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<p>This unhappy experience as reported was in a trademark matter.</p>
<p>I am wondering if there are similar payment-posting lapses on the
patent side.</p>
<p>I recently filed a paper in a USPTO case. The date I filed the
paper made it so that the only way it would be timely is if I had
also paid a particular extension-of-time fee.</p>
<p>And what showed up was a notice telling me that my paper was
untimely because I had (supposedly) failed to pay the fee.</p>
<p>I ended up having to escalate to a supervisor to get somebody to
admit that yes I had paid the fee. And it sounds like this
"collect the money now but maybe don't post it timely to the place
where somebody would need to see that the money had been paid."<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/10/2025 8:57 AM, Winningham,
Katherine (Law) via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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I had this happen recently with an appeal.</div>
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Nothing showing up and then got an email titled Notice of
Deletion of Submission that appeal wasn't properly instituted
because fee hadn't been paid. Had ESTTTA receipt.</div>
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I had a heart attack and then called general TTAB number and was
told they have payment lags that cause filings not to show up
because USPTO hasn't processed fee even though fees have been
paid.</div>
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They gave me a reference number and I stopped having a heart
attack and magically appeal showed up right after call.</div>
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Heart attack ended but I never want to encounter this glitch
again.</div>
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<span>Call 571-272-8500 or 800-786-9199 and try to avoid cardiac
arrest.</span></div>
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Katherine Winningham</div>
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Acting Corporation Counsel</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> E-trademarks
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com"><e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a> on behalf of
Palmisciano, Michael via E-trademarks
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 9, 2025 5:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:E-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">E-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>
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<b>Cc:</b> Palmisciano, Michael
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mpalmisciano@sullivanlaw.com"><mpalmisciano@sullivanlaw.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [E-trademarks] TTAB Issue
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Hi everyone \u2013 </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>First time caller, long time
listener.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>We timely filed a TTAB
opposition last month. We received a filing receipt, but
the opposition is not showing up in TTABVUE and we
haven\u2019t received an institution order. The filing
receipt explicitly says, if something like this happens,
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ESTTA@uspto.gov</a>, or, \u201cfor immediate help,\u201d call
571 272 8500. We\u2019ve done so repeatedly but no one is
answering.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Does anyone have suggestions?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Thanks,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span>Mike</span></p>
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