United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 25 June 2002

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

5-14            EX              75/707,361              Advanced
                                                        Cardio-vascular
                                                        Systems, Inc.

5-14            EX              75/709,532              Tower Tech, Inc.

5-14            EX              75/568,851              The Holland
                                                        Company Inc.
                                                        of the Carolinas

5-15            EX              76/082,254              American Library
                                                        Association


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "VERSASAIL"
                Affirmed                                [dilation
                                                        catheters]

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "SMARTTOWER"
                Affirmed                                [commercial and
                                                        industrial cooling
                                                        towers and acces-
                                                        sories therefor,
                                                        sold as a unit]

whether the     Refusal                                 the configuration
matter          Affirmed                                of applicant's
applicant                                               goods, "featuring
seeks to                                                an octagonal
register has                                            housing with dual
acquired                                                chimneys thereon"
distinctive-                                            [outdoor cooking
ness as a                                               grills]
trademark

2(d)            Refusal                                 "ALA EDITIONS"
                Affirmed                                (and design)
                                                        [series of fiction
                                                        and non-fiction
                                                        books on a variety
                                                        of topics]


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

"VERSASEAL"                                     No
[trocar seal
components]

                                                Yes

                                                No

"ALA"                                           No
[educational
services, namely,
providing instruction
by classes, residential
school programs and
the like, to others for
development of
English language skills
and cultural
background, and the
training of teachers
and development of
multi-media materials
for such instruction]


(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION
TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN