[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 19422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7433]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Patent and Trademark Office

[Docket No. 2005-T-060]


Notice of Unavailability of the Trademark Trial and Appeal 
Board's Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA)

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of ESTTA unavailability.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that ESTTA will be unavailable during 
certain time periods during the relocation of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office data center to a site in Alexandria, Virginia.

DATES: The ESTTA unavailability dates are:
    (1) From 6 p.m., Friday, April 29, 2005 until 5:30 a.m., Monday, 
May 2, 2005;
    (2) from 6 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2005 until 5:30 a.m., Monday, May 
9, 2005;
    (3) from 6 p.m., Friday, May 13, 2005 until 5:30 a.m., Monday, May 
16, 2005; and
    (4) from 6 p.m., Friday, May 27, 2005 until 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 
31, 2005.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Patent and Trademark 
Office data center is moving to a new location in Alexandria, Virginia. 
It is expected that this move will commence on or about April 29, 2005, 
and will be completed on or about May 31, 2005. Due to the relocation 
of the data center, ESTTA will be unavailable during certain time 
periods. During the periods of ESTTA unavailability, oppositions to 
Extensions of Protection filed pursuant to Section 66 of the Trademark 
Act can only be filed in paper. Therefore, Patent and Trademark Rule 
2.101(b)(2) (37 CFR Sec.  2.101(b)(2)), which requires that an 
opposition to an application based on Section 66(a) be filed through 
ESTTA, is waived during the periods of ESTTA unavailability. Paper 
filings of oppositions to Extensions of Protection otherwise will not 
be accepted.
    Paper filings should be directed to: The Trademark Trial and Appeal 
Board, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451.
    In addition, to insure that the Board can timely notify the 
International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization of 
the provisional refusal based on the opposition, a copy of the 
opposition should be faxed to the Board at (571) 273-0059.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Bonita Royall, by telephone at 
(571) 272-4302, or by facsimile to (571) 273-0059, marked to the 
attention of Bonita Royall.

    Dated: April 7, 2005.
Jon W. Dudas,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of 
the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
[FR Doc. 05-7433 Filed 4-12-05; 8:45 am]
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