USPTO does have a plan, namely, Plan for Orderly Shutdown Due to Lapse of Congressional Appropriations,(hereinafter, “The Plan”). The USPTO has sufficient funds from other than FY14 appropriations to continue full operations for approximately 4 weeks. Therefore, all 11,789 employees of the USPTO will be excepted for approximately up to 4 weeks following a lapse in appropriations. After this time period, the USPTO will execute the Plan as described in the “Plan” and excepted employees will be listed under the category of “Employees, not otherwise exempt, to be retained to protect life and property”.