(232)                  Notice of Change in the Method of
                       Assigning Registration Numbers to
                            Trademark Registrations

        As of October 10, 1995, in the Trademark Official 
Gazette sections titled TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS ISSUED, TRADEMARK
REGISTRATIONS ISSUED UNDER SECTION 1(D), and SUPPLEMENTAL
REGISTER, registration numbers will be assigned in ascending serial
number order. Currently registration numbers are assigned in ascending
class order by ascending serial number inside each class, e.g., in Class
1, Ser. No. 100,000 might be assigned Reg. No. 1,900,001; and in Class
42, Ser. No. 000,001 might be assigned Reg. No. 1,903,456. Under the new
system, registration numbers will be assigned in ascending serial number
order regardless of šbnclass, e.g., Ser. No. 000,001 would be assigned
Reg. No. 1,900,001; and Ser. No. 100,000 would be assigned Reg. No.
1,903,456.

August 30, 1995                                       ROBERT M. ANDERSON
                                           Deputy Assistant Commissioner
                                                          for Trademarks

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