It’s not much, but it’s something.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is extending filing and payment deadlines by 30 days for papers due between March 27 and April 30, inclusive, if a delay was caused by the COVID-19 crisis. The extension comes without cost and covers many filings with the USPTO and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Qualifying late-filers merely need to state that the coronavirus materially interfered with their ability to act in a timely fashion.
The USPTO clarifies that “[c]ircumstances that qualify as materially interfering with timely filing or payment include, without limitation, office closures, cash flow interruptions, lack of access to files or other materials, travel delays, personal or family illness, or similar circumstances.”