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 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1332 OG 138 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

July 8, 2008 Volume 1332 Number 2

CONTENTS

 Patent and Trademark Office NoticesPage 
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information1332 OG 139
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable1332 OG 142
Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee1332 OG 143
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 06/09/20081332 OG 163
Reissue Applications Filed1332 OG 164
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed1332 OG 166
Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed1332 OG 168
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew1332 OG 169
Service by Publication1332 OG 180
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication1332 OG 182
Registration to Practice1332 OG 183
Notice of Exclusion1332 OG 186
Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice1332 OG 187
Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases1332 OG 221
Patents Available for License or Sale1332 OG 244
Errata1332 OG 245
Certificates of Correction1332 OG 247
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1332 OG 250

Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent Depository Libraries
Patent Technology Centers
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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
		  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information

   For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1331 O.G. 54, on June 10, 2008.

European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching
Authority (ISA) for an international application filed with the	United
States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving
Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or
resident of the United States of America. However, the EPO is no longer
a competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Article 16(3), for
international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals on or
after 01 March 2002 in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office, and where
the application contains one or more claims directed to the field of
business methods. For the definition of what the EPO considers to be
precluded subject matter in the field of business methods, applicants
should see the "Notice from the President of the European Patent
Office", dated 26 November 2001, and which was published as Annex A in
the "Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as PCT Authority" in
the Official Gazette at 1255 O.G. 878, on February 19, 2002.

   The European Patent Office may act as the International
Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for an international application
filed in the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau
as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a
national or resident of the United States of America, provided that the
European Patent Office acted as the International Searching Authority.
However, the EPO is no longer a competent IPEA, within the meaning of
PCT Article 32(3), for international applications filed by U.S.
residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office where
the corresponding demand is filed with the EPO on or after 01 March
2002, and where the application contains one or more claims directed to
the fields of business methods.

   The EPO resumed its competence as an International Searching
Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority, effective
January 1, 2004, for international applications filed by nationals or
residents of the United States of America where the application
contains one or more claims relating to the field of biotechnology.
This change was announced in the Official Gazette at 1277 O.G. 230, on
December 30, 2003.

   The EPO resumed its competence as an International Preliminary
Examining Authority, effective July 1, 2004, for demands filed by U.S.
residents or nationals on or after July 1, 2004, for international
applications filed by nationals or residents of the United States of
America where the application contains one or more claims relating to
the field of telecommunications. This change was announced in the
Official Gazette at 1277 O.G. 230, on December 30, 2003.

   The search fee of the European Patent Office was increased,
effective April 1, 2008, and was announced in the Official Gazette
at 1329 O.G. 172, on April 22, 2008.

Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   For use of the Korean Intellectual Property Office as an International
Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for
international applications filed in the United States Receiving Office,
see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G. 1261 on
January 17, 2006.

   The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was increased,
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effective January 1, 2008, and was announced in the Official Gazette at
1327 O.G. 64, on February 12, 2008.

Fees

   The search fee for the USPTO was increased, effective November 9, 2007,
and was announced in the Federal Register on September 10, 2007. The fee
for filing a request for the restoration of the right of priority was
established, effective November 9, 2007, and was announced in the Federal
Register on September 10, 2007.

   International filing fees were increased, effective July 1, 2008,
and were announced in the Official Gazette at 1331 O.G. 57, on June 10,
2008.

   The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of July 1, 2008, is as
follows:

International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:

   Transmittal fee                                                  $300.00

   Search fee

      U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
      International Searching Authority (ISA)
         - Search fee 						  $1,800.00
         - Supplemental search fee, per additional
            invention (payable only upon invitation)              $1,800.00

      European Patent Office as ISA                               $2,496.00

      Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA		    $244.00

   International fees

      International filing fee                                    $1,338.00
      International filing fee-filed in paper
         with PCT EASY zip file or
         electronically without PCT EASY
         zip file  						  $1,237.00
      International filing fee-filed
         electronically with PCT EASY zip
         file							  $1,137.00
      Supplemental fee for each page over 30                         $15.00
      Sequence listing and/or sequence-related table on
      electronic medium only					  $6,000.00

   Restoration of Priority

      Filing a request for the restoration of the
      right of priority under § 1.452				  $1,410.00

   International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
   with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination:

      Handling fee                                                  $201.00
      Handlinfg fee-90% reduction, if applicants meet criteria
      specified at:
        http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee reduction.pdf	     $20.10
      Preliminary Examination Fee
         USPTO as International Preliminary
         Examining Authority (IPEA)
            - USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I                        $600.00
	    - USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I                    $750.00
	    - Additional preliminary examination fee,
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              per additional invention
              (payable only upon invitation) 			    $600.00

   U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering
the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's
web site (www.uspto.gov).

May 9, 2008  	      	        	                       JON W. DUDAS
		                            Under Secretary of Commerce for
			          Intellectual Property and Director of the
			          United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
 		      Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable

   Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides
that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month
period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents
based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional
six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e)
for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR
1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is
not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on
the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on June 28, 2005
for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

   	Utility Patents 6,910,222 through 6,912,726
	Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on June 26, 2001
for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

      	Utility Patents 6,249,915 through 6,253,375
      	Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on June 24, 1997
for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

	Utility Patents 5,640,711 through 5,642,524
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically
over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. Click on the "Site Index" link at the
top of the homepage (www.uspto.gov), and then scroll down and click on the
"Maintenance Fees" link for more information.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically
over the Internet should be mailed to "United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 979070, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000".

   Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of
maintenance fees in patents is not to be mailed to P.O. Box 979070,
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, but must be mailed to "Mail Stop M
Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450".

   Patent owners must establish small entity status according to 37 CFR
1.27 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the small entity
amount.

   The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six
months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set
forth in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g).
To obtain the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO
Contact Center at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule
posted on the USPTO Internet web site. At the top of the USPTO homepage
at www.uspto.gov, click on the "Site Index" link and then scroll down
and click on the "Fees, USPTO" link to find the current USPTO fee
schedule.
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Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee
			Notice of Expiration of Patents
		     Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee

   35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the required
maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are not paid in a patent
requiring such payment, the patent will expire at the end of the 4th, 8th
or 12th anniversary of the grant of the patent depending on the first
maintenance fee which was not paid.
   According to the records of the Office, the patents listed below have
expired due to failure to pay the required maintenance fee and any
applicable surcharge.

		     PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON May 21, 2008
		    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent  	                Application                         Issue
Number          	           Number                            Date

5,517,704                       08/287,261                       05/21/96
5,517,742                       08/389,223                       05/21/96
5,517,743                       08/306,908                       05/21/96
5,517,744                       08/334,242                       05/21/96
5,517,746                       08/302,201                       05/21/96
5,517,754                       08/252,794                       05/21/96
5,517,755                       08/225,909                       05/21/96
5,517,757                       08/293,758                       05/21/96
5,517,758                       08/128,825                       05/21/96
5,517,759                       08/255,110                       05/21/96
5,517,763                       08/376,102                       05/21/96
5,517,765                       08/192,219                       05/21/96
5,517,770                       08/216,715                       05/21/96
5,517,771                       08/364,206                       05/21/96
5,517,776                       08/360,700                       05/21/96
5,517,802                       08/282,858                       05/21/96
5,517,805                       08/335,644                       05/21/96
5,517,817                       08/142,019                       05/21/96
5,517,820                       08/214,303                       05/21/96
5,517,830                       08/378,612                       05/21/96
5,517,834                       08/367,776                       05/21/96
5,517,835                       08/303,417                       05/21/96
5,517,855                       08/216,700                       05/21/96
5,517,866                       08/248,072                       05/21/96
5,517,875                       08/330,699                       05/21/96
5,517,876                       08/286,122                       05/21/96
5,517,883                       08/410,563                       05/21/96
5,517,889                       08/292,353                       05/21/96
5,517,900                       08/430,515                       05/21/96
5,517,902                       08/529,836                       05/21/96
5,517,904                       08/195,539                       05/21/96
5,517,909                       08/305,302                       05/21/96
5,517,927                       08/335,842                       05/21/96
5,517,931                       08/312,620                       05/21/96
5,517,932                       08/226,156                       05/21/96
5,517,933                       08/184,242                       05/21/96
5,517,940                       08/437,033                       05/21/96
5,517,949                       08/369,502                       05/21/96
5,517,954                       08/162,200                       05/21/96
5,517,956                       08/289,096                       05/21/96
5,517,965                       08/281,202                       05/21/96
5,517,966                       08/429,166                       05/21/96
5,517,968                       08/213,794                       05/21/96
5,517,970                       08/490,744                       05/21/96
5,517,974                       08/402,355                       05/21/96
5,517,976                       08/276,941                       05/21/96
5,517,989                       08/222,137                       05/21/96
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5,517,991                       08/272,592                       05/21/96
5,517,992                       08/364,867                       05/21/96
5,517,993                       08/477,936                       05/21/96
5,517,994                       08/340,562                       05/21/96
5,518,003                       08/158,890                       05/21/96
5,518,008                       08/296,333                       05/21/96
5,518,009                       08/345,603                       05/21/96
5,518,013                       08/364,800                       05/21/96
5,518,018                       08/337,802                       05/21/96
5,518,020                       08/259,631                       05/21/96
5,518,026                       08/316,159                       05/21/96
5,518,033                       08/308,672                       05/21/96
5,518,035                       08/427,183                       05/21/96
5,518,037                       08/303,949                       05/21/96
5,518,040                       08/356,118                       05/21/96
5,518,077                       08/408,740                       05/21/96
5,518,082                       08/345,992                       05/21/96
5,518,086                       08/283,908                       05/21/96
5,518,087                       08/299,297                       05/21/96
5,518,094                       08/279,287                       05/21/96
5,518,104                       08/354,615                       05/21/96
5,518,109                       08/300,392                       05/21/96
5,518,111                       08/204,971                       05/21/96
5,518,132                       08/511,413                       05/21/96
5,518,138                       08/199,762                       05/21/96
5,518,146                       08/317,184                       05/21/96
5,518,155                       08/320,268                       05/21/96
5,518,166                       08/338,091                       05/21/96
5,518,172                       08/431,348                       05/21/96
5,518,176                       08/382,702                       05/21/96
5,518,181                       08/245,379                       05/21/96
5,518,194                       08/226,502                       05/21/96
5,518,195                       08/251,383                       05/21/96
5,518,197                       08/327,051                       05/21/96
5,518,207                       08/286,678                       05/21/96
5,518,212                       08/316,502                       05/21/96
5,518,215                       08/242,951                       05/21/96
5,518,219                       08/382,466                       05/21/96
5,518,220                       08/241,711                       05/21/96
5,518,237                       08/380,241                       05/21/96
5,518,266                       08/326,789                       05/21/96
5,518,269                       08/399,322                       05/21/96
5,518,278                       08/387,195                       05/21/96
5,518,281                       08/170,123                       05/21/96
5,518,289                       08/385,733                       05/21/96
5,518,291                       08/238,022                       05/21/96
5,518,296                       08/325,593                       05/21/96
5,518,306                       08/013,296                       05/21/96
5,518,307                       08/229,507                       05/21/96
5,518,313                       08/222,130                       05/21/96
5,518,327                       08/327,665                       05/21/96
5,518,329                       08/501,918                       05/21/96
5,518,331                       08/215,128                       05/21/96
5,518,356                       08/393,177                       05/21/96
5,518,357                       08/274,530                       05/21/96
5,518,363                       08/206,891                       05/21/96
5,518,370                       08/415,917                       05/21/96
5,518,374                       08/501,772                       05/21/96
5,518,386                       07/886,374                       05/21/96
5,518,389                       08/395,636                       05/21/96
5,518,390                       08/317,788                       05/21/96
5,518,394                       08/311,871                       05/21/96
5,518,395                       08/303,558                       05/21/96
5,518,402                       08/196,522                       05/21/96
5,518,405                       08/404,306                       05/21/96
5,518,416                       08/332,681                       05/21/96
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5,518,422                       08/397,612                       05/21/96
5,518,437                       08/134,642                       05/21/96
5,518,444                       08/457,021                       05/21/96
5,518,446                       08/282,043                       05/21/96
5,518,463                       08/439,105                       05/21/96
5,518,469                       08/420,876                       05/21/96
5,518,492                       08/244,022                       05/21/96
5,518,503                       08/419,496                       05/21/96
5,518,509                       08/297,778                       05/21/96
5,518,513                       08/307,056                       05/21/96
5,518,520                       08/399,304                       05/21/96
5,518,523                       08/345,760                       05/21/96
5,518,525                       08/274,741                       05/21/96
5,518,539                       08/341,720                       05/21/96
5,518,546                       08/321,043                       05/21/96
5,518,554                       08/188,312                       05/21/96
5,518,556                       08/212,996                       05/21/96
5,518,560                       08/311,976                       05/21/96
5,518,565                       08/306,044                       05/21/96
5,518,567                       08/265,725                       05/21/96
5,518,569                       08/150,069                       05/21/96
5,518,570                       08/278,812                       05/21/96
5,518,572                       08/444,261                       05/21/96
5,518,573                       08/157,979                       05/21/96
5,518,574                       08/236,651                       05/21/96
5,518,579                       08/373,776                       05/21/96
5,518,596                       08/256,256                       05/21/96
5,518,605                       08/273,151                       05/21/96
5,518,611                       08/310,411                       05/21/96
5,518,613                       08/356,080                       05/21/96
5,518,616                       08/356,258                       05/21/96
5,518,637                       08/482,145                       05/21/96
5,518,650                       08/455,671                       05/21/96
5,518,653                       08/371,617                       05/21/96
5,518,655                       08/433,032                       05/21/96
5,518,667                       08/323,771                       05/21/96
5,518,671                       08/325,168                       05/21/96
5,518,681                       08/260,166                       05/21/96
5,518,683                       08/386,780                       05/21/96
5,518,694                       08/454,055                       05/21/96
5,518,700                       08/264,825                       05/21/96
5,518,715                       08/398,792                       05/21/96
5,518,725                       08/123,844                       05/21/96
5,518,731                       08/260,482                       05/21/96
5,518,732                       08/388,159                       05/21/96
5,518,734                       08/210,319                       05/21/96
5,518,739                       08/278,378                       05/21/96
5,518,741                       08/361,813                       05/21/96
5,518,743                       08/354,537                       05/21/96
5,518,748                       08/327,633                       05/21/96
5,518,753                       08/255,389                       05/21/96
5,518,757                       08/358,707                       05/21/96
5,518,764                       08/401,596                       05/21/96
5,518,766                       08/115,956                       05/21/96
5,518,769                       08/332,446                       05/21/96
5,518,772                       08/351,377                       05/21/96
5,518,775                       08/376,258                       05/21/96
5,518,778                       08/404,918                       05/21/96
5,518,787                       07/851,319                       05/21/96
5,518,788                       08/339,383                       05/21/96
5,518,791                       08/280,206                       05/21/96
5,518,799                       08/149,620                       05/21/96
5,518,812                       08/337,940                       05/21/96
5,518,815                       08/326,513                       05/21/96
5,518,818                       08/129,060                       05/21/96
5,518,827                       08/214,788                       05/21/96
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5,518,831                       08/499,626                       05/21/96
5,518,834                       08/355,600                       05/21/96
5,518,835                       08/211,208                       05/21/96
5,518,845                       08/326,816                       05/21/96
5,518,859                       08/405,293                       05/21/96
5,518,872                       08/336,817                       05/21/96
5,518,876                       08/413,972                       05/21/96
5,518,882                       08/172,133                       05/21/96
5,518,884                       08/203,534                       05/21/96
5,518,897                       08/188,581                       05/21/96
5,518,899                       08/336,224                       05/21/96
5,518,916                       08/342,480                       05/21/96
5,518,937                       08/407,254                       05/21/96
5,518,940                       08/368,906                       05/21/96
5,518,945                       08/435,262                       05/21/96
5,518,946                       08/203,677                       05/21/96
5,518,954                       08/250,554                       05/21/96
5,518,967                       08/234,017                       05/21/96
5,518,972                       08/172,024                       05/21/96
5,518,981                       08/346,842                       05/21/96
5,519,000                       08/221,580                       05/21/96
5,519,004                       08/485,495                       05/21/96
5,519,013                       08/224,615                       05/21/96
5,519,027                       08/078,326                       05/21/96
5,519,035                       08/084,977                       05/21/96
5,519,040                       08/236,720                       05/21/96
5,519,047                       08/230,543                       05/21/96
5,519,049                       08/093,305                       05/21/96
5,519,054                       07/971,577                       05/21/96
5,519,067                       08/536,792                       05/21/96
5,519,070                       08/350,025                       05/21/96
5,519,073                       08/493,085                       05/21/96
5,519,074                       08/371,632                       05/21/96
5,519,087                       08/430,641                       05/21/96
5,519,094                       08/145,948                       05/21/96
5,519,098                       08/321,555                       05/21/96
5,519,099                       08/481,113                       05/21/96
5,519,108                       08/481,114                       05/21/96
5,519,109                       08/373,697                       05/21/96
5,519,110                       08/445,680                       05/21/96
5,519,115                       08/164,151                       05/21/96
5,519,119                       07/994,469                       05/21/96
5,519,121                       08/393,761                       05/21/96
5,519,127                       07/826,657                       05/21/96
5,519,129                       08/326,854                       05/21/96
5,519,132                       08/392,017                       05/21/96
5,519,139                       08/448,193                       05/21/96
5,519,146                       08/295,649                       05/21/96
5,519,154                       08/178,720                       05/21/96
5,519,171                       08/317,374                       05/21/96
5,519,176                       08/223,240                       05/21/96
5,519,182                       08/256,569                       05/21/96
5,519,184                       08/246,679                       05/21/96
5,519,185                       08/399,914                       05/21/96
5,519,186                       08/335,738                       05/21/96
5,519,194                       08/363,018                       05/21/96
5,519,195                       08/015,311                       05/21/96
5,519,206                       08/328,428                       05/21/96
5,519,209                       08/259,943                       05/21/96
5,519,211                       08/260,379                       05/21/96
5,519,213                       08/289,662                       05/21/96
5,519,225                       08/317,049                       05/21/96
5,519,233                       08/253,867                       05/21/96
5,519,235                       08/341,728                       05/21/96
5,519,256                       08/188,695                       05/21/96
5,519,260                       08/201,929                       05/21/96
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5,519,280                       08/216,019                       05/21/96
5,519,281                       08/345,027                       05/21/96
5,519,282                       08/170,765                       05/21/96
5,519,285                       08/165,339                       05/21/96
5,519,290                       08/509,094                       05/21/96
5,519,299                       08/340,651                       05/21/96
5,519,302                       08/186,021                       05/21/96
5,519,311                       06/571,830                       05/21/96
5,519,315                       08/332,206                       05/21/96
5,519,317                       08/397,956                       05/21/96
5,519,339                       08/382,952                       05/21/96
5,519,351                       08/338,774                       05/21/96
5,519,371                       08/357,760                       05/21/96
5,519,380                       08/334,525                       05/21/96
5,519,383                       08/258,509                       05/21/96
5,519,397                       08/201,228                       05/21/96
5,519,398                       08/135,478                       05/21/96
5,519,405                       08/227,768                       05/21/96
5,519,413                       08/155,065                       05/21/96
5,519,425                       08/151,625                       05/21/96
5,519,444                       08/212,898                       05/21/96
5,519,458                       08/352,453                       05/21/96
5,519,461                       08/365,929                       05/21/96
5,519,463                       08/119,712                       05/21/96
5,519,464                       08/346,995                       05/21/96
5,519,467                       08/208,649                       05/21/96
5,519,469                       08/375,392                       05/21/96
5,519,475                       08/301,573                       05/21/96
5,519,485                       08/101,487                       05/21/96
5,519,489                       08/339,461                       05/21/96
5,519,492                       08/083,138                       05/21/96
5,519,496                       08/179,647                       05/21/96
5,519,498                       08/035,587                       05/21/96
5,519,505                       08/310,454                       05/21/96
5,519,510                       08/257,227                       05/21/96
5,519,518                       08/479,641                       05/21/96
5,519,519                       08/101,767                       05/21/96
5,519,530                       08/299,904                       05/21/96
5,519,538                       08/141,124                       05/21/96
5,519,560                       08/203,910                       05/21/96
5,519,562                       08/405,418                       05/21/96
5,519,578                       08/254,781                       05/21/96
5,519,583                       08/175,106                       05/21/96
5,519,589                       08/126,308                       05/21/96
5,519,590                       08/242,745                       05/21/96
5,519,595                       08/321,270                       05/21/96
5,519,609                       08/268,225                       05/21/96
5,519,611                       07/903,457                       05/21/96
5,519,613                       08/319,308                       05/21/96
5,519,614                       08/124,700                       05/21/96
5,519,616                       07/962,510                       05/21/96
5,519,628                       08/019,927                       05/21/96
5,519,632                       08/043,074                       05/21/96
5,519,636                       08/218,907                       05/21/96
5,519,650                       08/301,752                       05/21/96
5,519,661                       08/281,835                       05/21/96
5,519,667                       08/461,028                       05/21/96
5,519,673                       08/357,093                       05/21/96
5,519,676                       08/440,100                       05/21/96
5,519,677                       08/214,697                       05/21/96
5,519,678                       08/246,056                       05/21/96
5,519,685                       08/111,959                       05/21/96
5,519,696                       08/361,422                       05/21/96
5,519,697                       08/284,781                       05/21/96
5,519,702                       08/334,063                       05/21/96
5,519,705                       08/375,640                       05/21/96
 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1332 OG 148 

5,519,710                       08/249,319                       05/21/96
5,519,740                       08/133,240                       05/21/96
5,519,743                       08/298,967                       05/21/96
5,519,746                       08/348,155                       05/21/96
5,519,777                       08/348,783                       05/21/96
5,519,796                       08/399,276                       05/21/96
5,519,803                       08/302,182                       05/21/96
5,519,806                       08/166,107                       05/21/96
5,519,817                       08/019,707                       05/21/96
5,519,827                       07/501,537                       05/21/96
5,519,833                       07/929,798                       05/21/96
5,519,840                       08/187,412                       05/21/96
5,519,871                       08/243,532                       05/21/96
5,519,874                       07/668,208                       05/21/96
5,519,884                       08/146,766                       05/21/96
5,519,888                       08/268,481                       05/21/96
5,519,890                       08/518,127                       05/21/96

		     PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON May 16, 2008
		    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent  	                Application                         Issue
Number          	           Number                            Date

6,061,828                       08/822,212                       05/16/00
6,061,830                       09/245,491                       05/16/00
6,061,834                       09/332,332                       05/16/00
6,061,840                       09/262,711                       05/16/00
6,061,846                       09/226,285                       05/16/00
6,061,847                       09/258,869                       05/16/00
6,061,849                       09/263,272                       05/16/00
6,061,850                       09/112,710                       05/16/00
6,061,851                       08/544,299                       05/16/00
6,061,852                       09/108,768                       05/16/00
6,061,853                       09/125,853                       05/16/00
6,061,854                       09/239,923                       05/16/00
6,061,859                       09/048,142                       05/16/00
6,061,860                       09/082,438                       05/16/00
6,061,862                       09/143,252                       05/16/00
6,061,866                       09/133,163                       05/16/00
6,061,874                       09/178,794                       05/16/00
6,061,878                       09/195,756                       05/16/00
6,061,888                       09/153,509                       05/16/00
6,061,899                       09/162,870                       05/16/00
6,061,903                       09/071,547                       05/16/00
6,061,908                       08/928,311                       05/16/00
6,061,909                       08/903,971                       05/16/00
6,061,912                       09/162,859                       05/16/00
6,061,919                       09/064,903                       05/16/00
6,061,921                       09/058,476                       05/16/00
6,061,933                       08/840,416                       05/16/00
6,061,935                       09/173,503                       05/16/00
6,061,947                       09/336,854                       05/16/00
6,061,948                       09/121,415                       05/16/00
6,061,949                       09/015,183                       05/16/00
6,061,952                       09/357,263                       05/16/00
6,061,957                       09/079,423                       05/16/00
6,061,959                       09/062,329                       05/16/00
6,061,967                       09/233,697                       05/16/00
6,061,976                       09/166,662                       05/16/00
6,061,977                       09/061,233                       05/16/00
6,061,984                       09/126,563                       05/16/00
6,061,985                       09/252,305                       05/16/00
6,061,988                       09/270,921                       05/16/00
6,061,990                       09/066,298                       05/16/00
6,061,991                       08/950,652                       05/16/00
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6,061,994                       09/300,306                       05/16/00
6,061,996                       09/142,756                       05/16/00
6,062,008                       09/133,506                       05/16/00
6,062,011                       09/267,763                       05/16/00
6,062,014                       09/226,206                       05/16/00
6,062,015                       09/050,794                       05/16/00
6,062,019                       09/010,208                       05/16/00
6,062,025                       08/969,552                       05/16/00
6,062,032                       09/208,584                       05/16/00
6,062,040                       09/298,883                       05/16/00
6,062,041                       08/974,824                       05/16/00
6,062,042                       09/225,068                       05/16/00
6,062,046                       09/054,494                       05/16/00
6,062,048                       09/305,268                       05/16/00
6,062,051                       08/612,832                       05/16/00
6,062,052                       09/334,707                       05/16/00
6,062,062                       09/102,119                       05/16/00
6,062,066                       08/614,443                       05/16/00
6,062,067                       09/180,529                       05/16/00
6,062,080                       08/834,000                       05/16/00
6,062,083                       09/016,050                       05/16/00
6,062,087                       09/159,129                       05/16/00
6,062,090                       08/933,736                       05/16/00
6,062,100                       09/215,053                       05/16/00
6,062,102                       09/143,508                       05/16/00
6,062,104                       09/180,460                       05/16/00
6,062,108                       09/289,824                       05/16/00
6,062,111                       09/125,595                       05/16/00
6,062,115                       09/052,198                       05/16/00
6,062,116                       09/095,901                       05/16/00
6,062,132                       09/171,452                       05/16/00
6,062,135                       09/206,158                       05/16/00
6,062,138                       09/281,638                       05/16/00
6,062,139                       09/301,330                       05/16/00
6,062,141                       09/188,113                       05/16/00
6,062,144                       08/442,413                       05/16/00
6,062,145                       08/494,335                       05/16/00
6,062,149                       09/084,462                       05/16/00
6,062,150                       09/091,284                       05/16/00
6,062,156                       09/094,358                       05/16/00
6,062,157                       09/066,351                       05/16/00
6,062,159                       09/134,317                       05/16/00
6,062,161                       09/022,199                       05/16/00
6,062,168                       09/159,710                       05/16/00
6,062,174                       08/548,316                       05/16/00
6,062,175                       09/293,787                       05/16/00
6,062,176                       08/910,137                       05/16/00
6,062,181                       09/031,741                       05/16/00
6,062,187                       09/230,192                       05/16/00
6,062,188                       08/832,864                       05/16/00
6,062,194                       09/229,422                       05/16/00
6,062,200                       09/068,287                       05/16/00
6,062,203                       09/143,561                       05/16/00
6,062,217                       09/193,424                       05/16/00
6,062,226                       09/011,658                       05/16/00
6,062,232                       09/329,351                       05/16/00
6,062,250                       09/233,113                       05/16/00
6,062,253                       08/911,090                       05/16/00
6,062,257                       09/172,992                       05/16/00
6,062,259                       09/161,072                       05/16/00
6,062,267                       09/282,939                       05/16/00
6,062,269                       09/091,399                       05/16/00
6,062,270                       09/113,928                       05/16/00
6,062,271                       09/083,867                       05/16/00
6,062,280                       09/158,836                       05/16/00
6,062,286                       09/102,633                       05/16/00
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6,062,287                       08/869,347                       05/16/00
6,062,294                       09/027,951                       05/16/00
6,062,327                       09/162,896                       05/16/00
6,062,333                       08/898,801                       05/16/00
6,062,334                       09/072,151                       05/16/00
6,062,335                       08/957,619                       05/16/00
6,062,337                       09/171,727                       05/16/00
6,062,338                       08/927,548                       05/16/00
6,062,339                       08/562,731                       05/16/00
6,062,341                       09/151,875                       05/16/00
6,062,344                       09/255,851                       05/16/00
6,062,348                       08/985,029                       05/16/00
6,062,355                       09/066,754                       05/16/00
6,062,357                       09/103,282                       05/16/00
6,062,361                       09/185,478                       05/16/00
6,062,363                       09/206,088                       05/16/00
6,062,365                       09/229,271                       05/16/00
6,062,371                       09/038,532                       05/16/00
6,062,375                       09/166,562                       05/16/00
6,062,378                       09/014,870                       05/16/00
6,062,383                       09/022,283                       05/16/00
6,062,389                       09/095,693                       05/16/00
6,062,394                       09/195,915                       05/16/00
6,062,397                       09/217,319                       05/16/00
6,062,398                       09/358,289                       05/16/00
6,062,404                       08/993,526                       05/16/00
6,062,419                       09/210,170                       05/16/00
6,062,424                       08/844,223                       05/16/00
6,062,432                       08/593,447                       05/16/00
6,062,443                       09/064,255                       05/16/00
6,062,444                       09/159,436                       05/16/00
6,062,446                       08/170,491                       05/16/00
6,062,447                       09/122,999                       05/16/00
6,062,451                       09/298,666                       05/16/00
6,062,452                       09/221,369                       05/16/00
6,062,453                       09/171,666                       05/16/00
6,062,457                       09/478,506                       05/16/00
6,062,458                       08/683,251                       05/16/00
6,062,462                       08/909,569                       05/16/00
6,062,463                       09/091,009                       05/16/00
6,062,466                       09/300,506                       05/16/00
6,062,468                       09/206,145                       05/16/00
6,062,471                       09/184,450                       05/16/00
6,062,490                       09/168,006                       05/16/00
6,062,498                       09/067,299                       05/16/00
6,062,501                       09/142,808                       05/16/00
6,062,503                       09/096,951                       05/16/00
6,062,504                       08/910,480                       05/16/00
6,062,510                       09/406,189                       05/16/00
6,062,515                       09/080,565                       05/16/00
6,062,519                       09/164,641                       05/16/00
6,062,520                       08/996,618                       05/16/00
6,062,522                       09/118,479                       05/16/00
6,062,524                       09/070,147                       05/16/00
6,062,526                       09/130,133                       05/16/00
6,062,528                       08/967,942                       05/16/00
6,062,529                       09/082,334                       05/16/00
6,062,532                       09/076,867                       05/16/00
6,062,538                       09/119,761                       05/16/00
6,062,540                       09/189,348                       05/16/00
6,062,544                       09/203,077                       05/16/00
6,062,554                       09/186,101                       05/16/00
6,062,566                       09/022,368                       05/16/00
6,062,567                       09/057,962                       05/16/00
6,062,570                       08/620,695                       05/16/00
6,062,571                       09/004,840                       05/16/00
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6,062,574                       09/129,153                       05/16/00
6,062,581                       08/692,941                       05/16/00
6,062,598                       09/165,059                       05/16/00
6,062,603                       09/038,599                       05/16/00
6,062,605                       09/166,278                       05/16/00
6,062,606                       09/070,787                       05/16/00
6,062,610                       09/098,823                       05/16/00
6,062,611                       09/056,824                       05/16/00
6,062,616                       09/182,461                       05/16/00
6,062,617                       09/204,229                       05/16/00
6,062,619                       09/326,286                       05/16/00
6,062,622                       09/209,299                       05/16/00
6,062,624                       09/063,717                       05/16/00
6,062,627                       09/098,866                       05/16/00
6,062,630                       09/093,994                       05/16/00
6,062,631                       09/114,153                       05/16/00
6,062,635                       09/045,007                       05/16/00
6,062,636                       09/236,861                       05/16/00
6,062,640                       09/226,993                       05/16/00
6,062,650                       08/875,413                       05/16/00
6,062,655                       09/107,293                       05/16/00
6,062,657                       09/063,532                       05/16/00
6,062,665                       09/181,520                       05/16/00
6,062,666                       08/552,106                       05/16/00
6,062,671                       08/890,764                       05/16/00
6,062,675                       08/777,173                       05/16/00
6,062,680                       08/710,717                       05/16/00
6,062,683                       08/901,559                       05/16/00
6,062,685                       08/580,088                       05/16/00
6,062,691                       09/294,460                       05/16/00
6,062,696                       09/261,014                       05/16/00
6,062,700                       09/233,678                       05/16/00
6,062,709                       08/975,821                       05/16/00
6,062,730                       09/062,770                       05/16/00
6,062,738                       09/089,182                       05/16/00
6,062,744                       09/169,867                       05/16/00
6,062,745                       09/141,715                       05/16/00
6,062,746                       09/206,612                       05/16/00
6,062,747                       09/020,729                       05/16/00
6,062,751                       09/333,413                       05/16/00
6,062,754                       09/193,622                       05/16/00
6,062,761                       09/071,727                       05/16/00
6,062,766                       08/905,468                       05/16/00
6,062,769                       09/370,051                       05/16/00
6,062,777                       09/232,943                       05/16/00
6,062,779                       09/051,951                       05/16/00
6,062,781                       09/012,032                       05/16/00
6,062,789                       09/301,289                       05/16/00
6,062,790                       09/346,907                       05/16/00
6,062,795                       08/940,427                       05/16/00
6,062,797                       08/777,413                       05/16/00
6,062,806                       09/178,145                       05/16/00
6,062,828                       09/090,741                       05/16/00
6,062,836                       09/004,440                       05/16/00
6,062,839                       09/095,552                       05/16/00
6,062,856                       09/305,565                       05/16/00
6,062,859                       09/274,898                       05/16/00
6,062,860                       08/239,700                       05/16/00
6,062,866                       09/276,333                       05/16/00
6,062,878                       09/334,357                       05/16/00
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6,062,891                       09/134,669                       05/16/00
6,062,898                       09/142,009                       05/16/00
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6,062,907                       09/243,971                       05/16/00
6,062,909                       09/264,658                       05/16/00
6,062,910                       09/318,192                       05/16/00
6,062,912                       09/080,613                       05/16/00
6,062,914                       09/271,415                       05/16/00
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6,062,918                       08/878,559                       05/16/00
6,062,921                       09/092,682                       05/16/00
6,062,932                       09/198,050                       05/16/00
6,062,934                       09/352,365                       05/16/00
6,062,944                       09/200,768                       05/16/00
6,062,946                       09/165,712                       05/16/00
6,062,953                       09/042,803                       05/16/00
6,062,954                       09/121,995                       05/16/00
6,062,960                       09/067,108                       05/16/00
6,062,977                       08/688,620                       05/16/00
6,062,978                       08/570,287                       05/16/00
6,062,983                       09/345,869                       05/16/00
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6,062,990                       09/098,138                       05/16/00
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6,062,994                       09/058,716                       05/16/00
6,063,002                       09/139,667                       05/16/00
6,063,004                       08/982,306                       05/16/00
6,063,013                       09/135,444                       05/16/00
6,063,016                       09/127,759                       05/16/00
6,063,019                       08/973,230                       05/16/00
6,063,021                       09/127,419                       05/16/00
6,063,028                       09/045,734                       05/16/00
6,063,032                       09/162,057                       05/16/00
6,063,036                       09/085,449                       05/16/00
6,063,041                       09/117,396                       05/16/00
6,063,043                       09/186,596                       05/16/00
6,063,049                       09/316,852                       05/16/00
6,063,051                       09/102,926                       05/16/00
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6,063,066                       09/111,334                       05/16/00
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6,063,102                       09/181,414                       05/16/00
6,063,112                       09/091,835                       05/16/00
6,063,131                       08/948,520                       05/16/00
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6,063,144                       09/255,951                       05/16/00
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6,063,169                       08/644,134                       05/16/00
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6,063,250                       09/079,342                       05/16/00
6,063,253                       09/198,881                       05/16/00
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6,063,254                       08/994,458                       05/16/00
6,063,255                       08/181,669                       05/16/00
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6,063,300                       09/026,695                       05/16/00
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6,063,305                       08/897,845                       05/16/00
6,063,311                       09/369,894                       05/16/00
6,063,322                       08/765,867                       05/16/00
6,063,324                       09/234,741                       05/16/00
6,063,326                       09/152,315                       05/16/00
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6,063,562                       08/420,003                       05/16/00
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6,063,635                       09/147,863                       05/16/00
6,063,647                       08/986,882                       05/16/00
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6,063,651                       09/018,145                       05/16/00
6,063,657                       09/255,535                       05/16/00
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6,064,027                       09/114,387                       05/16/00
6,064,029                       09/090,088                       05/16/00
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6,064,032                       09/087,851                       05/16/00
6,064,043                       09/323,354                       05/16/00
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6,064,453                       09/129,947                       05/16/00
6,064,465                       09/087,986                       05/16/00
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6,064,472                       08/949,872                       05/16/00
6,064,486                       09/082,851                       05/16/00
6,064,504                       08/791,977                       05/16/00
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6,064,940                       08/648,429                       05/16/00
6,064,955                       09/058,924                       05/16/00
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6,065,028                       08/716,818                       05/16/00
6,065,031                       08/853,616                       05/16/00
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6,065,040                       08/984,154                       05/16/00
6,065,054                       08/888,415                       05/16/00
6,065,059                       08/762,911                       05/16/00
6,065,083                       09/138,118                       05/16/00
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6,065,101                       08/873,991                       05/16/00
6,065,107                       09/141,925                       05/16/00
6,065,109                       08/795,440                       05/16/00
6,065,110                       09/020,631                       05/16/00
6,065,117                       08/895,514                       05/16/00
6,065,127                       09/152,441                       05/16/00
6,065,132                       09/084,385                       05/16/00
6,065,139                       08/829,090                       05/16/00
6,065,143                       08/905,542                       05/16/00

		     PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON May 18, 2008
		    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent  	                Application                         Issue
Number          	           Number                            Date

6,735,779                       10/191,046                       05/18/04
6,735,783                       10/159,409                       05/18/04
6,735,803                       10/159,672                       05/18/04
6,735,809                       10/141,734                       05/18/04
6,735,825                       10/298,411                       05/18/04
6,735,827                       10/328,256                       05/18/04
6,735,836                       10/257,284                       05/18/04
6,735,841                       10/242,072                       05/18/04
6,735,869                       10/361,426                       05/18/04
6,735,871                       10/191,257                       05/18/04
6,735,872                       10/395,158                       05/18/04
6,735,880                       09/444,261                       05/18/04
6,735,881                       10/358,685                       05/18/04
6,735,896                       09/516,516                       05/18/04
6,735,897                       10/268,591                       05/18/04
6,735,920                       09/937,763                       05/18/04
6,735,922                       10/109,076                       05/18/04
6,735,924                       10/046,779                       05/18/04
6,735,933                       10/038,794                       05/18/04
6,735,942                       10/110,299                       05/18/04
6,735,944                       10/192,144                       05/18/04
6,735,957                       10/403,124                       05/18/04
6,735,958                       10/412,485                       05/18/04
6,735,966                       10/183,537                       05/18/04
6,735,969                       10/209,271                       05/18/04
6,735,986                       10/367,876                       05/18/04
6,736,001                       09/958,957                       05/18/04
6,736,002                       10/157,707                       05/18/04
6,736,003                       10/097,562                       05/18/04
6,736,004                       09/882,408                       05/18/04
6,736,006                       10/039,080                       05/18/04
6,736,007                       10/111,380                       05/18/04
6,736,008                       10/300,751                       05/18/04
6,736,015                       10/286,713                       05/18/04
6,736,026                       10/436,952                       05/18/04
6,736,028                       10/220,826                       05/18/04
6,736,034                       10/299,091                       05/18/04
6,736,041                       09/781,898                       05/18/04
6,736,069                       10/106,064                       05/18/04
6,736,070                       10/368,401                       05/18/04
6,736,072                       10/198,655                       05/18/04
6,736,081                       10/407,378                       05/18/04
6,736,085                       09/926,545                       05/18/04
6,736,086                       10/218,980                       05/18/04
 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1332 OG 158 

6,736,087                       10/449,784                       05/18/04
6,736,099                       10/141,138                       05/18/04
6,736,104                       10/312,377                       05/18/04
6,736,114                       10/237,096                       05/18/04
6,736,118                       10/293,357                       05/18/04
6,736,124                       10/360,519                       05/18/04
6,736,127                       10/062,012                       05/18/04
6,736,135                       10/174,311                       05/18/04
6,736,145                       09/952,542                       05/18/04
6,736,154                       10/024,087                       05/18/04
6,736,168                       10/106,686                       05/18/04
6,736,172                       10/069,010                       05/18/04
6,736,183                       10/167,426                       05/18/04
6,736,191                       10/135,899                       05/18/04
6,736,192                       10/093,014                       05/18/04
6,736,193                       09/946,949                       05/18/04
6,736,203                       09/846,941                       05/18/04
6,736,226                       10/133,594                       05/18/04
6,736,227                       10/172,950                       05/18/04
6,736,228                       09/997,644                       05/18/04
6,736,234                       10/448,783                       05/18/04
6,736,239                       10/453,431                       05/18/04
6,736,255                       09/926,276                       05/18/04
6,736,256                       10/134,659                       05/18/04
6,736,274                       09/932,203                       05/18/04
6,736,278                       10/151,602                       05/18/04
6,736,282                       10/161,466                       05/18/04
6,736,284                       09/981,773                       05/18/04
6,736,294                       10/246,498                       05/18/04
6,736,295                       10/143,911                       05/18/04
6,736,296                       10/413,512                       05/18/04
6,736,300                       10/100,132                       05/18/04
6,736,310                       10/372,511                       05/18/04
6,736,314                       09/877,533                       05/18/04
6,736,329                       10/297,658                       05/18/04
6,736,331                       10/181,482                       05/18/04
6,736,341                       10/149,610                       05/18/04
6,736,355                       10/171,875                       05/18/04
6,736,359                       10/186,802                       05/18/04
6,736,363                       10/373,176                       05/18/04
6,736,380                       10/327,119                       05/18/04
6,736,385                       10/018,247                       05/18/04
6,736,399                       10/099,167                       05/18/04
6,736,401                       10/027,573                       05/18/04
6,736,405                       10/006,594                       05/18/04
6,736,408                       10/057,114                       05/18/04
6,736,412                       09/679,035                       05/18/04
6,736,414                       10/225,639                       05/18/04
6,736,417                       08/646,530                       05/18/04
6,736,418                       10/153,992                       05/18/04
6,736,423                       10/195,799                       05/18/04
6,736,435                       10/354,979                       05/18/04
6,736,436                       10/428,990                       05/18/04
6,736,459                       10/249,543                       05/18/04
6,736,462                       10/319,693                       05/18/04
6,736,464                       09/889,923                       05/18/04
6,736,468                       10/330,452                       05/18/04
6,736,469                       10/042,379                       05/18/04
6,736,471                       10/230,993                       05/18/04
6,736,478                       10/205,306                       05/18/04
6,736,485                       10/390,850                       05/18/04
6,736,517                       10/085,246                       05/18/04
6,736,520                       09/861,988                       05/18/04
6,736,522                       10/300,489                       05/18/04
6,736,523                       09/798,549                       05/18/04
6,736,529                       10/438,439                       05/18/04
 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1332 OG 159 

6,736,530                       10/155,464                       05/18/04
6,736,549                       10/166,181                       05/18/04
6,736,550                       10/631,633                       05/18/04
6,736,558                       10/113,172                       05/18/04
6,736,573                       10/283,900                       05/18/04
6,736,578                       10/153,906                       05/18/04
6,736,587                       10/104,168                       05/18/04
6,736,589                       10/203,606                       05/18/04
6,736,590                       09/889,986                       05/18/04
6,736,593                       10/108,530                       05/18/04
6,736,609                       10/100,056                       05/18/04
6,736,614                       09/959,218                       05/18/04
6,736,615                       10/290,724                       05/18/04
6,736,624                       09/979,310                       05/18/04
6,736,630                       10/453,299                       05/18/04
6,736,633                       09/830,512                       05/18/04
6,736,647                       09/979,613                       05/18/04
6,736,648                       10/277,746                       05/18/04
6,736,650                       10/420,107                       05/18/04
6,736,656                       10/329,177                       05/18/04
6,736,660                       10/252,333                       05/18/04
6,736,665                       10/190,407                       05/18/04
6,736,666                       10/107,116                       05/18/04
6,736,669                       10/342,468                       05/18/04
6,736,677                       10/328,793                       05/18/04
6,736,679                       10/231,310                       05/18/04
6,736,685                       10/267,100                       05/18/04
6,736,686                       09/911,971                       05/18/04
6,736,695                       10/437,705                       05/18/04
6,736,702                       10/219,370                       05/18/04
6,736,706                       10/308,409                       05/18/04
6,736,715                       09/798,690                       05/18/04
6,736,730                       10/228,074                       05/18/04
6,736,733                       10/067,799                       05/18/04
6,736,735                       09/997,728                       05/18/04
6,736,738                       10/132,955                       05/18/04
6,736,750                       10/284,062                       05/18/04
6,736,751                       10/313,512                       05/18/04
6,736,758                       10/294,527                       05/18/04
6,736,760                       10/396,783                       05/18/04
6,736,761                       09/985,916                       05/18/04
6,736,763                       10/303,971                       05/18/04
6,736,764                       09/950,296                       05/18/04
6,736,783                       09/808,449                       05/18/04
6,736,801                       09/622,603                       05/18/04
6,736,802                       10/308,272                       05/18/04
6,736,806                       10/207,073                       05/18/04
6,736,832                       09/897,330                       05/18/04
6,736,833                       10/163,360                       05/18/04
6,736,836                       09/788,309                       05/18/04
6,736,878                       10/093,380                       05/18/04
6,736,889                       10/402,062                       05/18/04
6,736,893                       10/124,542                       05/18/04
6,736,901                       10/206,973                       05/18/04
6,736,905                       10/082,508                       05/18/04
6,736,915                       10/124,975                       05/18/04
6,736,921                       09/689,006                       05/18/04
6,736,950                       10/018,391                       05/18/04
6,736,970                       09/980,440                       05/18/04
6,736,977                       09/705,542                       05/18/04
6,736,978                       10/017,467                       05/18/04
6,736,991                       10/365,750                       05/18/04
6,736,992                       10/145,649                       05/18/04
6,736,995                       10/059,429                       05/18/04
6,737,020                       09/723,731                       05/18/04
6,737,040                       09/762,027                       05/18/04
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6,737,047                       09/902,660                       05/18/04
6,737,052                       09/653,465                       05/18/04
6,737,058                       09/912,741                       05/18/04
6,737,066                       09/565,906                       05/18/04
6,737,067                       09/744,659                       05/18/04
6,737,086                       10/057,601                       05/18/04
6,737,102                       10/284,972                       05/18/04
6,737,105                       09/916,692                       05/18/04
6,737,112                       10/376,053                       05/18/04
6,737,116                       10/090,636                       05/18/04
6,737,117                       10/116,953                       05/18/04
6,737,118                       10/121,381                       05/18/04
6,737,131                       09/439,973                       05/18/04
6,737,139                       09/430,008                       05/18/04
6,737,140                       09/822,935                       05/18/04
6,737,141                       10/192,136                       05/18/04
6,737,142                       10/102,137                       05/18/04
6,737,184                       09/986,638                       05/18/04
6,737,211                       10/131,501                       05/18/04
6,737,223                       09/903,077                       05/18/04
6,737,230                       10/165,967                       05/18/04
6,737,237                       09/631,594                       05/18/04
6,737,239                       10/272,466                       05/18/04
6,737,248                       08/781,986                       05/18/04
6,737,253                       09/581,822                       05/18/04
6,737,254                       09/950,999                       05/18/04
6,737,293                       10/050,667                       05/18/04
6,737,296                       10/157,505                       05/18/04
6,737,314                       10/121,711                       05/18/04
6,737,336                       10/183,408                       05/18/04
6,737,373                       10/161,353                       05/18/04
6,737,376                       09/743,244                       05/18/04
6,737,381                       10/018,885                       05/18/04
6,737,382                       10/279,053                       05/18/04
6,737,386                       09/579,658                       05/18/04
6,737,393                       10/635,498                       05/18/04
6,737,399                       10/085,572                       05/18/04
6,737,410                       09/678,554                       05/18/04
6,737,412                       09/439,429                       05/18/04
6,737,413                       09/910,087                       05/18/04
6,737,426                       10/148,078                       05/18/04
6,737,428                       10/310,274                       05/18/04
6,737,434                       10/380,828                       05/18/04
6,737,437                       09/738,670                       05/18/04
6,737,442                       10/152,333                       05/18/04
6,737,443                       09/622,781                       05/18/04
6,737,452                       10/404,610                       05/18/04
6,737,460                       09/101,836                       05/18/04
6,737,469                       09/965,076                       05/18/04
6,737,474                       10/290,515                       05/18/04
6,737,483                       09/806,954                       05/18/04
6,737,488                       10/082,607                       05/18/04
6,737,495                       10/149,719                       05/18/04
6,737,499                       10/146,370                       05/18/04
6,737,501                       10/336,380                       05/18/04
6,737,509                       09/518,842                       05/18/04
6,737,513                       09/067,447                       05/18/04
6,737,518                       09/700,035                       05/18/04
6,737,525                       10/044,049                       05/18/04
6,737,533                       10/335,727                       05/18/04
6,737,537                       10/146,971                       05/18/04
6,737,541                       10/169,344                       05/18/04
6,737,542                       09/937,122                       05/18/04
6,737,545                       09/646,884                       05/18/04
6,737,548                       10/312,852                       05/18/04
6,737,551                       10/204,264                       05/18/04
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6,737,569                       09/683,928                       05/18/04
6,737,596                       10/431,802                       05/18/04
6,737,598                       10/316,757                       05/18/04
6,737,605                       10/349,353                       05/18/04
6,737,610                       10/338,617                       05/18/04
6,737,621                       10/279,886                       05/18/04
6,737,631                       09/840,208                       05/18/04
6,737,632                       10/050,111                       05/18/04
6,737,633                       10/302,912                       05/18/04
6,737,656                       10/084,452                       05/18/04
6,737,665                       10/070,192                       05/18/04
6,737,709                       09/210,540                       05/18/04
6,737,735                       10/373,110                       05/18/04
6,737,742                       10/241,995                       05/18/04
6,737,749                       10/028,814                       05/18/04
6,737,764                       10/048,746                       05/18/04
6,737,773                       10/251,256                       05/18/04
6,737,775                       09/937,491                       05/18/04
6,737,777                       10/024,160                       05/18/04
6,737,781                       09/836,617                       05/18/04
6,737,784                       09/971,544                       05/18/04
6,737,786                       10/079,482                       05/18/04
6,737,787                       10/326,686                       05/18/04
6,737,792                       09/740,791                       05/18/04
6,737,794                       10/350,108                       05/18/04
6,737,795                       10/238,797                       05/18/04
6,737,801                       09/891,972                       05/18/04
6,737,808                       09/645,059                       05/18/04
6,737,845                       10/177,558                       05/18/04
6,737,870                       10/287,537                       05/18/04
6,737,871                       10/352,289                       05/18/04
6,737,873                       09/978,290                       05/18/04
6,737,876                       10/122,062                       05/18/04
6,737,888                       09/435,864                       05/18/04
6,737,889                       10/226,609                       05/18/04
6,737,894                       10/249,700                       05/18/04
6,737,915                       10/292,959                       05/18/04
6,737,917                       10/221,891                       05/18/04
6,737,945                       10/001,624                       05/18/04
6,737,951                       10/285,951                       05/18/04
6,737,958                       09/714,706                       05/18/04
6,737,963                       09/822,432                       05/18/04
6,738,007                       10/031,934                       05/18/04
6,738,020                       10/153,515                       05/18/04
6,738,035                       09/584,951                       05/18/04
6,738,036                       09/920,826                       05/18/04
6,738,070                       10/042,083                       05/18/04
6,738,084                       09/395,395                       05/18/04
6,738,103                       09/880,929                       05/18/04
6,738,113                       10/164,700                       05/18/04
6,738,127                       10/422,103                       05/18/04
6,738,135                       10/153,135                       05/18/04
6,738,140                       09/954,086                       05/18/04
6,738,141                       09/493,214                       05/18/04
6,738,142                       09/794,335                       05/18/04
6,738,147                       10/104,354                       05/18/04
6,738,169                       09/615,701                       05/18/04
6,738,176                       10/135,073                       05/18/04
6,738,191                       10/249,019                       05/18/04
6,738,216                       10/131,089                       05/18/04
6,738,217                       10/234,833                       05/18/04
6,738,221                       09/424,178                       05/18/04
6,738,225                       10/199,280                       05/18/04
6,738,229                       09/752,374                       05/18/04
6,738,267                       10/111,049                       05/18/04
6,738,277                       10/287,746                       05/18/04
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6,738,312                       10/311,170                       05/18/04
6,738,315                       10/447,951                       05/18/04
6,738,327                       09/836,235                       05/18/04
6,738,330                       09/808,031                       05/18/04
6,738,337                       09/875,947                       05/18/04
6,738,363                       09/435,260                       05/18/04
6,738,401                       09/975,082                       05/18/04
6,738,406                       10/194,977                       05/18/04
6,738,426                       09/731,003                       05/18/04
6,738,445                       09/449,827                       05/18/04
6,738,471                       09/656,203                       05/18/04
6,738,484                       09/969,764                       05/18/04
6,738,497                       09/850,348                       05/18/04
6,738,544                       10/167,071                       05/18/04
6,738,558                       10/124,722                       05/18/04
6,738,566                       09/898,782                       05/18/04
6,738,568                       10/325,507                       05/18/04
6,738,573                       10/611,740                       05/18/04
6,738,578                       09/320,347                       05/18/04
6,738,585                       10/246,695                       05/18/04
6,738,602                       09/419,010                       05/18/04
6,738,609                       09/641,285                       05/18/04
6,738,624                       09/714,840                       05/18/04
6,738,633                       09/735,399                       05/18/04
6,738,638                       09/602,244                       05/18/04
6,738,641                       09/721,471                       05/18/04
6,738,683                       09/655,602                       05/18/04
6,738,685                       10/320,723                       05/18/04
6,738,690                       10/215,239                       05/18/04
6,738,691                       10/147,141                       05/18/04
6,738,707                       10/003,365                       05/18/04
6,738,719                       09/951,925                       05/18/04
6,738,724                       10/162,408                       05/18/04
6,738,725                       10/327,853                       05/18/04
6,738,735                       09/611,822                       05/18/04
6,738,741                       10/298,494                       05/18/04
6,738,742                       10/364,851                       05/18/04
6,738,753                       09/642,356                       05/18/04
6,738,761                       09/661,379                       05/18/04
6,738,791                       09/955,944                       05/18/04
6,738,828                       09/611,943                       05/18/04
6,738,832                       09/895,459                       05/18/04
6,738,843                       09/790,427                       05/18/04
6,738,849                       09/842,279                       05/18/04
6,738,851                       09/865,005                       05/18/04
6,738,863                       09/992,284                       05/18/04
6,738,866                       09/850,897                       05/18/04
6,738,912                       09/893,413                       05/18/04
6,738,917                       09/753,916                       05/18/04
6,738,944                       09/532,864                       05/18/04
6,738,948                       09/829,224                       05/18/04
6,738,974                       09/151,041                       05/18/04
6,738,979                       09/565,622                       05/18/04
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 06/09/2008
		 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
		     Late Maintenance Fee from 06/09/2008

Patent          Application     Filing          Issue	        Granted
Number          Number		Date            Date 	  	Date

5,170,942 	07/753,404     	08/30/91 	12/15/92 	06/11/08
5,323,867 	07/847,627     	03/06/92 	06/28/94 	06/11/08
5,384,428 	07/995,737     	12/22/92 	01/24/95 	06/11/08
5,422,998 	08/153,200     	11/15/93 	06/06/95 	06/09/08
5,425,757 	08/065,863     	05/21/93 	06/20/95 	06/11/08
5,441,018 	08/211,780     	04/14/94 	08/15/95 	06/11/08
5,482,629 	08/350,849     	12/07/94 	01/09/96 	06/12/08
5,485,883 	08/423,024     	04/17/95 	01/23/96 	06/12/08
5,489,139 	08/430,760     	04/27/95 	02/06/96 	06/09/08
5,492,372 	08/330,747     	10/28/94 	02/20/96 	06/11/08
5,501,495 	08/196,467     	02/15/94 	03/26/96 	06/11/08
5,515,920 	08/330,373     	10/27/94 	05/14/96 	06/13/08
5,720,519 	08/276,179     	07/15/94 	02/24/98 	06/11/08
5,758,663 	08/628,822     	04/05/96 	06/02/98 	06/09/08
5,792,210 	08/664,998     	06/10/96 	08/11/98 	06/11/08
5,871,006 	08/763,162     	12/10/96 	02/16/99 	06/10/08
5,921,654 	08/840,220     	04/11/97 	07/13/99 	06/10/08
5,959,589 	08/887,472     	07/02/97 	09/28/99 	06/11/08
5,982,334 	08/962,176     	10/31/97 	11/09/99 	06/11/08
5,984,872 	08/987,922     	07/14/97 	11/16/99 	06/12/08
5,996,592 	09/239,464     	01/28/99 	12/07/99 	06/09/08
6,008,925 	08/887,947     	07/03/97 	12/28/99 	06/12/08
6,015,557 	09/275,070     	03/23/99 	01/18/00 	06/10/08
6,018,833 	09/151,241     	09/14/98 	02/01/00 	06/11/08
6,027,026 	08/933,071     	09/18/97 	02/22/00 	06/09/08
6,048,374 	08/912,485     	08/18/97 	04/11/00 	06/15/08
6,049,573 	08/989,219     	12/11/97 	04/11/00 	06/12/08
6,050,735 	09/335,833     	06/18/99 	04/18/00 	06/10/08
6,312,593 	09/299,241     	04/23/99 	11/06/01 	06/13/08
6,332,253 	09/515,641     	02/29/00 	12/25/01 	06/13/08
6,347,243 	09/035,393     	03/05/98 	02/12/02 	06/12/08
6,393,211 	09/449,966     	11/26/99 	05/21/02 	06/12/08
6,439,853 	09/315,736     	05/20/99 	08/27/02 	06/10/08
6,494,524 	10/164,858     	06/07/02 	12/17/02 	06/09/08
6,511,850 	09/614,368     	07/12/00 	01/28/03 	06/13/08
6,533,736 	09/579,486     	05/30/00 	03/18/03 	06/13/08
6,557,030 	09/584,832     	05/31/00 	04/29/03 	06/12/08
6,571,745 	10/007,345     	10/25/01 	06/03/03 	06/09/08
6,605,082 	09/895,408     	07/02/01 	08/12/03 	06/11/08
6,606,344 	10/011,113     	11/13/01 	08/12/03 	06/09/08
6,621,609 	09/806,163     	03/27/01 	09/16/03 	06/12/08
6,631,649 	10/142,701     	05/09/02 	10/14/03 	06/10/08
6,663,654 	10/001,678     	10/23/01 	12/16/03 	06/09/08
6,667,063 	10/252,954     	09/23/02 	12/23/03 	06/13/08
6,676,188 	10/336,361     	01/02/03 	01/13/04 	06/09/08
6,677,858 	09/583,150     	05/30/00 	01/13/04 	06/12/08
6,684,926 	09/874,250     	06/06/01 	02/03/04 	06/13/08
6,685,187 	09/241,678     	02/02/99 	02/03/04 	06/09/08
6,694,044 	09/654,300     	09/01/00 	02/17/04 	06/09/08
6,707,608 	09/529,007     	02/20/01 	03/16/04 	06/12/08
6,725,267 	09/709,948     	11/10/00 	04/20/04 	06/12/08
6,726,724 	10/143,284     	05/10/02 	04/27/04 	06/12/08
6,733,074 	10/184,252     	06/28/02 	05/11/04 	06/09/08
6,748,347 	09/668,394     	09/22/00 	06/08/04 	06/10/08
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Reissue Applications Filed
			  Reissue Applications Filed

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(b). The reissue applications listed below
are open to public inspection by the general public through the Image
File Wrapper (IFW) system (http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair)
on the USPTO internet web site (www.uspto.gov), and copies may be
obtained by paying the fee therefor (37 CFR 1.19).

   6,001,876, Re. S.N. 11/983,750, Nov. 09, 2007, Cl./Sub 514/561,
ISOBUTYLGABA AND ITS DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN, Lakhbir Singh,
Owner of Record: Warner-Lambert Company LLC, New York, NY, Attorney or
Agent: Rudolf E. Hutz, Ex. Gp.: 1614

   6,090,812, Re. S.N. 12/081,710, Apr. 18, 2008, Cl. 514/255, PIPERAZINE
AND PIPERIDINE COMPOUNDS, Roelof Willem Feenstra, et al., Owner of Record:
Duphur International Research B.V., Attorney or Agent: Ningling Wang,
Ex. Gp.: 1614

   6,542,564, Re. S.N. 11/932,893, Oct. 31, 2007, Cl. 369/047, METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING REPRODUCED AUDIO SIGNALS OF AN OPTICAL DISC,
Jae Ryong Cho, Owner of Record:	LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR, Attorney
or Agent: David E. A. Jordan, Ex. Gp.: 2627

   6,724,174, Re. S.N. 11/409,549, Apr. 20, 2008, Cl./Sub 323/224,
ADJUSTABLE MINIMUM PEAK INDUCTOR CURRENT LEVEL FOR BURST MODE IN CURRENT-
MODE DC-DC REGULATORS, Joey Martin Esteves, et al., Owner of Record:
Linear Technology Corporation, Milpitas, CA, Attorney or Agent: Chi-Hsin
Chang, Ex. Gp: 2838

   6,887,996, Re. S.N. 12/007,463, Jan. 10, 2008, Cl. 514/309, COMPOUNDS
AND THEIR USE, Dava V. Ferraris et. al., Owner of Record: GUILFORD
PHARMACEUTICALS INC., Baltimore, MD., Attorney or Agent: Donald K. Drummond,
Ex. Gp.: 1614

   6,894,108, Re. S.N. 11/727,416, Mar. 26, 2007, Cl./Sub 524/556, FINE
POLYMER PARTICLES FOR PLASTISOL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND
HALOGEN-FREE PLASTISOL COMPOSITION AND ARTICLE MADE WITH THE SAME,
Toshihiro Kosai, et al., Owner of Record: Mitsubishi Rayson Company, Ltd.,
Tokyo, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Richard L. Treanor, Ex. Gp.: 1714

   6,905,156, Re. S.N. 12/128,855, May 29, 2008, Cl. 296/050, AUTOMOTIVE
CLOSURE PANEL WITH PIVOT-MOUNTED ALIGNMENT SYSTEM, Scott G. Miller et. al.,
Owner of Record: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC., Dearborn, MI, Attorney or
Agent: John D. Russell, Ex. Gp.: 3612

   6,931,874, Re. S.N. 11/843,316, Aug. 22, 2007, Cl./Sub 062/235,
ICE MAKER AND A METHOD OF MAKING ICE, Steve Dawe, et al., Owner of Record:
Ice Research Inc., Concorde, ON, Canada, Attorney or Agent: Richard A.
Arrett, Ex. Gp: 3744

   6,948,658, Re. S.N. 11/862,526, Sep. 27, 2007, Cl. 382/305, METHOD FOR
 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1332 OG 165 

AUTOMATICALLY INTEGRATING DIGITAL DATA, Jewel Tsai, et al., Owner of
Record: Transpacific Optics LLC, Wilmington, DE, Attorney or Agent:
Rajiv P. Sarathy, Ex. Gp.: 2624

   6,963,335, Re. S.N. 11/880,423, Jul. 20, 2007, Cl. 345/204, ACTIVE
MATRIX TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY
ELEMENT, Yukio Tanaka et al., Owner of Record: Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co., LTD, Kadoma-shi, JP, Attorney or Agent: Curtis B. Hamre,
Ex. Gp.: 2629

   6,989,763, Re. S.N. 12/019,399, Jan. 24, 2008, Cl. 341/176, WEB-BASED
UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL, Justin D. Wall et al., Owner of Record:
Generation 2 Technology, LLC, Reading, PA, Attorney or Agent: Chad D.
Tillman, Ex. Gp.: 2612

   6,989,763, Re. S.N. 12/019,417, Jan. 24, 2008, Cl. 341/176, WEB-BASED
UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL, Justin D. Wall et al., Owner of Record:
Generation 2 Technology, LLC, Reading, PA, Attorney or Agent: Chad D.
Tillman, Ex. Gp.: 2612

   6,999,094, Re. S.N. 12/068,571, Feb. 07, 2008, Cl. 345/435, GAME DEVICE,
GAME PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, Masaaki Ito,
Owner of Record: Kabushiki Kaisha Sega D/B/A Sega Corporation, Tokyo, JP,
Attorney or Agent: Anthony J. Lombardi, Ex. Gp.: 3714

   7,009,741, Re. S.N. 12/044,649, Mar. 07, 2008, Cl./Sub 359/009,
COMPUTATION OF COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAMS, Douglas Payne, Owner of
Record: F. Poszat Hu, LLC, Wilmington, DE, Attorney or Agent: Bryan D.
Kirkpatrick, Ex. Gp: 2872

   7,076,726, Re. S.N. 12/132,538, Jun. 03, 2008, Cl./Sub 714/790,
METHOD FOR MATCHING RATE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, Young Woo Yun,
et al., Owner of Record: LG Information & Communication, Ltd., Seoul,
Korea, Attorney or Agent: Lew Edward V. Macapagal, Ex. Gp: 2112

   7,087,600, Re. S.N. 12/126,731, May 23, 2008, Cl./Sub 424/435,
PEPTIDYL PRODRUGS AND LINKERS AND STABILIZERS USEFUL THEREFOR, Howard P.
Ng, et al., Owner of Record: Medarex, Inc., Princeton, NJ, Attorney or
Agent: Bruce E. Black, Ex. Gp: 1654

   7,097,732, Re. S.N. 12/155,565, Jun. 05, 2008, Cl./Sub 156/304,
JOINING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SINGLE VENEER PIECE, Mikio Tsutsui, et al.,
Owner of Record: Meinan Machinery Works, Inc., Aichi, Japan, Attorney or
Agent: Darren Crew, Ex. Gp: 1734

   7,107,389, Re. S.N. 12/016,751, Jan. 18, 2008, Cl./Sub 711/220,
SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA INTO FLASH MEMORY,
Yoshihisa Inagaki, et al., Owner of Record: Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Bruce H. Bernstein,
Ex. Gp: 2189

   7,111,614, Re. S.N. 12/079,411, Mar. 26, 2008, Cl./Sub 123/478,
SINGLE FLUID INJECTOR WITH RATE SHAPING CAPIBILITY, Dana R. Coldren,
et al., Owner of Record: Caterpillar Inc, Peoria, IL, Attorney or Agent:
Michael B. McNeil, Ex. Gp: 3747

   7,278,934, Re. S.N. 12/119,951, May 13, 2008, Cl. 473/432, BASEBALL
CATCHING AND THROWING SYSTEM, Kevin S. McBride, et al., Owner of Record:
Inventors, Attorney or Agent: Dale J. Ream, Ex. Gp.: 3711

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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
		   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   5,340,742, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,134, Requested Date: May 02, 2008,
Cl. 435/256.8, Title: PROCESS FOR GROWING THRAUSTOCHYTRIUM AND
SCHIZOCHYTRIUM USING NON-CHLORIDE SALTS TO PRODUCE A MICROFLORAL BIOMASS
HAVING OMEGA-3 HIGHLY UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS, Inventor: William R. Barclay,
Owners of Record: Martek Biosciences Corporation, Columbia, MD, Attorney or
Agent: Sheridan Ross, PC, Denver, CO, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester:	Lonza AG,
Basel, Switzerland, Susan E. Shaw McBee, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice,
PLLC, Tysons Corner, VA

   5,889,839, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,168, Requested Date: May 16, 2008,
Cl. 379/088.12, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AUTOMATED MESSAGE
NOTIFICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, Inventor: William J. Beyda
et al., Owners of Record: Research In Motion Limited, Ontario, Canada,
Attorney or Agent: Siemens Corporation, Iselin, NJ, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Visto Corporation, Redwood City, CA, Shawn G. Hansen, Manatt
Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Palo Alto, CA

   6,213,979, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,167, Requested Date: May 15, 2008,
Cl. 604/174, Title: MEDICAL LINE ANCHORING SYSTEM, Inventor: Steven F.
Bierman, Owners of Record: Venetec International, Inc., Mission Viejo, CA,
Attorney or Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, Newport Beach, CA,
Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Nexus Medical, LLC, Lenexa, KS, Scott R. Brown,
Hovey Williams, LLP, Overland Park, KS

   6,241,753, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,166, Requested Date: May 15, 2008,
Cl. 607/099, Title: METHOD FOR SCAR COLLAGEN FORMATION AND CONTRACTION,
Inventor: Edward W. Knowlton, Owners of Record:	Thermage, Inc., Hayward,
CA, Attorney or Agent: Wood Herron & Evans, LLP, Cincinnati, OH,
Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Alma Lasers, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL, Hugh A.
Abrams, Sidley Austin, LLP, Chicago, IL

   6,315,616, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,131, Requested Date: May 05, 2008,
Cl. 439/638, Title: PLUG CONNECTOR AND SOCKET CONNECTOR, Inventor: Koji
Hayashi, Owners of Record: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited,
Tokyo, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Chicago,
IL, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Clement Cheng, Newhope Law, PC, Fountain
Valley, CA

   6,377,855, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,169, Requested Date: May 19, 2008,
Cl. 606/033, Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED CONTRACTION OF
COLLAGEN TISSUE, Inventor: Edward W. Knowlton, Owners of Record: Thermage,
Inc., Alamo, CA, Attorney or Agent: Wood Herron & Evans, LLP, Cincinnati,
OH, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Alma Lasers, Inc., Buffalo Grove, IL,
Hugh A. Abrams, Sidley Austin, LLP, Chicago, IL

   6,381,498, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,170, Requested Date: May 19, 2008,
Cl. 606/033, Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED CONTRACTION OF
COLLAGEN TISSUE, Inventor: Edward W. Knowlton, Owners of Record:
Thermage, Inc., Alamo, CA, Attorney or Agent: Wood Herron & Evans, LLP,
Cincinnati, OH, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Alma Lasers, Inc., Buffalo Grove,
IL, Hugh A. Abrams, Sidley Austin, LLP, Chicago, IL

   6,405,090, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,165, Requested Date: May 15, 2008,
Cl. 607/102, Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIGHTENING SKIN BY CONTROLLED
CONTRACTION OF COLLAGEN TISSUE, Inventor: Edward W. Knowlton, Owners of
Record:	Thermage, Inc., Alamo, CA, Attorney or Agent: Heller Ehrman, LLP,
Menlo Park, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Alma Lasers, Inc., Buffalo Grove,
IL, Hugh A. Abrams, Sidley Austin, LLP, Chicago, IL

   6,572,952, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,132, Requested Date: May 02, 2008,
Cl. 428/192, Title: SHOCK ABSORBING CARPET SYSTEM, Inventor: Ray D. Kanter,
Owners of Record: Ray D. Kanter, Dallas, TX, Attorney or Agent:	Gardere
Wynne Sewell, LLP, Dallas, TX, Ex. Gp.:	3991, Requester: Patent Owner
 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1332 OG 167 


   6,611,686, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,121, Requested Date: May 27, 2008,
Cl. 340/002.1, Title: TRACKING CONTROL AND LOGISTICS SYSTEM AND METHOD,
Inventor: Joseph D. Smith et al., Owners of Record: Joseph D. Smith,
Henderson, TX, Attorney or Agent: Kenneth L. Nash, Houston, TX,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Robert A. Koons, Jr., Drinker Biddle & Reath,
Philadelphia, PA

   6,936,986, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,136, Requested Date: May 06, 2008,
Cl. 318/445, Title: DEVICE FOR SENSING AN OBSTACLE IN THE OPENING RANGE OF
A POWERED CLOSURE ELEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, Inventor: Roland Nuber,
Owners of Record: Metzeler Automotive Profile Systems, GMBH, Lindau,
Germany, Attorney or Agent: Harter Secrest & Emery, LLP, Rochester, NY,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Nartron Corporation, Reed City, MI, Robert C.J.
Tuttle, Brooks Kushman, PC, Southfield, MI

   7,015,666, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,135, Requested Date: May 06, 2008,
Cl. 318/286, Title: DEVICE SOR SENSING AN OBSTACLE IN THE OPENING RANGE OF
A CLOSURE ELEMENT OF A MONITOR VEHICLE, Inventor: Steffen Staus, Owners of
Record:	Metzeler Automotive Profile Systems GMBH, Lindau, Germany, Attorney
or Agent: Harter Secrest & Emery, LLP, Rochester, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Nartron Corporation, Reed City, MI, Robert C.J. Tuttle, Brooks
Kushman, PC, Southfield, MI

  7,308,712, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,120, Requested Date: May 29, 2008,
Cl. 726/022, Title: AUTOMATED COMPUTER VULNERABILITY RESOLUTION SYSTEM,
Inventor: Carl E. Banzhof, Owners of Record: McAfee Inc., Santa Clara, CA,
Attorney or Agent: Conley Rose, PC, Plano, TX, Ex. Gp.:	3992, Requester:
Cynthia K. Nicholson, Posz Law Group, PLC, Reston, VA
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Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed
		 Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed

   RE. 40,216, Reexam. C.N. 95/000,370, Requested Date:	May 21, 2008,
Cl. 042/071.01, Title: MODULAR SLEEVE, Inventor: Richard E. Swan, Owners of
Record: Richard E. Swan, East Bridgewater, MA, Attorney or Agent: Barlow
Josephs & Holmes, LTD., Providence, RI, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Third
Party Requester: Patriot Ordnance Factory, Inc., Glendale, AZ; (Att'y Is:
Robert A. Parsons, Phoenix, AZ), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third
Party Requester

   7,069,235, Reexam. C.N. 95/001,047, Requested Date: May 30, 2008,
Cl. May 026, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SOURCE TRANSACTION
PROCESSING, Inventor: Igor Postelnik et al., Owners of Record: Versata
Computer Industry Solutions, Inc., Austin, TX, Attorney or Agent: Hamilton
& Terrile, LLP, Austin, TX, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Third Party Requester:
SAP Americas, Inc., Newton Square, PA; (Atty' Is: Tracy W. Druce, Novak
Druce & Quigg, LLP, Houston, TX), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third
Party Requester

   7,216,651, Reexam. C.N. 95/001,048, Requested Date: May 30, 2008,
Cl. 128/897, Title: WOUND TREATMENT EMPLOYING REDUCED PRESSURE, Inventor:
Louis C. Argenta et al., Owners of Record: Wake Forest University Health
Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC, Attorney or Agent:	Dann Dorfman Herrell &
Skillman, Philadelphia, PA, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Third Party Requester:
BlueSky Medical Group, Inc.; Smith & Nephew, Inc.; (Att'y Is: Sabing H. Lee,
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP, Irvine, CA), Real Party in Interest:
Same As Third Party Requester

   7,231,363, Reexam. C.N. 95/001,049, Requested Date: Jun. 3, 2008,
Cl. 705/037, Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REBROKERING ORDERS IN A TRADING
SYSTEM, Inventor: Webster Hughes, Owners of Record: Wall Corporation,
Greenwich, CT, Attorney or Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier, LLP,
Woodbridge, NJ, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Third Party Requester: BondDesk
Group, LLC, and BondDesk Trading, LLC; (Att'y Is: James M. Denaro,
Morrison & Foerster, LLP, McLean, VA), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third
Party Requester
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Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew
	       Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations
			   Due to Failure to Renew

   15 U.S.C. 1059 provides that each trademark registration may be
renewed for periods of ten years from the end of the expiring period
upon payment of the prescribed fee and the filing of an acceptable
application for renewal. This may be done at any time within one year
before the expiration of the period for which the registration was
issued or renewed, or it may be done within six months after such
expiration on payment of an additional fee.
   According to the records of the Office, the trademark registrations
listed below are expired due to failure to renew in accordance with 15
U.S.C. 1059.

		    TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS WHICH EXPIRED
				 June 13, 2008
			    DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW

Reg. Number 		      Serial Number 			Reg. Date

   65,092   		       71/021,025   		       09/10/1907
   65,204   		       71/027,963   		       09/10/1907
  232,394   		       71/211,841   		       09/06/1927
  232,365   		       71/230,270   		       09/06/1927
  232,265   		       71/238,243   		       09/06/1927
  232,330   		       71/241,993   		       09/06/1927
  232,350   		       71/244,090   		       09/06/1927
  232,156   		       71/247,300   		       09/06/1927
  232,268   		       71/247,860   		       09/06/1927
  338,457   		       71/375,678   		       09/08/1936
  349,848   		       71/392,277   		       09/07/1937
  422,766   		       71/488,248   		       08/13/1946
  432,587   		       71/496,622   		       09/09/1947
  432,607   		       71/500,674   		       09/09/1947
  432,654   		       71/507,583   		       09/09/1947
  432,670   		       71/510,215   		       09/09/1947
  651,556   		       71/678,933   		       09/10/1957
  651,385   		       72/004,937   		       09/10/1957
  651,435   		       72/010,511   		       09/10/1957
  651,412   		       72/014,399   		       09/10/1957
  651,533   		       72/014,681   		       09/10/1957
  651,445   		       72/023,539   		       09/10/1957
  651,411   		       72/023,632   		       09/10/1957
  835,019   		       72/217,135   		       09/12/1967
  834,949   		       72/219,604   		       09/12/1967
  835,039   		       72/222,937   		       09/12/1967
  835,164   		       72/226,183   		       09/12/1967
  835,260   		       72/226,631   		       09/12/1967
  835,230   		       72/226,835   		       09/12/1967
  834,927   		       72/227,808   		       09/12/1967
  835,166   		       72/228,065   		       09/12/1967
  835,266   		       72/231,685   		       09/12/1967
  834,957   		       72/232,785   		       09/12/1967
  834,951   		       72/234,442   		       09/12/1967
  835,021   		       72/235,158   		       09/12/1967
  835,175   		       72/238,138   		       09/12/1967
  835,245   		       72/239,307   		       09/12/1967
  835,233   		       72/240,327   		       09/12/1967
  835,246   		       72/240,945   		       09/12/1967
  835,007   		       72/241,891   		       09/12/1967
  835,254   		       72/242,900   		       09/12/1967
  835,046   		       72/243,097   		       09/12/1967
  835,186   		       72/243,123   		       09/12/1967
  834,971   		       72/243,680   		       09/12/1967
  835,189   		       72/244,599   		       09/12/1967
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  835,190   		       72/244,834   		       09/12/1967
  835,055   		       72/245,252   		       09/12/1967
  834,982   		       72/246,219   		       09/12/1967
  834,954   		       72/246,263   		       09/12/1967
  834,917   		       72/246,967   		       09/12/1967
  835,264   		       72/248,106   		       09/12/1967
  835,076   		       72/248,683   		       09/12/1967
  835,225   		       72/249,031   		       09/12/1967
  835,125   		       72/249,385   		       09/12/1967
  835,047   		       72/249,781   		       09/12/1967
  834,988   		       72/250,018   		       09/12/1967
  834,968   		       72/250,025   		       09/12/1967
  835,200   		       72/250,143   		       09/12/1967
  835,295   		       72/250,498   		       09/12/1967
  834,925   		       72/251,450   		       09/12/1967
  835,209   		       72/251,739   		       09/12/1967
  835,285   		       72/251,864   		       09/12/1967
  835,001   		       72/252,043   		       09/12/1967
  835,050   		       72/252,241   		       09/12/1967
  835,003   		       72/252,631   		       09/12/1967
  834,944   		       72/252,673   		       09/12/1967
  835,153   		       72/254,372   		       09/12/1967
  834,991   		       72/254,541   		       09/12/1967
  835,136   		       72/255,145   		       09/12/1967
  834,932   		       72/255,954   		       09/12/1967
  835,121   		       72/256,761   		       09/12/1967
  834,973   		       72/257,083   		       09/12/1967
  834,965   		       72/258,172   		       09/12/1967
  835,090   		       72/259,265   		       09/12/1967
  834,935   		       72/259,472   		       09/12/1967
  834,936   		       72/259,473   		       09/12/1967
  834,937   		       72/259,489   		       09/12/1967
  835,144   		       72/259,612   		       09/12/1967
  834,939   		       72/264,786   		       09/12/1967
  834,974   		       72/267,493   		       09/12/1967
  835,141   		       72/268,006   		       09/12/1967
  834,977   		       72/268,558   		       09/12/1967
  834,995   		       72/268,653   		       09/12/1967
1,072,465   		       73/037,278   		       09/06/1977
1,072,530   		       73/041,004   		       09/06/1977
1,072,531   		       73/057,580   		       09/06/1977
1,072,568   		       73/072,489   		       09/06/1977
1,072,943   		       73/079,321   		       09/06/1977
1,072,536   		       73/079,471   		       09/06/1977
1,072,898   		       73/080,001   		       09/06/1977
1,072,573   		       73/081,015   		       09/06/1977
1,072,935   		       73/083,750   		       09/06/1977
1,072,936   		       73/083,764   		       09/06/1977
1,072,937   		       73/083,766   		       09/06/1977
1,072,575   		       73/084,327   		       09/06/1977
1,072,907   		       73/091,056   		       09/06/1977
1,072,539   		       73/093,882   		       09/06/1977
1,072,618   		       73/094,062   		       09/06/1977
1,072,910   		       73/094,951   		       09/06/1977
1,072,952   		       73/096,282   		       09/06/1977
1,072,621   		       73/097,740   		       09/06/1977
1,072,747   		       73/099,241   		       09/06/1977
1,072,616   		       73/099,449   		       09/06/1977
1,072,710   		       73/100,128   		       09/06/1977
1,072,496   		       73/102,468   		       09/06/1977
1,072,756   		       73/102,974   		       09/06/1977
1,072,654   		       73/104,133   		       09/06/1977
1,072,553   		       73/105,054   		       09/06/1977
1,072,596   		       73/105,310   		       09/06/1977
1,072,554   		       73/105,393   		       09/06/1977
1,072,657   		       73/105,605   		       09/06/1977
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1,072,789   		       73/105,642   		       09/06/1977
1,072,679   		       73/105,665   		       09/06/1977
1,072,681   		       73/106,787   		       09/06/1977
1,072,673   		       73/108,243   		       09/06/1977
1,072,701   		       73/108,244   		       09/06/1977
1,072,851   		       73/108,245   		       09/06/1977
1,072,865   		       73/109,071   		       09/06/1977
1,072,662   		       73/110,576   		       09/06/1977
1,072,628   		       73/110,877   		       09/06/1977
1,072,629   		       73/110,878   		       09/06/1977
1,072,630   		       73/110,879   		       09/06/1977
1,072,704   		       73/111,474   		       09/06/1977
1,072,483   		       73/111,911   		       09/06/1977
1,072,485   		       73/112,422   		       09/06/1977
1,072,830   		       73/113,056   		       09/06/1977
1,072,805   		       73/114,353   		       09/06/1977
1,072,850   		       73/115,007   		       09/06/1977
1,338,825   		       73/348,157   		       06/04/1985
1,456,186   		       73/387,445   		       09/08/1987
1,456,188   		       73/432,973   		       09/08/1987
1,456,389   		       73/475,903   		       09/08/1987
1,455,985   		       73/502,611   		       09/08/1987
1,456,127   		       73/524,502   		       09/08/1987
1,457,047   		       73/527,708   		       09/08/1987
1,456,128   		       73/531,604   		       09/08/1987
1,456,832   		       73/544,480   		       09/08/1987
1,456,541   		       73/547,103   		       09/08/1987
1,456,087   		       73/550,868   		       09/08/1987
1,456,417   		       73/552,075   		       09/08/1987
1,456,195   		       73/553,725   		       09/08/1987
1,456,703   		       73/555,923   		       09/08/1987
1,456,197   		       73/558,610   		       09/08/1987
1,456,045   		       73/559,828   		       09/08/1987
1,456,393   		       73/575,634   		       09/08/1987
1,456,203   		       73/575,977   		       09/08/1987
1,456,523   		       73/577,665   		       09/08/1987
1,456,419   		       73/580,552   		       09/08/1987
1,456,134   		       73/581,165   		       09/08/1987
1,456,833   		       73/581,599   		       09/08/1987
1,457,037   		       73/583,580   		       09/08/1987
1,456,466   		       73/585,914   		       09/08/1987
1,456,135   		       73/586,831   		       09/08/1987
1,457,051   		       73/589,293   		       09/08/1987
1,456,803   		       73/589,448   		       09/08/1987
1,456,583   		       73/589,713   		       09/08/1987
1,456,640   		       73/590,981   		       09/08/1987
1,456,933   		       73/591,292   		       09/08/1987
1,456,467   		       73/591,723   		       09/08/1987
1,456,681   		       73/592,122   		       09/08/1987
1,456,863   		       73/595,403   		       09/08/1987
1,456,210   		       73/595,846   		       09/08/1987
1,456,137   		       73/596,360   		       09/08/1987
1,456,934   		       73/597,101   		       09/08/1987
1,456,138   		       73/597,578   		       09/08/1987
1,456,211   		       73/597,663   		       09/08/1987
1,456,584   		       73/598,007   		       09/08/1987
1,457,040   		       73/598,338   		       09/08/1987
1,456,397   		       73/598,839   		       09/08/1987
1,456,213   		       73/599,984   		       09/08/1987
1,456,935   		       73/600,237   		       09/08/1987
1,456,215   		       73/601,020   		       09/08/1987
1,457,041   		       73/602,054   		       09/08/1987
1,456,217   		       73/602,455   		       09/08/1987
1,456,218   		       73/602,477   		       09/08/1987
1,456,683   		       73/603,430   		       09/08/1987
1,457,045   		       73/603,528   		       09/08/1987
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1,457,046   		       73/603,530   		       09/08/1987
1,456,423   		       73/603,977   		       09/08/1987
1,456,887   		       73/603,994   		       09/08/1987
1,456,888   		       73/604,258   		       09/08/1987
1,456,889   		       73/604,259   		       09/08/1987
1,456,890   		       73/604,260   		       09/08/1987
1,456,220   		       73/604,347   		       09/08/1987
1,456,369   		       73/604,623   		       09/08/1987
1,456,771   		       73/604,765   		       09/08/1987
1,456,941   		       73/604,915   		       09/08/1987
1,456,561   		       73/604,974   		       09/08/1987
1,456,684   		       73/605,121   		       09/08/1987
1,456,891   		       73/605,282   		       09/08/1987
1,456,398   		       73/606,343   		       09/08/1987
1,456,097   		       73/607,037   		       09/08/1987
1,455,992   		       73/607,108   		       09/08/1987
1,456,426   		       73/607,297   		       09/08/1987
1,456,645   		       73/607,804   		       09/08/1987
1,456,223   		       73/607,937   		       09/08/1987
1,456,224   		       73/607,942   		       09/08/1987
1,456,098   		       73/608,017   		       09/08/1987
1,456,142   		       73/608,221   		       09/08/1987
1,456,562   		       73/608,240   		       09/08/1987
1,456,774   		       73/608,295   		       09/08/1987
1,456,471   		       73/608,452   		       09/08/1987
1,456,371   		       73/608,798   		       09/08/1987
1,455,994   		       73/608,866   		       09/08/1987
1,456,516   		       73/609,397   		       09/08/1987
1,456,231   		       73/609,798   		       09/08/1987
1,455,998   		       73/609,802   		       09/08/1987
1,456,237   		       73/610,543   		       09/08/1987
1,456,634   		       73/610,671   		       09/08/1987
1,456,238   		       73/610,684   		       09/08/1987
1,456,777   		       73/610,866   		       09/08/1987
1,456,240   		       73/611,035   		       09/08/1987
1,456,242   		       73/611,177   		       09/08/1987
1,456,243   		       73/611,426   		       09/08/1987
1,457,036   		       73/612,007   		       09/08/1987
1,456,146   		       73/612,434   		       09/08/1987
1,456,102   		       73/612,817   		       09/08/1987
1,456,246   		       73/612,964   		       09/08/1987
1,456,103   		       73/613,076   		       09/08/1987
1,456,057   		       73/613,347   		       09/08/1987
1,456,837   		       73/613,835   		       09/08/1987
1,456,247   		       73/613,951   		       09/08/1987
1,456,002   		       73/614,192   		       09/08/1987
1,456,104   		       73/614,226   		       09/08/1987
1,456,527   		       73/615,195   		       09/08/1987
1,456,372   		       73/615,245   		       09/08/1987
1,456,528   		       73/615,435   		       09/08/1987
1,456,427   		       73/615,827   		       09/08/1987
1,456,895   		       73/616,768   		       09/08/1987
1,456,781   		       73/617,311   		       09/08/1987
1,456,148   		       73/617,573   		       09/08/1987
1,457,020   		       73/617,639   		       09/08/1987
1,457,038   		       73/618,238   		       09/08/1987
1,456,253   		       73/618,455   		       09/08/1987
1,456,589   		       73/618,536   		       09/08/1987
1,456,256   		       73/620,055   		       09/08/1987
1,456,782   		       73/620,358   		       09/08/1987
1,455,976   		       73/621,322   		       09/08/1987
1,456,647   		       73/621,709   		       09/08/1987
1,456,870   		       73/621,883   		       09/08/1987
1,456,061   		       73/621,987   		       09/08/1987
1,456,430   		       73/622,446   		       09/08/1987
1,456,262   		       73/623,211   		       09/08/1987
 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1332 OG 173 

1,456,263   		       73/623,912   		       09/08/1987
1,456,460   		       73/623,934   		       09/08/1987
1,456,708   		       73/624,060   		       09/08/1987
1,456,531   		       73/624,191   		       09/08/1987
1,456,956   		       73/624,318   		       09/08/1987
1,456,648   		       73/624,440   		       09/08/1987
1,456,481   		       73/624,467   		       09/08/1987
1,456,957   		       73/624,728   		       09/08/1987
1,456,484   		       73/625,132   		       09/08/1987
1,456,266   		       73/625,401   		       09/08/1987
1,456,592   		       73/625,621   		       09/08/1987
1,456,958   		       73/625,759   		       09/08/1987
1,456,268   		       73/627,006   		       09/08/1987
1,456,485   		       73/627,157   		       09/08/1987
1,456,269   		       73/628,021   		       09/08/1987
1,456,689   		       73/628,169   		       09/08/1987
1,456,004   		       73/628,234   		       09/08/1987
1,456,271   		       73/628,261   		       09/08/1987
1,456,962   		       73/628,329   		       09/08/1987
1,455,953   		       73/628,352   		       09/08/1987
1,456,149   		       73/628,365   		       09/08/1987
1,456,760   		       73/628,511   		       09/08/1987
1,456,964   		       73/628,901   		       09/08/1987
1,456,151   		       73/629,162   		       09/08/1987
1,456,181   		       73/629,304   		       09/08/1987
1,457,022   		       73/629,423   		       09/08/1987
1,456,543   		       73/629,480   		       09/08/1987
1,456,401   		       73/629,990   		       09/08/1987
1,456,487   		       73/630,024   		       09/08/1987
1,456,709   		       73/630,204   		       09/08/1987
1,456,277   		       73/630,715   		       09/08/1987
1,456,152   		       73/630,923   		       09/08/1987
1,455,958   		       73/631,514   		       09/08/1987
1,456,967   		       73/631,948   		       09/08/1987
1,456,005   		       73/632,055   		       09/08/1987
1,456,784   		       73/632,091   		       09/08/1987
1,456,968   		       73/632,430   		       09/08/1987
1,456,064   		       73/632,501   		       09/08/1987
1,455,977   		       73/633,093   		       09/08/1987
1,456,283   		       73/633,907   		       09/08/1987
1,456,518   		       73/634,207   		       09/08/1987
1,456,008   		       73/634,393   		       09/08/1987
1,456,841   		       73/634,492   		       09/08/1987
1,456,289   		       73/634,610   		       09/08/1987
1,456,710   		       73/635,354   		       09/08/1987
1,456,969   		       73/635,498   		       09/08/1987
1,456,153   		       73/635,603   		       09/08/1987
1,456,433   		       73/635,612   		       09/08/1987
1,456,970   		       73/635,671   		       09/08/1987
1,456,904   		       73/635,977   		       09/08/1987
1,456,905   		       73/635,978   		       09/08/1987
1,456,814   		       73/636,095   		       09/08/1987
1,456,377   		       73/636,287   		       09/08/1987
1,456,293   		       73/636,334   		       09/08/1987
1,457,042   		       73/636,556   		       09/08/1987
1,456,693   		       73/637,203   		       09/08/1987
1,456,066   		       73/637,248   		       09/08/1987
1,456,378   		       73/637,321   		       09/08/1987
1,456,379   		       73/637,322   		       09/08/1987
1,456,714   		       73/637,888   		       09/08/1987
1,456,787   		       73/638,177   		       09/08/1987
1,456,403   		       73/638,182   		       09/08/1987
1,456,155   		       73/638,356   		       09/08/1987
1,456,015   		       73/638,357   		       09/08/1987
1,456,016   		       73/638,368   		       09/08/1987
1,456,982   		       73/638,778   		       09/08/1987
 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1332 OG 174 

1,456,908   		       73/638,831   		       09/08/1987
1,456,068   		       73/638,871   		       09/08/1987
1,456,295   		       73/638,876   		       09/08/1987
1,456,984   		       73/638,879   		       09/08/1987
1,456,569   		       73/638,927   		       09/08/1987
1,456,156   		       73/639,061   		       09/08/1987
1,456,986   		       73/639,619   		       09/08/1987
1,456,823   		       73/640,188   		       09/08/1987
1,456,910   		       73/640,209   		       09/08/1987
1,456,437   		       73/640,678   		       09/08/1987
1,456,824   		       73/640,836   		       09/08/1987
1,456,994   		       73/640,894   		       09/08/1987
1,456,694   		       73/640,976   		       09/08/1987
1,456,793   		       73/640,982   		       09/08/1987
1,456,383   		       73/641,292   		       09/08/1987
1,456,913   		       73/641,350   		       09/08/1987
1,456,914   		       73/641,363   		       09/08/1987
1,456,440   		       73/641,412   		       09/08/1987
1,457,001   		       73/641,517   		       09/08/1987
1,456,655   		       73/641,521   		       09/08/1987
1,456,825   		       73/641,676   		       09/08/1987
1,456,022   		       73/641,755   		       09/08/1987
1,457,003   		       73/641,789   		       09/08/1987
1,456,855   		       73/641,794   		       09/08/1987
1,457,025   		       73/641,872   		       09/08/1987
1,456,071   		       73/641,936   		       09/08/1987
1,457,006   		       73/641,955   		       09/08/1987
1,457,007   		       73/641,967   		       09/08/1987
1,456,311   		       73/641,976   		       09/08/1987
1,455,978   		       73/641,991   		       09/08/1987
1,457,010   		       73/642,085   		       09/08/1987
1,457,011   		       73/642,152   		       09/08/1987
1,456,796   		       73/642,170   		       09/08/1987
1,456,919   		       73/642,243   		       09/08/1987
1,456,828   		       73/642,261   		       09/08/1987
1,456,871   		       73/642,360   		       09/08/1987
1,456,570   		       73/642,528   		       09/08/1987
1,456,162   		       73/642,572   		       09/08/1987
1,456,860   		       73/642,714   		       09/08/1987
1,457,016   		       73/642,827   		       09/08/1987
1,456,319   		       73/642,833   		       09/08/1987
1,456,722   		       73/642,873   		       09/08/1987
1,456,024   		       73/642,881   		       09/08/1987
1,456,635   		       73/642,890   		       09/08/1987
1,456,723   		       73/642,907   		       09/08/1987
1,456,322   		       73/642,995   		       09/08/1987
1,456,920   		       73/643,026   		       09/08/1987
1,456,696   		       73/643,039   		       09/08/1987
1,456,164   		       73/643,095   		       09/08/1987
1,456,830   		       73/643,126   		       09/08/1987
1,456,861   		       73/643,155   		       09/08/1987
1,455,962   		       73/643,160   		       09/08/1987
1,456,165   		       73/643,166   		       09/08/1987
1,456,598   		       73/643,269   		       09/08/1987
1,456,030   		       73/643,314   		       09/08/1987
1,456,576   		       73/643,430   		       09/08/1987
1,456,182   		       73/643,523   		       09/08/1987
1,456,848   		       73/643,538   		       09/08/1987
1,456,849   		       73/643,540   		       09/08/1987
1,456,727   		       73/643,567   		       09/08/1987
1,456,661   		       73/643,574   		       09/08/1987
1,456,728   		       73/643,593   		       09/08/1987
1,456,386   		       73/643,655   		       09/08/1987
1,456,577   		       73/643,684   		       09/08/1987
1,456,730   		       73/643,743   		       09/08/1987
1,456,731   		       73/643,748   		       09/08/1987
 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1332 OG 175 

1,456,329   		       73/643,768   		       09/08/1987
1,456,408   		       73/643,775   		       09/08/1987
1,456,443   		       73/643,787   		       09/08/1987
1,456,603   		       73/643,926   		       09/08/1987
1,456,497   		       73/644,041   		       09/08/1987
1,456,604   		       73/644,084   		       09/08/1987
1,456,168   		       73/644,088   		       09/08/1987
1,456,605   		       73/644,220   		       09/08/1987
1,456,606   		       73/644,221   		       09/08/1987
1,456,608   		       73/644,314   		       09/08/1987
1,456,078   		       73/644,326   		       09/08/1987
1,455,966   		       73/644,336   		       09/08/1987
1,456,331   		       73/644,368   		       09/08/1987
1,456,079   		       73/644,400   		       09/08/1987
1,455,968   		       73/644,487   		       09/08/1987
1,456,335   		       73/644,510   		       09/08/1987
1,456,336   		       73/644,599   		       09/08/1987
1,455,969   		       73/644,625   		       09/08/1987
1,456,751   		       73/644,723   		       09/08/1987
1,456,035   		       73/644,758   		       09/08/1987
1,456,446   		       73/644,781   		       09/08/1987
1,456,500   		       73/644,819   		       09/08/1987
1,456,338   		       73/644,832   		       09/08/1987
1,456,448   		       73/644,836   		       09/08/1987
1,456,581   		       73/644,862   		       09/08/1987
1,456,449   		       73/645,179   		       09/08/1987
1,456,086   		       73/645,184   		       09/08/1987
1,456,342   		       73/645,233   		       09/08/1987
1,456,410   		       73/645,278   		       09/08/1987
1,456,345   		       73/645,311   		       09/08/1987
1,456,411   		       73/645,406   		       09/08/1987
1,456,502   		       73/645,475   		       09/08/1987
1,456,506   		       73/645,790   		       09/08/1987
1,456,674   		       73/645,934   		       09/08/1987
1,456,508   		       73/645,971   		       09/08/1987
1,456,623   		       73/646,097   		       09/08/1987
1,456,510   		       73/646,192   		       09/08/1987
1,456,752   		       73/646,193   		       09/08/1987
1,456,547   		       73/646,221   		       09/08/1987
1,456,453   		       73/646,343   		       09/08/1987
1,456,357   		       73/646,359   		       09/08/1987
1,456,359   		       73/646,522   		       09/08/1987
1,456,174   		       73/646,747   		       09/08/1987
1,456,175   		       73/646,748   		       09/08/1987
1,456,552   		       73/646,750   		       09/08/1987
1,456,554   		       73/646,935   		       09/08/1987
1,456,744   		       73/647,187   		       09/08/1987
1,456,745   		       73/647,492   		       09/08/1987
1,456,557   		       73/647,704   		       09/08/1987
1,456,363   		       73/653,993   		       09/08/1987
2,093,919   		       73/804,125   		       09/09/1997
2,093,921   		       74/059,953   		       09/09/1997
2,093,926   		       74/235,327   		       09/09/1997
2,095,404   		       74/300,289   		       09/09/1997
2,093,931   		       74/336,294   		       09/09/1997
2,095,409   		       74/359,209   		       09/09/1997
2,095,410   		       74/365,273   		       09/09/1997
2,093,937   		       74/419,569   		       09/09/1997
2,095,426   		       74/425,824   		       09/09/1997
2,095,427   		       74/426,637   		       09/09/1997
2,093,940   		       74/427,456   		       09/09/1997
2,093,943   		       74/440,806   		       09/09/1997
2,095,457   		       74/492,092   		       09/09/1997
2,095,458   		       74/495,832   		       09/09/1997
2,093,958   		       74/505,886   		       09/09/1997
2,095,467   		       74/512,122   		       09/09/1997
 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1332 OG 176 

2,095,468   		       74/514,703   		       09/09/1997
2,095,479   		       74/526,928   		       09/09/1997
2,095,489   		       74/541,314   		       09/09/1997
2,093,974   		       74/546,615   		       09/09/1997
2,095,499   		       74/557,422   		       09/09/1997
2,093,982   		       74/559,815   		       09/09/1997
2,093,985   		       74/563,981   		       09/09/1997
2,093,988   		       74/573,094   		       09/09/1997
2,095,511   		       74/574,906   		       09/09/1997
2,095,512   		       74/575,082   		       09/09/1997
2,095,522   		       74/589,942   		       09/09/1997
2,095,529   		       74/596,330   		       09/09/1997
2,093,993   		       74/596,948   		       09/09/1997
2,093,994   		       74/596,949   		       09/09/1997
2,093,996   		       74/598,936   		       09/09/1997
2,095,534   		       74/599,910   		       09/09/1997
2,095,536   		       74/602,400   		       09/09/1997
2,093,999   		       74/605,255   		       09/09/1997
2,095,540   		       74/609,472   		       09/09/1997
2,095,550   		       74/620,006   		       09/09/1997
2,094,014   		       74/629,019   		       09/09/1997
2,095,558   		       74/630,042   		       09/09/1997
2,095,562   		       74/634,064   		       09/09/1997
2,095,568   		       74/637,872   		       09/09/1997
2,095,569   		       74/638,207   		       09/09/1997
2,094,022   		       74/640,090   		       09/09/1997
2,094,023   		       74/640,144   		       09/09/1997
2,095,573   		       74/640,185   		       09/09/1997
2,095,578   		       74/647,501   		       09/09/1997
2,095,580   		       74/649,736   		       09/09/1997
2,095,590   		       74/654,250   		       09/09/1997
2,095,592   		       74/656,553   		       09/09/1997
2,094,034   		       74/657,893   		       09/09/1997
2,095,600   		       74/662,152   		       09/09/1997
2,095,603   		       74/663,916   		       09/09/1997
2,095,604   		       74/664,054   		       09/09/1997
2,095,606   		       74/665,608   		       09/09/1997
2,095,609   		       74/666,556   		       09/09/1997
2,094,051   		       74/670,872   		       09/09/1997
2,094,056   		       74/675,201   		       09/09/1997
2,095,631   		       74/678,460   		       09/09/1997
2,095,632   		       74/678,508   		       09/09/1997
2,095,633   		       74/678,573   		       09/09/1997
2,095,642   		       74/682,758   		       09/09/1997
2,095,644   		       74/683,212   		       09/09/1997
2,095,655   		       74/691,380   		       09/09/1997
2,095,658   		       74/694,059   		       09/09/1997
2,095,668   		       74/697,229   		       09/09/1997
2,095,672   		       74/698,638   		       09/09/1997
2,094,085   		       74/701,214   		       09/09/1997
2,094,086   		       74/701,215   		       09/09/1997
2,094,088   		       74/701,441   		       09/09/1997
2,095,685   		       74/704,230   		       09/09/1997
2,095,689   		       74/706,929   		       09/09/1997
2,095,706   		       74/714,358   		       09/09/1997
2,095,708   		       74/714,555   		       09/09/1997
2,094,112   		       74/722,665   		       09/09/1997
2,095,723   		       74/723,510   		       09/09/1997
2,095,732   		       74/727,430   		       09/09/1997
2,095,733   		       74/727,431   		       09/09/1997
2,095,740   		       74/729,180   		       09/09/1997
2,094,127   		       74/729,805   		       09/09/1997
2,094,128   		       74/730,909   		       09/09/1997
2,094,132   		       74/733,352   		       09/09/1997
2,094,135   		       74/734,091   		       09/09/1997
2,094,146   		       75/001,050   		       09/09/1997
 July 8, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1332 OG 177 

2,095,770   		       75/006,059   		       09/09/1997
2,094,159   		       75/007,377   		       09/09/1997
2,095,775   		       75/007,895   		       09/09/1997
2,094,176   		       75/013,666   		       09/09/1997
2,095,824   		       75/022,462   		       09/09/1997
2,095,826   		       75/022,715   		       09/09/1997
2,095,833   		       75/024,890   		       09/09/1997
2,095,838   		       75/026,353   		       09/09/1997
2,094,217   		       75/033,668   		       09/09/1997
2,095,865   		       75/036,435   		       09/09/1997
2,094,225   		       75/036,830   		       09/09/1997
2,095,879   		       75/040,864   		       09/09/1997
2,094,248   		       75/043,046   		       09/09/1997
2,094,253   		       75/044,581   		       09/09/1997
2,095,894   		       75/045,348   		       09/09/1997
2,094,258   		       75/045,701   		       09/09/1997
2,095,898   		       75/046,474   		       09/09/1997
2,095,902   		       75/047,155   		       09/09/1997
2,094,263   		       75/047,231   		       09/09/1997
2,094,271   		       75/048,825   		       09/09/1997
2,095,911   		       75/049,303   		       09/09/1997
2,094,275   		       75/049,363   		       09/09/1997
2,094,277   		       75/049,860   		       09/09/1997
2,095,916   		       75/050,151   		       09/09/1997
2,094,281   		       75/050,738   		       09/09/1997
2,094,288   		       75/051,736   		       09/09/1997
2,094,292   		       75/052,689   		       09/09/1997
2,094,296   		       75/053,892   		       09/09/1997
2,095,929   		       75/054,326   		       09/09/1997
2,095,930   		       75/054,328   		       09/09/1997
2,095,931   		       75/054,415   		       09/09/1997
2,094,299   		       75/054,714   		       09/09/1997
2,094,300   		       75/054,960   		       09/09/1997
2,095,938   		       75/055,442   		       09/09/1997
2,095,945   		       75/055,643   		       09/09/1997
2,094,312   		       75/056,618   		       09/09/1997
2,095,949   		       75/058,386   		       09/09/1997
2,094,318   		       75/058,393   		       09/09/1997
2,095,957   		       75/059,871   		       09/09/1997
2,094,334   		       75/061,928   		       09/09/1997
2,094,336   		       75/062,131   		       09/09/1997
2,094,353   		       75/065,330   		       09/09/1997
2,095,978   		       75/066,631   		       09/09/1997
2,094,362   		       75/067,200   		       09/09/1997
2,095,983   		       75/067,996   		       09/09/1997
2,094,386   		       75/071,430   		       09/09/1997
2,094,387   		       75/071,432   		       09/09/1997
2,096,000   		       75/072,548   		       09/09/1997
2,096,002   		       75/073,178   		       09/09/1997
2,094,396   		       75/073,313   		       09/09/1997
2,094,399   		       75/073,777   		       09/09/1997
2,096,008   		       75/074,852   		       09/09/1997
2,094,407   		       75/074,902   		       09/09/1997
2,096,011   		       75/076,571   		       09/09/1997
2,094,420   		       75/076,935   		       09/09/1997
2,096,020   		       75/078,482   		       09/09/1997
2,094,447   		       75/080,139   		       09/09/1997
2,094,451   		       75/080,368   		       09/09/1997
2,094,453   		       75/080,571   		       09/09/1997
2,094,455   		       75/081,206   		       09/09/1997
2,094,458   		       75/081,738   		       09/09/1997
2,094,464   		       75/083,533   		       09/09/1997
2,094,466   		       75/083,892   		       09/09/1997
2,096,028   		       75/083,894   		       09/09/1997
2,096,038   		       75/087,062   		       09/09/1997
2,094,486   		       75/088,557   		       09/09/1997
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2,094,488   		       75/089,300   		       09/09/1997
2,094,492   		       75/090,031   		       09/09/1997
2,094,497   		       75/091,247   		       09/09/1997
2,094,508   		       75/093,194   		       09/09/1997
2,094,509   		       75/093,338   		       09/09/1997
2,094,512   		       75/093,697   		       09/09/1997
2,094,526   		       75/096,230   		       09/09/1997
2,094,546   		       75/100,219   		       09/09/1997
2,096,060   		       75/103,931   		       09/09/1997
2,094,571   		       75/104,747   		       09/09/1997
2,094,575   		       75/105,345   		       09/09/1997
2,096,068   		       75/105,918   		       09/09/1997
2,096,070   		       75/106,196   		       09/09/1997
2,094,593   		       75/108,911   		       09/09/1997
2,094,595   		       75/109,001   		       09/09/1997
2,094,600   		       75/109,892   		       09/09/1997
2,096,077   		       75/111,641   		       09/09/1997
2,094,610   		       75/111,835   		       09/09/1997
2,094,612   		       75/112,673   		       09/09/1997
2,096,081   		       75/115,594   		       09/09/1997
2,096,082   		       75/115,844   		       09/09/1997
2,094,640   		       75/118,080   		       09/09/1997
2,096,088   		       75/118,817   		       09/09/1997
2,094,656   		       75/122,662   		       09/09/1997
2,096,095   		       75/123,953   		       09/09/1997
2,094,670   		       75/124,689   		       09/09/1997
2,094,676   		       75/125,487   		       09/09/1997
2,096,098   		       75/126,403   		       09/09/1997
2,094,696   		       75/129,639   		       09/09/1997
2,094,698   		       75/130,094   		       09/09/1997
2,094,706   		       75/131,640   		       09/09/1997
2,094,714   		       75/132,625   		       09/09/1997
2,094,715   		       75/132,641   		       09/09/1997
2,094,730   		       75/134,083   		       09/09/1997
2,094,740   		       75/135,147   		       09/09/1997
2,096,109   		       75/136,148   		       09/09/1997
2,094,750   		       75/136,228   		       09/09/1997
2,094,754   		       75/136,769   		       09/09/1997
2,094,756   		       75/137,021   		       09/09/1997
2,096,110   		       75/138,757   		       09/09/1997
2,094,782   		       75/140,591   		       09/09/1997
2,096,111   		       75/140,673   		       09/09/1997
2,094,792   		       75/141,858   		       09/09/1997
2,094,813   		       75/143,961   		       09/09/1997
2,094,824   		       75/144,708   		       09/09/1997
2,094,825   		       75/145,062   		       09/09/1997
2,094,829   		       75/145,208   		       09/09/1997
2,094,834   		       75/146,622   		       09/09/1997
2,094,836   		       75/146,686   		       09/09/1997
2,094,840   		       75/147,060   		       09/09/1997
2,094,843   		       75/147,369   		       09/09/1997
2,094,847   		       75/148,444   		       09/09/1997
2,094,848   		       75/148,480   		       09/09/1997
2,094,873   		       75/150,631   		       09/09/1997
2,094,875   		       75/150,662   		       09/09/1997
2,094,880   		       75/151,115   		       09/09/1997
2,094,893   		       75/152,879   		       09/09/1997
2,094,903   		       75/153,699   		       09/09/1997
2,094,913   		       75/154,234   		       09/09/1997
2,094,930   		       75/155,236   		       09/09/1997
2,094,932   		       75/155,287   		       09/09/1997
2,094,933   		       75/155,288   		       09/09/1997
2,094,944   		       75/155,756   		       09/09/1997
2,094,947   		       75/155,770   		       09/09/1997
2,094,949   		       75/155,835   		       09/09/1997
2,094,964   		       75/156,960   		       09/09/1997
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2,094,965   		       75/156,975   		       09/09/1997
2,094,970   		       75/157,515   		       09/09/1997
2,094,973   		       75/157,831   		       09/09/1997
2,094,975   		       75/158,468   		       09/09/1997
2,094,987   		       75/159,381   		       09/09/1997
2,095,006   		       75/160,861   		       09/09/1997
2,095,037   		       75/163,088   		       09/09/1997
2,095,045   		       75/163,646   		       09/09/1997
2,095,052   		       75/164,208   		       09/09/1997
2,095,065   		       75/164,828   		       09/09/1997
2,095,072   		       75/165,421   		       09/09/1997
2,095,081   		       75/165,807   		       09/09/1997
2,095,082   		       75/165,824   		       09/09/1997
2,095,114   		       75/168,017   		       09/09/1997
2,095,119   		       75/169,002   		       09/09/1997
2,095,120   		       75/169,054   		       09/09/1997
2,095,121   		       75/169,220   		       09/09/1997
2,095,123   		       75/169,624   		       09/09/1997
2,095,151   		       75/172,779   		       09/09/1997
2,096,180   		       75/173,287   		       09/09/1997
2,095,158   		       75/173,584   		       09/09/1997
2,095,162   		       75/174,431   		       09/09/1997
2,095,169   		       75/175,098   		       09/09/1997
2,095,178   		       75/175,919   		       09/09/1997
2,095,179   		       75/175,920   		       09/09/1997
2,095,180   		       75/176,016   		       09/09/1997
2,095,194   		       75/177,130   		       09/09/1997
2,096,120   		       75/177,335   		       09/09/1997
2,096,121   		       75/177,818   		       09/09/1997
2,095,198   		       75/178,000   		       09/09/1997
2,095,199   		       75/178,001   		       09/09/1997
2,095,206   		       75/179,170   		       09/09/1997
2,095,230   		       75/183,120   		       09/09/1997
2,095,231   		       75/183,244   		       09/09/1997
2,095,236   		       75/183,443   		       09/09/1997
2,095,240   		       75/183,775   		       09/09/1997
2,095,246   		       75/184,726   		       09/09/1997
2,095,247   		       75/184,728   		       09/09/1997
2,095,248   		       75/184,741   		       09/09/1997
2,095,254   		       75/185,820   		       09/09/1997
2,095,264   		       75/187,233   		       09/09/1997
2,095,272   		       75/188,561   		       09/09/1997
2,095,277   		       75/188,981   		       09/09/1997
2,095,289   		       75/190,280   		       09/09/1997
2,095,301   		       75/193,866   		       09/09/1997
2,095,304   		       75/195,012   		       09/09/1997
2,095,306   		       75/195,334   		       09/09/1997
2,095,343   		       75/207,493   		       09/09/1997
2,095,354   		       75/213,115   		       09/09/1997
2,095,362   		       75/215,683   		       09/09/1997
2,095,365   		       75/216,754   		       09/09/1997
2,095,375   		       75/218,678   		       09/09/1997
2,095,376   		       75/218,788   		       09/09/1997
2,095,383   		       75/220,012   		       09/09/1997
2,095,385   		       75/222,025   		       09/09/1997
2,095,395   		       75/231,129   		       09/09/1997
2,096,123   		       75/975,633   		       09/09/1997
2,095,397   		       75/975,797   		       09/09/1997
2,096,124   		       75/975,864   		       09/09/1997
2,096,127   		       75/976,073   		       09/09/1997
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Service by Publication
			    Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.

Aquafirm International, Inc., Wood Dale, IL, Registration No. 2646175
for the mark "AQUAFIRM", Cancellation No. 92049354.

						         KARL KOCHERSPERGER
								  Paralegal
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
							 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
						Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.

Keith W. Zolezzi, Grand Terrace, CA, Registration No. 2874527 for the mark
"DIRT BAG RACING", Cancellation No. 92048563.


						 	      MONIQUE TYSON
						       Paralegal Specialist
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
							 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
						Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.

Anndon Restaurant Corp., New York, NY, Registration No. 2453583 for the
mark "OHM", Cancellation No. 92048696.

							   MILLICENT CANADY
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
							 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
						Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
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notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.

RELiQ, Inc., New York, New York, Registration No. 2892912 for the mark
"FIEND", Cancellation No. 92049080.

Made On Earth, Inc., Studio City, California, Registration No. 2608618 for
the mark "CLEVER GIRL!", Cancellation No. 92049184.

							      VIONETTE BAEZ
								  Paralegal
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
							 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
						Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its
assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty
days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of
default.

NAJA, LLC, Sugarloaf, Florida, Registration No. 2788215 for the mark
"I LOVE BAGELS", Cancellation No. 92049218.

							       JANICE HYMAN
						       Paralegal Specialist
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
							 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
						Commissioner for Trademarks
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37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all of the inventors. The petition has been
granted. A notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing
inventor, Gerard Soula. The inventor whose signature is missing may join
in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration
complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is
PCT/EP2006/050784 and was filed on 8 February 2006 in the names of Florence
Guimberteau, Remi Meyrueix, and Gerard Soula for the invention entitled
Anti-Misuse Microparticulate Oral Drug Form Detection of Resonator Motion
Using Piezoresistive Signal Downmixing. The national stage number is
11/883,935 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of
17 April 2008.


		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of the inventor. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventor whose signature is missing (Eric Keith Rowinsky) may join in
the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration
complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is
PCT/US2004/035779 and was filed 28 October 2004 in the names of
Eric Keith Rowinsky, Quincy Siu-Chung Chu, Jose Maria Jimeno Donaque and
Luis Lopez Lazaro, for the invention entitled COMBINATION THERAPY
COMPRISING THE USE OF ET-743 AND PACLITAXEL FOR TREATING CANCER. The
national stage application number is 10/579,130 and has a 35 U.S.C.
§371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 18 April 2008.


		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventors whose signature are missing (Eduardo Diaz Del Rio Perez)
may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or
declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application
number is PCT/IB04/01539 and was filed on 16 April 2004 in the name of
Eduardo Diaz Del Rio Perez entitled EXPLOSION-INHIBITING ARTICLES OF
MANUFACTURE. The national stage application is assigned number 10/553,663
and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 30 October 2007.


		    37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signatures of two of the joint inventors. The petition has been granted.
A notice has been sent to the last known addresses of the non-signing
inventors. The inventors whose signatures are missing (Andrey Klimov and
Artem Yukhin) may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate
oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international
application number is PCT/RU2005/000210 and was filed on 20 April 2005 in
the name of Andrei Klimov et al for the invention entitled "Device for
Biometrically Controlling a Face Surface". The national stage application
number is 11/573,548 and has a date of 21 April 2008 under 35 U.S.C.
371(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4).
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Registration to Practice
			   Registration to Practice

   The following list contains the names of persons seeking for registration
to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Final
approval for registration is subject to establishing to the satisfaction
of the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline that the person
seeking registration is of good moral character and repute. 37 CFR § 11.7.
Accordingly, any information tending to affect the eligibility of any of
the following persons on moral, ethical, or other grounds should be
furnished to the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on or before July 25,
2008, at the following address: Mail Stop OED, United States Patent and
Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

Angelo, Basil Michael, 21507 Avalon Queen Drive, Spring, TX 77379

Barras, Ian Charles, Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman &
Areaux, LLC, 1100 Poydras Street, Suite 3100, New Orleans, LA 70163

Barrow, William Justin, 1664 Michigan Avenue, NE, Washington, DC 20017

Bejcek II, Robert Henry, 9722 Forge Drive, Brecksville, OH 44141

Cann, Ryan Joseph, SilverSky Group LLC, 5422 Longley Lane, Suite B,
Reno, NV 89511

Cao, Ping, 145 Fringetree Drive, West Chester, PA 19380

Cavero Tomas, Marta, 17 Parmenter Road, Wayland, MA 01778

Chen, Alan Ming-Yu, 3517 Melanie Lane, Plano, TX 75023

Cheng, Gino, 18991 Bramhall Lane, Rowland Heights, CA 91748

Choi, Thomas Y., Nortel Networks Limited, 3500 Carling Avenue, Ottawa,
ONT., K2H 8E9, Canada

Chu, Peir, 15548 NW Trakehner Way, Portland, OR 97229

Costello Jr., John Nelson, Laureate Education Inc., 145 Greenwood Creek,
Queenstown, MD 21658

Cullom, Freeman Daniel, 1816 Broderick Street, #8, San Francisco, CA 94115

Emhoff, Stacy Lynn, McDonald Hopkins LLC, 600 Superior Avenue, E,
Suite 2100, Cleveland, OH 44114

Fang, Charles Chih-Yao, 1618 Meadowlark Lane, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

Fang, Chung-Chieh, 374 W. Taylor Avenue, Apt. 1, Moscow, ID 83843

Flanagan, Justin Keith, 1452 North 200 East, Orem, UT 84057

Forest, Jeremy Scott, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP,
3300 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304

Gabryjelski, Henry Paul, Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way,
Redmond, WA 98052

Hao, Qiang, 2209 S. Braeswood Blvd #331, Houston, TX 77030

Hausman, Lawrence Stuart, MITEQ, Inc., 100 Davids Drive, Hauppauge,
NY 11788

Hawkins, Charles James, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, 1275 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004
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Herriges, Nicholas Peter, 22420 SW Grahams Ferry Road, Tualatin, OR 97062

Hill, Kay Henry, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP,
901 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20001

Hobson, Dana Ward, Dunlap, Codding and Rogers P.C., 1601 N.W. Expressway,
Suite 1000, Oklahoma City, OK 73113

Hoffman, David Benjamin, Woodcock Washburn LLP, Cira Centre, 12th Floor,
2929 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2891

Jaffe, Seth Elliott, 109 Welch Street, Houston, TX 77006

Kageyama, Tsuyoshi, 752 Bounty Drive, #5206, Foster City, CA 94404

Keisner, Christopher Andrew, 101 Uptown Road, Apartment 29, Ithaca,
NY 14850

Kim, Esther, 804 South Arlington Mill Drive, #202, Arlington, VA 22204

Kim, Jae Youn, 10144 Mosby Woods Dr., Fairfax, VA 22030

Kochka, Michael Patrick, Volpe and Koenig, P.C., 124 South 16th Street,
Apartment 3F, Philadelphia, PA 19102

LaFlame, Michael Anthony, 3024 California Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21234-4141

Lee, Jia-Hai, 257 Congressional Lane, Apartment 209, Rockville, MD 20852

Li, Ningran, 25 Clifton Avenue, Apartment D512, Newark, NJ 07104

Mangat, Simmi, WI-LAN, Inc., 11 Holland Avenue, Suite 608, Ottawa,
ON K1Y 4S1, Canada

Matapurkar, Anagha Kshamasheel, Forest Laboratories, Inc., 48 Mall Drive,
Commack, NY 11725

McCaig, Joshua Michael, Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., 120 W 12th
Street, Suite 1800, Kansas City, MO 64105

McWilliams, Elton, P.O. Box 745, Van Horn, TX 79855

Miller, Terrell Richard, 6133 Summer Creek Circle, Dallas, TX 75231

Nault, James Robert, United States Army, Navy ROTC Unit Cornell
University, Barton Hall Rm 146, Ithaca, NY 14853

Nolan, Victor Stephen, Fay Sharpe LLP, 1100 Superior Avenue, Suite 700,
Clevelend, OH 44114

Owen, Katharyn Edna, Driggs, Hogg, Daugherty; & Del Zoppo, 38500 Chardon
Road, Willoughby Hills, OH 44094

Piroozi, Hamid Reza, 13675 High Point Circle, Fishers, IN 46038

Potter, Noel Richard, 874 W 2150 S, Woods Cross, UT 84087

Ravi, Sreekanth Babu, 13400 Inverness Place, Athens, AL 35611

Rericha, Nicholaus Richard, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, 255 East Fifth Street,
Suite 1900, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Rogers, Melissa Anne., 519 W. William Street, Delaware, OH 43015

Rotter, Jonathan Moshe, Kaye Scholer LLP, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, 17th
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Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067

Schleis, Daniel Joseph, Breiner & Breiner, LLC, 4311 Telfair Bouelvard,
Apartment C-310, Camp Springs, MD 20746

Scott, George Theodore, 602 Coolair Drive, Dallas, TX 75218

Small, Sarah Jean, Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C., 1950 Roland Clarke Place,
Reston, VA 20191

Smith, Kristin Denean, 1714 Gentry Square Lane, Apartment 203, Champaign,
IL 61821

Thomson, Kirsten Lynn, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, 300 S.
Wacker Drive, Suite 2900, Chicago, IL 60606

Thrasher, Talbot Parker, Talbot Thrasher Inc., 4630 Jett Road, Atlanta,
GA 30327

Tu, Shine Samuel, 4042 SW 21st Lane, Gainesville, FL 32607

Vanlandingham, Brett Ashley, 819 Linlawn Drive, Wabash, IN 46992

Vasudevan, Jayasree, 1220 South Night Star Way, Anaheim, CA 92808

Vuu, Henry, 66 Cannon Boulevard, Staten Island, NY 10306

Wiggins, Memminger Edward, 205 Tyndale Court, Waxhaw, NC 28173

Wilks, Nathaniel Coen, 120 Ivy Drive Apartment #5, Charlottesville,
VA 22903

Young, Daniel Walter, Wolf; Greenfield, and Sacks, P.C., 600 Atlantic
Avenue, Boston, MA 02210

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				      Director of Enrollment and Discipline
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Notice of Exclusion
			      Notice of Exclusion

   Phillip T. Golden, of Bellaire, Texas, Registration Number 37,631.
An Administrative Law Judge entered an initial decision dated April 21,
2008, ordering Golden be excluded. No appeal to the Director of Untied
States Patent and Trademark Office has been filed. In the absence of an
appeal, the decision of the administrative law judge becomes the decision
of the Director. 37 CFR 10.154(a). Failure to appeal is deemed to be
waiver of the right to further administrative review. 37 CFR 10.155(d).
Golden has been excluded, as of Wednesday, May 21, 2008, from practice
before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in patent, trademark,
and other non-patent law. This action is taken pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 32,
and 37 CFR 10.154(a) and 10.159(b).

June 12, 2008  						     HARRY I. MOATZ
				      Director of Enrollment and Discipline
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Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
			    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
			  Patent and Trademark Office
			  37 CFR Parts 2, 3, 6 and 7
			 [Docket No. PTO-T-2005-0018]
				 RIN 0651-AB89

	     Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTIONS: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("Office")
proposes to amend the Trademark Rules of Practice to clarify certain
requirements for applications, intent to use documents, amendments to
classification, requests to divide, and Post Registration practice; to
modernize the language of the rules; and to make other miscellaneous
changes. For the most part, the proposed rule changes are intended to
codify existing practice, as set forth in the Trademark Manual of
Examining Procedure ("TMEP").

DATES: Comments must be received by August 11, 2008 to ensure
consideration.

ADDRESSES: The Office prefers that comments be submitted via electronic
mail message to TMRules@uspto.gov. Written comments may also be
submitted by mail to Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1451, attention Mary Hannon; by hand delivery to
the Trademark Assistance Center, Concourse Level, James Madison
Building-East Wing, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, attention
Mary Hannon; or by electronic mail message via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal. See the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site (http://frwebgate.
access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=
http://www.regulations.gov) for additional instructions on providing
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. The comments will be
available for public inspection on the Office's Web site at
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&
log=linklog&to=http://www.uspto.gov, and will also be available at the
office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, Madison East, Tenth Floor, 600
Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Hannon, Office of the Commissioner for
Trademarks, by telephone at (571) 272-9569.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: References below to "the Act," "the
Trademark Act," or "the statute" refer to the Trademark Act of 1946,
15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., as amended. References to "TMEP" or
"Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure" refer to the 5th edition,
September 2007. References to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Manual of Procedure refer to the 2nd edition, Rev. 1, March 12, 2004.
   Where appropriate, the Office proposes to reword or reorganize the
rules for clarity, and to add headings to make it easier to navigate
through the rules.

Applications for Registration

   The Office proposes to amend § 2.21(a) to require that an
application must be in the English language to receive a filing date.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.23(a)(2), which requires that
a TEAS Plus applicant continue to receive communications from the
Office by electronic mail during the pendency of the application, to
add a requirement that a TEAS Plus applicant maintain a valid e-mail
correspondence address in order to maintain TEAS Plus status. If the
e-mail address changes, the applicant must notify the Office of the new
e-mail address. If applicant chooses to receive correspondence on
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paper, applicant will have to pay the processing fee required by
§§ 2.6(a)(1)(iv) and 2.23(b).
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.32(a)(3)(iii) to indicate that
the requirement for inclusion of the names and citizenship of the
general partners in an application by a partnership applies only to
domestic partnerships. Because the Office does not track the varying
legal effects of partnership status in foreign countries, and the
relevance of this additional information has not been established, this
requirement does not apply to foreign partnerships. This is consistent
with TMEP section 803.03(b).
   The Office proposes to add new § 2.32(a)(3)(iv) to provide that
if the applicant is a domestic joint venture, the application must
include the names and citizenship of all active members of the joint
venture. This is consistent with TMEP section 803.03(b).
   The Office proposes to amend §§ 2.32(a)(7) and (a)(8) to
change periods to semi-colons.
   The Office proposes to add new § 2.32(a)(9), providing that if
a mark includes non-English wording, the applicant must submit an
English translation of that wording; and new § 2.32(a)(10),
providing that if the mark includes non-Latin characters, the applicant
must submit a transliteration of those characters and either a
translation of the corresponding non-English word(s) or a statement
that the transliterated term has no meaning in English. This is
consistent with the long-standing practice of the Office. TMEP sections
809 et seq.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.33(b)(1) to remove the
requirement that an application include a verified statement that the
applicant "has adopted" the mark. This language is not required by
statute and is deemed unnecessary.
   The Office proposes to amend §§ 2.34(a)(1)(i), (a)(2),
(a)(3)(i), and (a)(4)(ii) to change "must allege" to "must also
allege." This makes it clear that the requirement for an allegation of
current use or bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce, applies
to verifications filed after the application filing date.
   The Office proposes to add new § 2.34(a)(1)(v) to provide that
if more than one item of goods or services is specified in a section
1(a) application, the dates of use need be for only one of the items
specified in each class, provided that the particular item to which the
dates apply is designated. This requirement for section 1(a)
applications previously appeared in § 2.33(a)(2), but was
inadvertently removed effective October 30, 1999, by the final rule
published at 64 FR 48900 (Sept. 8, 1999). This requirement is
consistent with the requirements for allegations of use under
§§ 2.76(c) and 2.88(c).
   The Office proposes to amend §§ 2.44(b) and 2.45(b), which
pertain to collective and certification marks, to add a reference to
section 66(a) applications. This corrects an oversight.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.47(a) to remove the
requirement for a specific allegation that a mark has been in
"lawful" use in commerce in an application for registration on the
Supplemental Register. Because the definition of "commerce" in
section 45 of the Trademark Act is "all commerce which may lawfully be
regulated by Congress," the Office presumes that an applicant who
alleges that "the mark is in use in commerce," is claiming lawful
use. The Office generally questions the lawfulness of the alleged use
in commerce only where the record shows a clear violation of law, such
as the sale or transportation of a controlled substance. TMEP section
907.
   The Office proposes to add new § 2.48 to provide that the
Office does not issue duplicate registrations. If two applications on
the same register would result in registrations that are exact
duplicates, the Office will permit only one application to mature into
registration, and will refuse registration in the other application.
This codifies the long-standing practice of the Office. TMEP section
703. The Office will normally refuse registration in the later-filed
application. The applicant may overcome the refusal by abandoning the
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earlier-filed application or surrendering the registration.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.52(b) to provide that special
form drawings of marks that do not include color "should" show the
mark in black on a white background, rather than that the drawing
"must" show the mark in black on a white background. This gives
examining attorneys discretion to accept a drawing that shows the mark
in white on a black background, if this will more accurately depict the
mark.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.52(b)(1) to change the heading
"Color marks" to "Marks that include color." This corrects an
error. Color marks are marks that consist solely of one or more colors
used on particular objects, and § 2.52(b)(1) applies to all marks
that include color.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.53(a) to remove the reference
to submission of a digitized image of a standard character mark as a
drawing in an application filed via the Trademark Electronic
Application System ("TEAS"). This is no longer an option. An
applicant who wants to apply for a standard character mark through TEAS
must enter the mark in the appropriate field on the TEAS form, and
check the box to claim that the mark consists of standard characters.
TEAS generates the drawing. The Office also proposes to combine
§§ 2.53(a)(1) and (2), because the requirements for standard
character drawings in TEAS and TEAS Plus applications are now the same.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.56(b)(1) to add a reference to
"displays associated with the goods." This makes the rule consistent
with the definition of "use in commerce" in section 45 of the Act.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.56(d)(2) to add a provision that
where an applicant files a paper specimen that exceeds the size
requirements of paragraph (d)(1), and the Office creates a digital
facsimile copy of the specimen, the Office will destroy the original
bulky specimen. This is consistent with current practice. TMEP section
904.02(b).
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.56(d)(4) to provide that
specimens filed through TEAS may be in .pdf format. This provides TEAS
filers with an additional option for filing specimens, and is
consistent with current practice.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.62 and its heading to add a
requirement that a response to an Office action be signed by the
applicant, someone with legal authority to bind the applicant (e.g., a
corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a
practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14 ("qualified
practitioner"). This is consistent with TMEP section 712.01.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.64(c)(1) to state that the
filing of an amendment to allege use does not extend the deadline for
filing a response to an outstanding Office action, appeal to the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or petition to the Director. This is
consistent with current practice. TMEP section 1104.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.65(a) to add a reference to a
notice of appeal as a response that avoids abandonment of an
application. This is consistent with section 12(b) of the Act.
   The Office proposes to revise § 2.73 to provide that only an
application that includes section 1(a) of the Trademark Act as a filing
basis, or for which an acceptable allegation of use under § 2.76 or
§ 2.88 has been filed, may be amended to seek concurrent use
registration. The rule currently provides that applications under
section 44 or section 66(a) of the Act may be amended to recite
concurrent use. However, because section 2(d) of the Act requires
concurrent lawful use in commerce by the parties to a concurrent use
proceeding, the Office deems it inappropriate to allow amendment to
seek concurrent use absent allegations and evidence of use in commerce.
The Office also proposes to add a statement to § 2.99(g) that
applications based solely on section 44 or section 66(a) are not
subject to concurrent use registration proceedings.
   The Office proposes to revise § 2.74 to modernize the language,
and to add a provision that an amendment to an application must be
signed by the applicant, someone with legal authority to bind the
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applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a qualified practitioner. This is consistent with TMEP
section 605.02.

Intent To Use

   The Office proposes to amend § 2.76(d) to provide that an
amendment to allege use ("AAU") should be captioned "Allegation of
Use" rather than "amendment to allege use." This is consistent with
the language on the Office's TEAS form. The term "allegation of use"
encompasses both AAUs under § 2.76 and statements of use ("SOUs")
under § 2.88. The principal difference between AAUs and SOUs is the
time of filing, and the same TEAS form is used for both filings. The
proposed rule merely sets forth the preferred title. The Office will
still accept documents titled "amendment to allege use" or
"statement of use."
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.77 to add a provision that
amendments deleting a basis in a multiple-basis application, notices of
change of attorney, and notices of change of address can be entered in
a section 1(b) application during the period between the issuance of
the notice of allowance and the submission of a statement of use. This
is consistent with current practice. TMEP section 1107.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.88(b)(1)(ii) to make it
clearer that the dates of use specified in a statement of use must
pertain to the goods or services identified in the notice of allowance.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.88(b)(3) to provide that the
applicant must pay a filing fee sufficient to cover at least one class
within the statutory time for filing the statement of use, or the
application will be abandoned. If the applicant submits a fee
insufficient to cover all the classes in a multiple-class application,
the applicant must specify the classes to be abandoned. If the
applicant submits a fee sufficient to pay for at least one class, but
insufficient to cover all the classes, and the applicant has not
specified the class(es) to which the fee applies, the Office will issue
a notice granting the applicant additional time to submit the fee(s)
for the remaining classes, or specify the class(es) to be abandoned. If
the applicant does not submit the required fee(s) or specify the
class(es) to be abandoned within the set time period, the Office will
apply the fees paid to the lowest numbered class(es) in ascending
order, and will delete the goods/services in the higher class(es) from
the application. This is consistent with current practice.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.88(d) to provide that an SOU
should be captioned "Allegation of Use" rather than "statement of
use." This is consistent with the proposed amendment to § 2.76(d),
discussed above.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.88(i)(2) to remove the
provision that if any goods or services specified in the notice of
allowance are omitted from the identification of goods or services in
the SOU, the examining attorney will inquire about the discrepancy and
permit the applicant to reinsert the omitted goods/services, and
substitute a provision that the Office will delete the omitted goods/
services from the application and will not permit the applicant to
reinsert them. Currently, if goods/services identified in the
application are omitted from a paper SOU, but the applicant has not
indicated an intention to delete those goods/services from the
application or filed a request to divide the application, the examining
attorney will contact the applicant to confirm that the applicant
intends to delete the omitted goods/services, and will permit the
applicant to amend the SOU to claim use on or in connection with the
omitted goods/services. However, when an SOU is filed electronically,
the TEAS form requires the applicant to expressly indicate an intention
to delete a class, or to delete goods/services within a class.
Therefore, if any of the goods/services identified in the application
do not appear in the identification of goods/services in a TEAS SOU,
the examining attorney does not inquire about the discrepancy and the
applicant may not reinsert the omitted goods/services. TMEP section
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1109.13. There have been cases in which these inquiries concerning
paper SOUs caused unnecessary delay in applications after the applicant
intentionally omitted goods/services. Therefore, the Office is changing
its practice with paper SOUs, and will discontinue issuing inquiries
about omitted goods/services. Under the proposed rule, the practice
with paper SOUs would be consistent with the current practice for
electronically filed SOUs. Applicants are responsible for setting forth
(or incorporating by reference) the goods/services on or in connection
with which the mark is in use. This is consistent with the Office's
long-standing practice with respect to requests for extensions of time
to file a statement of use, set forth in § 2.89(f).
   The Office proposes to revise §§ 2.89(a)(2) and (b)(2) to
add a provision that if an applicant timely submits a fee sufficient to
pay for at least one class, but insufficient to cover all the classes,
and the applicant has not specified the class(es) to which the fee applies,
the Office will issue a notice granting the applicant additional time to
submit the fee(s) for the remaining classes, or specify the class(es) to be
abandoned. If the applicant does not submit the required fee(s) or specify
the class(es) to be abandoned within the set time period, the Office will
apply the fees paid to the lowest numbered class(es) in ascending
order, and will delete the goods/services in the higher class(es) from
the application. This is consistent with current practice. TMEP section
1108.02(c).

Amendments to Classification

   The Office proposes to amend § 2.85(a) to add a reference to
amendments to adopt international classification.
   The Office proposes to combine §§ 2.85(b) and (c),
pertaining to the United States classification, and to add a reference
to amendments to adopt international classification.
   The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.85(f), pertaining to
certification marks and collective membership marks, as § 2.85(c),
and to add a statement that the classes set forth in §§ 6.3 and
6.4 do not apply to applications based on section 66(a) of the
Trademark Act and registered extensions of protection. This is
consistent with current practice. TMEP section 1904.02(b). Classes A,
B, & 200 are classes from the old United States classification system
that are still used in the United States to classify certification and
collective membership marks, but are not included in the international
classes under the Nice Agreement Concerning the International
Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the
Registration of Marks ("Nice Agreement"). Therefore, they do not
apply to section 66(a) applications and registered extensions of
protection, in which classification is determined by the International
Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization ("IB"). The
Office proposes to make conforming amendments to §§ 6.3 and
6.4, indicating that these sections apply only to applications based on
sections 1 and 44 of the Trademark Act and registrations resulting from
such applications.
   The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.85(d), which now
provides that renewals filed on registrations issued under a prior
classification system will be processed on the basis of that system, as
§ 2.183(f), and amend it to add an exception for registrations that
have been amended to adopt international classification pursuant to
§ 2.85(e)(3).
   Proposed § 2.85(d) provides that in an application under
section 66(a) of the Act or registered extension of protection, the
classification cannot be changed from the classification assigned by
the IB; classes cannot be added; and goods or services cannot be
transferred from one class to another in a multiple-class application.
This is consistent with current practice. TMEP sections 1401.03(d) and
1904.02(b). Under Article 3(2) of the Madrid Protocol, the IB controls
classification. A section 66(a) application and any resulting
registration remains part of the international registration, and a
change of classification in the United States would have no effect on
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the international registration.
   The Office proposes to remove § 2.85(e), which now pertains to
appeal and renewal fee deficiencies in multiple-class applications and
registrations, and move the provisions on appeal fees to § 2.141(b).
Procedures for processing renewal fee deficiencies in multiple-class
registrations are already covered in § 2.183(e).
   Proposed § 2.85(e) provides for changes in classification
pursuant to the Nice Agreement. The international classification
changes periodically, and these changes are listed in the International
Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the
Registration of Marks, which is published by the World Intellectual
Property Organization. The Nice Agreement edition currently in effect
is the 9th edition, 2006, which became effective January 1, 2007.
   Proposed § 2.85(e)(1) provides that when international
classification changes, the new requirements apply only to applications
filed on or after the effective date of the change.
   Proposed § 2.85(e)(2) provides that in section 1 and 44
applications filed before the effective date of a change in
classification, and registrations resulting from such applications, the
applicant or registrant may reclassify the goods or services in
accordance with the current edition, upon payment of the required fees.
Proposed § 2.85(e)(3) sets forth the requirements for amendment of
a pending application, and proposed § 2.85(e)(4) sets forth the
requirements for amendment of a registration to reclassify the goods or
services in accordance with the current edition of the Nice Agreement.
This is consistent with current practice, set forth in TMEP sections
1401.11 and 1609.04.
   The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.85(g), which provides
that classification schedules shall not limit or extend the applicant's
rights, as § 2.85(f), and amend it to note an exception that in
section 66(a) applications, the scope of the identification of goods or
services for purposes of permissible amendments is limited by the
class, because the classification assigned by the IB cannot be changed.
This is consistent with TMEP section 1402.07(a).

Requests To Divide

   The Office proposes to break the current § 2.87(c) into
subsections 2.87(c)(1) and (c)(2).
   The Office proposes to add new § 2.87(c)(3) to provide that an
applicant may file a request to divide out one or more bases of a
multiple-basis application during the period between the issuance of
the notice of allowance under section 13(b)(2) of the Act and the
filing of a statement of use under § 2.88. This is consistent with
current practice.
   The Office proposes to add § 2.87(e) to provide that any
outstanding time period for action by the applicant in the original
application at the time of the division will be applicable to each new
separate application created by the division. This provision appeared
in § 2.87(a) when the rule was first enacted in 1989, but was
inadvertently removed when the rules were amended to adjust application
filing fees on January 19, 2005. See notices at 54 FR 37562 (Sept. 11,
1989) and 70 FR 2952 (Jan. 19, 2005). The Office proposes to add
certain specified exceptions, consistent with current practice, as set
forth in TMEP sections 1110.04 and 1110.05.
   The Office proposes to add new § 2.87(f) to add a requirement
that a request to divide be signed by the applicant, someone with legal
authority to bind the applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a qualified practitioner. This is
consistent with TMEP section 1110.
   The Office proposes to add new § 2.87(g), setting forth the
procedures for division of a section 66(a) application after a change
in ownership with respect to some, but not all, of the goods or
services. This incorporates existing practice, set forth in TMEP
section 1110.08.
   The Office proposes to add § 2.171(b)(2), providing for
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division of registered extensions of protection upon notification by
the IB that ownership of an international registration has changed with
respect to some, but not all, of the goods or services. This reflects
current practice. TMEP section 1615.02.

Post Registration

   The Office proposes to amend § 2.153 to remove the requirement
for specification of the type of commerce in an affidavit claiming
the benefits of section 12(c) of the Trademark Act of 1946 for a
registration issued under the Trademark Acts of 1881 or 1905. Because the
definition of "commerce" in section 45 of the Act is "all commerce which
may lawfully be regulated by Congress," the Office presumes that a
registrant who alleges that the mark is in use in commerce is alleging that
the mark is in use in a type of commerce that Congress can regulate. The
Office amended the Trademark Rules of Practice to remove the requirement
for a specification of the type of commerce in applications for registration
under section 1(a) of the Act, allegations of use in applications under
section 1(b) of the Act, and affidavits under sections 8 and 15 of the Act,
effective October 30, 1999 (see notice at 64 FR 48900 (Sept. 8, 1999)), but
inadvertently overlooked § 2.153.
   The Office proposes to amend the center heading immediately after
§ 2.158 to delete the wording "DURING SIXTH YEAR." This corrects
an oversight. The heading covers rules pertaining to affidavits or
declarations under section 8 of the Act ("section 8 affidavits").
Effective October 30, 1999, such affidavits must be filed every tenth
year after registration as well as during the sixth year.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.161(g)(3) to provide that
specimens filed through TEAS may be in .pdf format. This provides TEAS
filers with an additional option for filing specimens, and is
consistent with current practice.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.163(b) to provide that a
registration will be cancelled for failure to respond to an Office
action issued in connection with a section 8 affidavit only if there is
no time remaining in the grace period under section 8(c)(1) of the Act.
This corrects an oversight in the current rule. It would be
inappropriate to cancel a registration under section 8 before
expiration of the grace period. If there is time remaining in the grace
period, the owner may file a complete new affidavit.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.167 to provide that an
affidavit or declaration of incontestability under section 15 of the
Trademark Act must be filed in the name of the owner of the
registration, and verified by the owner or a person properly authorized
to sign on behalf of the owner (§ 2.161(b)). This is consistent
with TMEP section 1605.04.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.171(a) to remove the
requirement that a request for a new certificate of registration upon
change of ownership include the original certificate of registration.
This is consistent with current practice, and with Office practice in
connection with requests to amend or correct registrations under
section 7 of the Trademark Act. See notice at 69 FR 51362 (Aug. 29,
2004), removing the requirement that the original certificate be
included with a section 7 request.
   The Office further proposes to add a statement to § 2.171(a)
that in a registered extension of protection, the assignment must be
recorded with the IB before it can be recorded in the Office. This is
consistent with current § 7.22.
   The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.171(b) as (b)(1), and
amend it to indicate that it applies only to registrations resulting
from applications based on section 1 or 44 of the Act.
   The Office proposes to add § 2.171(b)(2), providing for
division of registered extensions of protection upon notification by
the IB that ownership of an international registration has changed with
respect to some, but not all, of the goods or services. This reflects
current practice. TMEP section 1615.02.
   The Office proposes to reorganize § 2.173, pertaining to
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amendment of registrations. The current paragraph (a) is broken into
proposed paragraphs (a) through (d).
   Proposed § 2.173(a) provides that the owner of a registration
may file a written request to amend a registration or to disclaim part
of the mark in the registration; and that if the registration is
involved in an inter partes proceeding before the Trademark Trial and
Appeal Board ("TTAB"), the request must be filed by appropriate
motion to the Board. This is consistent with the current § 2.173(a)
and TMEP section 1609.01(b).
   The current paragraph (b) is broken into proposed paragraphs (e)
and (g).
   Proposed § 2.173(b) sets forth the requirements for the request
for amendment.
   Proposed § 2.173(b)(2) requires that the request be filed by
the owner and signed by the owner, someone with legal authority to bind
the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a qualified practitioner. The requirement for filing
in the name of the owner is consistent with current practice. However,
the requirement for signature by someone with legal authority to bind
the owner or by a qualified practitioner changes current practice
slightly. TMEP section 1609.01(b) now permits signature by a person
with firsthand knowledge of the facts and actual or implied authority
to act on behalf of the owner, which could include someone without
legal authority to bind the owner. The Office believes that the better
practice would be to require that a request to amend a registration be
signed by someone with legal authority to bind the owner or by a
qualified practitioner.
   Proposed § 2.173(b)(3) provides that an amendment to change the
mark include: A specimen showing the mark as used on or in connection
with the goods or services; an affidavit or a declaration under § 2.20
stating that the specimen was in use in commerce at least as early
as the filing date of the amendment; and a new drawing of the amended
mark. This is consistent with current § 2.173(a) and TMEP section
1609.02(c).
   Proposed § 2.173(c) provides that the registration must still
contain registrable matter, and proposed § 2.173(d) provides that
the amendment may not materially alter the mark. This is consistent
with current § 2.173(a).
   Proposed § 2.173(e) provides that no amendment to the
identification of goods or services in a registration will be
permitted, except to restrict the identification or change it in ways
that would not require republication of the mark. This is consistent
with current § 2.173(b).
   The Office proposes to add new § 2.173(f) to provide that if
the registration includes a disclaimer, description of the mark, or
miscellaneous statement, any amendment must include a request to make
any necessary conforming amendments to the disclaimer, description, or
other miscellaneous statements. For example, if the mark is XYZ INC.,
with a disclaimer of the entity designator "INC.," and the owner of
the registration proposes to amend the mark to remove "INC.," the
proposed amendment should also request that the disclaimer be deleted.
If an amendment is filed that does not include all necessary conforming
amendments, the examiner will issue an Office action requiring the
amendments.
   Proposed § 2.173(g) provides that an amendment seeking the
elimination of a disclaimer will not be permitted, unless deletion of
the disclaimed portion of the mark is also sought. The proposed rule
provides an exception to the general prohibition against amendments to
delete disclaimers, currently set forth in § 2.173(b), in the
limited situation where the mark is amended to delete the disclaimer.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.175(b)(2) to require that a
request to correct the owner's error in a registration be filed by the
owner and signed by the owner, someone with legal authority to bind the
owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or
a qualified practitioner. This is consistent with proposed § 2.173(b)(2),
discussed above.
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   The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.184(b) as § 2.184(b)(1),
and amend it to provide that a registration will expire
for failure to respond to an Office action issued in connection with a
renewal application only if there is no time remaining in the grace
period under section 9(a) of the Act. This corrects an oversight in the
current rule. It would be inappropriate to cancel a registration for
failure to renew prior to expiration of the renewal grace period. If
there is time remaining in the grace period, the registrant may file a
complete new renewal application.
   The Office proposes to add new § 2.183(f) to provide that
applications for renewal of registrations issued under a prior
classification system will be processed on the basis of that system,
except where the registration has been amended to adopt international
classification. The provision that applications for renewal of
registrations issued under a prior classification system are processed
on the basis of that system is currently set forth in § 2.85(d).
The reference to amendment of classification is consistent with
proposed § 2.85(e)(3), discussed above.
   The Office proposes to add § 2.184(b)(2), requiring that a
response to an Office action issued in connection with a renewal
application be signed by the registrant, someone with legal authority
to bind the registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of
a partnership), or a qualified practitioner. This is consistent with
TMEP section 1606.12.

Madrid Protocol

   The Office proposes to amend § 7.11(a)(2) to provide that the
applicant's entity in an application for international registration
must be identical to the entity listed as owner of the basic
application or registration. This is consistent with current practice.
TMEP section 1902.02(c). Under section 61(a) of the Trademark Act, only
the owner of the basic application or registration can file an
international application.
   The Office proposes to amend the last sentence of § 7.14(e) to
change "submitted to" to "received in," for clarity.
   The Office proposes to amend § 7.25(a) to remove §§ 2.175 and
2.197 from the list of rules in part 2 that do not apply to
an extension of protection of an international registration to the
United States. Section 2.175 pertains to correction of mistakes by a
registrant. Generally, all requests to record changes to an
international registration must be filed at the IB, because an
extension of protection of an international registration remains part
of the international registration even after registration in the United
States. However, in the limited circumstance where the holder of an
international registration makes a mistake in a document filed during
prosecution in the Office that affects only the extension of protection
to the United States, the registrant may request correction of the
error pursuant to § 2.175. For example, if there were a minor
typographical error in an amendment to the identification of goods in a
section 66(a) application, and the mark registered, the owner of the
registration could request correction under § 2.175. If the Office
grants the request, the Office will notify the IB of the change to the
extension of protection to the United States.
   Section § 2.197 provides a "certificate of mailing or
transmission" procedure to avoid lateness due to mail delay. This
procedure may currently be used by section 66(a) applicants during
prosecution of applications. The procedure may also be available to
owners of registered extensions of protection who file affidavits of
use or excusable nonuse under section 71 of the Trademark Act.
Therefore, its inclusion in § 7.25(a) was an error. Under
§§ 2.197(a)(2)(ii) and 7.4(e), the certificate of mailing or
transmission procedure remains inapplicable to international
applications under § 7.11, responses to notices of irregularity
under § 7.14, subsequent designations under § 7.21, requests to
record changes of ownership under § 7.23, requests to record
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restrictions of the holder's right of disposal (or the release of such
restrictions) under § 7.24, and requests for transformation under
§ 7.31. Note: On February 29, 2008, the Office published a notice
of proposed rulemaking that would prohibit the use of certificates of
mailing or transmission for certain specified documents for which an
electronic form is available in the Trademark Electronic Application
System ("TEAS"). See notice at 73 FR 11079. The Office is currently
reviewing the comments received in response to this proposal.

Assignment Cover Sheet

   The Office proposes to amend § 3.31 to add a new paragraph
(a)(8), requiring that a cover sheet submitted with a request to record
a change of ownership of a trademark application or registration must
include the citizenship of the party receiving the interest; and that
if the party receiving the interest is a domestic partnership or
domestic joint venture, the cover sheet must include the names, legal
entities, and national citizenship (or state or country of
organization) of all general partners or active members that compose
the partnership or joint venture. Currently, § 3.31(f) provides
that the cover sheet "should" include this information, but the
Office proposes to make it mandatory. This will allow for more
efficient processing of trademark applications and registrations.
   The applicant's entity and citizenship is required in an
application for registration under § 2.32(a)(3)(iii) and must be
submitted before the Office can issue a registration certificate in the
name of the new owner. It is also required when the new owner of a
registration wants to change ownership in the trademark database and/or
obtain a new certificate of registration in the name of the new owner.
Requiring the information whenever a change of ownership is recorded
will eliminate the need for the examining attorney or the Post
Registration examiner to issue an Office action requiring that it be
submitted, which can cause substantial delay. Furthermore, in many
cases, having complete information about the receiving party will
ensure that the trademark database is automatically updated at the time
of recordation or shortly thereafter. See TMEP sections 504 et seq.
regarding automatic updating of the trademark database upon recordation
of a change of ownership. This will often ensure that the original
certificate of registration issues in the name of the new owner.

References to "Paper"

   The Office proposes to amend §§ 2.6(b)(6), 2.21(b),
2.21(c), 2.27(d), 2.87(d), 2.146(e)(1), 2.146(e)(2), and 2.146(i) to
delete references to "papers" and substitute "documents" where
appropriate, in order to encompass documents filed or issued
electronically.
   The Office proposes to amend §§ 2.6(a)(19), 2.6(b)(3), and
2.56(d)(2) to delete references to "file wrapper" and substitute
"record" or "official record." The Office now maintains electronic
records of applications and registrations.
   The Office proposes to amend §§ 2.62, 2.65(a), 2.66(a)(1),
2.66(d), 2.66(f)(1), 2.81(b), 2.89(a), 2.89(a)(3), 2.89(g), 2.93,
2.99(d)(2), 2.146(d), 2.146(e)(1), 2.146(e)(2), 2.146(j)(1), 2.163(b),
2.165(b), 2.176, 2.184(b), 2.186(b), 7.39(b) and 7.40(b) to change
references to "mailing" to "issuance," to encompass Office actions
and communications that are issued electronically.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.81(b) to remove the sentence
stating that "The mailing date that appears on the notice of allowance
will be the issue date of the notice of allowance," because it is
unnecessary. The rule already states that the notice of allowance will
include the issue date.
   The Office proposes to amend §§ 2.84(b), 2.173, 2.174, and
2.175 to delete references to "printed," and substitute "issued"
where appropriate, in order to encompass documents issued
electronically.
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   The Office proposes to amend §§ 2.87(d), 2.146(e)(i), and
2.146(i) to delete references to "paper" and to substitute
"document," to encompass documents filed through TEAS.
   The Office proposes to remove the references in § 2.173(c),
2.174, and 2.175(c) to printed copies of amendments and corrections
under section 7 of the Act.

Appeal Fees

   The Office proposes to reorganize § 2.141 to move the
provisions pertaining to appeal fees, some of which were previously set
forth in § 2.85(e), to § 2.141(b). The proposed rule is
consistent with current practice, set forth in Trademark Trial and
Appeal Board Manual of Procedure section 1202.04.

Other Changes

   The Office proposes to amend §§ 2.6(a)(12) and (13),
2.38(b), 2.41(a), 2.44(a) and (b), 2.46, 2.47, 2.61(a), 2.64(c)(1),
2.65(c), 2.75(a) and (b), 2.81(a) and (b), 2.85(b), 2.88(a), 2.99(g),
2.146(b), and 2.167, to replace section symbols with the word
"section." This is consistent with references to the statute in other
rules, and with the format recommended in the Federal Register Document
Drafting Handbook, National Archives and Records Administration, Office
of the Federal Register (Oct. 1998). Section symbols are used in rules
and Federal Register notices only to refer to other sections of the
CFR.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.6(a)(8) to delete "assignee"
and substitute "registrant." This makes it clear that any registrant
can request a new certificate of registration, upon payment of the
required fee.
   The Office proposes to revise § 2.25 to provide that documents
filed in the Office by the applicant or registrant become part of the
official record and will not be returned or removed. The rule currently
provides only for applications, and the Office proposes to revise it to
encompass all documents filed in connection with an application or
registration. This is consistent with current practice. See TMEP
section 404. The Office proposes to make an exception for documents
ordered to be filed under seal pursuant to a protective order issued by
a court or by the TTAB.
   The Office proposes to remove § 2.26, which provides that a
drawing from an abandoned application may be transferred to and used in
a new application, if the file has not been destroyed. This rule is no
longer in use and is deemed unnecessary.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.32(a)(6) to delete the word
"and" after the semicolon, and to amend § 2.32(a)(7) to change a
period to a semicolon.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.86(a)(2) to delete the period
and substitute a semicolon, followed by the word "and" ("; and").
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.146(c) to add a provision that
a petition to the Director be signed by the petitioner, someone with
legal authority to bind the petitioner (e.g., a corporate officer or
general partner of a partnership), or a qualified practitioner. The
proposed rule further provides that when facts are to be proved on
petition, the petitioner must submit proof in the form of affidavits or
declarations in accordance with § 2.20, signed by someone with
firsthand knowledge of the facts to be proved. This is consistent with
TMEP sections 1705.03 and 1705.07.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.195(b) to delete the phrase,
"In addition to being mailed," because it is unnecessary.
   The Office proposes to amend § 2.195(e) to clarify the
procedures for filing a petition to the Director to consider
correspondence filed on the date of attempted filing by Express Mail
during a postal service interruption or emergency within the meaning of
35 U.S.C. 21(a). Proposed § 2.195(e)(1) provides that a person who
attempted to file correspondence by Express Mail, but was unable to
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deposit the correspondence with the United States Postal Service due to
the interruption or emergency, may petition the Director to consider
the correspondence to have been filed on the date of attempted filing.
Proposed § 2.195(e)(2) sets forth the requirements for the
petition. Proposed § 2.195(e)(3) notes that this procedure does not
apply to correspondence that is excluded from the Express Mail procedure
pursuant to § 2.198(a)(1). This is consistent with current practice.

Rule Making Requirements

   Executive Order 12866: This rule has been determined not to be
significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866.

   Administrative Procedure Act: This rule merely involves rules of
agency practice and procedure within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).
Therefore, this rule may be adopted without prior notice and
opportunity for public comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) and (c), or
thirty-day advance publication under 5 U.S.C. 553(d). However, the
Office has chosen to seek public comment before implementing the rule.

   Regulatory Flexibility Act: As prior notice and an opportunity for
public comment are not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 (or any other
law), neither a regulatory flexibility analysis nor a certification
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is
required. See 5 U.S.C. 603.
   The proposed rules clarify certain requirements for trademark
applications and other trademark-related documents, modernize the
language of the rules, and make some other miscellaneous procedural
changes. In large part, the proposed rule changes are intended to
codify existing practice. Although the proposed rules may affect any
trademark applicant or registrant, because they would merely codify the
existing practice of the Office, or concern relatively minor procedural
matters, the changes proposed in this notice will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

   Unfunded Mandates: The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act requires, at 2
U.S.C. 1532, that agencies prepare an assessment of anticipated costs
and benefits before issuing any rule that may result in expenditure by
State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more (adjusted annually for
inflation) in any given year. This rule would have no such effect on
State, local, and tribal governments or the private sector.

   Executive Order 13132: This rule does not contain policies with
federalism implications sufficient to warrant preparation of a
Federalism Assessment under Executive Order 13132 (Aug. 4, 1999).

   Paperwork Reduction Act: This proposed rule involves information
collection requirements which are subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The collections of information in this proposed
rule have been reviewed and previously approved by OMB under control
numbers 0651-0009, 0651-0050, 0651-0051, 0651-0054, 0651-0055, and
0651-0056.

   The United States Patent and Trademark Office is not resubmitting
any information collection package to OMB for its review and approval
because the changes in this proposed rule would not affect the
information collection requirements associated with the information
collections under the OMB control numbers listed above. The changes in
this notice are limited to amending the rules of practice to simplify
and clarify the requirements for amendments to applications and
registrations, reword and reorganize the rules for clarity purposes,
and codify current practices and procedures.
   Interested persons are requested to send comments regarding these
information collections, including suggestions for reduction of this
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burden to: (1) The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10202,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for
the Patent and Trademark Office; and (2) Commissioner for Trademarks,
P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 (Attn: Mary Hannon).
   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to
comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control number.

List of Subjects

37 CFR Part 2

   Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks.

37 CFR Part 3

   Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks.

37 CFR Part 6

   Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks, Classification.

37 CFR Part 7

   Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks, International
Registration.

   For the reasons given in the preamble and under the authority
contained in 15 U.S.C. 1123 and 35 U.S.C. 2, as amended, the Office
proposes to amend parts 2, 3, 6, and 7 of title 37 as follows:

PART 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES

   1. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 2 continues to read as
follows:

   Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.

   2. Revise §§ 2.6(a)(8), (12), (13) and (19), and §§ 2.6(b)(3) and
(6) to read as follows:

§ 2.6  Trademark fees.

* * * * *

   (a) * * *
   (8) For issuing a new certificate of registration upon request of
registrant - $100.00.

* * * * *

   (12) For filing an affidavit under section 8 of the Act, per
class - $100.00.
   (13) For filing an affidavit under section 15 of the Act, per
class - $200.00.

* * * * *

   (19) Dividing an application, per new application created - $100.00.

* * * * *

   (b) * * *
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   (3) Certified or uncertified copy of a trademark-related official
record - $50.00.

* * * * *

   (6) For recording each trademark assignment, agreement or other
document relating to the property in a registration or application.

* * * * *

   3. Revise paragraphs 2.21(a) introductory text, (b), and (c) to
read as follows:

§ 2.21  Requirements for receiving a filing date.

   (a) The Office will grant a filing date to an application under
section 1 or section 44 of the Act that is in the English language and
contains all of the following:

* * * * *

   (b) If the applicant does not submit all the elements required in
paragraph (a) of this section, the Office will deny a filing date and
issue a notice explaining why the filing date was denied.
   (c) If the application was filed on paper, the applicant may
correct and resubmit the application and fee. If the resubmitted papers
and fee meet all the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, the
Office will grant a filing date as of the date the Office receives the
corrected document.

   4. Revise § 2.23(a)(2) to read as follows:

§ 2.23  Additional requirements for TEAS Plus application.

   (a) * * *
   (2) Maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address, and continue to
receive communications from the Office by electronic mail.

* * * * *

   5. Revise § 2.25 to read as follows:

§ 2.25  Documents not returnable.

   Except as provided in § 2.27(e), documents filed in the Office
by the applicant or registrant become part of the official record and
will not be returned or removed.

   6. Remove § 2.26.

   7. Revise § 2.27(d) to read as follows:

§ 2.27  Pending trademark application index; access to applications.

* * * * *

   (d) Except as provided in paragraph (e) of this section, the
official records of applications and all proceedings relating thereto
are available for public inspection and copies of the documents may be
furnished upon payment of the fee required by § 2.6.

* * * * *

   8. Revise §§ 2.32(a)(3)(iii), (a)(6), (a)(7), and (a)(8),
and add new §§ 2.32(a)(3)(iv), 2.32(a)(9), and (10) to read as follows:

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§ 2.32  Requirements for a complete application.

   (a) * * *
   (3) * * *
   (iii) If the applicant is a domestic partnership, the names and
citizenship of the general partners;
   (iv) If the applicant is a domestic joint venture, the names and
citizenship of the active members of the joint venture;

* * * * *

   (6) A list of the particular goods or services on or in connection
with which the applicant uses or intends to use the mark. In a United
States application filed under section 44 of the Act, the scope of the
goods and/or services covered by the section 44 basis may not exceed
the scope of the goods and/or services in the foreign application or
registration;
   (7) The international class of goods or services, if known. See
§ 6.1 of this chapter for a list of the international classes of
goods and services;
   (8) If the mark is not in standard characters, a description of the
mark;
   (9) If the mark includes non-English wording, an English
translation of that wording; and
   (10) If the mark includes non-Latin characters, a transliteration
of those characters, and either a translation of the transliterated
term in English, or a statement that the transliterated term has no
meaning in English.

* * * * *

   9. Revise § 2.33(b)(1) to read as follows:

§ 2.33  Verified statement.

* * * * *

   (b)(1) In an application under section 1(a) of the Act, the
verified statement must allege:
   That the applicant is using the mark shown in the accompanying
drawing; that the applicant believes it is the owner of the mark; that
the mark is in use in commerce; that to the best of the declarant's
knowledge and belief, no other person has the right to use the mark in
commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as
to be likely, when applied to the goods or services of the other
person, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive; that the specimen
shows the mark as used on or in connection with the goods or services;
and that the facts set forth in the application are true.

* * * * *

   10. Revise §§ 2.34(a)(1)(i), (a)(2), (a)(3)(i) and (a)(4)(ii), and
add new § (a)(1)(v), to read as follows:

§ 2.34  Bases for filing.

   (a) (1) * * *
   (i) The trademark owner's verified statement that the mark is in
use in commerce on or in connection with the goods or services listed
in the application. If the verification is not filed with the initial
application, the verified statement must also allege that the mark was
in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods or services
listed in the application as of the application filing date;

* * * * *

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   (v) If more than one item of goods or services is specified in the
application, the dates of use required in paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of
this section need be for only one of the items specified in each class,
provided that the particular item to which the dates apply is
designated.
   (2) Intent-to-use under section 1(b) of the Act. In an application
under section 1(b) of the Act, the applicant must verify that it has a
bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection
with the goods or services listed in the application. If the
verification is not filed with the initial application, the verified
statement must also allege that the applicant had a bona fide intention
to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods or
services listed in the application as of the filing date of the
application.
   (3) * * *
   (i) The applicant's verified statement that it has a bona fide
intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the
goods or services listed in the application. If the verification is not
filed with the initial application, the verified statement must also
allege that the applicant had a bona fide intention to use the mark in
commerce as of the filing date of the application.

* * * * *

   (4) (i) * * *
   (ii) Include the applicant's verified statement that it has a bona
fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the
goods or services listed in the application. If the verification is not
filed with the initial application, the verified statement must also
allege that the applicant had a bona fide intention to use the mark in
commerce as of the filing date of the application.

* * * * *

   11. Revise § 2.38(b) to read as follows:

§ 2.38  Use by predecessor or by related companies.

* * * * *

   (b) If the mark is not being used by the applicant but is being
used by one or more related companies whose use inures to the benefit
of the applicant under section 5 of the Act, this must be indicated in
the application.

* * * * *

   12. Amend § 2.41 by revising the heading and paragraph (a) to
read as follows:

§ 2.41  Proof of distinctiveness under section 2(f).

   (a) When registration is sought of a mark which would be
unregistrable by reason of section 2(e) of the Act but which is said by
applicant to have become distinctive in commerce of the goods or
services set forth in the application, applicant may, in support of
registrability, submit with the application, or in response to a
request for evidence or to a refusal to register, affidavits, or
declarations in accordance with § 2.20, depositions, or other
appropriate evidence showing duration, extent and nature of use in
commerce and advertising expenditures in connection therewith
(identifying types of media and attaching typical advertisements), and
affidavits, or declarations in accordance with § 2.20, letters or
statements from the trade or public, or both, or other appropriate
evidence tending to show that the mark distinguishes such goods.

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* * * * *

   13. Revise § 2.44 to read as follows:

§ 2.44  Collective mark.

   (a) In an application to register a collective mark under section
1(a) of the Act, the application shall specify and contain all
applicable elements required by the preceding sections for trademarks,
but shall also specify the class of persons entitled to use the mark,
indicating their relationship to the applicant, and the nature of the
applicant's control over the use of the mark.
   (b) In an application to register a collective mark under section
1(b), section 44 or section 66(a) of the Act, the application shall
specify and contain all applicable elements required by the preceding
sections for trademarks, but shall also specify the class of persons
intended to be entitled to use the mark, indicating what their
relationship to the applicant will be, and the nature of the control
applicant intends to exercise over the use of the mark.
   14. Revise § 2.45(b) to read as follows:

§ 2.45  Certification mark.

   (a) * * *
   (b) In an application to register a certification mark under
section 1(b), section 44 or section 66(a) of the Act, the application
shall include all applicable elements required by the preceding
sections for trademarks. In addition, the application must: specify the
conditions under which the certification mark is intended to be used;
allege that the applicant intends to exercise legitimate control over
the use of the mark; and allege that the applicant will not engage in
the production or marketing of the goods or services to which the mark
is applied. When the applicant files an allegation of use under § 2.76
or § 2.88, the applicant must submit a copy of the standards
that determine whether others may use the certification mark on their
goods and/or in connection with their services.

   15. Revise § 2.46 to read as follows:

§ 2.46  Principal Register.

   All applications will be treated as seeking registration on the
Principal Register unless otherwise stated in the application. Service
marks, collective marks, and certification marks are registered on the
Principal Register, if they are registrable in accordance with the
applicable provisions of section 2 of the Act.

   16. Revise §§ 2.47(a), (b), (d) and (e) to read as follows:

§ 2.47  Supplemental Register.

   (a) In an application to register on the Supplemental Register
under section 23 of the Act, the application shall so
indicate and shall specify that the mark has been in use in commerce,
specifying the nature of such commerce, by the applicant.
   (b) In an application to register on the Supplemental Register
under section 44 of the Act, the application shall so indicate. The
statement of use in commerce may be omitted.

* * * * *

   (d) A mark in an application to register on the Principal Register
under section 1(b) of the Act is eligible for registration on the
Supplemental Register only after the applicant files an acceptable
allegation of use under § 2.76 or § 2.88.
   (e) An application for registration on the Supplemental Register
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must conform to the requirements for registration on the Principal
Register under section 1(a) of the Act, so far as applicable.

   17. Add new § 2.48, to read as follows:

§ 2.48  Office does not issue duplicate registrations.

   If two applications on the same register would result in
registrations that are exact duplicates, the Office will permit only
one application to mature into registration, and will refuse
registration in the other application.

   18. Revise §§ 2.52(b) and (b)(1) to read as follows:

§ 2.52  Types of drawings and format for drawings.

* * * * *

   (b) Special form drawing. Applicants who seek to register a mark
that includes a two or three-dimensional design; color; and/or words,
letters, or numbers or the combination thereof in a particular font
style or size must submit a special form drawing. The drawing should
show the mark in black on a white background, unless the mark includes
color.
   (1) Marks that include color. If the mark includes color, the
drawing must show the mark in color, and the applicant must name the
color(s), describe where the color(s) appear on the mark, and submit a
claim that the color(s) is a feature of the mark.

* * * * *

   19. Revise § 2.53(a) to read as follows:

§ 2.53  Requirements for drawings filed through the TEAS.

* * * * *

   (a) Standard character drawings. If an applicant seeks registration
of a standard character mark, the applicant must enter the mark in the
appropriate field on the TEAS form, and check the box to claim that the
mark consists of standard characters.

* * * * *

   20. Revise §§ 2.56(b)(1), (d)(2) and (d)(4) to read as follows:

§ 2.56  Specimens.

* * * * *

   (b)(1) A trademark specimen is a label, tag, or container for the
goods, or a display associated with the goods. The Office may accept
another document related to the goods or the sale of the goods when it
is impracticable to place the mark on the goods, packaging for the
goods, or displays associated with the goods.

* * * * *

   (d)(1) * * *
   (2) If the applicant files a specimen exceeding these size
requirements (a "bulky specimen"), the Office will create a digital
facsimile of the specimen that meets the requirements of the rule
(i.e., is flat and no larger than 8 1/2 inches (21.6 cm.) wide by
11.69 inches (29.7 cm.) long) and put it in the record. The Office will
destroy the original bulky specimen.

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* * * * *

   (4) For a TEAS submission, the specimen must be a digitized image
in .jpg or .pdf format.

   21. Revise § 2.61(a) to read as follows:

§ 2.61  Action by examiner.

   (a) Applications for registration, including amendments to allege
use under section 1(c) of the Act and statements of use under section
1(d) of the Act, will be examined and, if the applicant is found not
entitled to registration for any reason, applicant will be notified and
advised of the reasons therefor and of any formal requirements or
objections.

* * * * *

   22. Revise § 2.62 to read as follows:

§ 2.62  Procedure for filing response.

   (a) Deadline. The applicant's response to an Office action must be
received within six months from the date of issuance.
   (b) Signature. The applicant, someone with legal authority to bind
the applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
of this chapter must sign the response.

   23. Revise § 2.64(c)(1) to read as follows:

§ 2.64  Final action.

* * * * *

   (c)(1) If an applicant in an application under section 1(b) of the
Act files an amendment to allege use under § 2.76 during the six-
month response period after issuance of a final action, the examiner
shall examine the amendment. The filing of an amendment to allege use
does not extend the deadline for filing a response to an outstanding
Office action, appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or
petition to the Director.

* * * * *

   24. Revise §§ 2.65(a) and (c) to read as follows:

§ 2.65  Abandonment.

   (a) If an applicant fails to respond, or to respond completely,
within six months after the date an action is issued, the application
shall be deemed abandoned unless the refusal or requirement is
expressly limited to only certain goods and/or services. If the refusal
or requirement is expressly limited to only certain goods and/or
services, the application will be abandoned only as to those particular
goods and/or services. A timely petition to the Director pursuant to
§§ 2.63(b) and 2.146 or notice of appeal to the Trademark Trial
and Appeal Board (§ 2.142), if appropriate, is a response that
avoids abandonment of an application.

* * * * *

   (c) If an applicant in an application under section 1(b) of the Act
fails to timely file a statement of use under § 2.88, the application
shall be deemed to be abandoned.

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   25. Revise §§ 2.66(a)(1), (d) and (f)(1) to read as follows:

§ 2.66  Revival of abandoned applications.

   (a) * * *
   (1) Within two months of the date of issuance of the notice of
abandonment; or

* * * * *

   (d) In an application under section 1(b) of the Act, the Director
will not grant the petition if this would permit the filing of a
statement of use more than 36 months after the date of issuance of the
notice of allowance under section 13(b)(2) of the Act.

* * * * *

   (f) * * *
   (1) Files the request within two months of the date of issuance of
the decision denying the petition; and

* * * * *

26. Revise § 2.73 to read as follows:

§ 2.73  Amendment to recite concurrent use.

   An application that includes section 1(a) of the Trademark Act as a
filing basis, or for which an acceptable allegation of use under § 2.76 or
§ 2.88 has been filed, may be amended to an application for concurrent use
registration, provided that the application as amended meets the
requirements of § 2.42. The trademark examining attorney will determine
whether the application, as amended, is acceptable.

   27. Revise § 2.74 and its heading to read as follows:

§ 2.74  Form and signature of amendment.

   (a) Form of Amendment. Amendments should be set forth clearly and
completely. Applicant should either set forth the entire wording,
including the proposed changes, or, if it would be more efficient,
indicate which words should be added and which words should be deleted.
The examining attorney may require the applicant to rewrite the entire
amendment if necessary for clarification of the record.
   (b) Signature. The applicant, someone with legal authority to bind
the applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
must sign the request for amendment. If the amendment requires
verification, the verification must be sworn to or supported by a
declaration under § 2.20 by a person properly authorized to sign on
behalf of the applicant (§ 2.33(a)).

   28. Revise §§ 2.75(a) and (b) to read as follows:

§ 2.75  Amendment to change application to different register.

   (a) An application for registration on the Principal Register under
section 1(a) or 44 of the Act may be changed to an application for
registration on the Supplemental Register and vice versa by amending
the application to comply with the rules relating to the appropriate
register.
   (b) An application under section 1(b) of the Act may be amended to
change the application to the Supplemental Register only after the
applicant submits an acceptable allegation of use under § 2.76 or
§ 2.88. When such an application is changed from the Principal
Register to the Supplemental Register, the effective filing date of the
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application is the filing date of the allegation of use.

* * * * *

   29. Revise § 2.76(d) to read as follows:

§ 2.76  Amendment to allege use.

* * * * *

   (d) The title "Allegation of Use" should appear at the top of the
document.

* * * * *

   30. Revise § 2.77 to read as follows:

§ 2.77  Amendments between notice of allowance and statement of use.

   (a) The only amendments that can be entered in an application
between the issuance of the notice of allowance and the submission of a
statement of use are: (1) The deletion of specified goods or services
from the identification of goods/services; (2) the deletion of a basis
in a multiple-basis application; and (3) a change of attorney or change
of address.
   (b) Other amendments filed during this period will be placed in the
application file and considered when the statement of use is examined.

   31. Revise § 2.81 to read as follows:

§ 2.81  Post publication.

   (a) Except in an application under section 1(b) of the Act for
which no amendment to allege use under § 2.76 has been submitted
and accepted, if no opposition is filed within the time permitted or
all oppositions filed are dismissed, and if no interference is declared
and no concurrent use proceeding is instituted, the application will be
prepared for issuance of the certificate of registration as provided in
§ 2.151.
   (b) In an application under section 1(b) of the Act for which no
amendment to allege use under § 2.76 has been submitted and
accepted, if no opposition is filed within the time permitted or all
oppositions filed are dismissed, and if no interference is declared, a
notice of allowance will issue. The notice of allowance will state the
serial number of the application, the name of the applicant, the
correspondence address, the mark, the identification of goods and/or
services, and the issue date of the notice of allowance. Thereafter,
the applicant must submit a statement of use as provided in § 2.88.

   32. Revise § 2.84(b) to read as follows:

§ 2.84  Jurisdiction over published applications.

* * * * *

   (b) After publication, but before the certificate of registration
is issued in an application under section 1(a), 44 or 66(a) of the Act,
or before the notice of allowance is issued in an application under
section 1(b) of the Act, an application that is not the subject of an
inter partes proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board may
be amended if the amendment does not necessitate republication of the
mark or issuance of an Office action. Otherwise, an amendment to such
an application may be submitted only upon petition to the Director to
restore jurisdiction over the application to the trademark examining
attorney for consideration of the amendment and further examination.
The amendment of an application that is the subject of an inter partes
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proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board is governed by
§ 2.133.

   33. Revise § 2.85 to read as follows:

§ 2.85  Classification schedules.

   (a) International classification system. Section 6.1 of this
chapter sets forth the international system of classification for goods
and services, which applies for all statutory purposes to:
   (1) applications filed in the Office on or after September 1, 1973,
and resulting registrations; and
   (2) registrations resulting from applications filed on or before
August 31, 1973, that have been amended to adopt international
classification pursuant to § 2.85(e)(3).
   (b) Prior United States classification system. Section 6.2 of this
chapter sets forth the prior United States system of classification for
goods and services, which applies for all statutory purposes to
registrations resulting from applications filed on or before August 31,
1973, unless:
   (1) the registration has been amended to adopt international
classification pursuant to § 2.85(e)(3); or
   (2) the registration was issued under a classification system prior
to that set forth in § 6.2.
   (c) Certification marks and collective membership marks. Sections
6.3 and 6.4 specify the system of classification which applies to
certification marks and collective membership marks in applications
based on sections 1 and 44 of the Trademark Act, and to registrations
resulting from applications based on sections 1 and 44. These sections
do not apply to applications under section 66(a) or to registered
extensions of protection.
   (d) Section 66(a) applications and registered extensions of
protection. In an application under section 66(a) of the Act or
registered extension of protection, the classification cannot be
changed from the classification assigned by the International Bureau of
the World Intellectual Property Organization, unless the International
Bureau corrects the classification. Classes cannot be added, and goods
or services cannot be transferred from one class to another in a
multiple-class application.
   (e) Changes to Nice Agreement. The international classification
system changes periodically, pursuant to the Nice Agreement Concerning
the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes
of the Registration of Marks. These changes are listed in the
International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of
the Registration of Marks, which is published by the World Intellectual
Property Organization.
   (1) If international classification changes pursuant to the Nice
Agreement, the new classification applies only to applications filed on
or after the effective date of the change.
   (2) In a section 1 or section 44 application filed before an
effective date of a change to the Nice Agreement, the applicant may
amend the application to comply with the requirements of the current
edition. The applicant must comply with the current edition for all
goods or services identified in the application. The applicant must pay
the fees for any added class(es).
   (3) In a registration resulting from a section 1 or section 44
application that was filed before an effective date of a change to the
Nice Agreement, the owner may amend the registration to comply with the
requirements of the current edition. The owner must reclassify all
goods or services identified in the registration to the current
edition. The owner must pay the fee required by § 2.6 for
amendments under section 7 of the Trademark Act. The owner may
reclassify registrations from multiple United States classes (§ 2.85(b))
into a single international classification, where appropriate.
   (f) Classification schedules shall not limit or extend the
applicant's rights, except that in a section 66(a) application, the
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scope of the identification of goods or services for purposes of
permissible amendments (see § 2.71(a)) is limited by the class,
pursuant to § 2.85(d).

   34. Revise § 2.86(a)(2) to read as follows:

§ 2.86  Application may include multiple classes.

   (a) * * *
   (2) Submit an application filing fee for each class, as set forth
in § 2.6(a)(1); and

* * * * *

   35. Revise § 2.87 to read as follows:

§ 2.87  Dividing an application.

   (a) Application may be divided. An application may be physically
divided into two or more separate applications upon the payment of a
fee for each new application created and submission by the applicant of
a request in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section.
   (b) Fee. In the case of a request to divide out one or more entire
classes from an application, only the fee for dividing an application
as set forth in § 2.6(a)(19) will be required. However, in the case
of a request to divide out some, but not all, of the goods or services
in a class, the applicant must submit the application filing fee as set
forth in § 2.6(a)(1) for each new separate application to be
created by the division, in addition to the fee for dividing an
application.
   (c) Time for filing. (1) An applicant may file a request to divide
an application at any time between the application filing date and the
date on which the trademark examining attorney approves the mark for
publication; or during an opposition, concurrent use, or interference
proceeding, upon motion granted by the Trademark Trial and Appeal
Board.
   (2) An applicant may file a request to divide an application under
section 1(b) of the Act with a statement of use under § 2.88 or at
any time between the filing of a statement of use and the date on which
the trademark examining attorney approves the mark for registration.
   (3) An applicant may file a request to divide out one or more bases
of a multiple-basis application during the period between the issuance
of the notice of allowance under section 13(b)(2) of the Act and the
filing of a statement of use under § 2.88.
   (d) Form. A request to divide an application should be made in a
separate document from any other amendment or response in the
application. The title "Request to Divide Application" should appear
at the top of the first page of the document.
   (e) Outstanding time periods apply to newly created applications.
Any time period for action by the applicant which is outstanding in the
original application at the time of the division will be applicable to
each separate new application created by the division, except as
follows:
   (1) If an Office action pertaining to less than all the classes in
a multiple-class application is outstanding, and the applicant files a
request to divide out the goods, services, or class(es) to which the
Office action does not pertain before the response deadline, a response
to the Office action is not due in the new (child) application(s)
created by the division of the application;
   (2) If an Office action pertaining to only one basis in a multiple-
basis application is outstanding, and the applicant files a request to
divide out the basis to which the Office action does not pertain before
the response deadline, a response to the Office action is not due in
the new (child) application(s) created by the division of the
application; or
   (3) In a multiple-basis application in which a notice of allowance
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has issued, if the applicant files a request to divide out the basis or
bases to which the notice of allowance does not pertain before the
deadline for filing the statement of use, the new (child) applications
created by the division are not affected by the notice of allowance.
   (f) Signature. The applicant, someone with legal authority to bind
the applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
must sign the request to divide.
   (g) Section 66(a) applications - change of ownership with respect to
some but not all of the goods or services. (1) When the International
Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization notifies the
Office that an international registration has been divided as the
result of a change of ownership with respect to some but not all of the
goods or services, the Office will construe the International Bureau's
notice as a request to divide. The Office will record the partial
change of ownership in the Assignment Services Branch, and divide out
the assigned goods/services from the original (parent) application. The
Office will create a new (child) application serial number, and enter
the information about the new application in its automated records.
   (2) To obtain a certificate of registration in the name of the new
owner for the goods/services that have been divided out, the new owner
must pay the fee(s) for the request to divide, as required by § 2.6
and paragraph (b) of this section. The examining attorney will issue an
Office action in the child application requiring the new owner to pay
the required fee(s). If the owner of the child application fails to
respond, the child application will be abandoned. It is not necessary
for the new owner to file a separate request to divide.
   (3) The Office will not divide a section 66(a) application based
upon a change of ownership unless the International Bureau notifies the
Office that the international registration has been divided.
   36. Revise §§ 2.88(a), (b)(1)(ii), (b)(3), (d), and (i)(2)
to read as follows:

§ 2.88  Filing statement of use after notice of allowance.

   (a) In an application under section 1(b) of the Act, a statement of
use under section 1(d) of the Act must be filed within six months after
issuance of a notice of allowance under section 13(b)(2) of the Act, or
within an extension of time granted under § 2.89. A statement of
use that is filed prior to issuance of a notice of allowance is premature.
   (b) * * *
   (1) * * *
   (ii) The mark is in use in commerce, specifying the date of the
applicant's first use of the mark and first use of the mark in commerce
on or in connection with goods or services identified in the notice of
allowance as based on intent to use, and those goods or services
specified in the notice of allowance based on intent to use on or in
connection with which the applicant uses the mark in commerce;

* * * * *

   (3) The fee per class required by § 2.6. The applicant must pay
a filing fee sufficient to cover at least one class within the
statutory time for filing the statement of use, or the application will
be abandoned. If the applicant submits a fee insufficient to cover all
the classes in a multiple-class application, the applicant must specify
the classes to be abandoned. If the applicant submits a fee sufficient
to pay for at least one class, but insufficient to cover all the
classes, and the applicant has not specified the class(es) to be
abandoned, the Office will issue a notice granting the applicant
additional time to submit the fee(s) for the remaining classes, or
specify the class(es) to be abandoned. If the applicant does not submit
the required fee(s) or specify the class(es) to be abandoned within the
set time period, the Office will apply the fees paid to the lowest
numbered class(es) in ascending order, and will delete the goods/
services in the higher class(es) from the application.
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* * * * *

   (d) The title "Allegation of Use" should appear at the top of the
first page of the document.

* * * * *

   (i) * * *
   (2) If any goods or services specified in the notice of allowance
are omitted from the identification of goods or services in the
statement of use, the Office will delete the omitted goods/services
from the application. The applicant may not thereafter reinsert these
goods/services.

* * * * *

   37. Revise § 2.89(a) introductory text, (a)(2), (a)(3), (b)(2)
and (g) to read as follows:

§ 2.89  Extensions of time for filing a statement of use.

   (a) The applicant may request a six-month extension of time to file
the statement of use required by § 2.88. The extension request must
be filed within six months of the date of issuance of the notice of
allowance under section 13(b)(2) of the Act and must include the
following:
   (1) * * *
   (2) The fee per class required by § 2.6. The applicant must pay
a filing fee sufficient to cover at least one class within the
statutory time for filing the extension request, or the request will be
denied. If the applicant timely submits a fee sufficient to pay for at
least one class, but insufficient to cover all the classes, and the
applicant has not specified the class(es) to which the fee applies, the
Office will issue a notice granting the applicant additional time to
submit the fee(s) for the remaining classes, or specify the class(es)
to be abandoned. If the applicant does not submit the required fee(s)
or specify the class(es) to be abandoned within the set time period,
the Office will apply the fees paid to the lowest numbered class(es) in
ascending order, and will delete the goods/services in the higher
class(es) from the application; and
   (3) A statement that is signed and verified (sworn to) or supported
by a declaration under § 2.20 by a person properly authorized to
sign on behalf of the applicant (§ 2.33(a)) that the applicant
still has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce, specifying
the relevant goods or services. If the verification is unsigned or
signed by the wrong party, the applicant must submit a substitute
verification within six months of the date of issuance of the notice of
allowance.
   (b) * * *
   (2) The fee per class required by § 2.6. The applicant must pay
a filing fee sufficient to cover at least one class within the
statutory time for filing the extension request, or the request will be
denied. If the applicant submits a fee insufficient to cover all the
classes in a multiple-class application, the applicant must specify the
classes to be abandoned. If the applicant submits a fee sufficient to
pay for at least one class, but insufficient to cover all the classes,
and the applicant has not specified the class(es) to which the fee
applies, the Office will issue a notice granting the applicant
additional time to submit the fee(s) for the remaining classes, or
specify the class(es) to be abandoned. If the applicant does not submit
the required fee(s) or specify the class(es) to be abandoned within the
set time period, the Office will apply the fees paid to the lowest
numbered class(es) in ascending order, and will delete the goods/
services in the higher class(es) from the application;

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* * * * *

   (g) The applicant will be notified of the grant or denial of a
request for an extension of time, and of the reasons for a denial.
Failure to notify the applicant of the grant or denial of the request
prior to the expiration of the existing period or requested extension
does not relieve the applicant of the responsibility of timely filing a
statement of use under § 2.88. If, after denial of an extension
request, there is time remaining in the existing six-month period for
filing a statement of use, applicant may submit a substitute request
for extension of time. Otherwise, the only recourse available after
denial of a request for an extension of time is a petition to the
Director in accordance with § 2.66 or § 2.146. A petition from
the denial of an extension request must be filed within two months of
the date of issuance of the denial of the request. If the petition is
granted, the term of the requested six-month extension that was the
subject of the petition will run from the date of the expiration of the
previously existing six-month period for filing a statement of use.

* * * * *

   38. Revise § 2.93 to read as follows:

§ 2.93  Institution of interference.

   An interference is instituted by the issuance of a notice of
interference to the parties. The notice shall be sent to each
applicant, in care of the applicant's attorney or other representative
of record, if any, and if one of the parties is a registrant, the
notice shall be sent to the registrant or the registrant's assignee of
record. The notice shall give the name and address of every adverse
party and of the adverse party's attorney or other authorized
representative, if any, together with the serial number and date of
filing and publication of each of the applications, or the registration
number and date of issuance of each of the registrations, involved.

   39. Revise §§ 2.99(d)(2) and (g) to read as follows:

§ 2.99  Application to register as concurrent user.

* * * * *

   (d)(1) * * *
   (2) An answer to the notice is not required in the case of an
applicant or registrant whose application or registration is specified
as a concurrent user in the application, but a statement, if desired,
may be filed within forty days after the issuance of the notice; in the
case of any other party specified as a concurrent user in the
application, an answer must be filed within forty days after the
issuance of the notice.

* * * * *

   (g) Registrations and applications to register on the Supplemental
Register and registrations under the Act of 1920
are not subject to concurrent use registration proceedings.
Applications under section 1(b) of the Act of 1946 are subject to
concurrent use registration proceedings only after the applicant files
an acceptable allegation of use under § 2.76 or § 2.88.
Applications based solely on section 44 or section 66(a) of the Act are
not subject to concurrent use registration proceedings.

* * * * *

   40. Revise § 2.141 to read as follows:

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§ 2.141  Ex parte appeals from action of trademark examining
attorney.

   (a) An applicant may, upon final refusal by the trademark examining
attorney, appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board upon payment
of the prescribed fee for each class in the application for which an
appeal is taken, within six months of the date of issuance of the final
action. A second refusal on the same grounds may be considered as final
by the applicant for purpose of appeal.
   (b) The applicant must pay an appeal fee for each class from which
the appeal is taken. If the applicant does not pay an appeal fee for at
least one class of goods or services before expiration of the six-month
statutory filing period, the application will be abandoned. In a
multiple-class application, if an appeal fee is submitted for fewer
than all classes, the applicant must specify the class(es) in which the
appeal is taken. If the applicant timely submits a fee sufficient to
pay for an appeal in at least one class, but insufficient to cover all
the classes, and the applicant has not specified the class(es) to which
the fee applies, the Board will issue a written notice setting a time
limit in which the applicant may either pay the additional fees or
specify the class(es) being appealed. If the applicant does not submit
the required fee or specify the class(es) being appealed within the set
time period, the Board will apply the fee(s) to the classes in
ascending order, beginning with the lowest numbered class.

   41. Revise § 2.146(b), (c), (d), (e), (i) introductory text and
(j)(1) to read as follows:

§ 2.146  Petitions to the Director.

* * * * *

   (b) Questions of substance arising during the ex parte prosecution
of applications, including but not limited to questions arising under
sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 23 of the Act, are not considered to be
appropriate subject matter for petitions to the Director.
   (c) Every petition to the Director must include a statement of the
facts relevant to the petition, the points to be reviewed, the action
or relief requested, and the fee required by § 2.6. Any brief in
support of the petition should be embodied in or accompany the
petition. The petitioner, someone with legal authority to bind the
petitioner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
of this chapter must sign the petition. When facts are to be
proved on petition, the petitioner must submit proof in the form of
affidavits or declarations in accordance with § 2.20, signed by
someone with firsthand knowledge of the facts to be proved, and any
exhibits.
   (d) A petition must be filed within two months of the date of
issuance of the action from which relief is requested, unless a
different deadline is specified elsewhere in this chapter.
   (e)(1) A petition from the grant or denial of a request for an
extension of time to file a notice of opposition must be filed within
fifteen days from the date of issuance of the grant or denial of the
request. A petition from the grant of a request must be served on the
attorney or other authorized representative of the potential opposer,
if any, or on the potential opposer. A petition from the denial of a
request must be served on the attorney or other authorized
representative of the applicant, if any, or on the applicant. Proof of
service of the petition must be made as provided by § 2.119. The
potential opposer or the applicant, as the case may be, may file a
response within fifteen days from the date of service of the petition
and must serve a copy of the response on the petitioner, with proof of
service as provided by § 2.119. No further document relating to the
petition may be filed.
   (2) A petition from an interlocutory order of the Trademark Trial
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and Appeal Board must be filed within thirty days after the date of
issuance of the order from which relief is requested. Any brief in
response to the petition must be filed, with any supporting exhibits,
within fifteen days from the date of service of the petition. Petitions
and responses to petitions, and any documents accompanying a petition
or response under this subsection must be served on every adverse party
pursuant to § 2.119.

* * * * *

   (i) Where a petitioner seeks to reactivate an application or
registration that was abandoned, cancelled or expired because documents
were lost or mishandled, the Director may deny the petition if the
petitioner was not diligent in checking the status of the application
or registration. To be considered diligent, a petitioner must:
   (1) * * *

* * * * *

   (j) * * *
   (1) Files the request within two months of the date of issuance of
the decision denying the petition; and

* * * * *

   42. Revise § 2.153 to read as follows:

§ 2.153  Publication requirements.

   A registrant of a mark registered under the provisions of the Acts
of 1881 or 1905 may at any time prior to the expiration of the period
for which the registration was issued or renewed, upon the payment of
the prescribed fee, file an affidavit or declaration in accordance with
§ 2.20 setting forth those goods stated in the registration on
which said mark is in use in commerce, and stating that the registrant
claims the benefits of the Trademark Act of 1946.

§§ 2.260-2.166  [Amended]

   43. Immediately preceding § 2.160, revise the center heading to
read as follows:

Cancellation for Failure To File Affidavit or Declaration

   44. Revise § 2.161(g)(3) to read as follows:

§ 2.161  Requirements for a complete affidavit or declaration of
continued use or excusable nonuse.

* * * * *

   (g) * * *
   (3) Be a digitized image in .jpg or .pdf format, if transmitted
through TEAS.

   45. Revise § 2.163(b) to read as follows:

§ 2.163  Acknowledgment of receipt of affidavit or declaration.

* * * * *

   (b) A response to the refusal must be filed within six months of
the date of issuance of the Office action, or before the end of the
filing period set forth in section 8(a) or section 8(b) of the Act,
whichever is later. If no response is filed within this time period,
the registration will be cancelled, unless there is time remaining in
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the grace period under section 8(c)(1) of the Act. If there is time
remaining in the grace period, the owner may file a complete new
affidavit.

   46. Revise § 2.165(b) to read as follows:

§ 2.165  Petition to Director to review refusal.

* * * * *

   (b) If the examiner maintains the refusal of the affidavit or
declaration, a petition to the Director to review the action may be
filed. The petition mustbe filed within six months of the date of issuance
of the action maintaining the refusal, or the Office will cancel the
registration and issue a notice of the cancellation.

* * * * *

   47. Amend § 2.167 by revising the heading, introductory text
and paragraphs (a) and (f) to read as follows:

§ 2.167  Affidavit or declaration under section 15.

   The owner of a mark registered on the Principal Register or a mark
registered under the Act of 1881 or 1905 and published under § 12(c)
of the Act (§ 2.153) may file an affidavit or declaration of
incontestability under section 15 of the Act. The affidavit or
declaration must:
   (a) Be verified (sworn to) or supported by a declaration under
§ 2.20, signed by the owner of the registration or a person
properly authorized to sign on behalf of the owner (§ 2.161(b));

* * * * *

   (f) Be filed within one year after the expiration of any five-year
period of continuous use following registration or publication under
section 12(c). The Office will notify the owner of the receipt of the
affidavit or declaration.

* * * * *

   48. Revise § 2.171 to read as follows:

§ 2.171  New certificate on change of ownership.

   (a) Full change of ownership. If the ownership of a registered mark
changes, the assignee may request that a new certificate of
registration be issued in the name of the assignee for the unexpired
part of the original period. The assignment must be recorded in the
Office, and the request for the new certificate must be signed by the
assignee and accompanied by the fee required by § 2.6(a)(8). In a
registered extension of protection, the assignment must be recorded
with the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property
Organization before it can be recorded in the Office (see § 7.22).
   (b) Partial change of ownership. (1) In a registration resulting
from an application based on section 1 or 44 of the Act, if ownership
of a registration has changed with respect to some but not all of the
goods and/or services, the owner(s) may file a request that the
registration be divided into two or more separate registrations. The
owner(s) must pay the fee required by § 2.6(a)(8) for each new
registration created by the division, and the change of ownership must
be recorded in the Office.
   (2) (i) When the International Bureau of the World Intellectual
Property Organization notifies the Office that an international
registration has been divided as the result of a change of ownership
with respect to some but not all of the goods or services, the Office
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will construe the International Bureau's notice as a request to divide.
The Office will record the partial change of ownership in the
Assignment Services Branch, and divide out the assigned goods/services
from the registered extension of protection (parent registration),
issue an updated certificate for the parent registration, and publish
notice of the parent registration in the Official Gazette.
   (ii) The Office will create a new registration number for the
child, and enter the information about the new registration in its
automated records. The Office will notify the new owner that the new
owner must pay the fee required by § 2.6 to obtain a new
registration certificate for the child registration. It is not
necessary for the new owner to file a separate request to divide.
   (iii) The Office will not divide a registered extension of
protection unless the International Bureau notifies the Office that the
international registration has been divided.

   49. Revise § 2.173 to read as follows:

§ 2.173  Amendment of registration.

   (a) Form of amendment. The owner of a registration may apply to
amend a registration or to disclaim part of the mark in the
registration. The owner must submit a written request specifying the
amendment or disclaimer. If the registration is involved in an inter
partes proceeding before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the
request must be filed by appropriate motion to the Board.
   (b) Requirements for request. A request for amendment or disclaimer
must:
   (1) Include the fee required by § 2.6;
   (2) Be signed by the owner of the registration, someone with legal
authority to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements
of § 10.14 of this chapter, and verified or supported by a
declaration under § 2.20; and
   (3) If the amendment involves a change in the mark: a new specimen
showing the mark as used on or in connection with the goods or
services; an affidavit or a declaration under § 2.20 stating that
the specimen was in use in commerce at least as early as the filing
date of the amendment; and a new drawing of the amended mark.
   (c) Registration must still contain registrable matter. The
registration as amended must still contain registrable matter, and the
mark as amended must be registrable as a whole.
   (d) Amendment may not materially alter the mark. An amendment or
disclaimer must not materially alter the character of the mark.
   (e) Amendment of identification of goods. No amendment in the
identification of goods or services in a registration will be permitted
except to restrict the identification or to change it in ways that
would not require republication of the mark.
   (f) Conforming amendments may be required. If the registration
includes a disclaimer, description of the mark, or other miscellaneous
statement, any request to amend the registration must include a request
to make any necessary conforming amendments to the disclaimer,
description, or other statement.
   (g) Elimination of disclaimer. No amendment seeking the elimination
of a disclaimer will be permitted, unless deletion of the disclaimed
portion of the mark is also sought.

   50. Revise § 2.174 to read as follows:

§ 2.174  Correction of Office mistake.

   Whenever Office records clearly disclose a material mistake in a
registration, incurred through the fault of the Office, the Office will
issue a certificate of correction stating the fact and nature of the
mistake, signed by the Director or by an employee designated by the
Director, without charge. Thereafter, the corrected certificate shall
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have the same effect as if it had been originally issued in the
corrected form. In the discretion of the Director, the Office may issue
a new certificate of registration without charge.

   51. Revise § 2.175(b)(2) to read as follows, and remove
paragraph (c):

§ 2.175  Correction of mistake by registrant.

* * * * *

   (b) * * *
   (2) Be signed by the owner of the registration, someone with legal
authority to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements
of § 10.14 of this chapter, and verified or include a declaration
in accordance with § 2.20; and

* * * * *

   52. Revise § 2.176 to read as follows:

§ 2.176  Consideration of above matters.

   The matters in §§ 2.171 to 2.175 will be considered in the
first instance by the Post Registration examiners, except for requests
to amend registrations involved in inter partes proceedings before the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, as specified in § 2.173(a), which
shall be considered by the Board. If an action of the examiner is
adverse, registrant may petition the Director to review the action
under § 2.146. If the registrant does not respond to an adverse
action of the examiner within six months of the date of issuance, the
matter will be considered abandoned.

   53. Amend § 2.183 by adding a new paragraph (f), to read as
follows:

§ 2.183  Requirements for a complete renewal application.

* * * * *

   (f) Renewals of registrations issued under a prior classification
system will be processed on the basis of that system, unless the
registration has been amended to adopt international classification
pursuant to § 2.85(e)(3).

   54. Revise § 2.184(b) to read as follows:

§ 2.184  Refusal of renewal.

* * * * *

   (b)(1) A response to the refusal of renewal must be filed within
six months of the date of issuance of the Office action, or before the
expiration date of the registration, whichever is later. If no response
is filed within this time period, the registration will expire, unless
there is time remaining in the grace period under section 9(a) of the
Act. If there is time remaining in the grace period, the registrant may
file a complete new renewal application.
   (2) The registrant, someone with legal authority to bind the
registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
must sign the response.

* * * * *

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   55. Revise § 2.186(b) to read as follows:

§ 2.186  Petition to Director to review refusal of renewal.

* * * * *

   (b) If the examiner maintains the refusal of the renewal
application, a petition to the Director to review the refusal may be
filed. The petition must be filed within six months of the date of
issuance of the Office action maintaining the refusal, or the renewal
application will be abandoned and the registration will expire.

* * * * *

   56. Revise §§ 2.195(b) and (e) to read as follows:

§ 2.195  Receipt of trademark correspondence.

* * * * *

   (b) Correspondence delivered by hand. Correspondence may be
delivered by hand during hours the Office is open to receive
correspondence.

* * * * *

   (e) Interruptions in U.S. Postal Service. (1) If the Director
designates a postal service interruption or emergency within the
meaning of 35 U.S.C. 21(a), any person attempting to file
correspondence by "Express Mail Post Office to Addressee" service who
was unable to deposit the correspondence with the United States Postal
Service due to the interruption or emergency may petition the Director
to consider such correspondence as filed on a particular date in the
Office.
   (2) The petition must:
   (i) Be filed promptly after the ending of the designated
interruption or emergency;
   (ii) Include the original correspondence or a copy of the original
correspondence; and
   (iii) Include a statement that the correspondence would have been
deposited with the United States Postal Service on the requested filing
date but for the designated interruption or emergency in "Express
Mail" service; and that the correspondence attached to the petition is
the original correspondence or a true copy of the correspondence
originally attempted to be deposited as Express Mail on the requested
filing date.
   (3) Paragraphs (e)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply to
correspondence that is excluded from the Express Mail procedure
pursuant to § 2.198(a)(1).

PART 3 - ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE

   57. The authority citation for part 3 continues to read as follows:

   Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1112, 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.

   58. In § 3.31, add paragraph (a)(8) and revise paragraph (f) to
read as follows:

§ 3.31  Cover sheet content.

   (a) * * *
   (8) For trademark assignments, the entity and citizenship of the
party receiving the interest. In addition, if the party receiving the
interest is a domestic partnership or domestic joint venture, the cover
sheet must set forth the names, legal entities, and national
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citizenship (or the state or country of organization) of all general
partners or active members that compose the partnership or joint
venture.

* * * * *

   (f) Each trademark cover sheet should include the citizenship of
the party conveying the interest.

* * * * *

PART 6 - CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES UNDER THE TRADEMARK ACT

   59. The authority citation for part 6 continues to read as follows:

   Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1112, 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.

   60. Revise § 6.3 to read as follows:

§ 6.3  Schedule for certification marks.

   In applications for registration of certification marks based on
sections 1 and 44 of the Trademark Act and registrations resulting from
such applications, goods and services are classified in two classes as
follows:

A. Goods
B. Services
   61. Revise § 6.4 to read as follows:


§ 6.4  Schedule for collective membership marks.

   All collective membership marks in applications based on sections 1
and 44 of the Trademark Act and registrations resulting from such
applications are classified as follows:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Class                        Title
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200.......................................  Collective Membership.
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PART 7 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO
THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS

   62. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 7 continues to read as
follows:

   Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.

   63. Revise § 7.11(a)(2) to read as follows:

§ 7.11  Requirements for international application originating from
the United States.

   (a) * * *
   (2) The name and entity of the international applicant that is
identical to the name and entity of the applicant or registrant in the
basic application or basic registration and applicant's current
address;

* * * * *

   64. Revise § 7.14(e) to read as follows:

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§ 7.14  Correcting irregularities in international application.

* * * * *

   (e) Procedure for response. To be considered timely, a response
must be received by the International Bureau before the end of the
response period set forth in the International Bureau's notice. Receipt
in the Office does notfulfill this requirement. Any response submitted
through the Office for forwarding to the International Bureau should be
submitted as soon as possible, but at least one month before the end of the
response period in the International Bureau's notice. The Office will not
process any response received in the Office after the International Bureau's
response deadline.

   65. Revise § 7.25(a) to read as follows:

§ 7.25  Sections of part 2 applicable to extension of protection.

   (a) Except for §§ 2.22-2.23, 2.130-2.131, 2.160-2.166,
2.168, 2.173, and 2.181-2.186, all sections in part 2 and all sections
in part 10 of this chapter shall apply to an extension of protection of
an international registration to the United States, including sections
related to proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board,
unless otherwise stated.

* * * * *

   66. Revise § 7.39(b) to read as follows:

§ 7.39  Acknowledgment of receipt of affidavit or declaration of
use in commerce or excusable nonuse.

* * * * *

   (b) A response to a refusal under paragraph (a) of this section
must be filed within six months of the date of issuance of the Office
action, or before the end of the filing period set forth in section
71(a) of the Act, whichever is later. The Office will cancel the
extension of protection if no response is filed within this time period.

   67. Revise § 7.40(b) to read as follows:

§ 7.40  Petition to Director to review refusal.

* * * * *

   (b) If the examiner maintains the refusal of the affidavit or
declaration, the holder may file a petition to the Director to review
the examiner's action. The petition must be filed within six months of
the date of issuance of the action maintaining the refusal, or the
Office will cancel the registration.

* * * * *

June 4, 2008						      JON W. DUDAS
					   Under Secretary of Commerce for
				  Intellectual Property and Director of the
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases
			    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
			  Patent and Trademark Office
				 37 CFR Part 2
			 [Docket No. PTO-T-2008-0021]
				 RIN 0651-AC26

			 Changes in Requirements for
	 Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and
    Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTIONS: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("Office")
proposes to revise the Trademark Rules of Practice to set forth the
requirements for signature of documents filed in the Office,
recognition of representatives, and establishing and changing the
correspondence address in trademark cases.

DATES: Comments must be received by August 11, 2008 to ensure
consideration.

ADDRESSES: The Office prefers that comments be submitted via electronic
mail message to TMSignature@uspto.gov. Written comments may also be
submitted by mail to Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1451, attention Mary Hannon; by hand delivery to
the Trademark Assistance Center, Concourse Level, James Madison
Building - East Wing, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, attention
Mary Hannon; or by electronic mail message via the Federal eRulemaking
Portal. See the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site (http://frwebgate.
access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=
http://www.regulations.gov) for additional instructions on providing
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. The comments will be available
for public inspection on the Office's Web site at http://frwebgate.
access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=
http://www.uspto.gov, and will also be available at the Office of the
Commissioner for Trademarks, Madison East, Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany Street,
Alexandria, Virginia.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office proposes to revise the Trademark
Rules of Practice (37 CFR Part 2) to set forth the requirements for
signature of documents filed in the Office, recognition of
representatives, and establishing and changing the correspondence
address in trademark cases. The purpose of the rule is to codify and
clarify current practice.
    References below to "the Act," "the Trademark Act," or "the
statute" refer to the Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., as
amended. References to "TMEP" or "Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure"
refer to the 5th edition, September 2007. References to a "party to a
proceeding" refer to a party to a proceeding before the Trademark
Trial and Appeal Board, e.g., an opposer, cancellation petitioner, or a
party to an interference or concurrent use proceeding.

Overview of Current Practice

Persons Authorized To Represent Others

    Under 37 CFR 10.14, only the following individuals may represent an
applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding before the Office in a
trademark case:
     An attorney as defined in § 10.1(c), i.e., an attorney
who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a
state in the United States;
     A Canadian patent agent who is registered and in good
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standing as a patent agent under § 11.6(c) for the limited purpose
of representing parties located in Canada;
     A Canadian attorney or agent who has been granted
recognition by the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
of the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("OED Director") to
represent parties located in Canada; or
     An individual who is not an attorney but was recognized to
practice before the Office in trademark cases under this chapter prior
to January 1, 1957.

See Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure ("TMEP") Sections 602 and
602.06 et seq.

    An individual who does not meet the requirements of § 10.14
cannot: Prepare documents to be filed in the Office; sign amendments,
responses to Office actions, petitions to the Director under § 2.146,
or letters of express abandonment; authorize examiner's amendments,
priority actions, or changes of correspondence address; or otherwise
represent an applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding in the
Office. 5 U.S.C. 500(d); 37 CFR 10.14(e); TMEP sections 602.03
and 605.02.

Recognition of Representative

    To be recognized as a representative, a practitioner who meets the
requirements of § 10.14 ("qualified practitioner") may:
     File a power of attorney signed by the applicant,
registrant, or party to a proceeding in a trademark case, or by someone
with legal authority to bind the applicant, registrant, or party (e.g.,
a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership);
     Sign a document on behalf of an applicant, registrant, or
party to a proceeding who is not already represented by a qualified
practitioner from a different firm; or
     Appear in person on behalf of an applicant, registrant, or
party to a proceeding who is not already represented by a qualified
practitioner from a different firm.

37 CFR 2.17(c); TMEP sections 602.01 and 602.07.

    Once the Office has recognized a qualified practitioner as the
representative of an applicant or registrant, the Office will
communicate and conduct business only with that practitioner, or with
another qualified practitioner from the same firm. The Office will not
conduct business directly with the applicant or registrant, or with
another qualified practitioner from a different firm, unless the
applicant or registrant files a new power of attorney or revocation of
the previous power. TMEP sections 601.02, 602.07, and 603.02(a).
    For purposes of recognition as a representative, the Office
considers a power of attorney to end when the mark is registered, when
ownership changes, or when the application is abandoned. TMEP section
602.01.
    After a change in ownership has been recorded, if a new qualified
practitioner appears on behalf of the new owner, the Office will
communicate and conduct business with that practitioner even if no new
power of attorney or revocation of the previous power is filed. On the
other hand, if the previously recognized practitioner appears on behalf
of the new owner (which might occur when the new owner is a related
company), the Office will continue to conduct business and correspond
with that practitioner.

Establishing the Correspondence Address for Application or Registration

    Upon receipt of an application, the Office enters the
correspondence address in accordance with the following guidelines:

     If the application is transmitted by a qualified
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practitioner, or includes a power of attorney designating a qualified
practitioner, the Office will send correspondence to the practitioner.

     If an application is not being prosecuted by a qualified
practitioner and the applicant has not designated a correspondence
address, but a domestic representative has been appointed, the Office
will send correspondence to the domestic representative.

     If an application is not being prosecuted by a qualified
practitioner but the applicant designates in writing a correspondence
address other than its own address, the Office will send correspondence
to that address.

     If the application is not being prosecuted by a qualified
practitioner, no domestic representative has been appointed, and the
applicant has not designated a different address for correspondence,
the Office will send correspondence directly to the applicant at its
address of record.

37 CFR 2.18; TMEP section 603.01

    The Office reestablishes the correspondence address in accordance
with these same guidelines upon the examination of an affidavit of use
or excusable nonuse under section 8 of the Trademark Act, affidavit or
declaration of incontestability under section 15 of the Act, renewal
application under section 9 of the Act, or request for amendment or
correction of a registration under section 7 of the Act. TMEP section
603.02(c). Due to the length of time that elapses between registration
and filings under sections 7, 8, 9, 15 and 71 of the Act (which can be
10 years or more), the Office will recognize a qualified practitioner
who transmits such a filing even if there is no new power of attorney
or revocation of a previous power.

Changing the Correspondence Address

    Once the correspondence address is established as discussed above,
the Office will send correspondence to that address unless there is a
written request to change the address, signed by the practitioner who
has been recognized by the Office, or by the applicant or registrant or
someone with legal authority to bind the applicant or registrant (e.g.,
a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership) if the
applicant or registrant is not represented by a qualified practitioner.
37 CFR 2.18(b); TMEP sections 601.02, 602.07, and 603.02(a).
    Once the Office has recognized a qualified practitioner as the
representative of an applicant or registrant, only that practitioner,
or another qualified practitioner from the same firm, can sign a
request to change the address, unless the applicant or registrant files
a new power of attorney or revocation of the previous power, or the
recognized practitioner files a request to withdraw. TMEP sections
603.02(a) and 605.02.
    If a qualified practitioner transmits documents on behalf of an
applicant or registrant who is not already represented by another
qualified practitioner from a different firm, the Office will construe
this as including a request to change the correspondence address to that
of the practitioner. TMEP section 603.02(a).

Documents Must Be Properly Signed

    Because an individual who is not authorized under § 10.14
cannot represent an applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding
before the Office, the Office will not act on documents that are not
properly signed. TMEP sections 602.03 and 605.02. When it is unclear
whether a response to an Office action is signed by a proper person,
the Office will notify the applicant or registrant that the response is
incomplete. See TMEP sections 605.05(a) and 712.03 regarding notices of
incomplete response. When it is unclear whether a document other than a
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response to an Office action is signed by a proper person, the Office
will notify the applicant or registrant that no action will be taken on
the document, unless the applicant or registrant either establishes the
signatory's authority or submits a properly signed document. See TMEP
section 605.05.

Unauthorized Practice

    When the Office learns that a person who is not qualified under
§ 10.14 is acting as the representative of an applicant,
registrant, or party to a proceeding, the Office will notify the
affected applicant, registrant, or party that the individual is not
entitled to practice before the Office in trademark matters, and
therefore, may not represent the applicant, registrant, or party; that
any power of attorney is void ab initio; that the individual may not
sign responses to Office actions; and that all correspondence will be
sent to the domestic representative if one has been designated, or
alternatively, to the applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding
at its address of record. If the Office receives a response signed by
such an unqualified person, the response will be treated as incomplete.
This same practice is followed when the Office learns that a
practitioner has been suspended or excluded from practice before the
Office.

Discussion of Proposed Rules Changes

    Where appropriate, the Office proposes to reword or reorganize the
rules for clarity, and to add headings to make it easier to navigate
through the rules.
    The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.17(a) as § 2.17(b)(2).
    The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.17(b) as § 2.17(f).
    The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.17(c) as § 2.17(b),
and to revise it to provide that the Office will recognize a qualified
practitioner who signs a document or appears in person in a trademark
case only if the applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding is not
already represented by a qualified practitioner from a different firm.
This is consistent with TMEP sections 602.01 and 602.07.
    The Office proposes to set forth the requirements for powers of
attorney in § 2.17(c). A power must: (1) Designate by name at least
one practitioner who meets the requirements of 37 CFR 10.14; and (2) be
signed by the individual applicant, registrant, or party to a
proceeding pending before the Office, or by someone with legal
authority to bind the applicant, registrant, or party (e.g., a
corporate officer or general partner of a partnership). Once the
applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding has designated a
qualified practitioner(s), that practitioner may sign an associate
power of attorney appointing another qualified practitioner(s) as an
additional person(s) authorized to represent the applicant, registrant,
or party to a proceeding. This is consistent with TMEP sections 602.01
and 602.01(b).
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.17(d) to add a provision that
the owner of an application or registration may appoint an attorney
through TEAS for up to 20 applications or registrations that have the
identical owner and attorney. This is consistent with TMEP section
602.01(a).
    The Office proposes to add § 2.17(e) to set forth the
circumstances under which a Canadian attorney or agent may represent
parties located in Canada. A Canadian patent agent who is registered
with the Office and in good standing as a patent agent under § 11.6(c)
may represent parties located in Canada before the Office in
trademark matters. A Canadian attorney or agent who is registered or in
good standing with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, but not
registered as a patent agent under § 11.6(c), may represent parties
located in Canada if he or she has been authorized to do so by the OED
Director. Before undertaking to represent an applicant, registrant, or
party before the Office, and before filing a paper with the Office, a
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Canadian attorney or agent who is not registered with the Office and in
good standing as a patent agent under § 11.6(c) must both file a
request for and be granted recognition to practice before the Office in
trademark cases. The request for recognition must be filed with OED.
The request must be granted by the OED Director before representation
is undertaken and before any application or other document is filed in
the Office. The request for recognition must include proof that he/she
satisfies the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 32 and 37 CFR § 10.14(c).
This is consistent with TMEP section 602.06(a). The Office has
separately proposed to replace 37 CFR 10.14(c) with 37 CFR 11.14(c) and
add 37 CFR 11.14(f). Under 37 CFR 11.14(c), a Canadian attorney or
agent will be required to file a written application for reciprocal
recognition under 37 CFR 11.14(f), provide evidence satisfying § 11.14(c),
and pay an application fee that will be required by 37 CFR 1.21(a)(1)(i).
    Once recognized by OED, the Canadian attorney or agent can only
represent parties who are located in Canada. He or she cannot represent
Canadian nationals who are not located in Canada. Thus, a Canadian
attorney or agent could not represent a Canadian national who resides
in California and has access to a mailing address in Canada.
    The Office proposes to add § 2.17(g)(1), to provide that the
Office considers a power of attorney to end with respect to a pending
application when the mark is registered, when ownership changes, or
when the application is abandoned. This is consistent with TMEP section
602.01.
    The Office proposes to add § 2.17(g)(2), to provide that the
Office considers a power of attorney filed after registration to end
when the mark is cancelled or expired, or when ownership changes. If
the power was filed in connection with an affidavit of use or excusable
nonuse under section 8 or 71 of the Trademark Act, affidavit or
declaration of incontestability under section 15 of the Act, renewal
application under section 9 of the Act, or request for amendment or
correction under section 7 of the Act, the power is deemed to end upon
acceptance or final rejection of the filing.
    Current § 2.18 sets forth the procedures for establishing the
correspondence address. The Office proposes to revise and reorganize
§ 2.18 to clarify the procedures for establishing and changing a
correspondence address.
    Proposed § 2.18(a)(2) provides that if a qualified practitioner
transmits a document(s) on behalf of an applicant, registrant, or party
to a proceeding in a trademark case, the Office will send
correspondence to the practitioner transmitting the documents only if
the applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding is not already
represented by another qualified practitioner. This is consistent with
TMEP sections 602.07, 603.01, and 603.02(a).
    Proposed § 2.18(a)(6) provides that the Office will send
correspondence to only one address. This is consistent with current
§ 2.18(b).
    Proposed § 2.18(a)(7) provides that once the Office has
recognized a qualified practitioner as the representative of an
applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding, the Office will
communicate and conduct business only with that practitioner, or with
another qualified practitioner from the same firm. The Office will not
conduct business directly with the applicant, registrant, or party to a
proceeding, or with another qualified practitioner from a different
firm, unless the applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding files
a revocation of the power of attorney under § 2.19(a), and/or a new
power of attorney that meets the requirements of § 2.17(c). The
proposed rule further provides that a written request to change the
correspondence address does not revoke a power of attorney. This is
consistent with TMEP sections 601.02, 602.07, and 603.02(a).
    Proposed § 2.18(b)(1) provides that when a physical or e-mail
correspondence address changes, the applicant, registrant, or party to
a proceeding must file a written request to change the correspondence
address. The request should be promptly filed. This is consistent with
TMEP section 603.03.
    Proposed § 2.18(b)(2) provides that a request to change the
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correspondence address must be made in writing, signed by the
applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding, someone with legal
authority to bind the applicant, registrant, or party (e.g., a
corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a qualified
practitioner, in accordance with § 2.193(e)(2). This is consistent
with current § 2.18(b) and TMEP sections 603.02 and 603.02(a).
    Proposed § 2.18(b)(3) provides that if an applicant or
registrant files a new power of attorney that meets the requirements of
§ 2.17(c), the Office will change the correspondence address to
that of the practitioner named in the power.
    Proposed § 2.18(b)(4) provides that if a qualified practitioner
transmits a document(s) on behalf of an applicant, registrant, or party
to a proceeding who is not already represented by another qualified
practitioner, the Office will construe this as including a request to
change the correspondence address to that of the practitioner, and will
send correspondence to the practitioner. This is consistent with TMEP
section 603.02(a).
    The Office proposes to add § 2.18(c)(1), to provide that even
if there is no new power of attorney or written request to change the
correspondence address, the Office will change the correspondence
address upon the examination of an affidavit of use or excusable nonuse
under section 8 or 71 of the Trademark Act, affidavit or declaration of
incontestability under section 15 of the Act, renewal application under
section 9 of the Act, or request for amendment or correction under
section 7 of the Act. This is consistent with TMEP section 603.02(c).
Due to the length of time that elapses between filings under sections
7, 8, 9, 15 and 71 of the Act (which can be 10 years or more), the
Office automatically enters a new correspondence address upon
examination of each filing.
    The Office proposes to add § 2.18(c)(2), to provide that once
the Office establishes a correspondence address upon examination of an
affidavit, renewal application or section 7 request, a written request
to change the address is required to change the address during the
pendency of that filing.

    Example 1: Attorney A transmits an affidavit of use under
section 8, and the examiner issues an Office action in connection
with the affidavit. If another attorney from a different firm
(Attorney B) wants to file a response to the Office action, Attorney
B must file a new power of attorney and/or revocation of the
previous power, signed by the owner of the registration or someone
with legal authority to bind the owner, before the Office will act
on the response and send correspondence to Attorney B.

    Example 2: Attorney A transmits an affidavit of use under
section 8, and the Office accepts the affidavit. If another attorney
from a different firm (Attorney B) later files a request for
amendment under section 7, the Office will recognize and correspond
with Attorney B regardless of whether a new power of attorney or
revocation of the previous power is filed.

    Example 3: Attorney A transmits an affidavit of use under
section 8, and the examiner issues an Office action in connection
with the affidavit. If another attorney from a different firm
(Attorney B) wants to file a request for amendment under section 7
before the Office accepts or issues a final rejection of the section
8 affidavit, Attorney B must file a new power of attorney and/or
revocation of the previous power, signed by the owner of the
registration or someone with legal authority to bind the owner,
before the Office will act on the section 7 request and send
correspondence to Attorney B.

    The Office proposes to revise § 2.19(a) to clarify the
requirements for revocation of a power of attorney. Proposed § 2.19(a)(1)
provides that a request to revoke a power of attorney must
be signed by the applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding, or by
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someone with legal authority to bind the applicant, registrant, or
party. This is consistent with TMEP section 602.04.
    The Office proposes to add § 2.19(a)(3), stating that a request
to change the correspondence address does not revoke a power of
attorney.
    The Office proposes to add § 2.19(a)(4), stating that a new
power of attorney that meets the requirements of § 2.17(c) will be
treated as a revocation of the previous power.
    The Office proposes to remove the provision in the current § 2.19(a)
that the Office will notify the affected person of the
revocation of his or her authorization. The Office no longer issues
such notices. Anyone who wants to know whether the revocation of a
power of attorney has been entered can check the TARR database on the
Office's Web site at http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.
cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://tarr.uspto.gov.
    The Office proposes to revise § 2.19(b) to set forth the
requirements for filing a request to withdraw as attorney. This is
consistent with TMEP section 602.05. The request should be filed soon
after the practitioner notifies the client of his/her intent to
withdraw, and must include the application serial number, registration
number, or proceeding number; a statement of the reason(s) for the
request to withdraw; and either (1) a statement that the practitioner
has given due notice to the client that the practitioner is withdrawing
from employment and will be filing the necessary documents with the
Office; that the client was given notice of the withdrawal at least two
months before the expiration of the response period, if applicable;
that the practitioner has delivered to the client all documents and
property in the practitioner's file concerning the application or
registration to which the client is entitled; and that the practitioner
has notified the client of any responses that may be due, and of the
deadline for response; or (2) if there is more than one attorney of
record, a statement that representation by co-counsel is ongoing.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.22(a)(11) to change a cross-
reference.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.23(a)(2), which requires that
a TEAS Plus applicant continue to receive communications from the
Office by electronic mail during the pendency of the application, to
add a requirement that a TEAS Plus applicant maintain a valid e-mail
correspondence address in order to maintain TEAS Plus status. If the
e-mail address changes, the applicant must notify the Office of the
change.
    The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.24 as § 2.24(a), and
amend it to provide that if an applicant is not domiciled in the United
States, the applicant may designate the name and address of some person
resident in the United States on whom may be served notices or process in
proceedings affecting the mark by: (1) Setting forth the name of the
domestic representative in the initial application, or (2) filing a
separate designation signed by the applicant, someone with legal
authority to bind the applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a qualified practitioner.
    Where the designation of domestic representative is set forth in
the initial application, the designation may be signed by a person
authorized to sign the application on behalf of applicant, pursuant to
proposed § 2.193(e)(1). The Office does not question the authority
of the signatory, unless there is an inconsistency in the record as to
the signatory's authority to sign. TMEP section 804.04.
    The Office proposes to add new § 2.24(b), to provide that a
request to change or revoke a designation of domestic representative
must be signed by the applicant, someone with legal authority to bind
the applicant, or a qualified practitioner.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.33(a) to remove the definition
of "person properly authorized to sign" a verification on behalf of
applicant, and replace it with a cross-reference to proposed § 2.193(e)(1).
The substance of this definition is unchanged.
    The Office proposes to remove § 2.33(d), which provided for
signature of verifications in applications filed through TEAS, because
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it is unnecessary. The procedure for signing a TEAS document is set
forth in proposed § 2.193(c). This procedure is unchanged.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.62 and its heading to add a
requirement that a response to an Office action be signed by the
applicant, someone with legal authority to bind the applicant, or a
qualified practitioner, in accordance with the requirements of proposed
§ 2.193(e)(2). This includes responses to suspension inquiries or
letters of suspension. This is consistent with TMEP section 712.01.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.64(b) to add a requirement
that a request for reconsideration of a final action be signed by the
applicant, someone with legal authority to bind the applicant, or a
qualified practitioner, in accordance with the requirements of proposed
§ 2.193(e)(2). This is consistent with current practice.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.68 to add a requirement that a
request for express abandonment of an application be signed by the
applicant, someone with legal authority to bind the applicant, or a
qualified practitioner, in accordance with the requirements of proposed
§ 2.193(e)(2). This is consistent with TMEP section 718.01.
    The Office proposes to revise § 2.74 to add a new paragraph
(c), requiring that such an amendment be signed by the applicant,
someone with legal authority to bind the applicant, or a qualified
practitioner, in accordance with the requirements of proposed §
2.193(e)(2). This is consistent with TMEP section 605.02.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.76(b)(1) to change a cross-
reference.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.87(d) to add a provision that
a request to divide be signed by the applicant, someone with legal
authority to bind the applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a qualified practitioner, in accordance
with the requirements of proposed § 2.193(e)(2). This is consistent
with TMEP section 1110.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.88(b)(1) to change a cross-
reference.
    The Office proposes to amend § §  2.89 (a)(3) and (b)(3) to
change cross-references.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.146(c) to add a provision that
a petition to the Director be signed by the petitioner, someone with
legal authority to bind the petitioner, or a qualified practitioner, in
accordance with the requirements of proposed § 2.193(e)(2). This is
consistent with TMEP section 1705.07. The proposed rule further
provides that when facts are to be proved on petition, the petitioner
must submit proof in the form of affidavits or declarations in
accordance with § 2.20, signed by someone with firsthand knowledge
of the facts to be proved. TMEP section 1705.03.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.161(b) to remove the
definition of "person properly authorized to sign" an affidavit or
declaration of use or excusable nonuse under section 8 of the Trademark
Act ("section 8 affidavit") and replace it with a cross-reference to
proposed § 2.193(e)(1). The substance of this definition is
unchanged.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.163(b) to add a provision that
a response to an Office action issued in connection with a section 8
affidavit be signed by the owner, someone with legal authority to bind
the owner, or a qualified practitioner, in accordance with the
requirements of proposed § 2.193(e)(2). This is consistent with
TMEP section 1604.16.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.167 to add a provision that an
affidavit or declaration of incontestability under section 15 of the
Trademark Act be filed in the name of the owner of the registration,
and verified by the owner or a person properly authorized to sign on
behalf of the owner under proposed § 2.193(e)(1). This is
consistent with TMEP section 1605.04.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.171(a) to add a provision that
a request for a new certificate of registration upon change of
ownership be signed by the owner of the registration, someone with
legal authority to bind the owner, or a qualified practitioner.
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    The Office proposes to remove the requirement in § 2.171(a)
that the original certificate of registration be included with a
request for a new certificate of registration upon change of ownership.
This is consistent with current practice, and with Office practice in
connection with requests to amend or correct registrations under
section 7 of the Trademark Act. See notice at 69 FR 51362 (Aug. 29,
2004), removing the requirement that the original certificate be
included with a section 7 request.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.171(b) to add a provision that
a request to divide a registration upon change of ownership with
respect to some but not all of the goods/services be signed by the
owner of the registration, someone with legal authority to bind the
owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership),
or a qualified practitioner. This is consistent with current practice.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.172 to add a provision that a
request for surrender of a registration be filed in the name of the
owner of the registration, and signed by the owner, a person with legal
authority to bind the owner, or a qualified practitioner. This is
consistent with current practice.
    The Office proposes to amend §§ 2.173(a) and 2.175(b)(2) to
add a provision that a request to amend a registration or to correct
the owner's error in a registration be filed by the owner and signed by
the owner, someone with legal authority to bind the owner (e.g., a
corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a qualified
practitioner. The requirement for filing in the name of the owner is
consistent with current practice. However, the requirement for
signature by someone with legal authority to bind the owner or a
qualified practitioner changes current practice slightly. TMEP sections
1609.01(b) and 1609.10(b) now permit signature by a person with
firsthand knowledge of the facts and actual or implied authority to act
on behalf of the owner, which could include someone without legal authority
to bind the owner. The Office believes that the better practice would be to
require that requests to amend or correct a registration be signed by
someone with legal authority to bind the owner or by a qualified
practitioner.
    The Office proposes to amend § 2.184(b) to add a provision that
a response to an Office action issued in connection with a renewal
application be signed by the registrant, someone with legal authority
to bind the registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of
a partnership), or a qualified practitioner, in accordance with the
requirements of proposed § 2.193(e)(2). This is consistent with
TMEP section 1606.12.
    The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.193(a) as § 2.193(g).
    The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.193(b) as § 2.193(h).
    The Office proposes to move and reorganize the current § 2.193(c)(1)
in proposed § §  2.193 (a), (b) and (c).
    Proposed § 2.193(a) provides that each piece of correspondence
that requires a signature must bear: (1) A handwritten signature
personally signed in permanent ink by the person named as the
signatory, or a true copy thereof; or (2) an electronic signature that
meets the requirements of paragraph (c). The proposed rule makes it
clear that a handwritten signature must be personally signed by the
person named as the signatory, and an electronic signature must be
personally entered by the person named as the signatory.
    Proposed § 2.193(a)(2) provides that the Office will accept a
signature that meets the requirements of paragraph (c) on all
correspondence, whether filed on paper, by facsimile transmission, or
through TEAS or ESTTA. This is consistent with TMEP section 804.05.
    Proposed § 2.193(c) sets forth the requirements for signing a
document electronically, previously set forth in § 2.193(c)(1)(iii).
    The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.193(c)(2) as § 2.193(f).
    The Office proposes to add new § 2.193(d), to require that the
name of the person who signs a document in connection with a trademark
application or registration must be set forth in printed or typed form
immediately below or adjacent to the signature, or identified elsewhere
in the filing (e.g., in a cover letter or other document that
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accompanies the filing).
    The Office proposes to redesignate § 2.193(d) as § 2.193(i).
    The Office proposes to add new § 2.193(e), setting forth the
proper person to sign various types of documents that are commonly
filed in connection with trademark applications and registrations.
    Proposed § 2.193(e)(1) sets forth the definition of a person
who is properly authorized to sign a verification in support of an
application for registration, amendment to an application for
registration, allegation of use under § 2.76 or § 2.78, request
for extension of time to file a statement of use under § 2.89, or
an affidavit under section 8, 15 or 71 of the Trademark Act. This is
consistent with current §§ 2.33(a) and 2.161(b).
    Proposed § 2.193(e)(2) provides that the applicant or
registrant, someone with legal authority to bind the applicant or
registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a qualified practitioner must sign responses to Office
actions, amendments to applications, requests for reconsideration of
final actions, requests for express abandonment, requests to divide,
notices of change of address, and petitions under § 2.146. This is
consistent with proposed §§ 2.62(b), 2.64(b), 2.68(a), 2.74(c),
2.87(d), 2.146(c), 2.163(b), and 2.184(b), discussed above.
    Proposed § 2.193(e)(2)(i) provides that if the applicant or
registrant is represented by a qualified practitioner, the practitioner
must sign, except where correspondence is required to be signed by the
applicant or registrant. This is consistent with current § 10.18(a).
This applies to both in-house and outside counsel.
    Proposed § 2.193(e)(2)(ii) provides that if the applicant or
registrant is not represented by a qualified practitioner, the
individual applicant or registrant, or someone with legal authority to
bind the applicant or registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership) must sign. In the case of joint applicants or
joint registrants who are not represented by a qualified practitioner,
all must sign. This is consistent with TMEP sections 605.02, 712.01 and
712.01(a)(i).
    Proposed § 2.193(e)(3) provides that the individual applicant
or registrant or someone with legal authority to bind the applicant or
registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership) must sign powers of attorney and revocations of powers of
attorney; that in the case of joint applicants or joint registrants,
all must sign; that once the applicant or registrant has designated a
qualified practitioner(s), the named practitioner may sign an associate
power of attorney appointing another qualified practitioner(s) as an
additional person(s) authorized to prosecute the application or
registration; and that if the applicant or registrant revokes the
original power of attorney, this revocation also discharges any
associate power signed by the practitioner whose power has been
revoked. This is consistent with proposed §§ 2.17(c) and
2.19(a), discussed above.
    Proposed § 2.193(e)(4) provides that someone with firsthand
knowledge of the facts regarding unintentional delay must sign a
petition to revive under § 2.66. This is consistent with current
§§ 2.66(b)(2) and (c)(2).
    Proposed § 2.193(e)(5) provides that the registrant or the
registrant's representative must sign a renewal application. This is
consistent with current § 2.183(a).
    Proposed § 2.193(e)(6) provides that the owner of the
registration, someone with legal authority to bind the owner (e.g., a
corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a qualified
practitioner must sign a request for correction, amendment or surrender
of a registration; and that in the case of joint owners who are not
represented by a practitioner authorized to practice before the Office
under 37 CFR 10.14, all must sign. This is consistent with proposed
§§ 2.172, 2.173(a) and 2.175(b)(2).
    Proposed § 2.193(e)(7) provides that a designation or
revocation of a domestic representative must be signed by applicant or
registrant, someone with legal authority to bind the applicant or
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registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a qualified practitioner.
    Proposed § 2.193(e)(8) provides that a person transmitting
documents to the Office may sign a cover letter or transmittal letter;
and that the Office neither requires cover letters nor questions the
authority of a person who signs a communication that merely transmits
documents. This is consistent with TMEP section 605.03.

Rule Making Requirements

    Executive Order 12866: This rule has been determined not to be
significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866.

    Administrative Procedure Act: This rule merely involves rules of
agency practice and procedure within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).
Therefore, this rule may be adopted without prior notice and
opportunity for public comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) and (c), or
thirty-day advance publication under 5 U.S.C. 553(d). However, the
Office has chosen to seek public comment before implementing the rule.

    Regulatory Flexibility Act: The Deputy General Counsel for General
Law of the United States Patent and TrademarkOffice hereby certifies
to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration
that this notice of proposed rule making, Changes in Requirements for
Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing
and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases (RIN 0651-AC26),
will not have a significant impact on a substantial number of small
entities (Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 605(b)).

    As prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not
required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 (or any other law), neither a
regulatory flexibility analysis nor a certification under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is required.
See 5 U.S.C. 603.
    The proposed rules clarify certain requirements for signature of
documents filed in the Office, recognition of representatives, and
establishing and changing the correspondence address in trademark
cases. In large part, the proposed rule changes are intended to codify
existing practice. Although the proposed rules may affect trademark
applicants or registrants, because they codify the existing practice of
the Office, the changes proposed in this notice will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

    Unfunded Mandates: The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act requires, at 2
U.S.C. 1532, that agencies prepare an assessment of anticipated costs
and benefits before issuing any rule that may result in expenditure by
State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the
private sector, of $100 million or more (adjusted annually for
inflation) in any given year. This rule would have no such effect on
State, local, and tribal governments or the private sector.

    Executive Order 13132: This rule does not contain policies with
federalism implications sufficient to warrant preparation of a
Federalism Assessment under Executive Order 13132 (Aug. 4, 1999).

    Paperwork Reduction Act: This proposed rule involves information
collection requirements which are subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The collection of information in this proposed
rule have been reviewed and previously approved by the OMB under OMB
control numbers: 0651-0054, 0651-0027 and 0651-0040.

    The United States Patent and Trademark Office is not resubmitting
an information collection package to OMB for its review and approval
because the changes in this proposed rule would not affect the
information collection requirements associated with the information
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collections under OMB control numbers 0651-0054, 0651-0027 and 0651-
0040. The changes in this notice are limited to amending the rules of
practice to codify current practice with respect to the proper party to
sign various documents and current procedures for appointment,
revocation or withdrawal of attorneys and domestic representatives.
    Interested persons are requested to send comments regarding these
information collections, including suggestions for reduction of this
burden to: (1) The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10202,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for
the Patent and Trademark Office; and (2) Commissioner for Trademarks,
P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 (Attn: Mary Hannon).
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to
comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control number.

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 2

    Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks.

    For the reasons given in the preamble and under the authority
contained in 15 U.S.C. 1123 and 35 U.S.C. 2, as amended, the Office
proposes to amend part 2 of title 37 as follows:

PART 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES

    1. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 2 continues to read as
follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.

    2. Revise § 2.17 to read as follows:

§ 2.17  Recognition for representation.

    (a) Authority to practice in trademark cases. Only an individual
who meets the requirements of § 10.14 of this chapter may represent
an applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding before the Office in
a trademark case.
    (b)(1) Recognition of practitioner as representative. To be
recognized as a representative in a trademark case, a practitioner
qualified under § 10.14 of this chapter may:
    (i) File a power of attorney that meets the requirements of
paragraph (c) of this section;
    (ii) Sign a document on behalf of an applicant, registrant, or
party to a proceeding who is not already represented by a practitioner
qualified under § 10.14 of this chapter from a different firm; or
    (iii) Appear in person on behalf of an applicant, registrant, or
party to a proceeding who is not already represented by a practitioner
qualified under § 10.14 of this chapter from a different firm.
    (2) Signature as certificate of authorization to represent. When a
practitioner qualified under § 10.14 of this chapter appears in
person or signs a document pursuant to paragraph (b) of this section,
his or her personal appearance or signature shall constitute a
representation to the Office that he or she is authorized to represent
the person or entity on whose behalf he or she acts. The Office may
require further proof of authority to act in a representative capacity.
    (c) Requirements for power of attorney. A power of attorney must:
    (1) Designate by name at least one practitioner meeting the
requirements of § 10.14 of this chapter; and
    (2) Be signed by the individual applicant, registrant, or party to
a proceeding pending before the Office, or by someone with legal
authority to bind the applicant, registrant, or party (e.g., a
corporate officer or general partner of a partnership). Once the
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applicant, registrant, or party has designated a practitioner(s) who
meets the requirements of § 10.14 of this chapter, that
practitioner may sign an associate power of attorney appointing another
qualified practitioner(s) as an additional person(s) authorized to
represent the applicant, registrant, or party. If the applicant,
registrant, or party revokes the original power of attorney (§ 2.19(a)),
this revocation also discharges any associate power signed by whose power
has been revoked.
    (d) Power of attorney relating to multiple applications or
registrations. (1) The owner of an application or registration may
appoint a practitioner(s) who meets the requirements of § 10.14 of
this chapter for up to twenty applications or registrations that have
the identical owner and attorney through TEAS. The owner may not file a
power of attorney relating to future applications through TEAS.
    (2) The owner of an application or registration may file a power of
attorney that relates to more than one trademark application or
registration, or to all existing and future applications of that owner,
on paper. A person relying on such a power of attorney must:
    (i) Include a copy of the previously filed power of attorney; or
    (ii) Refer to the power of attorney, specifying the filing date of
the previously filed power of attorney; the application serial number
(if known), registration number, or inter partes proceeding number for
which the original power of attorney was filed; and the name of the
person who signed the power of attorney; or, if the application serial
number is not known, submit a copy of the application or a copy of the
mark, and specify the filing date.
    (e) Canadian attorneys and agents. (1) A Canadian patent agent who
is registered and in good standing as a patent agent under § 11.6(c)
may represent parties located in Canada before the Office in trademark
matters.
    (2) A Canadian attorney or agent who is registered or in good
standing with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, but not
registered as a patent agent under § 11.6(c), may represent parties
located in Canada if he or she has been authorized to do so by the
Director of Enrollment and Discipline. See 37 CFR 11.14(c) and (f).
    (f) Non-lawyers. A non-lawyer may not act as a representative
except in the limited circumstances set forth in § 10.14(b) of this
chapter. Before any non-lawyer who meets the requirements of § 10.14(b)
of this chapter may take action of any kind with respect to an
application, registration or proceeding, a written authorization must
be filed, signed by the applicant, registrant, or party to the
proceeding, or by someone with legal authority to bind the applicant,
registrant, or party (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership).
    (g) Duration of power of attorney. (1) For purposes of recognition
as a representative, the Office considers a power of attorney filed
while an application is pending to end when the mark registers, when
ownership changes, or when the application is abandoned.
    (2) The Office considers a power of attorney filed after
registration to end when the mark is cancelled or expired, or when
ownership changes. If the power was filed in connection with an
affidavit of use or excusable nonuse under section 8 or 71 of the
Trademark Act, affidavit or declaration of incontestability under
section 15 of the Act, renewal application under section 9 of the Act,
or request for amendment or correction under section 7 of the Act, the
power is deemed to end upon acceptance or final rejection of the filing.

    3. Revise § 2.18 to read as follows:

§ 2.18  Correspondence, with whom held.

    (a) Establishing the correspondence address. (1) If a written power
of attorney that meets the requirements of § 2.17 is filed, the
Office will send correspondence to the practitioner designated in the
power.
    (2) If a practitioner qualified under § 10.14 of this chapter
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transmits a document(s) on behalf of an applicant, registrant, or party
to a proceeding who is not already represented by another qualified
practitioner from a different firm, the Office will send correspondence
to the practitioner transmitting the documents.
    (3) If an application, registration or proceeding is not being
prosecuted by a practitioner qualified under § 10.14 of this
chapter and the applicant, registrant, or party to the proceeding
designates a correspondence address in writing, the Office will send
the correspondence to the designated address.
    (4) If an application, registration or proceeding is not being
prosecuted by a practitioner qualified under § 10.14 of this
chapter and the applicant, registrant, or party to the proceeding has
not designated a correspondence address in writing, but a domestic
representative has been appointed, the Office will send correspondence
to the domestic representative.
    (5) If the application, registration or proceeding is not being
prosecuted by a practitioner qualified under § 10.14 of this
chapter, the applicant, registrant, or party to the proceeding has not
designated a correspondence address, and no domestic representative has
been appointed, the Office will send correspondence directly to the
applicant, registrant or party to the proceeding.
    (6) The Office will send correspondence to only one address.
    (7) Once the Office has recognized a practitioner qualified under
§ 10.14 of this chapter as the representative of an applicant,
registrant, or party to a proceeding, the Office will communicate and
conduct business only with that practitioner, or with another qualified
practitioner from the same firm. The Office will not conduct business
directly with the applicant, registrant, or party to the proceeding, or
with another practitioner from a different firm, unless the applicant,
registrant, or party to the proceeding files a revocation of the power
of attorney under § 2.19(a), and/or a new power of attorney that
meets the requirements of § 2.17(c). A written request to change
the correspondence address does not revoke a power of attorney.
    (b) Changing the correspondence address. (1) If a physical or
e-mail correspondence address changes, the applicant, registrant, or
party to a proceeding must file a written request to change the
correspondence address. The request should be promptly filed.
    (2) A request to change the correspondence address must be made in
writing, signed by the applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding,
someone with legal authority to bind the applicant, registrant, or
party to the proceeding (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner
of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of
§ 10.14 of this chapter , in accordance with proposed § 2.193(e)(2).
    (3) If an applicant or registrant files a new power of attorney
that meets the requirements of § 2.17(c), the Office will change
the correspondence address to that of the practitioner named in the
power.
    (4) If a practitioner qualified under § 10.14 of this chapter
transmits a document(s) on behalf of an applicant, registrant, or party
to a proceeding who is not already represented by another qualified
practitioner, the Office will construe this as including a request to
change the correspondence address to that of the practitioner, and will
send correspondence to the practitioner.
    (c) Post registration filings under sections 7, 8, 9, 15, and 71.
(1) Even if there is no new power of attorney or written request to
change the correspondence address, the Office will change the
correspondence address upon the examination of an affidavit of use or
excusable nonuse under section 8 or 71 of the Trademark Act, affidavit
or declaration of incontestability under section 15 of the Act, renewal
application under section 9 of the Act, or request for amendment or
correction under section 7 of the Act. If a practitioner qualified
under § 10.14 of this chapter transmits the affidavit, renewal
application, or section 7 request, the Office will send correspondence
to the practitioner. If the owner of the registration is not
represented by a qualified practitioner, the Office will send
correspondence directly to the owner, or to the domestic
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representative, in accordance with paragraph (a).
    (2) Once the Office establishes a correspondence address upon
examination of an affidavit, renewal application or section 7 request,
a written request to change the address in
accordance with the requirements of paragraph (b)(2) of this section is
required to change the address during the pendency of that filing.

    4. Revise § 2.19 to read as follows:

§ 2.19  Revocation or withdrawal of attorney.

    (a) Revocation. (1) Authority to represent an applicant, registrant
or party to a proceeding before the Office may be revoked at any stage
in the proceedings of a trademark case, upon written notification
signed by the applicant, registrant, or party to the proceeding, or by
someone with legal authority to bind the applicant, registrant, or
party (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership).
    (2) When a power of attorney is revoked, the Office will
communicate directly with the applicant, registrant, or party to the
proceeding, or with the new attorney or domestic representative if one
has been appointed.
    (3) A request to change the correspondence address does not revoke
a power of attorney.
    (4) A new power of attorney that meets the requirements of § 2.17(c)
will be treated as a revocation of the previous power.
    (b) Withdrawal of attorney. If the requirements of § 10.40 of
this chapter are met, a practitioner authorized to represent an
applicant, registrant, or party to a proceeding in a trademark case may
withdraw upon application to and approval by the Director. The
practitioner should file the request to withdraw soon after the
practitioner notifies the client of his/her intent to withdraw. The
request must include the following:
    (1) The application serial number, registration number, or
proceeding number;
    (2) A statement of the reason(s) for the request to withdraw; and
    (3) Either (i) a statement that the practitioner has given notice
to the client that the practitioner is withdrawing from employment and
will be filing the necessary documents with the Office; that the client
was given notice of the withdrawal at least two months before the
expiration of the response period, if applicable; that the practitioner
has delivered to the client all documents and property in the
practitioner's file concerning the application, registration or
proceeding to which the client is entitled; and that the practitioner
has notified the client of any responses that may be due, and of the
deadline for response; or
    (ii) if more than one attorney is of record, a statement that
representation by co-counsel is ongoing.

    5. Revise § 2.22(a)(11) to read as follows:

§ 2.22  Filing requirements for a TEAS Plus application.

    (a) * * *
    (11) A verified statement that meets the requirements of § 2.33,
dated and signed by a person properly authorized to sign on behalf of the
applicant pursuant to § 2.193(e)(1);

* * * * *

    6. Revise § 2.23(a)(2) to read as follows:

§ 2.23  Additional requirements for TEAS Plus application.

    (a) * * *
    (2) Maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address and continue to
receive communications from the Office by e-mail.
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* * * * *

    7. Revise § 2.24 to read as follows:

§ 2.24  Designation and revocation of domestic representative by
foreign applicant.

    (a)(1) If an applicant is not domiciled in the United States, the
applicant may designate the name and address of some person resident in
the United States on whom may be served notices or process in
proceedings affecting the mark by:
    (i) setting forth the name of the domestic representative in the
initial application; or
    (ii) filing a separate designation signed by the applicant, someone
with legal authority to bind the applicant (e.g., a corporate officer
or general partner of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the
requirements of § 10.14 of this chapter.
    (2) If the applicant does not file a document designating the name
and address of a person resident in the United States on whom may be
served notices or process in proceedings affecting the mark, or if the
last person designated cannot be found at the address given in the
designation, then notices or process in proceedings affecting the mark
may be served on the Director.
    (3) The mere designation of a domestic representative does not
authorize the person designated to represent the applicant unless
qualified under § 10.14 of this chapter.
    (b) A request to change or revoke a designation of domestic
representative must be signed by the applicant, someone with legal
authority to bind the applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements
of § 10.14 of this chapter.

    8. Amend § 2.33 by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows,
and removing paragraph (d):

§ 2.33  Verified statement.

    (a) The application must include a statement that is signed in
accordance with the requirements of § 2.193 and verified (sworn to)
or supported by a declaration under § 2.20 by a person properly
authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant under § 2.193(e)(1).

* * * * *

    9. Revise § 2.62 to read as follows:

§ 2.62  Procedure for filing response.

    (a) Deadline. The applicant's response to an Office action must be
received within six months from the date of issuance.
    (b) Signature. The applicant, someone with legal authority to bind
the applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
of this chapter must sign the response, in accordance with the requirements
of § 2.193(e)(2).

    10. Revise § 2.64(b) to read as follows:

§ 2.64  Final action.

* * * * *

    (b) During the period between a final action and expiration of the
time for filing an appeal, the applicant may request the examiner to
reconsider the final action. The applicant, someone with legal
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authority to bind the applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements
of § 10.14 of this chapter must sign the request, in accordance
with the requirements of § 2.193(e)(2). The filing of a request for
reconsideration will not extend the time for filing an appeal or
petitioning the Director, but normally the examiner will reply to a
request for reconsideration before the end of the six-month period if
the request is filed within three months after the date of the final
action. The Office will enter amendments accompanying requests for
reconsideration after final action if the amendments comply with the
rules of practice in trademark cases and the Act of 1946.

    11. Revise § 2.68 to read as follows:

§ 2.68  Express abandonment (withdrawal) of application.

    (a) Written document required. An applicant may expressly abandon
an application by filing a written request for abandonment or
withdrawal of the application, signed by the applicant, someone with
legal authority to bind theapplicant (e.g., a corporate officer
or general partner of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the
requirements of § 10.14 of this chapter, in accordance with the
requirements of § 2.193(e)(2).
    (b) Rights in the mark not affected. Except as provided in § 2.135,
the fact that an application has been expressly abandoned shall
not, in any proceeding in the Office, affect any rights that the
applicant may have in the mark in the abandoned application.

    12. Amend § 2.74 by revising the heading and adding a new
paragraph (c) to read as follows:

§ 2.74  Form and signature of amendment.

* * * * *

    (c) The applicant, someone with legal authority to bind the
applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
of this chapter must sign the request for amendment, in
accordance with the requirements of § 2.193(e)(2). If the amendment
requires verification, the verification must be sworn to or supported
by a declaration under § 2.20 by a person properly authorized to
sign on behalf of the applicant under § 2.193(e)(1).

    13. Revise § 2.76(b)(1) introductory text to read as follows:

§ 2.76  Amendment to allege use.

* * * * *

    (b) A complete amendment to allege use must include:
    (1) A statement that is signed and verified (sworn to) or supported
by a declaration under § 2.20 by a person properly authorized to
sign on behalf of the applicant (see § 2.193(e)(1)) that:

* * * * *

    14. Revise § 2.87(d) to read as follows:

§ 2.87  Dividing an application.

* * * * *

    (d) The applicant, someone with legal authority to bind the
applicant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
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of this chapter must sign the request to divide, in accordance
with the requirements of § 2.193(e)(2). The request should be made
in a separate document from any other amendment or response in the
application, and captioned as a "Request to divide application."

    15. Revise § 2.88(b)(1) introductory text to read as follows:

§ 2.88  Filing statement of use after notice of allowance.

* * * * *

    (b) A complete statement of use must include:
    (1) A statement that is signed and verified (sworn to) or supported
by a declaration under § 2.20 by a person properly authorized to
sign on behalf of the applicant (see § 2.193(e)(1)) that:

* * * * *

    16. Revise § §  2.89(a)(3) and (b)(3) to read as follows:

§ 2.89  Extensions of time for filing a statement of use.

    (a) * * *
    (3) A statement that the applicant still has a bona fide intention
to use the mark in commerce, specifying the relevant goods or services,
signed and verified (sworn to) or supported by a declaration under
§ 2.20 by a person properly authorized to sign on behalf of the
applicant (see § 2.193(e)(1)). If the verification is unsigned or
signed by the wrong party, the applicant must submit a substitute
verification within six months of the date of issuance of the notice of
allowance.
    (b) * * *
    (3) A statement that the applicant still has a bona fide intention
to use the mark in commerce, specifying the relevant goods or services,
signed and verified (sworn to) or supported by a declaration under
§ 2.20 by a person properly authorized to sign on behalf of the
applicant (see § 2.193(e)(1)). If the verification is unsigned or
signed by the wrong party, the applicant must submit a substitute
verification before the expiration of the previously granted extension;
and

* * * * *

    17. Revise § 2.146(c) to read as follows:

§ 2.146  Petitions to the Director.

* * * * *

    (c) Every petition to the Director shall include a statement of the
facts relevant to the petition, the points to be reviewed, the action
or relief requested, and the fee required by § 2.6. Any brief in
support of the petition shall be embodied in or accompany the petition.
The petitioner, someone with legal authority to bind the petitioner
(e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a
practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14 of this chapter
must sign the petition, in accordance with the requirements of
§ 2.193(e)(2). When facts are to be proved on petition, the petitioner
must submit proof in the form of affidavits or declarations in
accordance with § 2.20, signed by someone with firsthand knowledge
of the facts to be proved, and any exhibits.

* * * * *

    18. Revise § 2.161(b) to read as follows:

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§ 2.161  Requirements for a complete affidavit or declaration of
continued use or excusable nonuse.

* * * * *
    (b) Include a statement that is signed and verified (sworn to) or
supported by a declaration under § 2.20 by a person properly
authorized to sign on behalf of the owner under § 2.193(e)(1),
attesting to the use or excusable nonuse of the mark within the period
set forth in section 8 of the Act. The verified statement must be
executed on or after the beginning of the filing period specified in
§ 2.160(a).

* * * * *

    19. Revise § 2.163(b) to read as follows:

§ 2.163  Acknowledgment of receipt of affidavit or declaration, and
response to Office action.

* * * * *

    (b) The owner must file a response to a refusal within six months
of the mailing date of the Office action, or before the end of the
filing period set forth in section 8(a) or section 8(b) of the Act,
whichever is later. The owner, someone with legal authority to bind the
owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership),
or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14 of this
chapter must sign the response, in accordance with the requirements of
§ 2.193(e)(2). If no response is filed within this time period, the
registration will be cancelled.

    20. Amend § 2.167 by revising the introductory text and
paragraph (a) to read as follows:

§ 2.167  Affidavit or declaration under Section 15.

    The owner of a mark registered on the Principal Register or a mark
registered under the Act of 1881 or 1905 and published under section
12(c) of the Act (§ 2.153) may file an affidavit or declaration of
incontestability under section 15 of the Act. The affidavit or
declaration must:
    (a) Be verified (sworn to) or supported by a declaration under
§ 2.20, signed by the owner of the registration or a person
properly authorized to sign on behalf of the owner under § 2.193(e)(1);

* * * * *

    21. Revise § 2.171 to read as follows:

§ 2.171  New certificate on change of ownership.

    (a) If the ownership of a registered mark changes, the new owner
may request that a new certificate of registration be issued in the
name of the new owner for the unexpired part of the original period.
The assignment or other
document changing title must be recorded in the Office, and the request
for the new certificate must include the fee required by §
2.6(a)(8). The owner of the registration, someone with legal authority
to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
of this chapter must sign the request.
    (b) When ownership of a registration has changed with respect to
some, but not all, of the goods and/or services, the owner(s) may file
a request that the registration be divided into two or more separate
registrations. The fee required by § 2.6(a)(8) must be paid for
each new registration created by the division, and the change of
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ownership must be recorded in the Office. The owner, someone with legal
authority to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements
of § 10.14 of this chapter must sign the request.

    22. Revise § 2.172 to read as follows:

§ 2.172  Surrender for cancellation.

    Upon application by the owner, the Director may permit any
registration to be surrendered for cancellation. The owner of the
registration, someone with legal authority to bind the owner (e.g., a
corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a
practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14 of this chapter
must sign the application for surrender. When a registration has more
than one class, one or more entire class(es) but fewer than the total
number of classes may be surrendered. Deletion of fewer than all the
goods or services in a single class constitutes amendment of
registration as to that class (see § 2.173), not surrender.

    23. Revise § 2.173(a) to read as follows:

§ 2.173  Amendment of registration.

    (a) The owner of a registration may apply to amend a registration
or to disclaim part of the mark in the registration. The owner must
submit a written request specifying the amendment or disclaimer. If the
registration is involved in an inter partes proceeding before the
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the request must be filed by
appropriate motion to the Board. The request must include the required
fee, and be signed by the owner of the registration, someone with legal
authority to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements
of § 10.14 of this chapter, and verified or supported by a
declaration under § 2.20. If the amendment involves a change in the
mark, the owner must submit a new specimen showing the mark as used on
or in connection with the goods or services, and a new drawing of the
amended mark. The registration as amended must still contain
registrable matter, and the mark as amended must be registrable as a
whole. An amendment or disclaimer must not materially alter the
character of the mark.

* * * * *

    24. Revise § 2.175(b)(2) to read as follows:

§ 2.175  Correction of mistake by owner of registration.

* * * * *

    (b) * * *
    (2) Be signed by the owner of the registration, someone with legal
authority to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements
of § 10.14 of this chapter, and verified (sworn to) or supported by
a declaration in accordance with § 2.20; and

* * * * *

    25. Revise § 2.184(b) to read as follows:

§ 2.184  Refusal of renewal.

* * * * *

    (b) A response to the refusal of renewal must be filed within six
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months of the mailing date of the Office action, or before the
expiration date of the registration, whichever is later, or the
registration will expire. The registrant, someone with legal authority
to bind the registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of
a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
of this chapter must sign the response, in accordance with the
requirements of § 2.193(e)(2).

* * * * *

    26. Revise § 2.193 to read as follows:

§ 2.193  Trademark correspondence and signature requirements.

    (a) Signature required. Each piece of correspondence that requires
a signature must bear:
    (1) A handwritten signature personally signed in permanent ink by
the person named as the signatory, or a true copy thereof; or
    (2) An electronic signature that meets the requirements of
paragraph (c) of this section, personally entered by the person named
as the signatory. The Office will accept an electronic signature that
meets the requirements of paragraph (c) of this section on
correspondence filed on paper, by facsimile transmission (§ 2.195(c)),
or through TEAS or ESTTA.
    (b) Copy of original signature. If a copy, such as a photocopy or
facsimile copy of an original signature is filed, the filer should
retain the original as evidence of authenticity. If a question of
authenticity arises, the Office may require submission of the original.
    (c) Requirements for electronic signature. A person signing a
document electronically must:
    (1) Personally enter any combination of letters, numbers, spaces
and/or punctuation marks that he or she has adopted as a signature,
placed between two forward slash ("/") symbols in the signature block
on the electronic submission; or
    (2) Sign the verified statement using some other form of electronic
signature specified by the Director.
    (d) Signatory must be identified. The name of the person who signs
a document in connection with a trademark application or registration
must be set forth in printed or typed form immediately below or
adjacent to the signature, or identified elsewhere in the filing (e.g.,
in a cover letter or other document that accompanies the filing).
    (e) Proper person to sign. Documents filed in connection with a
trademark application or registration must be signed by a proper
person. Unless otherwise specified by law, the following requirements
apply:
    (1) Verification of facts. A verification in support of an
application for registration, amendment to an application for
registration, allegation of use under § 2.76 or § 2.78, request
for extension of time to file a statement of use under § 2.89, or
an affidavit under section 8, 15 or 71 of the Trademark Act must be
sworn to or supported by a declaration under § 2.20, signed by the
applicant or registrant, or a person properly authorized to sign on
behalf of the applicant or registrant. A person who is properly
authorized to verify facts on behalf of an applicant or registrant is:
    (i) A person with legal authority to bind the applicant or
registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership);
    (ii) A person with firsthand knowledge of the facts and actual or
implied authority to act on behalf of the applicant or registrant; or
    (iii) An attorney as defined in § 10.1(c) of this chapter who
has an actual written or verbal power of attorney or an implied power
of attorney from the applicant or registrant.
    (2) Responses, amendments to applications, requests for express
abandonment, requests for reconsideration of final actions, notices of
change of address, requests to divide, and petitions under § 2.146. The
applicant or registrant, someone with legal authority to bind the applicant
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or registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a
partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements of § 10.14
of this chapter must sign responses to Office actions, amendments
to applications, requests for express abandonment, requests for
reconsideration of final actions, notices of change of address,
requests to divide, and petitions under § 2.146, in accordance with
the following guidelines:
    (i) If the applicant or registrant is represented by a practitioner
authorized to practice before the Office under § 10.14 of this
chapter, the practitioner must sign, except where correspondence is
required to be signed by the applicant or registrant; or
    (ii) If the applicant or registrant is not represented by a
practitioner authorized to practice before the Office under § 10.14
of this chapter, the individual applicant or registrant, or someone
with legal authority to bind the applicant or registrant (e.g., a
corporate officer or general partner of a partnership) must sign. In
the case of joint applicants or joint registrants who are not
represented by a practitioner authorized to practice before the Office
under § 10.14 of this chapter, all must sign.
    (3) Powers of attorney and revocations of powers of attorney. The
individual applicant or registrant or someone with legal authority to
bind the applicant or registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership) must sign powers of attorney and revocations
of powers of attorney. In the case of joint applicants or joint
registrants, all must sign. Once the applicant or registrant has
designated a qualified practitioner(s), the named practitioner may sign
an associate power of attorney appointing another qualified
practitioner(s) as an additional person(s) authorized to prosecute the
application or registration. If the applicant or registrant revokes the
original power of attorney, this revocation also discharges any
associate power signed by the practitioner whose power has been
revoked.
    (4) Petition to revive under § 2.66. Someone with firsthand
knowledge of the facts regarding unintentional delay must sign a
petition to revive under § 2.66.
    (5) Renewal applications. The registrant or the registrant's
representative must sign a renewal application.
    (6) Requests for correction, amendment or surrender of
registrations. The owner of the registration, someone with legal
authority to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a practitioner authorized to practice
before the Office under § 10.14 of this chapter must sign a request
for correction, amendment or surrender of a registration. In the case
of joint owners who are not represented by a practitioner authorized to
practice before the Office under § 10.14 of this chapter, all must
sign.
    (7) Designations and revocations of domestic representative. A
designation or revocation of a domestic representative must be signed
by the applicant or registrant, someone with legal authority to bind
the applicant or registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general
partner of a partnership), or a practitioner who meets the requirements
of § 10.14 of this chapter.
    (8) Cover letters. The person transmitting documents to the Office
may sign a cover letter or transmittal letter. The Office neither
requires cover letters nor questions the authority of a person who
signs a communication that merely transmits documents.
    (f) Signature as certification. The presentation to the Office
(whether by signing, filing, submitting, or later advocating) of any
document by any person, whether a practitioner or non-practitioner,
constitutes a certification under § 10.18(b) of this chapter.
Violations of § 10.18(b) of this chapter may jeopardize the
validity of the application or registration, and may result in the
imposition of sanctions under § 10.18(c) of this chapter. Any
practitioner violating § 10.18(b) of this chapter may also be
subject to disciplinary action. See § §  10.18(d) and 10.23(c)(15)
of this chapter.
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    (g) Separate copies for separate files. (1) Since each file must be
complete in itself, a separate copy of every document to be filed in
connection with a trademark application, registration, or inter partes
proceeding must be furnished for each file to which the document
pertains, even though the contents of the documents filed in multiple
files may be identical.
    (2) Parties should not file duplicate copies of correspondence in a
single application, registration, or proceeding file, unless the Office
requires the filing of duplicate copies. The Office may dispose of
duplicate copies of correspondence.
    (h) Separate documents for separate branches of the Office. Since
different branches or sections of the Office may consider different
matters, each distinct subject, inquiry or order must be contained in a
separate document to avoid confusion and delay in answering
correspondence.
    (i) Certified documents required by statute. When a statute
requires that a document be certified, a copy or facsimile transmission
of the certification is not acceptable.

June 4, 2008	    					       JON W. DUDAS
					    Under Secretary of Commerce for
				  Intellectual Property and Director of the
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Patents Available for License or Sale
		     Patents Available for License or Sale


6,565,122	RETRACTABLE MUD FLAP ASSEMBLY

Attorney:	David A. Lingbeck

Contact:	Reginald G. Hansen
		6924 N. Williams Rd
		Janesville, WI 53545
		(Voice) (608) 754-4670
		(Email) RGHAN@CHARTER.NET


D.565,114	SET OF ALPHABETIC LABELS

Contact:	William Smith

		14013 Briarwood Drive
		Laurel, Maryland 20708
		(443) 756-8460


7,369,054	RE-CHECK ALERT SYSTEM

Contact:	Katrina L. Ransom
      		6387 Camp Bowie
      		Suite B
      		P.O. Box 154
      		Fort Worth TX. 76116-5442


6,174,248	HOCKEY STICK TRAINING DEVICE

Attorney:	Sim & McBurney-Toronto

Contact:	Steve Davidson
		Box 19
		Bala, Ontario, P0C1A0
		(Voice) (705) 644-2444
			(705) 762-5312
		(Fax) (705) 687-
		(Email) SDavidson@Pridemarinegroup.com


7,365,769	ACTIVATING A VEHICLE'S OWN BRAKE LIGHTS AND/OR
		BRAKES WHEN BRAKE LIGHTS ARE SENSED IN FRONT OF THE
		VEHICLE, INCLUDING RESPONSIVELY TO THE PROXIMITY OF,
		AND/OR RATE OF CLOSURE WITH, A FORWARD VEHICLE

Contact:	Don Mager
		2111 Delaware Ave.
		St. Paul, MN 55118
		(Voice) (651) 454-0640
		(Email) donvm@earthlink.net


6,766,931	GROCERY-STORE SHOPPING CART FACILITATING
		DIVERSE-CONDITION CARTAGE

Contact:	Margrit Wolf or Brenda O'Toole
		1325 Old Hwy 51, #32
		Arbor Vitae, WI 54568
		(Voice) (414) 378-6002
			(262) 749-9134
		(Email) margritw@excite.com
		(Email) botoole@genevaonline.com
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Errata
				Errata

   "All reference to Patent No. D564,934 to Elliot Tannenbaum of Ramatgan,
Israel for DIAMOND appearing in the Official Gazette of March 25, 2008
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. D564,943 to Takanori, et al of Aichi-Ken,
Japan for AUTOMOBILE AND/OR TOY REPLICA THEREOF appearing in the
Official Gazette of March 25, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,347,208 to Ivan Rafoss of Sandness,
Norway for INTAKE VALVE appearing in the Official Gazette of March 25, 2008
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,347,230 to Thomas William Bailey, et al
of Conventry, United Kingdom for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOADING A
CONTAINER WITH A PRODUCT appearing in the Official Gazette of March 25,
2008 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,348,013 to Toshifumi Mikayama, et al of
Shibuya-Ku, Japan for HUMAN MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO INFLUENZA M2 PROTEIN
AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of
March 25, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,348,050 to John Joseph Curro, et al of
Cincinnati, OH for TUFTED LAMINATE WEB appearing in the Official Gazette
of March 25, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,348,174 to Marie-Louise Johansson, et al
of Lund, Sweden for USE OF STRAIN OF LACTOBACILLUS REDUCING THE RISK
FACTORS/INVOLVED IN THE METABOLIC SYNDROME appearing in the Official Gazette
of March 25, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,348,223 to Jin-Wook Seo, et al of
Suwon-si, Korea, Republic of, for THIN FILM TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF
FABRICATING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of March 25, 2008
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,348,727 to Choi, et al of Suwon-si, Korea,
Republic of, for PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
appearing in the Official Gazette of March 25, 2008 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,348,891 to Michael L. Domeier of
Fallbrook, CA for TRACKING THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF AN ANIMAL appearing in
the Official Gazette of March 25, 2008 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All rerefence to Patent No. 7,349,239 to Hye-Jin Kim, et al of Seoul,
Korea, Republic of, for PHASE-CHANGEABLE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF
PROGRAMMING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of March 25, 2008
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,349,322 to Jin Yong Kim, et al of
Kyunggi-Do, Korea, Republic of, for RECORDING MEDIUM WITH A LINKING AREA
INCLUDING ERROR CORRECTION CODE DATA THEREON AND APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR
FORMING, RECORDING, AND REPRODUCING THE RECORDING MEDIUM appearing in the
Official Gazette of March 25, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,349,989 to Sanjay M. Parekh, et al of
Duluth, GA for SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING, COLLECTING, AND USING
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS OF INTERNET USERS appearing in the Official Gazette
of March 25, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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   "All reference to Patent No. 7,350,080 to Harold Allan Brischke, et al
of San Antonio, TX for SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EXCHANGING INFORMATION VIA
ELECTRONIC MAIL appearing in the Official Gazette of March 25, 2008 should
be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,350,153 to Hiroyuki Tominaga of Kanagawa,
Japan for APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MAP DATA AND STORAGE MEDIUM
HAVING INFORMATION FOR CONTROLLING THE PROCESSING OF MAP DATA appearing in
the Official Gazette of March 25, 2008 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."
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Certificates of Correction
			  Certificates of Correction
			       for June 17, 2008

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7,017,217	      7,245,210		    7,305,196		  7,337,404
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7,161,440	      7,279,724		    7,324,362		  7,351,295
7,162,235	      7,280,137		    7,324,674		  7,351,518
7,164,369	      7,280,141		    7,324,776		  7,352,302
7,167,491	      7,280,611		    7,324,814		  7,353,320
7,169,419	      7,280,633		    7,324,931		  7,353,333
7,170,073	      7,280,677		    7,324,998		  7,354,839
7,172,247	      7,280,774		    7,325,150		  7,355,914
7,172,249	      7,281,023		    7,325,189		  D.495,242
7,172,286	      7,281,057		    7,325,228		  D.526,617
7,173,104	      7,281,209		    7,325,309		  D.536,548
7,173,407	      7,282,187		    7,325,654		  D.540,908
7,176,290	      7,282,307		    7,325,667		  D.548,346
7,178,042	      7,282,316		    7,326,263		  D.552,891
7,178,089	      7,282,738		    7,326,488		  D.553,846
7,178,243	      7,282,775		    7,326,663		  D.556,414
7,178,331	      7,283,131		    7,326,675		  D.557,995
7,179,489	      7,283,145		    7,327,152		  D.562,753
7,180,570	      7,283,264		    7,327,620		  D.563,505
7,189,014	      7,283,591		    7,327,660		  D.564,078
7,190,964	      7,283,793		    7,327,736		  D.565,618
7,192,629	      7,283,802		    7,327,836		  PP.18,238
7,193,437	      7,284,206		    7,327,907		  PP.18,292
7,193,606	      7,285,403		    7,328,132		  PP.18,325
7,194,100	      7,285,418		    7,328,181		  PP.18,326
7,194,695	      7,285,428		    7,328,574		  PP.18,579
7,195,381	      7,285,543		    7,328,634		  RE.39,593
7,196,181	      7,285,614		    7,328,800		  RE.40,032
7,196,859	      7,286,324		    7,329,237
7,197,122	      7,286,854		    7,329,328
7,197,309	      7,287,059		    7,329,447
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Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
June 2-6, 2008
 

Date Issued
 
Type of Case(1) Proceeding or Appn. No. Party or Parties Issue TTAB Decision Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney Citable as Precedent of TTAB
6-2 OPP 91173441 Playboy Enterprises International, Inc. v. Adam Bennett 2(d) Opposition Sustained various stylized rabbit’s head designs, with our without literal elements [providing a website featuring photographs, videos, film clips, and other multimedia materials and/or other related services]; "PLAYBOY BUNNY" [casino and nightclub services] "PLAYERSANDBUNNIES" (and design) [providing a website featuring musical performances, musical videos, related film clips, photographs, and other multimedia materials]   No
6-2 OPP 91169308 Glenn A. Bjorkman v. American Needle 2(d) [whether opposer proved its standing to file the opposition] Opposition Dismissed "DAVIS" (in stylized lettering) [strung game rackets and frames therefor]; "TAD" [strung rackets and frames therefor, racket covers, racket butt caps] "TAD DAVIS" [men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, namely, headwear including hats and caps, pants, shirts, skirts, coats, jackets, shoes, and accessories, namely, belts]   No
6-2 OPP 91154687 7-Eleven, Inc. v. Mark D. Morrison 2(d) Opposition Sustained "SLURPEE" [fruit flavored, semi-frozen soft drinks; clothing and t-shirts]; and other marks comprising or incorporating the term "SLURPEE" or "SLURP" for related goods "SLURP-EZE" [cat bowls, dog bowls, and ferret bowls]   No
6-3 EX 76111588 Stephen Astor whether applicant’s specimen shows use of its mark in connection with its recited goods; whether the matter applicant seeks to register functions as a trademark Refusal Affirmed   "EMAIL A FRIEND" [housemark for a full line of downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines, newspapers and screenplays and for a full line of downloadable video recordings, all featuring fiction and nonfiction literature, art, history, education, health, mathematics, economics and other topics of general interest; downloadable musical sound recordings]   No
6-4 EX 78908764 BioArray Solutions Ltd. genericness [whether applicant’s mark is registrable on the Supplemental Register] Refusal Affirmed in both classes   "BEADCHIP" [in Class 1: single or multiple randomly assembled microbead arrays for use in medical research and scientific applications; kits for arrays and assemblies comprising nucleotide probes or proteins attached to microbeads for use in medical research and scientific applications; in Class 5: single or multiple randomly assembled microbead arrays for use in diagnostic applications; kits for arrays and assemblies comprising nucleotide probes attached to microbeads for use in diagnostic applications]   No
6-4 EX 77084059 Full Service Deli Distributors, Inc. 2(d) Refusal Affirmed in all 3 classes   "SMOKEYS HOUSE OF BARBEQUE" [in Class 25: t-shirts, shorts and aprons; in Class 30: salad dressing, barbeque sauce, marinade, ketchup and hot sauce; in Class 43: restaurant services] "SMOKEY’S ORIGINAL RIB PIT BAR-B-QUE" (and design) [restaurant services; catering services; take-out restaurant services] No
6-4 EX 78373640 DSM Pharmaceuticals, Inc. whether applicant’s specimen shows service mark use of applicant’s mark for the services recited in its application Refusal Affirmed   "LIQUIDADVANTAGE" [custom manufacturing of pharmaceuticals featuring liquid fill and finish technology]   Yes
6-5 EX 78760920 Dynamic Edge, Inc. 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "DE" (and design) [a wide variety of computer related services, including: hosting computer software applications of others; computer network design for others; computer security services, namely, restricting access to and by computer networks to and of undesired websites, media, individuals and facilities; managing websites for others; design and development of online computer software systems; computer software consultation; computer software design for others] "DE" (and design) [computer site design; computer software consultation; computer software design for others; computer software development; computer software used for the security, monitoring, and management of websites, networked web pages and other operating software systems used for machine to machine interaction over a network] No
6-6 EX 78896726 Flipside Vision Ltd. 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "FLIP SIDE" (and design) [books, namely, anthology of calendar page designs; photographs; posters; stationery; postcards; greeting cards; diaries; desk diaries; calendars] "FLIPSIDE" [greeting cards, calendars, gift wrap paper, paper gift bags] No
6-6 EX 78776331 Sensient Flavors Inc. 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "DAIRYBOOST" [flavor and texture enhancers for use in the manufacture of food and beverage products] "BOOST" [natural food flavoring for manufacturing use only] No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (MR)=Motion to Reopen; (R)=Request for Reconsideration (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member
 



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Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
		     MAILING AND HAND CARRY ADDRESSES FOR
	     MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

	      MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS

   For most correspondence (e.g., new patent applications) no mail stop
is required because the processing of the correspondence is routine.
If NO mail stop is included on the list below, no mail stop is required
for the correspondence. See the listing under "Special Mail Stops
Applicable To Both Patent And Trademark Mail" for additional mail stops
for patent-related correspondence.  Only the specified type of document
should be placed in an envelope addressed to one of these special mail
stops. If any documents other than the specified type identified for each
special mail stop are addressed to that mail stop, they will be
significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate area for which they are
intended. The mail stop should generally appear as the first line in
the address.

   Some correspondence may be submitted electronically. See the Office's
Internet Web site http://www.uspto.gov for additional information.

   Please address mail to be delivered by the United States Postal Service
(USPS) as follows:

	Mail Stop _____
	Commissioner for Patents
	P.O. Box 1450
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

   If no Mail Stop is indicated below, the line beginning Mail Stop should
be omitted from the address.

   NEW: The Mail Stop description for Mail Stop Patent Ext. has been
revised and a new Mail Stop for patent term extension requests under
35 U.S.C. 156 has been added as Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE.

   Except correspondence for Maintenance Fee payments, Deposit Account
Replenishments (see 1.25(c)(4)), and Licensing and Review (see 37 CFR
5.1(c) and 5.2(c)), please address correspondence to be delivered by other
delivery services (Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL, Laser, Action,
Purolater, etc.) as follows:

	United States Patent and Trademark Office
	Customer Service Window, Mail Stop _____
	Randolph Building
	401 Dulany Street
	Alexandria, VA 22314


Mail Stop
Designations		Explanation

Mail Stop 12		Contributions to the Examiner Education Program.

Mail Stop 313(c)	Petitions under 37 CFR 1.313(c) to withdraw a
			patent application from issue after payment of
			the issue fee and any papers associated with the
			petition, including papers necessary for a
			continuing application or a request for
			continued examination (RCE).

Mail Stop AF		Amendments and other responses after final
			rejection (e.g., a notice of appeal (and any
			request for pre-appeal brief conference)),
			other than an appeal brief.

Mail Stop Amendment	Information disclosure statements, drawings, and
			replies to Office actions in patent applications
			with or without an amendment to the application or
			a terminal disclaimer. (Use Mail Stop AF for
			replies after final rejection.).

Mail Stop Appeal 	For appeal briefs or other briefs under
 Brief-Patents		part 41 of title 37 of the Code of Federal
			Regulations (e.g., former 37 CFR 1.192).

Mail Stop 		Public comments regarding patent related
 Comments-Patents 	regulations and procedures.


Mail Stop Conversion	Requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(2) to convert a
			nonprovisional application to a provisional
			application and requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(3)
			to convert a provisional application to a
			nonprovisional application.

Mail Stop DD		Disclosure Documents or materials related to the
			Disclosure Document Program. (A disclosure document
			is NOT an information disclosure statement.)
			Instead of filing a disclosure document, inventors
			are encouraged to file a provisional patent
			application.

Mail Stop EBC		Mail for the Electronic Business Center including:
			Certificate Action Forms, Request for Customer
			Numbers, and Requests for Customer Number Data
			Change (USPTO Forms PTO-2042, PTO/SB/124A and 125A,
			respectively) and Customer Number Upload
			Spreadsheets and Cover Letters.

Mail Stop Expedited 	Only to be used for the initial filing of
 Design 		design applications accompanied by a
			request for expedited examination under
			37 CFR 1.155.

Mail Stop Express 	Requests for abandonment of a patent
 Abandonment		application pursuant to 37 CFR 1.138,
			including any petitions under 37 CFR
			1.138(c) to expressly abandon an
			application to avoid publication of the
			application. (Applicants are encouraged to
                        transmit the requests by facsimile to
                        703-305-8568.)

Mail Stop		Applications under 35 U.S.C. 156 for patent term
 Hatch-Waxman PTE	extension based on regulatory review of a product
			subject to pre-market review by a regulating
   			agency. This mail stop is also to be used for
			additional correspondence regarding the
			application for patent term extension under
			35 U.S.C. 156. It is preferred that such initial
			requests be hand-carried to:

			Office of Patent Legal Administration
			Room MDW 7D55
			600 Dulany Street (Madison Building)
			Alexandria, VA 22314

Mail Stop ILS		Correspondence relating to international patent
			classification, exchanges and standards.

Mail Stop Issue Fee	All communications following the receipt of a
			PTOL-85, "Notice of Allowance and Fee(s)
			Due," and prior to the issuance of a patent
			should be addressed to Mail Stop Issue Fee,
			unless advised to the contrary.

			Assignments are the exception. Assignments
			(with cover sheets) should be faxed to
			571-273-0140, electronically submitted
			(http://epas.uspto.gov), or submitted in a
			separate envelope and sent to Mail Stop
			Assignment Recordation Services,
			Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
			as shown below.

Mail Stop L&R		All documents pertaining to applications subject
			to secrecy order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 181, or
			national-security classified and required to be
			processed accordingly. Such papers, petitions for
			foreign filing license pursuant to 37 CFR 5.12(b)
			for which expedited handling is requested, and
			petitions for retroactive license under 37 CFR
			5.25 may also be hand carried to Licensing and
			Review:

			Technology Center 3600, Office of the Director
			Room 4B41
			501 Dulany Street (Knox Building)
			Alexandria, VA 22314

Mail Stop Missing 	Requests for a corrected filing receipt and
 Parts			replies to OIPE notices such as the Notice
			of Omitted Items, Notice to File Corrected
			Application Papers, Notice of Incomplete
			Application, Notice to Comply with Nucleotide
			Sequence Requirements, and Notice to File Missing
			Parts of Application, and associated papers and
			fees.

Mail Stop MPEP		Submissions concerning the Manual of Patent
			Examining Procedure.

Mail Stop Patent Ext.	Applications for patent term extension or
			adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 and any
			communications relating thereto. This mail stop
			is limited to petitions for patent term extension
			under 35 U.S.C. 154 for applications filed
			between June 8, 1995 and May 29, 2000, and patent
			term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. 154 for
			applications filed on or after May 29, 2000.
			For applications for patent term extension under
			35 U.S.C. 156, use Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE.
			For applications for patent term extension or
			adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 that are mailed
			together with the payment of the issue fee, use
			Mail Stop Issue Fee.

Mail Stop Patent 	Submission of comments regarding search templates.
Search Template
Comments

Mail Stop PCT		Mail related to international applications filed
			under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in the
			international phase and in the national phase
			under 35 U.S.C. 371 prior to mailing of a
			Notification of Acceptance of Application Under
			35 U.S.C. 371 and 37 CFR 1.495 (Form
			PCT/DO/EO/903).

Mail Stop Petition	Petitions to be decided by the Office of Petitions
			including petitions to revive and petitions to
			accept late payment of issue fees or maintenance
			fees.

Mail Stop PGPUB		Correspondence regarding publication of patent
			applications not otherwise provided, including
			requests for early publication made after filing,
			rescission of non-publication request, corrected
			patent application publication, refund of
			publication fee.

Mail Stop Post 		In patented files: requests for changes of
 Issue			correspondence address, powers of attorney,
			revocations of powers of attorney, withdrawal of
			attorney and submissions under 37 CFR 1.501.
			Designation of, or changes to, a fee address
			should be addressed to Mail Stop M Correspondence.
			Requests for Certificate of Correction need no
			special mail stop, but should be mailed to the
			attention of Certificate of Correction Branch.

Mail Stop RCE		Requests for continued examination under
			37 CFR 1.114.

Mail Stop 		Correspondence pertaining to the reconstruction
 Reconstruction		of lost patent files.

Mail Stop Ex Parte 	Requests for Reexamination for original request
 Reexam 		papers and for all subsequent corresponcence other
			than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
			(see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Inter  	Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination
 Partes Reexam		for original request papers and for all
			subsequent correspondence other than
			correspondence to the Office of the
			Solicitor (see 37 CFR Secs. 1.1(a)(3) and
			1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Reissue	All new and continuing reissue application filings.

Mail Stop Sequence	Submission of the computer readable form (CRF) for
			applications with sequence listings, when the CRF
			is not being filed with the patent application.


	    MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS

   Please address trademark-related mail to be delivered by the United
States Postal Service (USPS), except documents sent to the Assignment
Services Division for recordation, requests for copies of trademark
documents, and documents directed to the Madrid Processing Unit, as
follows:

	Commissioner for Trademarks
	P.O. Box 1451
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be mailed to:

	Madrid Processing Unit
	600 Delaney Street
	MDE-7B87
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Trademark Administrator
regarding Letters of Protest must be mailed to:

	Letter of Protest
	ATTN: Trademark Administrator
	600 Delaney Street
	MDE-4B89
	Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Director regarding the Fastener
Quality Act (FQA) must be mailed to:

	Director, USPTO
	ATTN: FQA
	600 Delaney Street, MDE-10A71
	Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Commissioner regarding the
recordal of a Native American Tribal Insignia (NATI) must be mailed to:

	Natvie American Tribal Insignia
	ATTN: Commissioner for Trademarks
	600 Delaney Street
	MDE-10A71
	Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

   Trademark-related mail to be delivered by other delivery services
(Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL, Laser, Action, Purolater, etc.),
by courier or by hand to the Trademark Operation, the Trademark Trial and
Appeal Board, the Office's Madrid Processing Unit, Letters of Protest,
FQA or NATI, must be delivered to:

	Trademark Assistance Center
	Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55
	600 Dulany Street
	Alexandria, VA 22314


	   MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
			  PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

   Please address mail to be directed to a mail stop identified below to
be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows (unless
otherwise instructed):

	Mail Stop _____
	Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 1450
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Mail Stop
Designations		Explanation

Mail Stop 3 		Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC.

Mail Stop 6		Mail for the Office of Procurement.

Mail Stop 8		All papers for the Office of the Solicitor except
			communications relating to pending litigation and
			disciplinary proceedings; papers relating to
			pending litigation in court cases shall be mailed
			only to Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 15667,
			Arlington, VA 22215 and papers related to pending
			disciplinary proceedings before the Administrative
			Law Judge or the Director shall be mailed only to
			the Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 16116,
			Arlington, VA 22215.

Mail Stop 11 		Mail for the Electronic Ordering Service (EOS).

Mail Stop 13 		Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division.

Mail Stop 16 		Mail related to refund requests, other than
			requests for refund of a patent application
			publication fee. Such requests should be directed
			to Mail Stop PGPub.

Mail Stop 17 		Invoices directed to the Office of Finance.

Mail Stop 24 		Mail for the Inventor's Assistance Program,
			including complaints about Invention Promoters.

Mail Stop 171		Vacancy Announcement Applications.

Mail Stop Assignment 	All assignment documents, security interests,
 Recordation Services	and other documents to be recorded in the
			Assignment records. Note that documents with
			cover sheets that are faxed to 571-273-0140 or
			submitted electronically (http://epas.uspto.gov)
			are processed much more quickly than those
			submitted by mail.

Mail Stop 		Mail for the Office of Congressional Relations.
 Congressional
 Relations

Mail Stop Document 	All requests for certified or uncertified
 Services		copies of patent or trademark documents.

Mail Stop EEO 		Mail for the Office of Civil Rights.

Mail Stop 		Mail for the Office of Enforcement.
 Enforcement

Mail Stop Interference 	Communications relating to interferences and
			applications and patents involved in interference.

Mail Stop 		Mail for the Office of International Relations.
 International
 Relations

Mail Stop M		Mail to designate or change a fee
 Correspondence		address, or other correspondence related to
			maintenance fees, except payments of
			maintenance fees in patents.  See below for
			the address for maintenance fee payments.

Mail Stop OED		Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.


			   Maintenance Fee Payments

   Unless submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov,
payments of maintenance fees in patents should be mailed through the
United States Postal Service to:

	United States Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 979070
	St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, payment of maintenance fees in patents (Attn:
Maintenance Fee) using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier
(e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.) may be delivered to:

	Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
	Attn: Maintenance Fee
	2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
	Alexandria, Virginia 22314

			Deposit Account Replenishments

   To send payment to replenish deposit accounts, send the payments
through the United States Postal Service to:

	United States Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 979065
	St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, deposit account replenishments (Attn: Deposit Accounts)
using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS,
etc.) may be delivered to:

	Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
	Attn: Deposit Accounts
	2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
	Alexandria, Virginia 22314
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Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent Depository Libraries
	     Reference Collections of U.S. Patents and Trademarks
     Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries

The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Depository
Libraries (PTDLs), provide public access to patent and trademark
information received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO). This information includes all issued patents, all registered
trademarks, the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
search tools such as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental
information in a variety of formats including online, optical disc,
microfilm and paper. Each PTDL also offers access to USPTO resources on
the Internet and to PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system
used by patent examiners that is not available on the Internet.

Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information.
All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges
associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of
service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these
collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in
advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience.

State      		Name of Library                  Telephone Contact

Alabama 		Auburn University Libraries         (334) 844-1737
      			Birmingham Public Library      	    (205) 226-3620
Alaska      		Anchorage: Z. J. Loussac Public
			Library  			    (907) 562-7323
Arkansas   		Little Rock: Arkansas State
			Library  			    (501) 682-2053
California   		Los Angeles Public Library          (213) 228-7220
      			Riverside: University of
			California, Riverside Libraries	    (951) 827-3226
                        Sacramento: California State
    			Library				    (916) 654-0069
      			San Diego Public Library      	    (619) 236-5813
			San Francisco Public Library	    (415) 557-4500
      			Sunnyvale Public Library 	    (408) 730-7300
Colorado  		Denver Public Library         	    (720) 865-1711
Delaware   		Newark: University of Delaware
			Library  			    (302) 831-2965
Dist. of Columbia	Washington: Howard University
			Libraries 			    (202) 806-7252
Florida      		Fort Lauderdale: Broward County
         		Main Library            	    (954) 357-7444
      			Miami-Dade Public Library      	    (305) 375-2665
      			Orlando: University of Central
			Florida Libraries  		    (407) 823-2562
Georgia      		Atlanta: Price Gilbert Memorial
			Library, Georgia Institute
         		of Technology   		    (404) 894-1395
Hawaii      		Honolulu: Hawaii State Public
			Library System			    (808) 586-3477
Idaho      		Moscow: University of Idaho Library (208) 885-6235
Illinois   		Chicago Public Library         	    (312) 747-4450
      			Springfield: Illinois State Library (217) 782-5659
Indiana      		Indianapolis-Marion County Public
			Library            		    (317) 269-1741
     			West Lafayette Siegesmund
			Engineering Library,
         		Purdue University   		    (765) 494-2872
Iowa      		Des Moines: State Library of Iowa   (515) 242-6541
Kansas      		Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita
			State University          	  1 (800) 572-8368
Kentucky   		Louisville Free Public Library      (502) 574-1611
Louisiana   		Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton
         		Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875
Maine 			Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library,
			University of Maine		    (207) 581-1678
Maryland		Baltimore: University of Baltimore
			Law Library 			    (410) 837-4554
			College Park: Engineering and
			Physical Sciences Library,
         		University of Maryland		    (301) 405-9157
Massachusetts   	Amherst: Physical Sciences Library,
         		University of Massachusetts   	    (413) 545-2765
      			Boston Public Library         	    (617) 536-5400
							         Ext. 4256
Michigan   		Ann Arbor: Media Union Library,
         		University of Michigan      	    (734) 647-5735
      			Big Rapids: Abigail S. Timme
         		Library, Ferris State University    (231) 592-3602
      			Detroit: Public Library             (313) 833-1450
Minnesota   		Minneapolis Public Library and
         		Information Center      	    (612) 630-6000
Mississippi   		Jackson: Mississippi Library
			Commission 			    (601) 961-4111
Missouri   		Kansas City: Linda Hall Library     (816) 363-4600
								  Ext. 724
      			St. Louis Public Library      	    (314) 241-2288
								  Ext. 390
Montana      		Butte: Montana College of Mineral
         		Science and Technology Library      (406) 496-4281
Nebraska   		Lincoln: Engineering Library,
			University of Nebraska-Lincoln      (402) 472-3411
Nevada      		Las Vegas--Clark County Library
			District 		       	    (702) 507-3421
			Reno: University of Nevada, Reno
         		Library            		    (775) 784-6500
								  Ext. 257
New Jersey   		Newark Public Library         	    (973) 733-7779
      			Piscataway: Library of Science and
         		Medicine, Rutgers University   	    (732) 445-2895
New Mexico   		Albuquerque: University of
   			New Mexico General Library          (505) 277-4412
New York   		Albany: New York State Library      (518) 474-5355
      			Buffalo and Erie County Public
			Library  			    (716) 858-7101
			Rochester Public Library       	    (716) 428-8110
      			New York  Library
			(The Research Libraries)	    (212) 592-7000
			Stony Brook: Engineering Library,
   			State University of New York	    (631) 632-7148
North Carolina   	Charlotte			    (704) 687-2241
			Raleigh: D.H. Hill Library, North
         		Carolina State University   	    (919) 515-2935
North Dakota   		Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library,
         		University of North Dakota   	    (701) 777-4888
Ohio      		Akron - Summit County Public        (330) 643-9075
			Library
			Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
			Public Library of		    (513) 369-6932
      			Cleveland Public Library      	    (216) 623-2870
      			Columbus: Ohio State University
         		Libraries         		    (614) 292-3022
			Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar
			Library, Wright State
			University		       	    (937) 775-3521
      			Toledo/Lucas County Public Library  (419) 259-5209
Oklahoma   		Stillwater: Oklahoma State
			University Center for International
         		Trade Development  		    (405) 744-7086
Oregon      		Portland: Paul L. Boley Law Library,
			Lewis & Clark College 		    (503) 768-6786
Pennsylvania   		Philadelphia, The Free Library of   (215) 686-5331
      			Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of     (412) 622-3138
      			University Park: Pattee Library,
         		Pennsylvania State University       (814) 865-7617
Puerto Rico             Mayaquez General Library,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 993-0000
							         Ext. 3244
			Bayamon, Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico      	    (787) 786-5225
Rhode Island   		Providence Public Library      	    (401) 455-8027
South Carolina		Clemson University Libraries        (864) 656-3024
South Dakota		Rapid City: Devereaux Library,
			South Dakota School of Mines and
			Technology			    (605) 394-1275
Tennessee   		Nashville: Stevenson Science
         		Library, Vanderbilt University      (615) 322-2717
Texas      		Austin: McKinney Engineering
         		Library, University of Texas at
      			Austin 				    (512) 495-4500
			College Station: West Campus
         		Library, Texas A & M University	    (979) 845-2111
      			Dallas Public Library         	    (214) 670-1468
      			Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice
			University			    (713) 348-5483
			Lubbock: Texas Tech University	    (806) 742-2282
			San Antonio Public Library          (210) 207-2500
Utah      		Salt Lake City: Marriott Library,
         		University of Utah      	    (801) 581-8394
Vermont			Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library,
			University of Vermont               (802) 656-2542
Virginia   		Richmond: James Branch Cabell
         		Library, Virginia Commonwealth
			University        		    (804) 828-1101
Washington   		Seattle: Engineering Library,
         		University of Washington   	    (206) 543-0740
West Virginia   	Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
         		West Virginia University      	    (304) 293-4695
							         Ext. 5113
Wisconsin   		Madison: Kurt F. Wendt Library,
         		University of Wisconsin Madison     (608) 262-6845
      			Milwaukee Public Library      	    (414) 286-3051
Wyoming			Cheyenne: Wyoming State	Library	    (307) 777-7281
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Patent Technology Centers
			   PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS

		JON W. DUDAS, Under Secretary of Commerce for
		  Intellectual Property and Director of the
		   United States Patent and Trademark Office
	  STEPHEN M. PINKOS, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
	       Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the
		   United States Patent and Trademark Office
		 JOHN DOLL, Commissioner for Patents
	   PEGGY FOCARINO, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations
	 JOHN LOVE, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy

							         AVERAGE
							  FILING DATE OF
					   		    APPLICATIONS
					    		     RECEIVING A
					   		    FIRST OFFICE
					CUSTOMER SERVICE   ACTION IN THE
					TELEPHONE and FAX    	  LAST 3
TECHNOLOGY CENTERS			NUMBERS 	         MONTHS*

1600	BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC
	CHEMISTRY

1610	Pharmaceutical formulations, 	571-272-0700	   	11/28/04
	method of treatment using  	FAX 571-273-8300
	bio-affecting agents, drug
        delivery systems, steroids,
        herbicidal and pesticidal
        compositions, and cosmetics
1620	Organic chemistry	     	571-272-0700	   	04/26/05
				   	FAX 571-273-8300
1630	Molecular biology,		571-272-0600    	04/05/05
	bioinformatics, nucleic		FAX 571-273-8300
        acids, recombinant DNA
	and RNA, Gene regulation,
	gene therapy, nucleic acid
	amplification, transgenic
	animals and recombinant
        plants, combinatorial/
	computational chemistry.
1640	Immunology, receptor/ligands,	571-272-0600	   	01/31/05
	cytokines, recombinant		FAX 571-273-8300
	hormones, engineered
        antibodies, cancer immunology,
        and molecular biology thereof
1650	Fermentation, microbiology,	571-272-0500	   	06/18/05
	plant and animal extracts,	FAX 571-273-8300
	peptides, isolated and/or
        recombinant proteins and
        enzymes, protein
	crystallography, and enzyme
        assays
1660	Plants	     			571-272-0700		11/26/05
				   	FAX 571-273-8300

1700/	CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING, AND DESIGNS
2900

1710	Synthetic resins          	571-272-1300	   	04/02/05
					FAX 571-273-8300
1720	Fluid separation and 	  	571-272-1300	   	04/15/05
	agitation, metal 		FAX 571-273-8300
	foundry, welding,
	plastic molding
	apparatus, fuels and
	related compositions
1730	Glass and paper making,   	571-272-1300	   	09/02/05
	tobacco, non-metallic 		FAX 571-273-8300
	molding, adhesive
	bonding, tires and
	coating apparatus
1740	Metallurgy, 		  	571-272-1200	   	04/02/05
	electrochemistry, 		FAX 571-273-8300
	cleaning, disinfecting,
	sterilizing, analytical
	chemistry and wave energy
1750	Chemical products and 	   	571-272-1200	   	01/28/05
	processes, solar cells 		FAX 571-273-8300
	and sputtering apparatuses
1760	Food technology, 	  	571-272-1100	   	05/18/05
	petroleum processing, 		FAX 571-273-8300
	coating	and etching
1770	Stock materials and 	  	571-272-1100	   	02/26/05
	miscellaneous articles		FAX 571-273-8300
2900	Designs			  	571-272-2100	   	01/15/06
					FAX 571-273-8300

2100	COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE SOFTWARE AND
	INFORMATION SECURITY

2110    Computer architecture		571-272-0900    	02/18/05
					FAX 571-273-8300
2120    Miscellaneous computer 	      	571-272-1400	   	01/28/05
        applications			FAX 571-273-8300
2130    Cryptography, security	 	571-272-7220		04/21/04
					FAX 571-273-8300
2140/   Computer networks		571-272-0800 		11/08/03
2150					FAX 571-273-8300
2160/   Database and file management/	571-272-7220    	03/11/04
2170    Graphical user interface	FAX 571-273-8300
2180    Computer architecture		571-272-0900    	12/26/04
					FAX 571-273-8300
2190	Interprocess communications     571-272-1400 		01/11/04
	and software development	FAX 571-273-8300

2600    COMMUNICATIONS

2610	Digital Communications, General	571-272-2600		04/18/04
        Communications, Optical		FAX 571-273-8300
        Communications, Telephony,
        Audio, Multiplex
        Communications, Cellular
        Telephony, Radio and Satellite
        Communications

2620	Television and TV Recording,	571-272-2600		04/11/04
        Video Distribution, Image	FAX 571-273-8300
        Analysis, (Fax, Printing,
        Printing Network, Scanners),
        Speech, (Fax, Disk Drive),
        Computer Graphics, Display
        Systems

2800	SEMICONDUCTORS, ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

2810	Semiconductors and		571-272-1650	   	08/26/05
	electrical circuits,		FAX 571-273-8300
	static memory and
	digital logic
2820	Semiconductors and	    	571-272-1950	   	08/18/05
	electrical circuits,	  	FAX 571-273-8300
	static memory and
	digital logic
2830/	Power generation and 	    	571-272-1850	   	10/28/05
2840	distribution, music,	  	FAX 571-273-8300
	electrical components
	and control circuits
2850/	Photocopying, 		    	571-272-1850		08/05/05
2860	recorders, printing, 	  	FAX 571-273-8300
	measuring and testing
2870	Liquid crystals, optical	571-272-1550	   	08/18/05
	elements, optical systems,	FAX 571-273-8300
	fiber optics, lasers, electric
	lamps, registers, optics
        measuring and radiant energy
2880	Liquid crystals, optical	571-272-1550	   	09/18/05
        elements, optical systems,	FAX 571-273-8300
	fiber optics, lasers, electric
	lamps, registers, optics
	measuring and radiant energy
2890	Semiconductor, Electrical,	571-272-2800		08/02/05
	Optical Systems & Components	FAX 571-273-8300

3600	TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, CONSTRUCTION, AGRICULTURE,
	LICENSING AND REVIEW

3610	Surface transportation	   	571-272-5250	   	07/18/05
					FAX 571-273-8300
3620	Electronic Commerce	   	571-272-5350		07/28/03
	 	 			FAX 571-273-8300
3630	Static structures,     	   	571-272-5350    	05/18/05
	supports and furniture	 	FAX 571-273-8300
3640	Aeronautics, 	           	571-272-5150    	09/28/05
	agriculture, fishing, 	 	FAX 571-273-8300
	trapping, vermin destroying,
        plant and animal husbandry,
	weaponry, nuclear systems
	and licensing & review
3650	Material handling and	   	571-272-5250    	06/02/05
	article handling	 	FAX 571-273-8300
3660	Computerized vehicle  	   	571-272-5150    	07/02/05
	controls and navigation, 	FAX 571-273-8300
	radio wave, optical and
	acoustic wave communication
3670	Wells, earth boring/  	   	571-272-5150    	08/28/05
	moving/working,       	 	FAX 571-273-8300
        excavating, mining
	harvesters, bridges,
	roads, petroleum,
	closures, connections,
	and hardware
3680	Machine elements 	   	571-272-5250    	04/11/05
	and power transmissions	 	FAX 571-273-8300

3700	MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS

3710	Amusement and 	          	571-272-3750	   	03/31/05
	education devices,		FAX 571-273-8300
	packages and containers
3720	Manufacturing devices          	571-272-4050		08/08/05
	and processes, machine 		FAX 571-273-8300
	tools and hand tools
3730	Medical instruments, 	   	571-272-2975    	11/26/04
	diagnostic equipment, 	 	FAX 571-273-8300
	treatment devices,
	surgery, surgical
	supplies
3740    Thermal and combustion		571-272-3750     	07/26/05
        technology, motive and  	FAX 571-273-8300
        fluid power systems
3750	Fluid handling and 	   	571-272-3750     	05/15/05
	dispensing, and Textile	 	FAX 571-273-8300
        Manufacturing and
        Apparel
3760	Body treatment, 	   	571-272-2975    	04/08/05
	kinestherapy, and 	 	FAX 571-273-8300
	exercising
3770	Respirators, Therapeutic	571-272-2975    	12/02/04
        Support, Splints, Braces,	FAX 571-273-8300
        Bandages and Birth Control
        Devices
3780	Package and Article Carriers,	571-272-2975    	12/02/04
        Envelopes, Purses, Wallets,	FAX 571-273-8300
        Receptacles, Bottles and Jars

* The information provided above reflects an average for the workgroup.
If you need more specific information about an individual application,
please call the appropriate customer service office above.

TECHNOLOGY CENTERS				DIRECTOR

1600	BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIC

1610	Pharmaceutical formulations, method	Bruce M. Kisliuk
        of treatment using bio-affecting
        agents, drug delivery systems,
        steroids, herbicidal and pesticidal
        compositions, and cosmetics
1620	Organic chemistry 		        George C. Elliott
1630	Molecular biology, bioinformatics,	George C. Elliott
	nucleic acids, recombinant DNA and
	RNA, Gene regulation, gene therapy,
        nucleic acid amplification,transgenic
	animals and recombinant plants,
	combinatorial/computational chemistry.
1640	Immunology, receptor/ligands,		John L. LeGuyader
        cytokines, recombinant hormones,
        engineered antibodies, cancer
        immunology, and	molecular biology
        thereof
1650	Fermentation, microbiology, plant and 	Bruce M. Kisliuk
	animal extracts, peptides, isolated
        and/or recombinant proteins and
        enzymes, protein crystallography,
        and enzyme assays
1660	Plants					George C. Elliott


1700/	CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
2900	AND DESIGNS

1710	Synthetic resins			Gary G. Jones
1720	Fluid separation and agitation,		Gary G. Jones
	metal foundry, welding, plastic
	modeling apparatus, fuels and
	related compositions
1730	Glass and paper making, tobacco, 	Gary G. Jones
	non-metallic molding, adhesive
	bonding, tires and coating apparatus
1740	Metallurgy, electrochemistry, 		Jacqueline M. Stone
	cleaning, disinfecting, sterilizing,
	analytical chemistry and wave energy
1750	Chemical products and processes,  	Jacqueline M. Stone
	solar cells and sputtering apparatuses
1760	Food technology, petroleum processing,	Marian C. Knode
	coating and etching
1770	Stock materials and miscellaneous 	Marian C. Knode
	articles
2900	Designs					Jacqueline M. Stone

2100	COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE SOFTWARE AND
	INFORMATION SECURITY

2110	Computer architecture			Jack B. Harvey
2120	Miscellaneous computer applications	Wendy Garber
2130	Cryptography, security			James Dwyer
2140	Computer networks			Jack B. Harvey
2150	Computer networks			Jack B. Harvey
2160	Database and file management 		James Dwyer
2170	Graphical user interface		Wendy Garber
2180	Computer architecture			Jack B. Harvey
2190	Interprocess communications and 	Wendy Garber
        software development


2600	COMMUNICATIONS

2611	Digital communications			Jin F. Ng
2612	General communications			Mark R. Powell
2613	Optical communications 			Jin F. Ng
2614	Telephony				Mark R. Powell
2615	Audio			  		Mark R. Powell
2616	Multiplex communications		Jin F. Ng
2617	Cellular telephony 			Wanda Walker
2618	Radio and Satellite Communications	Mark R. Powell
2621	Television and TV Recording		Wanda Walker
2622	Cameras					Wanda Walker
2623 	Video distribution			Wanda Walker
2624	Image analysis				Andrew I. Faile
2625	Fax, printing, printing network, 	Andrew I. Faile
	scanners
2626	Speech					Mark R. Powell
2627	Disc drives				Mark R. Powell
2628	Computer graphics			Mark R. Powell
2629	Display systems				Mark R. Powell


2800	SEMICONDUCTORS, ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

2810	Semiconductors and electrical circuits, Sharon A. Gibson
	Static memory and digital logic
2820	Semiconductors and electrical circuits,	Robert Oberleitner
	Static memory and digital logic
2830/ 	Power generation and distribution,	Richard K. Seidel
2840	music, electrical components
	and control circuits
2850/ 	Photocopying, recorders, printing, 	Richard K. Seidel
2860	measuring and testing
2870/ 	Liquid crystals, optical elements,	Janice A. Falcone
2880	optical systems, fiber optics, lasers,
	electric lamps, registers, optics
	measuring and radiant energy
2890 	Semiconductor, electrical, optical	Sharon A. Gibson
	systems & components

3600	TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, CONSTRUCTION, AGRICULTURE,
	LICENSING AND REVIEW

3610	Surface transportation		 	Katherine Matecki
3620	Electronic commerce			Wynn W. Coggins
3630	Static structures, supports and 	Wynn W. Coggins
	furniture
3640	Aeronautics, agriculture, fishing,	Donald T. Hajec
        trapping, vermin destroying, plant
	and animal husbandry, weaponry,
	nuclear systems and licensing
	& review
3650	Material and article handling 		Katherine Matecki
3660	Computerized vehicle controls and 	Donald T. Hajec
	navigation, radio wave, optical and
	acoustic wave communication
3670	Wells, earth boring/moving/working, 	Donald T. Hajec
	excavating, mining, harvesters,
	bridges, roads, petroleum, closures,
	connections, and hardware
3680	Machine elements and power 		Katherine Matecki
	transmissions


3700 	MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS

3710,	Amusement and education devices,	Karen M. Young
3721,	packages and containers
3727,
and
3728
3720	Packages and containers;		Frederick R. Schmidt
3720	Manufacturing devices and processes, 	Frederick R. Schmidt
	machine tools and hand tools
3730	Medical instruments, diagnostic 	Frederick R. Schmidt
	equipment, treatment devices, surgery,
	surgical supplies
3740	Thermal and combustion technology, 	Karen M. Young
	motive and fluid power systems
3750	Fluid handling and dispensing	 	Karen M. Young
3760	Body treatment, kinestherapy, 	 	Frederick R. Schmidt
	exercising, textile manufacturing
	and apparel
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