[E-trademarks] Shutdown

[Carl Oppedahl]

What Rachael said.   In past cycles when a shutdown happened, the USPTO 
somehow had money tucked away somewhere that permitted it to keep 
operating for at least 1 or 2 weeks.

Now in 2025 so many things are different about the federal government.  
So I am not so sure that it will be the same this time.

On 9/29/2025 5:49 PM, Rachael Dickson via E-trademarks wrote:
> The trademark office generally does not close during a government 
> shutdown, as they have a fair amount of money kept in reserve.
>
> I was an examining attorney during the government shutdowns in 2018 
> and 2018-2019. The 2018-2019 shutdown, starting in December 2018, was 
> the longest shutdown ever, at 35 days. A couple weeks into that one, 
> the USPTO released a statement saying the trademark office could run 
> through April. So at least back then, they had enough funds to run for 
> about 4 months during a government shutdown.
>
> I don't know how much they have in reserve now, but I suspect it's 
> still unlikely that they would close during any upcoming shutdown.
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2025, 4:33 PM Janet Satterthwaite via E-trademarks 
> <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>
>     Hi all
>     I was speaking with an Examiner today who told me they have not
>     been informed whether they will be closed if there is a shut down.
>     Can we share intel on this? Thx
>     Janet
>     Sent from my iPhone
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> Rachael Dickson
>
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