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

6-14		EX		75/705,082		Network Photonics,
							Inc.

6-14		EX		75/629,489		Shell Oil Co.


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

2(e)(1)		Refusal 				"NETWORK PHOTONICS"
		Affirmed				[fiber optic 
							telecommunications
 							systems, namely, 
							optical	cross-
							connects, optical 
							add/drop multi-
							plexers, DWDM 
							terminals, SONET 
							switches, SONET 
							add/drop multi-
							plexers and 
							ethernet switches 
							incorporating DWDM,
							optical switching 
							and optical 
 							filtering 
							techniques for the 
							transport and 
							routing of optical 
							telecommunications 
							signals]

whether the 	Refusal 				configuration of a
matter 		Affirmed 				building, with 
applicant 	(on grounds of 				color lining
seeks to 	applicant's 				[vehicle cleaning 
register is 	failure to 				services]
inherently 	describe its 
distinctive as 	mark); and 
a service mark; the Board 
whether 	declined to 
applicant 	decide the 
must comply 	issue of 
with the 	inherent 
examining 	distinctiveness
attorney's 	in the absence 
requirement 	of a clear 
that it 	description 
describe its 	of the mark
mark


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

						No

						No


(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
