United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 31 May 2005

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

                               April 25-29, 2005



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

4-25            EX              76438403                Ciba Specialty
                                                        Chemical Corp.

4-26            EX              76485778                TM Bioscience
                                                        Corp.


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

whether         Refusal                                 "RECYCLOSSORB"
applicant's     Reversed                                [chemicals,
specimens                                               namely, light
show use of                                             stabilizers for
the mark as                                             use in the
it appears on                                           manufacture of
the drawing                                             outdoor articles,
                                                        namely, plastic,
                                                        lumber, crates,
                                                        drums, and the
                                                        like]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "TAG-IT"
                Affirmed                                [in Class 1:
                in both                                 diagnostic
                classes                                 preparations for
                                                        research use,
                                                        namely, mutation
                                                        detection kits
                                                        composed of
                                                        reagents and
                                                        protocols used
                                                        in the
                                                        determination of
                                                        particular
                                                        genotypes in
                                                        samples of
                                                        nucleic acid;
                                                        in Class 5:
                                                        diagnostic
                                                        preparations for
                                                        clinical use,
                                                        namely, mutation
                                                        detection kits
                                                        composed of
                                                        reagents and
                                                        protocols used in
                                                        the determination
                                                        of particular
                                                        genotypes in
                                                        samples of
                                                        nucleic acid]


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

                                                No

"TAGIT"                                         No
[N-hydroxysuccinimidyl
3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)
propionate]


(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