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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">Does anyone know of a workaround?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">Is this yet another example of inadequate beta testing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">An individual filed a trademark application pro se. She received an Action from a trademark examining attorney that refused the application as filed. She then engaged me
to take over prosecution. It was agreed that I would interview the Examining Attorney and then decide whether to seek an extension of time, since we are almost at the 3-month deadline from the date of the Action.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">To provide a basis for the EA to speak with me about the case, I immediately “entered my appearance” in the case by filing an “incomplete” Response to the OA. I was able
to provide my contact information to add an attorney to the case where none had previously trod. Then I interviewed the EA and told him that I’d be seeking an extension to file a written response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">But upon seeking to submit electronically a Request for Extension of Time, up popped an error message blocking me from proceeding, saying it deemed my entry of appearance
to be a Response to the Action, implying that the extension of time would be superfluous. A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">And then when I sought to file a supplemental Response, the system also blocked me, announcing that a Final Action hadn’t yet been issued. (Is there now a rule preventing
an applicant from supplementing a Response on further thought?) So I’m in the anomalous position where the government is refusing to take my client’s payment for the needed extension of time, and I am concerned that the application might be declared abandoned
when the 3-month deadline passes. Any suggestions? <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">-Gerry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">Gerry J. Elman, J.D.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Schoolbook",serif;color:black">6117 St. James Place, Denton, TX 76210<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.elman.com/"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">www.elman.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Bold",sans-serif;color:maroon"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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