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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">It may be hard to miss when information is appended to the Great Red Banner at the top of TSDR, but the outage also means assignment data does not currently load in TSDR.&nbsp;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">For any reason in your normal course of business you may use the &#8220;Assignment Abstract Of Title Information&#8221;, or print TSDR status sheets &#8211; potentially for exhibits, keep in mind
 assignment information is not loading.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">If an &#8220;AUTOMATIC UPDATE OF ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP&#8221; was supposed to happen during this period, what might that mean after the 20<sup>th</sup>?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Current status of USPTO systems<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Thursday, Oct 16, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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