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USPTO Further Extends Certain Patent and Trademark Deadlines in Accordance with the CARES Act

On April 28, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued official Patent and Trademark notices announcing that it will be further extending certain patent and trademark deadlines that fall between March 27 and May 31, to June 1, 2020 in accordance with the agency’s temporary authority under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The notices supersede the notices previously posted by the USPTO on March 31 and March 16, 2020. Andrei Iancu, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, noted that “[i]nnovation and entrepreneurship will play a key role in our fight against this pandemic, and in the upcoming recovery of our country…accordingly, the USPTO continues to assess measures to support the work of inventors and entrepreneurs during this crisis and beyond.”