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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">John L. Welch<span style="color:#0E74AE"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 27, 2025 12:37 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] TTAB sending out erroneous Notice of Default<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Thank you John for posting.<o:p></o:p></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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Carl<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 10/27/2025 10:36 AM, Welch, John L. via E-trademarks wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">The TTAB is sending out erroneous notices of default in inter partes proceedings, stating that a timely answer wasn\u2019t filed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Apparently, the automatic system hasn\u2019t been updated to reflect the rule change that allows 60 days to answer, instead of 40.<o:p></o:p></p>
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