<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">It's possible that [whatever the situation may be] is more complicated than a credit card outage because:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">1) I filed something on Monday afternoon / evening</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">2) I was able to enter credit card information</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">3) I pressed Submit</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">4) No filing receipt was issued</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">5) Credit card transaction history shows payment was made</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">6) Financial Manager records at the USPTO show a serial number was issued</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">7) no record of the filing has yet appeared in the online database</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">I'd be curious to know if anybody else filed anything on Monday but did not receive a filing receipt? </div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></span></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Sincerely,</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ed Timberlake </font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><i><a href="https://www.nclawspecialists.gov/for-lawyers/certification-standard-summaries/trademark-law/" target="_blank">Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law</a></i></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><font face="georgia, serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size:small"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://timberlakelaw.com/" target="_blank"><b>Timberlake Law</b></a></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">Chapel Hill, NC<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://clarity.fm/edtimberlake" target="_blank">Schedule a call on Clarity</a><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="mailto:ed@timberlakelaw.com" target="_blank">ed@timberlakelaw.com</a><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif">919.960.1950<br></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><img width="96" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zUm0zjuSoSf91b85RXakFjrbAqMcNkJek2_S8VO9eHNz9mDAX5u3RBN0aEhVODltVLqRN-NYsDzt7A"><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 3:17\u202fPM Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div>On 10/23/2025 9:41 AM, Richard Morris
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I called the Trademark Assistance
Center this morning. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>TAC confirmed the \u201cfinancial link\u201d on
the main trademark application forms has been having issues
since 3:30 PM yesterday. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>They are working to correct. </span></p>
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I am curious how long the hold time was to reach a human being at
the TAC.
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