United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 26 October 2004

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

9-24            EX              76401721                Rovanco Piping
                EX              76408554                Systems, Inc.


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

2(d) as         Refusal                                 "RHINOCOAT"
to both         Affirmed                                [corrosion
applications;   in both cases                           inhibitants
as to           under 2(d)                              in the nature
Ser. No.        on the basis                            of a coating for
76401721        of all three                            insulated pipe]
only:           cited regi-
whether         strations and
applicant's     as to Ser.                              "RHINOFLEX"
specimens       No. 76401721                            [flexible
show use of     on the                                  insulated pipe,
its mark on     additional                              not of metal]
its recited     basis asserted
goods


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

3 cited registrations,                          No
all owned by the
same entity:
"RHINOTUBE NORTH
AMERICAN STEEL WORKS"
(and design)
[metal pipes, posts
and tubing];
"RHINOSHIELD"
(and design)
[protective coatings
in the nature of rust
inhibitors for use on
metal pipes, posts,
and tubing];
"RHINOTUBE"
[metal pipes, metal
posts, metal tubing;
metal pipes and
protective coatings
sold as a unit; metal
posts and protective
coatings sold as a
unit; metal tubing and
protective coatings
sold as a unit]


(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