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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">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 style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Katherine<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Dr. Katherine Koenig<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Registered Patent Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></i></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"> Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, September 10, 2025 4:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] USPTO's pre-populated Madrid application form<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>The one-click path is cheaper in terms of government fees, because it is auto-certified to the IB.<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 9/10/2025 2:17 PM, Katherine Koenig via E-trademarks wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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 <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I tried calling TAC just now, but they apparently close at 4pm now. Sigh.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Katherine<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dr. Katherine Koenig<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i>Registered Patent Attorney</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Koenig IP Works, PLLC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">2208 Mariner Dr.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">(954) 903-1699<o:p></o:p></p>
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