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(54) UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE INTERRUPTION and EMERGENCY IN LOS ANGELES The January 17, 1994, Los Angeles earthquake has caused a service interruption in United States Postal Service (USPS) in the greater Los Angeles area. Normal postal delivery and collection operations of the USPS were impacted by the earthquake throughout the greater Los Angeles area to varying degrees from January 17, 1994, through January 21, 1994. The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is designating the interruption in the service of the USPS in the greater Los Angeles area and the overall destruction caused by the earthquake as a postal service interruption and an emergency within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. 21(a). Any request to accept a paper or fee delayed by this emergency should be directed to Jeffrey V. Nase, Director, Office of Petitions, (703) 305-9285, PK3-704, for patent-related matters, and to Lynne G. Beresford, Trademark Legal Administrator, (703) 305-9464, PK2-910, for trademark-related matters. February 9, 1994 BRUCE A. LEHMAN Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks [1160 OG 39]