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(27)     Closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
                       on Wednesday, March 21, 2018

   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 Wednesday, March 21, 2018, the USPTO will
consider Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 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 Wednesday, March 21,
2018, will be considered 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, Thursday, March 22, 2018 (37 C.F.R. §§ 1.7(a) and 2.196).

   As indicated in the preceding paragraph, the USPTO will consider actions
or fees due on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, to be timely if taken or paid on
the next business day on which the USPTO was open, that is, Thursday,
March 22, 2018. An actual filing date of Wednesday, March 21, 2018, was
also 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 considered
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 Wednesday, March 21,
2018, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.10 or 2.198, will be considered
filed on its respective date of deposit in the Priority Mail Express®
service of the USPS (as shown by a "date accepted" of Wednesday, March 21,
2018, 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 considered 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 Wednesday,
March 21, 2018, 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.

April 13, 2018                                                 ANDREI IANCU
                  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
                  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

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