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    <p>Cross-posting from the e-trademarks listserv ... looks like "the
      USPTO storefronts" will be broken so far as money is concerned,
      for a period of time on Saturday.  I imagine that could affect
      patent center.<br>
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            <td>[E-trademarks] payment outage over the weekend</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date: </th>
            <td>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 16:56:53 -0500</td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From: </th>
            <td>Tim Ackermann via E-trademarks
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">&lt;e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a></td>
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            <td>For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons
              to seek legal advice.
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">&lt;e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a></td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">To: </th>
            <td>Carl Oppedahl <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">&lt;e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a></td>
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            <th valign="BASELINE" nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">CC: </th>
            <td>Tim Ackermann <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tim@ackermannlaw.com">&lt;tim@ackermannlaw.com&gt;</a></td>
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                Outage- Sat. August 17</h2>
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                <div style="word-break:normal">Due to system
                  maintenance, <b>customers will be unable to submit fee
                    payments across the USPTO storefronts between
                    Midnight-6am ET on Saturday, August 17.</b></div>
                <div style="word-break:normal"><span
                    style="word-break:normal;font-size:14.4px">Please
                    see the</span><a
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                    moz-do-not-send="true"> USPTO system status page</a><span
                    style="word-break:normal;font-size:14.4px"> for
                    details on alternative payment options during the
                    maintenance window.</span></div>
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style="word-break:normal;margin:0px 5px 0px 0px;font-size:1.4em;display:inline-block">Credit
                Card Payment Outage- Sat. August 17</h2>
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                <div style="word-break:normal">Due to system maintenance
                  of our third-party credit card processing service, <b>we
                    will be unable to accept credit/debit card payments
                    between 6pm-10pm ET on Saturday, August 17.</b></div>
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                    style="word-break:normal;font-size:14.4px">Please
                    see the </span><a
                    href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/ebiz/"
                    target="_blank"
style="word-break:normal;color:rgb(0,76,151);font-size:1em;font-weight:bold"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">USPTO system status page</a><span
                    style="word-break:normal;font-size:14.4px"> for
                    information on alternative payment options during
                    the maintenance window.</span></div>
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                            <div style="font-size:small">Tim Ackermann</div>
                            <div style="font-size:small">The Ackermann
                              Law Firm</div>
                            <p><font size="1" face="verdana, sans-serif"><span
style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">E:
                                   <a href="mailto:tim@ackermannlaw.com"
                                    target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true"
                                    class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tim@ackermannlaw.com</a></span><br>
                                <span
style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">P:
                                   817.305.0690</span><br>
                                <span
style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">F:
                                   214.453.0810</span><br>
                                <span
style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">W:
                                  <a href="http://ackermannlaw.com"
                                    target="_blank"
                                    moz-do-not-send="true">ackermannlaw.com</a></span><br>
                                <span
style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">O:
                                  1701 W. Northwest Hwy. Ste. 100</span><br>
                                <span
style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> 
                                     Grapevine TX 76051</span></font></p>
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