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a roundtable on the USPTO's proposed rules for Trademark and Patent Fee. Please ensure you register using the link below.
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black; background-color: white; line-height: 14.2667px;">The Office of Advocacy takes its direction from small business and hosts
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>From 1pm-2pm EST, there will be a discussion of the trademark fee proposal. From 2pm-3pm EST, there will be a discussion of the patent fee proposal. </div>
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<a href="https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/78609dc8-a224-43ab-a738-f73286425ab3@3c89fd8a-7f68-4667-aa15-41ebf2208961" id="OWA9f6728ce-3f78-262f-d2db-d8c3a2946e56" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://events.gcc.teams.microsoft.com/event/78609dc8-a224-43ab-a738-f73286425ab3@3c89fd8a-7f68-4667-aa15-41ebf2208961</a></div>
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<a href="https://advocacy.sba.gov/2024/04/16/trademark-and-patent-fee-proposed-rule-roundtable-may-2-2024/" id="OWAd25f0197-c857-c760-e708-cc49e853e0a5" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://advocacy.sba.gov/2024/04/16/trademark-and-patent-fee-proposed-rule-roundtable-may-2-2024/</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sincerely,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">David Mullis</span></p>
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Phone: (202) 830-2292<br>
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