Summary of Final Decisions

                                 Issued by the

                       Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                             January 20-24, 1997


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

1-22            EX              74/541,654              Merrilat
                                                        Industries, Inc.

1-24            EX              74/606,076              MSI Crane &
                                                        Equipment Co.,
                                                        Inc.

1-24            EX              74/368,375              Good News
                (R)                                     Communications,
                                                        Inc.

1-24            EX              74/362,978              Quotron Systems,
                                                        Inc.

1-24            EX              74/166,615              American National
                                                        Can Co.

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

2(e)(4)         Refusal                                 "PEMBERTON"
[surname]       Affirmed                                [furniture
                                                        cabinets, and
                                                        drawers and doors
                                                        therefor]

2(e)(2);        Refusal                                 "HOUSTON SYSTEMS
Sec. 6          Reversed                                MARINE PRODUCTS"
disclaimer                                              [crane systems
requirement                                             comprising cranes,
(as to word                                             rig skidding,
"SYSTEMS")                                              leveling jacks,
                                                        motion compensa-
                                                        tors, line-up
                                                        stations, conv-
                                                        eyors, power units
                                                        and controls
                                                        therefor, all
                                                        sold as a unit]

whether the     Request for                             "MOVIEGUIDE"
matter          Reconsider-                             [books, magazines
asserted for    ation Denied                            and teaching
registration    [Refusal                                materials on the
is generic;     Affirmed                                subject of rating
if not,         (on both                                movies and videos
whether the     grounds)]                               in accordance with
mark is                                                 a Biblical world
registrable                                             view]
under
Section 2(f)

whether the     Refusal                                 "ULTRACHART"
term applicant  Affirmed                                [computerized
seeks to                                                financial informa-
register has                                            tion services in
been used as                                            the field of
a service mark                                          data regarding all
for the                                                 types of financial
services cited                                          intruments and
in the                                                  markets, indices
registration                                            and statistics
                                                        relating thereto]

de jure         Refusal                                 a can configura-
function-       Affirmed                                tion that includes
ality of        (on both                                thirty flutes of
a product       grounds)                                equal width
configura-                                              extending
tion;                                                   substantially the
Sec. 2(f)                                               length of the
distinc-                                                sidewall of the
tiveness                                                can body [metal
of product                                              beverage
configura-                                              containers]
tion

Mark and
Goods of Registration                           Recommended
Cited by                                        for
Examining Atty.                                 Publication

                                                No

                                                No

                                                No

                                                No

                                                Yes

(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION