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<p>Thank you John for posting.</p>
<p>Yes we have a couple dozen USPTO people on the listserv. It will
be most welcome if one of them can pass this along.</p>
<p>Carl</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/27/2025 10:36 AM, Welch, John L.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Hello all.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>The TTAB is sending out erroneous
notices of default in inter partes proceedings, stating that
a timely answer wasn\u2019t filed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Apparently, the automatic system
hasn\u2019t been updated to reflect the rule change that allows
60 days to answer, instead of 40.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>N.B.: both notices I have seen say
that the answer is due on or before Nov. 4 (the correct
date).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Perhaps someone at the USPTO will see
this and make the appropriate correction.</span></p>
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