[E-trademarks] "Trademark Examining Law Clerk"??

[Dan Feigelson]

In patents there are assistant examiners and primary examiners, as well as
supervisory patent examiners (SPEs) who are above the primaries. An
assistant examiner isn't allowed to sign an OA by himself - he must have
the primary on the action with him; 37 CFR 1004
<https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/s1004.html> even lists things
for which a primary is responsible.

Sounds like there's not a parallel requirement on the TM side, hard as that
is to believe.

Dan

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM Martin, Winfield B. (Perkins Coie) via
E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> I’m sympathetic to new practitioners making mistakes (and Lord knows I
> did), but I would expect the PTO to conduct some sort of supervision or
> review of new hires’ work to avoid this very problem—much as a firm reviews
> the work product of its new associates.
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> *Win Martin*
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> *Perkins Coie*
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> +1.206.359.3788 <%20+1.202.654.6283>
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> *From:* E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On Behalf
> Of *John Dugger via E-trademarks
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 23, 2025 10:40 AM
> *To:* e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com
> *Cc:* John Dugger <jedugger at gmail.com>; e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com
> *Subject:* Re: [E-trademarks] "Trademark Examining Law Clerk"??
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> Newly hired Examining Attorneys start as law clerks until they are
> admitted to the bar. This is likely a recent graduate who just started with
> the agency. New hires must be admitted to the bar within one year to keep
> the job. We all make mistakes when we are just starting out.
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> John
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> Sent from my iPhone
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