[E-trademarks] 2025 Trademark Fee Change Coincidence?
Patti Giuliano
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Wed Dec 18 01:07:42 UTC 2024
Having just used the new Beta application format for a few filings today, I think they should be paying us for this debacle of form. I’ve been using it for a couple of months with little to no problems – even though the format is ridiculous and hard to review. Today, two applications went through just fine. The third one – not so much. Twice it didn’t capture all the information (the information is on my “preview” copy but not on the emailed copy), I tried again, and the copy emailed to me was completely blank, and don’t get me started on the issues with the goods and services. Why does the USPTO like to change the order of the description? You make a simple change, and it moves the phrase to the bottom of the list. This just makes it harder to review. If you need to make changes after you have emailed a draft to yourself, God be with you. Warning: there are things you cannot change after you have emailed a draft – like a matter number. Why? Oh why? What a nightmare. Yes, I’m frustrated.
Good luck!
Patti
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From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks
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Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] 2025 Trademark Fee Change Coincidence?
Your guess about the timing makes sense, but I suspect that there will be some uptick in filings in the next few weeks as TM practitioners encourage their clients to file their applications prior to the price increases (and accompanying uncertainty about surcharges). So we coul
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Your guess about the timing makes sense, but I suspect that there will be some uptick in filings in the next few weeks as TM practitioners encourage their clients to file their applications prior to the price increases (and accompanying uncertainty about surcharges). So we could well run out of 98s before the changeover.
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From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>> On Behalf Of Ken Boone via E-trademarks
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Subject: [E-trademarks] 2025 Trademark Fee Change Coincidence?
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Besides the new 2025 trademark fees (and rules), what other change for trademarks will likely occur on January 18th?
Well, checking the remaining unused serial numbers in the 98 series for new TEAS applications …
The highest TEAS serial number for 12/16/24 is 98906253.
Looking back 7 weeks, the highest TEAS serial number for 11/01/24 is 98836906.
Subtracting 98836906 from 98906253, for that 42-day period, new TEAS applications exhausted a range of 69,347 consecutive serial numbers, an average of 1651 serial numbers per day.
Since serial numbers 98975000 and above are reserved for divisional applications, only 68,746 serial numbers remain for new TEAS applications in the 98 series before that series is exhausted and a new series will be needed.
Dividing, 68,746 serial numbers ÷ 1651 serial numbers per day = 41 days. That is, the 98 series will be exhausted about 41 days after December 16th (around January 26th), assuming the rate of new TEAS applications for the last 7 weeks doesn't vary too much in the next 7 weeks.
So, as the new 2025 trademark fees begin January 18th, just about a week before the 98 series is projected to be exhausted, I'm guessing that TEAS will begin using a new series, presumably the 99 series, to make it easier to recognize TEAS applications filed under the new 2025 rules/fees (the 99's) versus the current rules/fees (the 98's). That's just my guess.
Does this coincidence make you wonder if the projected end of the 98 series influenced the selection of Saturday, January 18th as the starting date for the new 2025 trademark fees?
Also, recall that federal offices will be closed on Monday, January 20th for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. I vaguely recall that something else is scheduled for that Monday.
Then there's a bigger question, namely what series comes next after the 99-series is exhausted? But I'll be retired long before that ...
Happy Trademarking,
Ken Boone
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