Top of Notices Top of Notices   (26)  December 29, 2009 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print This Notice 1349 CNOG  41 

Mail Issues, Office Closures, Postal Emergencies, etc. Referenced Items (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
(26)		  Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office
		      on Monday, January 8, 1996 through
			  Wednesday, January 10, 1996

  In view of the official closing of the Federal government offices in
the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including the Patent and
Trademark Office, on Monday, January 8, 1996 through Wednesday, January
10, 1996, the Patent and Trademark Office will consider each of those
days, a "federal holiday within the District of Columbia" under 35
U.S.C. 21 and 37 C.F.R. 1.6, 1.7 and 1.10. Any action or fee due
on any of those days will be considered as being timely filed if the
action is taken, or the fee paid, on the next succeeding business day on
which the Patent and Trademark Office was open, that is, Thursday,
January 11, 1996.

January 24, 1996                                         BRUCE A. LEHMAN
                                     Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
                                  Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks

				 [1183 OG 59]