USPTO Ends Postal Emergency as of November 3

The US Postal Service has resumed postal services in the affected areas of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, West Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Therefore, as of November 3, 2004, the USPTO has terminated the designation of this interruption in the service of the USPS as a postal service interruption and an emergency within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 21(a) and 37 CFR 1.10(i).