United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 20 Nov 2007

  Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

                          October 15-19, 2007



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

10-15           EX              78377835                Advanced Expert
                                                        Systems Limited

10-17           EX              78489186                J. J. Yeley

10-17           EX              78811345                Rach


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

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "PATHOSYS"
                Affirmed                                [computer software
                                                        for medical use in
                                                        the fields of
                                                        histology,
                                                        pathology, and
                                                        histopathology by
                                                        comparing a
                                                        patient's symptoms
                                                        with a database of
                                                        symptoms; etc.]

2(e)(4)         Refusal                                 "J. J. YELEY"
                Reversed                                [a variety of goods
                                                        in Classes 6, 9,
                                                        10, 14, 16, 18, 20,
                                                        21, 24, 25, 27 and
                                                        28]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "THE CHIPPER TRAVEL
                Affirmed                                SERIES"
                in both                                 [in Class 9:
                classes                                 musical sound
                                                        recordings,
                                                        pre-recorded CDs,
                                                        video tapes, laser
                                                        disks, and DVDs
                                                        featuring music for
                                                        children; and
                                                        prerecorded audio
                                                        cassettes featuring
                                                        music and stories
                                                        for children; in
                                                        Class 16:
                                                        children's books]


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

                                                No

                                                Yes

"CHIPPER CHAT"                                  No
[teaching and motivational
aids in the nature of a
game that consists of
magnetic chips, magnetic
wand, and game boards for
use by the general public,
public and private
teachers, and health
professionals or
therapists]


(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
October 15-19, 2007