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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I don’t want to be hyperbolic about this, but….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">this really is the end of an era. The midnight closing time for the Customer Service Window was one of the most reliable parts of the USPTO’s operation. In the pre-electronic filing of everything
period you would find paralegals, attorneys, inventors, couriers and others (stakeholders I believe they call them now) frantically filing and copying last minute applications of all kinds. Open during bad weather, major events, and federal emergencies (mentioning
this for no particular reason) the filing window gave the USPTO an air of approachability that I don’t think was matched by any other federal agency.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Glad that the fine people who staff the window no longer have to be there until after 12, but I’m sorry that we are all being robbed of our 7 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC<br>
represents clients across the U.S. and abroad from offices<br>
in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1C7C00">Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>From:</b> Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Randall Svihla via Patentpractice<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 30, 2025 5:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Randall Svihla <rsvihla@nsiplaw.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] USTPTO Customer Service Window hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Monday to Friday effective today 09/30/2025<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The USPTO Customer Service Window has been open until midnight Monday-Friday for at least 40 years that I know of. Not anymore. Effective today 09/30/2025, they will
close at 5:00 pm. The notice is dated today 09/30/2025. Nothing like a little advance notice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0000EE"><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/window-change-20250930.pdf?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000EE">Official Gazette
Notice</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Randall S. Svihla<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">NSIP Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Washington, D.C<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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