United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 17 February 2004

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

1-16            EX              76353042                Cook Composites
                                                        and Polymers Co.

1-16            EX              76279966                Teleflex Inc.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "ARMORGUARD"
                Reversed                                [in Class 1:
                in both                                 chemicals for
                classes                                 use in industry,
                                                        namely, synthetic
                                                        resins for use in
                                                        the manufacture of
                                                        composite articles
                                                        and gel coats;
                                                        in Class 2:
                                                        polyester resin
                                                        gel coat in liquid
                                                        form for use as a
                                                        coating that forms
                                                        the outer layer
                                                        of a composite
                                                        material incorpor-
                                                        ating fiber glass,
                                                        such as boat
                                                        hulls, sanitary
                                                        bathtubs and
                                                        sinks, and panels,
                                                        and the like]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "EASY CATH"
                Affirmed                                [urinary
                                                        catheters]


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

"ARMORGUARD"                                    No
[paint, namely, a
polyurethane or
polyester top coat
paint for wood finishing]

"E-Z-CATH"                                      No
[intravenous cannula
placement units]


(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