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<div dir="auto" style="font-size:85%;color:#575757">-Gerry gerry@elman.com </div>
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<div>From: "U.S. Patent and Trademark Office" <subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov>
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<div>Date: 4/2/24 12:47 PM (GMT-06:00) </div>
<div>To: "Gerry J. Elman" <gerry@elman.com> </div>
<div>Subject: [MARKETING] Proposed patent fee changes for fiscal year 2025 </div>
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<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW166077523 BCX0">Proposed </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW166077523 BCX0">patent
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<span class="TextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:1.4"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">In conjunction with</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4"> our
</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">recently published notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on proposed changes to our trademark fees,
</span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentStart SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">we are</span>
<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">setting and
</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">adjusting</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4"> certain patent fees to finance
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and efficient</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4"> administration of our U.S. patent system</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">.
</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">These fees provide our agency with the ability to implement programs and initiatives driving our
</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:1.4"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">2022\u20132026 Strategic Plan, including enhancing our work to drive down pendency, issuing robust
and reliable patent rights, and supporting employees and stakeholders with reliable IT infrastructure.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:1.4">
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<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">which </span>
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<span class="EOP SCXW263214514 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4"><span class="TextRun SCXW158178203 BCX0" lang="EN-US" style="line-height:1.4"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW158178203 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">\u201c</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW158178203 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">Our
fee-setting authority is a crucial component of our ability to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW158178203 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">optimize our service to</span>
<span class="NormalTextRun SCXW158178203 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">American innovators</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW158178203 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">,\u201d said Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the USPTO. \u201c</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW158178203 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">Being responsible stewards of stakeholder fees means finding new, efficient, and creative ways to implement and scale our work and mission both in the U.S. and internationally,
and across U.S. government, to create a stronger, more expansive IP ecosystem to drive our nation\u2019s competitiveness, create jobs, and solve local and global problems.\u201d
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learn more about the USPTO\u2019s proposed fee changes, please visit </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW38535197 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">our</span>
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Federal </a></span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDgsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnJlZ3VsYXRpb25zLmdvdi8_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXN1YnNjcmlwdGlvbmNlbnRlciZ1dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwNDAyLjkyNzQ2NjUxIn0.ktzq99YhnHe5zqk-QBvV5S8VOpZWIH_u--Vz73T61Y0/s/532758624/br/239988559263-l" rel="noopener" style="color:#0000ee"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW38535197 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">eRulemaking</span></a><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW38535197 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4"><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDksInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnJlZ3VsYXRpb25zLmdvdi8_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXN1YnNjcmlwdGlvbmNlbnRlciZ1dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwNDAyLjkyNzQ2NjUxIn0.1V4jHa96amCjpZkm_uZjv5e-RSRN4elwraMPGyYk-88/s/532758624/br/239988559263-l" rel="noopener" style="color:#0000ee">
Portal</a> using docket number <strong>PTO-P-2022-0033 </strong></span><strong>starting tomorrow through<span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW38535197 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW38535197 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">June
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NPRM on proposed changes to our trademark fees</a></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW38535197 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">, which i</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW38535197 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4">s
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are due May 28.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW38535197 BCX0" style="line-height:1.4"> </span></span></span></p>
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