[E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: How long is reasonable for an Examiner to take to respond to a 2(d) OAR?

Wed Nov 15 02:48:31 EST 2023

Right. When I worked at the Office as an examiner, I recall we had an internal deadline of 3 weeks to dispose of a case after reviewing the office action; but that 3 weeks only started from when the case was assigned to the examiner with the new OA response. Six months is definitely an appropriate length of time to follow-up. I believe that the proper follow-up protocol today is no longer directly to the Law Office but, rather, to the Trademark Assistance Center (“TAC”).

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Keep in mind that the internal "elves" at the USPTO are responsible for processing responses and sending them to the Examining Attorneys. It is very likely that the Examining Attorney has not yet received it. Sometimes an inquiry can get things moving, but as I understand it, the Examining Attorneys are at the mercy of the "elves".

And with Xmas season coming, the elves may be working at their other job...

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On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 3:32 PM O'Connell Jr., Robert via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>> wrote:
I think a polite status inquiry (citing TMEP 108.03 and 37 CFR 2.23(d) would be entirely reasonable at the six month point.

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Subject: [E-trademarks] How long is reasonable for an Examiner to take to respond to a 2(d) OAR?

How long do you wait after filing a likelihood of confusion office action response to ping the Examiner about moving the application along? Is it unreasonable to do so if we filed an OAR 6 months ago?

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