United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 27 April 2004

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

3-23            EX              78110230                Ritchie
                                                        Engineering
                                                        Co., Inc.

3-24            EX              75934927                Steelbuilding.com


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "ACCUPROBE"
                Affirmed                                [electronically
                                                        powered detectors
                                                        for detecting
                                                        refrigeration gas
                                                        leaks within
                                                        air conditioning
                                                        systems and
                                                        refrigeration
                                                        systems to effec-
                                                        tuate repairs to
                                                        air conditioning
                                                        and refrigeration
                                                        systems previously
                                                        placed into
                                                        service]

genericness;    Refusal                                 "STEEL-
2(e)(1);        Affirmed                                BUILDING.COM"
whether         on all                                  [computerized
applicant's     grounds                                 on-line retail
mark is                                                 services in the
registrable                                             field of
under                                                   pre-engineered
Section 2(f)                                            metal buildings
                                                        and roofing
                                                        systems]


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

"ACCUPROBE"                                     No
(and design)
[microelectronic
sensing probes as
component parts of
larger equipment]

                                                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