Madrid's Route 66(a): Closed for Repairs?

For the second consecutive week, not a single Section 66(a) application was published for opposition today. Carl Oppedahl, my expert on the subject, says the next batch of 13 Madrid requests for extension will be published on Tuesday, December 14th.


Carl has speculated that the holdup has something to do with the PTO's handling or printing of "special characters" included in some Section 66(a) applications. Those "special characters" may be found here, and are not to be confused with the "standard character set" found here at pages 55775 to 55781.