while the application was in TSDR, I
could not prepopulate a Madrid application. I sent emails
to Trademark assistance and after I received the design code
designation email, the Madrid would prepopulate. It is
going to be an issue for Madrid applications if this is the
standard practice now to wait over 6 months before issuing
the design code designations and prepopulation cannot occur
until then. I know I can just fill in the whole Madrid
application, but that is time consuming and can lead to
errors that would not occur with pre-population.</span></p>
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