<div dir="ltr"><div>All, </div><div> Yet another of the "how bad is it now" posts: you will likely wait *at least* eight weeks for the USPTO to even begin work on certified copies. </div><div> I requested and paid for certified copies of several trademark applications more than three months before the priority deadline; it's now been *eight weeks* and the USPTO Certified Copy Center has done nothing. The status date is still the date I ordered them. There's nothing amiss with the request, but due to staffing* I am told that they just have not gotten to it yet. </div><div> Sincerely, </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Tim Ackermann</div><div style="font-size:small">The Ackermann Law Firm</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">*I also got a "shutdown" comment but my understanding was that USPTO was not currently shut down, so....</div><p><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">E: <a href="mailto:tim@ackermannlaw.com" target="_blank">tim@ackermannlaw.com</a></span><br><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">P: 817.305.0690</span><br>
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