[E-trademarks] Altered Signature

[Michael Brown]

Russell,

Do you have copies of what was filed, such as the USPTO email receipt which
might show the signatures as filed?

Michael Brown
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On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> did you read 37 CFR 1.8?  What does it say about three question marks
> being between the virgules?
> On 1/31/2025 2:58 PM, Russell Nugent via E-trademarks wrote:
>
> Dear Group,
>
> Under the old TM system, I would sometimes see characters that have been
> changed after the application is filed.  For example, sometimes information
> like an email address will be printed in TSDR with characters that make no
> sense.  I have had one examiner advise me that they are aware that their
> system sometimes changes characters on their end.
>
> I just got four office actions related to two tm apps that when filed,
> had  typed e-signatures on the applications.  What the system produced was
> /???/ in the filing receipt.  The examiner now wants to charge $100 per
> class and treat the applications as unsigned.
>
> I was under the impression it did not matter what the applicant typed
> between forward slashes as long as they typed something.  Is this correct?
> Any way to protest the $100 fees without paying more money to the USPTO?
>  Any chance I am going to be successful in convincing them this is their
> system's error?
>
> As an aside, I have been getting a lot of office actions that I do not
> understand and they are all on foreign applications.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> *RUSSELL D. NUGENT*
> *Attorney at law*
>
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