United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 14 January 2003
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
12-6 EX 76/108,752 North Carolina
State University
12-6 EX 75/932,869 SP Systems, LLC
(R)
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(e)(1) Refusal "MASTER GARDENER
Affirmed EXTENSION
VOLUNTEER"
[brochures and
newsletters
concerning
horticultural
educational
programs and
horticultural
educational
programs in the
form of workshops,
all the above goods
and services
provided under the
guidance and
supervision of the
cooperative
extension services
to train and
certify volunteers
who provide
information to the
gardening public]
2(e)(1) Request for "FARM & HOME"
Reconsideration [manually-operated
Denied compression
(Refusal sprayers for
Affirmed) dispensing liquids]
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