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<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] Re: [E-trademarks] FW: Can't file Extension to Show Use<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Thanks for this information! And the problems with serious ITU lags and issues go back to at least September 2024. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ken Boone <<a href="mailto:boondogles@hotmail.com">boondogles@hotmail.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On January 29th, I copied the list of ITU employees and other Trademark offices from the employee locator to an Excel spreadsheet (curious about the impact of the \u201cfork in the road\u201d
on employee counts in the various trademark offices). There were 10 ITU employees on January 29th, and the same 10 ITU employee names appear on the employee locator today. The employee locator shows no reduction in staffing (or any new employees) for ITU
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<b>Cc:</b> Michael Brown <<a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Rather than a petition to revive, file a Request for Reinstatement, also in the Petitions sections of TEAS. There is no fee required, and it sounds like the abandonment was by office error.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Then, wait for the application to get back on track. I filed for reinstatement in December, where we filed to delete the ITU goods after a Notice of Allowance, which was not processed resulting in abandonment of the entire application.
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jun 27, 2025 at 11:07<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>AM Lori Milvain via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What are folks doing currently when you are blocked from filing a Request for Extension of Time to Show Use because the previous extension filed several months ago has not been acted on by the USPTO? This one included a Request
to Divide and the examiner just finally granted the first extension (after the deadline for the next one) but issued a notice of abandonment. Why should we have to pay for a petition to revive? Any way to get around this?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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