[E-trademarks] Altered Signature

[Carl Oppedahl]

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*
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