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USPTO News: PTO Declares Mail Service Interruption and Emergency

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Christopher P. Singer -- In a Notice dated September 18, 2008, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that the postal interruptions cause by Hurricane Gustav in regions of Louisiana and Texas (beginning on August 30, 2008) and by Hurricane Ike in regions of Florida, Louisiana, and Texas (beginning on September 7, 2008) have been deemed to be a "service interruption and emergency" falling within the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 21(a) and 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.10(i) and 2.195(e). The Notice suggests that one should contact post offices directly in order to determine whether that post office has been...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on September 23, 2008 (boomark / email).