United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 09 Oct 2007

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

9-4             EX              78611644                Liberty Hardware
                                                        Mfg. Corp.

9-4             EX              78534217                American
                EX              78598147                Power Conversion
                                                        Corporation


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "DURAGUARD"
                Reversed                                [coatings in
                                                        the nature of a
                                                        protective finish
                                                        for metal hardware]

Section 6       Refusal                                 "BLADE READY"
disclaimer      Affirmed                                (and design)
requirement     in both                                 [voltage surge
(of the words   cases                                   protectors for
BLADE READY)                                            sensitive electron-
2(e)(1)                                                 ic equipment and
                                                        computers; computer
                                                        software programs
                                                        for use with power
                                                        protection devices
                                                        for monitoring
                                                        automatic shutdown
                                                        of computer
                                                        systems; and a wide
                                                        variety of other,
                                                        related goods]
                                                        "BLADE READY"
                                                        [same goods
                                                        as above]


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

"DURAGUARD"                                     No
[protective polymer
coating for application
to laminates for
furniture products]

                                                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