United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 27 May 2003

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                           April 21-25, 2003



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

4-21            EX              76/027,847              Robert Brownlee

4-23            EX              76/037,642              Vaughan & Bushnell
                                                        Mfg. Co.

4-24            EX              75/470,962              Meridian Medical
                                                        Technologies

4-24            EX              76/154,862              Federal
                                                        Agricultural
                                                        Mortgage Corp.


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

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "CLAY DOG DESIGNS"
                Affirmed                                [decorative art
                                                        objects,
                                                        sculptures, and
                                                        figurines made of
                                                        ceramics]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "BLUEMAX"
                Affirmed                                [hand tools,
                                                        namely, framing
                                                        hammers]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "MERIDIAN MEDICAL
                Affirmed                                TECHNOLOGIES"
                                                        (and design)
                                                        [portable cardiac
                                                        monitors which
                                                        record and transmit
                                                        medical data;
                                                        electrocardiogram
                                                        analyzers]

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "AGEQUITY"
                Affirmed                                [loan services,
                                                        namely, revolving
                                                        lines of credit
                                                        secured by
                                                        agricultural real
                                                        estate]


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

                                                No

"BLUEMAKS"                                      No
[sawblades for circular
power saws]

"MERIDIAN"                                      No
[cardiac rhythm management devices,
namely, hear pacemakers]

                                                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