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<p>Back in the early days, soon after the US joined Madrid, it
usually only took one or two days for the newly filed US app to be
available for one-click Madrid filings. only one or two days.</p>
<p>Oh in fact I recall now. a month or so after Madrid started in
the US, I tried to do a one-click Madrid filing. It did not
work. I called up Craig Morris. cages got rattled or something,
and it got set up that the file intake people at the Trademark
office would set a goal of getting the cases fully loaded into the
system Right Away. and so then it got to where it only took one
or two days for the newly filed US app to be available for
one-click Madrid filings. only one or two days.</p>
<p>Now of course we see Ken's postings where seemingly simple file
intake tasks for US trademark applications are taking months to
get done. Or the cases are reaching an Examiner with some intake
tasks having been skipped.</p>
<p>But what we do see is that a newly filed US application does tend
to show up in TSDR within just a few minutes. Given that we can
see it in TSDR within a few minutes, I guess I don't understand
why the one-click Madrid filing would not be possible. </p>
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Unfortunately, it can take a very long time before the PTO
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span>From:</span></b><span>
E-trademarks
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com"><e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Katherine Koenig via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 10, 2025 5:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carl Oppedahl <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com"><carl@oppedahl.com></a>; For
trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to
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<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:katherine@koenigipworks.com"><katherine@koenigipworks.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] USPTO's pre-populated
Madrid application form</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Carl, that\u2019s amazing! Thank you
for making the one-click path possible. It is SO much
better than manual entry and makes so much sense.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Best regards,</span><span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Katherine</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Dr. Katherine Koenig</span></p>
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<p>Yes as we know there are two filing paths -- what I call
the "one-click" path and the other path where you
laboriously fill in all of the fields.</p>
<p>The one-click path is cheaper in terms of government fees,
because it is auto-certified to the IB.</p>
<p>The one-click path avoids the risk of mistakes made by the
filer and avoids risks of mistakes made by humans in the
Madrid Processing Unit.</p>
<p>I wonder how many people know that I am responsible for the
existence of the one-click path. Yes, back when the news
came out that the US had become signatory to the Madrid
Procotol, I got on the phone with Craig Morris, who was at
that time the chief external-contact person for the
Trademark Office. And I emailed to him a spec sheet that I
had written up, that detailed that it ought to be possible
to design a one-click filing path. Auto-certified. You key
in your "basic" application number and click about twice
more and Bob was going to be your uncle. I designed the
click path for the Trademark Office. The first question was
"what is your basic filing?" and the second one was "do you
want to claim Paris Article 4 priority?". And I said the
Trademark Office ought to be able to reduce the government
fee since nobody at the Trademark Office would have to look
at the application.</p>
<p>And a few weeks later, Craig phoned me up to say that it
was a done deal that one of the options would be one-click
filing.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 9/10/2025 2:17 PM, Katherine Koenig
via E-trademarks wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have two cases where I filed the US
basic application a month ago but the USPTO still
doesn\u2019t allow me to use the pre-populated Madrid
application form because \u201cthe Office has not yet
completed the initial processing of the case.\u201d </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tried calling TAC just now, but
they apparently close at 4pm now. Sigh.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Does anyone have experience with this
issue \u2013 should I keep waiting, call TAC tomorrow (can I
do anything to nudge them to process the basic
application?), or populate the Madrid application form
manually (I\u2019d prefer not to risk mistakes and then wait
for the UPSTO to certify the application and send to
WIPO\u2026). Thank you!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Katherine</p>
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