United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 25 February 2003

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

1-22            EX              76/096,993              Marichem Marigases
                                                        Hellas Ltd.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "MARICHEM"
                Affirmed                                [In Class 1:
                as to both                              soluble powdered
                classes in                              compositions for
                the application                         hardness reduction
                and as to all                           and phosphate
                4 cited                                 control in boiler
                registrations                           water systems,
                                                        chemical descalers
                                                        for removing scale
                                                        from engines,
                                                        machinery, tools
                                                        and equipment,
                                                        etc.; in Class 3:
                                                        compositions for
                                                        cleaning toilets,
                                                        sinks, showers, and
                                                        similar facilities
                                                        in marine vessels,
                                                        solvent emulsifiers
                                                        for cleaning tanks
                                                        and degreasing oil
                                                        coolers, pre-
                                                        heaters, bilges,
                                                        etc. in marine
                                                        vessels, degreasers
                                                        for the removal of
                                                        oils and fats from
                                                        surfaces in marine
                                                        vessels, etc.]


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

4 cited registrations,                          No
all owned by the same entity:
"MIRACHEM" and "MIRACHEM"
(in stylized lettering),
[both marks for rust remover,
all purpose automotive cleaner,
and industrial strength cleaner
for use in removing grease, dirt
and oil from surfaces];
"MIRACHEM"
[all purpose cleaning preparations
for use in the removal of organic
substances (such as grease, oil and
carbons) and inorganic substances
(such as rust, corrosion, and water
scale) from any surface or material;
"MIRACHEM"
(in stylized lettering)
[all-purpose cleaning and degreasing
preparations]


(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