United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 20 May 2003

Date            Type of         Proceeding
Issued          Case (1)        or App'n No.            Party/Parties

4-15            EX              75/883,446              Lange Uhren GmbH

4-16            EX              78/061,755              Oppedahl
                                                        & Larson LLP


                                Opposer's/              Applicant's/
                                Petitioner's            Respondent's
                TTAB            Mark and                Mark and
Issue           Decision        Goods/Services          Goods/Services

de jure         Refusal                                 configuration of
functionality;  Reversed                                certain features
whether                                                 of the watch face
applicant                                               of applicant's
was obliged,                                            goods
under Rule                                              [chronometers,
2.61(b),  to                                            chronographs for
provide a                                               use as watches]
copy of a
patent

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "PATENTS.COM"
                Affirmed                                [computer software
                                                        for managing a
                                                        database of
                                                        records and for
                                                        tracking the
                                                        status of the
                                                        records by means
                                                        of the Internet]


Mark and                                        Citable as
Goods Cited by                                  Precedent
Examining Atty.                                 of TTAB

                                                No

                                                No


(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION
TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN