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(24)     Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
                       on Monday, January 14, 2019

   In view of the official closing of the Federal Government offices in
the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including the United States Patent
and Trademark Office (USPTO), on Monday, January 14, 2019, the USPTO
will consider Monday, January 14, 2019, to be a "Federal holiday within
the District of Columbia" under 35 U.S.C. § 21 and 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.6, 1.7,
1.9, 2.2(d), 2.195, and 2.196. Any action or fee due on Monday,
January 14, 2019, will be deemed as timely for the purposes of, e.g.,
15 U.S.C. §§ 1051(d), 1058, 1059, 1062(b), 1063, 1064, 1126(d), and 1141k,
or 35 U.S.C. §§ 119, 120, 133, and 151, if the action was taken, or the fee
paid, on the next succeeding business day on which the USPTO was open, that
is, Tuesday, January 15, 2019 (37 C.F.R. §§ 1.7(a) and 2.196), no later
than 11:59 pm EST.

   As indicated in the preceding paragraph, the USPTO will consider actions
or fees due on Monday, January 14, 2019, to be timely if taken or paid on
the next business day on which the USPTO was open, that is, Tuesday,
January 15, 2019. An actual filing date of Monday, January 14, 2019, also
was available under existing procedures. Specifically, 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.6(a)
(2), 2.195(a)(4), and 2.198 provide that certain correspondence deposited
in the Priority Mail Express® service of the United States Postal Service
(USPS) in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.10 or 2.198 will be deemed filed
on the date of deposit (as shown by the "date accepted" on the mailing
label) with the USPS. Thus, any paper or fee properly deposited in the
Priority Mail Express® service of the USPS on Monday, January 14, 2019, in
accordance with 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.10 or 2.198, will be deemed filed on its
respective date of deposit in the Priority Mail Express® service of the
USPS (as shown by a "date accepted" of Monday, January 14, 2019, on the
mailing label).

   In addition, 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.6(a)(4) and 2.195(a)(2) provide that patent-
and trademark-related correspondence transmitted electronically to the
USPTO will be deemed filed in the USPTO on the date the USPTO received
the electronic transmission. Thus, any patent- or trademark-related
correspondence transmitted electronically to the USPTO on Monday,
January 14, 2019, will be considered filed in the USPTO on the date the
USPTO received the electronic transmission. Patent correspondence
successfully received by the USPTO through the Electronic Filing System
(EFS-Web) and filed in compliance with the EFS-Web Legal Framework will
receive the date indicated on the Acknowledgement Receipt. See the Manual
of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 502.05 and the USPTO website.
Trademark filings properly filed through TEAS, TEASi, and ESSTA will
receive the date indicated in the e-mail confirmation sent at the time of a
successful filing. See the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
§ 301 and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)
§ 110.09 regarding electronic filing.

January 16, 2019                                               ANDREI IANCU
                  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
                  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

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