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 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1421 OG 60 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

December 08, 2015 Volume 1421 Number 2

CONTENTS

 Patent and Trademark Office NoticesPage 
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information1421 OG 61
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable1421 OG 65
Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee1421 OG 66
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 11/09/20151421 OG 96
Reissue Applications Filed1421 OG 97
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed1421 OG 98
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew1421 OG 99
Registration to Practice1421 OG 104
Patents and Serial Numbers Available for License or Sale1421 OG 105
Trademark Public Advisory Committee Annual Report 20151421 OG 108
Disclaimer1421 OG 109
Errata1421 OG 110
Erratum1421 OG 116
Certificates of Correction1421 OG 117
AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board1421 OG 119
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1421 OG 120

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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
                  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information

   For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1393 O.G. 61, on August 13, 2013.

   For information on subject matter under Rule 39 that a particular
International Searching Authority will not search, see Annex D of the PCT
Applicants' Guide.

European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching
Authority (ISA) or the International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA)
for an international application filed with the United States Receiving
Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least
one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States
of America. The EPO, effective January 1, 2015, no longer has any
limitations concerning its competency to act as an ISA. The announcement
appears in the Official Gazette at 1412 O.G. 61 on March 10, 2015.
Previously, the EPO would not act as an ISA and would not carry out an
international search for any application which contained one or more claims
relating to the field of business methods. As of January 1, 2015, U.S.
applicants filing their international applications with the USPTO or the IB
as receiving Office may select the EPO to act as the ISA without
restrictions. In applications containing claims relating to business
methods where the subject matter of the application also contains technical
features, the EPO will perform a search for those parts of the application
which are more than mere business methods. However, the EPO will issue a
declaration under PCT Rule 17(2)(a) that no ISR will be established
whenever an application relates only to a business method as such. The EPO
will act as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.

   The search fee of the European Patent Office was changed, effective
April 1, 2015, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1412 O.G. 229,
on March 31, 2015.

Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The Korean Intellectual Property Office may act as the ISA or the IPEA
for an international application filed with the United States Receiving
Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least
one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States
of America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G.
1261 on January 17, 2006.

   The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was changed,
effective October 1, 2015, and was announced in the Official Gazette at
1419 O.G. 6, on October 6, 2015.

Australian Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) may act as the ISA or the
IPEA for an international application filed with the United States
Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where
at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of the
United States of America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette
at 1337 O.G. 265, on December 23, 2008. However, the use of IP Australia is
restricted. IP Australia will not act as an ISA if it has received more
than 250 international applications from the USPTO during a fiscal quarter,
as indicated in the Official Gazette at 1409 O.G. 302 on December 30, 2014.
IP Australia will act as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.

   The search fee of IP Australia was changed, effective October 1, 2015,
and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1419 O.G. 6, on October 6,
2015.
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The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of
Russia as Searching and Examining Authority

   The Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of
Russia (Rospatent) may act as the ISA or the IPEA for an international
application filed with the United States Receiving Office or the
International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the
applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of
America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1378 O.G. 162,
on May 8, 2012.

   The search fee of Rospatent was changed, effective November 1, 2015,
and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1419 O.G. 6 on October 6,
2015.

Israel Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The Israel Patent Office (ILPO) may act as the ISA or the IPEA for an
international application filed with the United States Receiving Office
or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one
of the applicants is either a national or resident of the United States
of America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1408 O.G.
52, on November 4, 2014. However, the use of the ILPO is restricted. The
ILPO will not act as an ISA for applications with one or more claims
relating to a business method as defined by certain International Patent
Classification classes nor will the ILPO act as an ISA where it has
received more than 75 international applications from the USPTO during a
fiscal quarter, as indicated in the Official Gazette at 1408 O.G. 52 on
November 4, 2014. For the definition of what the ILPO considers to be
precluded subject matter in the field of business methods, see Annex B of
the Agreement between the Israel Patent Office and the United States
Patent and Trademark Office
(http://www.uspto.gov/patents/law/notices/ilpo_isa-ipea.pdf). The ILPO
will act as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.

   The search fee of ILPO was changed, effective March 1, 2015, and was
announced in the Official Gazette at 1412 O.G. 60 on March 10, 2015.

Japan Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The Japan Patent Office (JPO) may act as the ISA or the IPEA for an
international application filed with the United States Receiving Office or
the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving Office where at least one of the
applicants is either a national or resident of the United States of
America. The announcement appears in the Official Gazette at 1417 O.G. 63,
on August 4, 2015. However, the use of the JPO is restricted. The JPO will
act as an ISA for applications only where the claims of the application are
directed to the field of green technology as defined by certain
International Patent Classification classes and where the JPO has not
received more than 5,000 international applications from the USPTO during
the 3 year period from July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2018, and not more than 300
applications per quarter during the first year, and not more than 475
application per quarter during the second and third years, as indicated in
the Official Gazette at 1417 O.G. 63 on August 4, 2015. For the
definition of what the JPO considers to be the field of green technology,
see Annex A of the Agreement between the Japan Patent Office and the United
States Patent and Trademark Office at 1417 O.G. 67, August 4, 2015. The JPO
will act as an IPEA only if it also acted as the ISA.

   The search fee of the JPO was announced in the Official Gazette at 1417
O.G. 63 on August 4, 2015.

Fees

   The transmittal fee for the USPTO was changed to include a basic portion
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and a non-electronic filing fee portion, effective November 15, 2011, and
was announced in the Federal Register on November 15, 2011. Search fees
for the USPTO were changed, effective January 12, 2009, and were announced
in the Federal Register on November 12, 2008. The fee for filing a request
for the restoration of the right of priority was established, effective
November 9, 2007, and was announced in the Federal Register on
September 10, 2007.

   International filing fees were changed, effective January 1, 2015,
and were announced in the Official Gazette at 1409 O.G. 243 on
December 30, 2014. The elimination of the discount for filing the
international application in paper with a PCT EASY zip file was announced
in the Official Gazette at 1419 O.G. 128 on October 20, 2015.

   The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of November 1, 2015, is
as follows:

International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:

   Transmittal fee

     Basic Portion
         - Fee                                                      $240.00
         - Small Entity Fee                                         $120.00
         - Micro Entity Fee                                          $60.00
      Non-electronic filing fee portion for International
      applications (other than plant applications) filed
      on or after 15 November 2011 other than by the
      Office electronic filing system
         - Fee                                                      $400.00
         - Small Entity Fee                                         $200.00
         - Micro Entity Fee                                         $200.00

   Search fee

      U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
      International Searching Authority (ISA)
         - Search fee
           - Fee                                                  $2,080.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                     $1,040.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                       $520.00
         - Supplemental search fee, per additional
           invention (payable only upon invitation)
           - Fee                                                  $2,080.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                     $1,040.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                       $520.00
      European Patent Office as ISA
           - Fee                                                  $2,125.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                     $2,125.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                     $2,125.00
      Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA
           - Fee                                                  $1,125.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                     $1,125.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                     $1,125.00
      IP Australia as ISA
           - Fee                                                  $1,622.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                     $1,622.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                     $1,622.00
      Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents &
      Trademarks of Russia (Rospatent) as ISA
           - Fee                                                    $440.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                       $440.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                       $440.00
      Israel Patent Office
           - Fee                                                    $909.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                       $909.00
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           - Micro Entity Fee                                       $909.00
      Japan Patent Office
           -Fee                                                     $577.00
           -Small Entity Fee                                        $577.00
           -Micro Entity Fee                                        $577.00

   International Fees

      International filing fee
           - Fee                                                  $1,384.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                     $1,384.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                     $1,384.00
      International filing fee-filed
      electronically without PCT-EASY zip file
           - Fee                                                  $1,280.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                     $1,280.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                     $1,280.00
      International filing fee-filed
      electronically with PCT EASY zip files
           - Fee                                                  $1,176.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                     $1,176.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                     $1.176.00
      Supplemental fee for each page over 30
           - Fee                                                     $16.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                        $16.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                        $16.00

   Restoration of Priority

      Filing a request for the restoration of the
      right of priority under § 1.452
           - Fee                                                  $1,700.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                       $850.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                       $850.00

   International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees
   associated with filing a Demand for Preliminary
   Examination
      Handling fee
           - Fee                                                    $208.00
           - Small Entity Fee                                       $208.00
           - Micro Entity Fee                                       $208.00
      Handling fee-90% reduction, if Applicants
      meet criteria specified at
      http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf
           - Fee                                                     $20.80
           - Small Entity Fee                                        $20.80
           - Micro Entity Fee                                        $20.80
      Preliminary examination fee
         USPTO as International Preliminary
         Examining Authority (IPEA)
            - USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I
              - Fee                                                 $600.00
              - Small Entity Fee                                    $300.00
              - Micro Entity Fee                                    $150.00
            - USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I
              - Fee                                                 $760.00
              - Small Entity Fee                                    $380.00
              - Micro Entity Fee                                    $190.00
            - Additional preliminary examination fee,
              per additional invention
              (payable only upon invitation)
              - Fee                                                 $600.00
              - Small Entity Fee                                    $300.00
              - Micro Entity Fee                                    $150.00

   U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering
the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's
Web site (www.uspto.gov).

November 4, 2015                                                MARK POWELL
                                                    Deputy Commissioner for
                                           International Patent Cooperation
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
                  Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable

   Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides
that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month
period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents
based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional
six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e)
for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR
1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is
not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on
the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on November 27, 2012
for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 8,316,462 through 8,321,961
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on November 25, 2008
for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 7,454,798 through 7,458,102
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on November 23, 2004
for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 6,820,279 through 6,823,528
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically
over the Internet at www.uspto.gov.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically
over the Internet should be mailed to "Director of the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, Attn: Maintenance Fees, 2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300,
Alexandria, Virginia 22314".

   Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of
maintenance fees in patents should  be mailed to "Mail Stop M
Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450".

   Patent owners must establish small or micro entity status according to
37 CFR 1.27 or 1.29 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the
small or micro entity amount.

   The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six
months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set forth
in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g). To obtain
the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO Contact Center
at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule posted on the USPTO
web-site at www.uspto.gov.
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Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee
                         Notice of Expiration of Patents
                     Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee

   35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the required
maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are not paid in a patent
requiring such payment, the patent will expire at the end of the 4th, 8th
or 12th anniversary of the grant of the patent depending on the first
maintenance fee which was not paid.
   According to the records of the Office, the patents listed below have
expired due to failure to pay the required maintenance fee and any
applicable surcharge.

                    PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON October 21, 2015
                     DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                           Issue
Number                             Number                              Date

6,634,031                       10/173,499                         10/21/03
6,634,037                       10/022,074                         10/21/03
6,634,043                       09/953,352                         10/21/03
6,634,047                       09/846,713                         10/21/03
6,634,049                       09/850,430                         10/21/03
6,634,055                       09/623,102                         10/21/03
6,634,058                       10/190,539                         10/21/03
6,634,062                       09/742,330                         10/21/03
6,634,067                       09/961,035                         10/21/03
6,634,071                       09/802,531                         10/21/03
6,634,086                       09/829,213                         10/21/03
6,634,094                       09/562,451                         10/21/03
6,634,095                       09/892,967                         10/21/03
6,634,097                       08/841,320                         10/21/03
6,634,098                       09/358,171                         10/21/03
6,634,102                       10/083,816                         10/21/03
6,634,104                       10/039,084                         10/21/03
6,634,108                       10/062,939                         10/21/03
6,634,116                       09/781,452                         10/21/03
6,634,120                       09/967,154                         10/21/03
6,634,126                       09/745,524                         10/21/03
6,634,145                       10/180,242                         10/21/03
6,634,148                       09/997,680                         10/21/03
6,634,153                       09/378,540                         10/21/03
6,634,168                       09/420,552                         10/21/03
6,634,174                       09/972,534                         10/21/03
6,634,176                       09/977,445                         10/21/03
6,634,180                       10/005,109                         10/21/03
6,634,181                       10/033,980                         10/21/03
6,634,188                       09/558,772                         10/21/03
6,634,199                       09/938,531                         10/21/03
6,634,211                       10/147,955                         10/21/03
6,634,213                       09/788,977                         10/21/03
6,634,218                       09/559,149                         10/21/03
6,634,227                       09/937,218                         10/21/03
6,634,229                       09/441,309                         10/21/03
6,634,230                       10/124,418                         10/21/03
6,634,233                       10/055,461                         10/21/03
6,634,235                       10/004,902                         10/21/03
6,634,243                       10/046,528                         10/21/03
6,634,245                       09/646,124                         10/21/03
6,634,255                       10/023,763                         10/21/03
6,634,262                       09/928,079                         10/21/03
6,634,265                       09/966,008                         10/21/03
6,634,271                       09/926,398                         10/21/03
6,634,284                       09/909,034                         10/21/03
6,634,290                       09/625,304                         10/21/03
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6,634,294                       09/997,027                         10/21/03
6,634,295                       09/857,479                         10/21/03
6,634,302                       09/724,295                         10/21/03
6,634,304                       09/986,839                         10/21/03
6,634,320                       10/072,568                         10/21/03
6,634,329                       10/107,416                         10/21/03
6,634,332                       09/925,317                         10/21/03
6,634,337                       09/949,749                         10/21/03
6,634,345                       09/853,157                         10/21/03
6,634,351                       09/982,202                         10/21/03
6,634,353                       09/528,013                         10/21/03
6,634,355                       09/337,439                         10/21/03
6,634,357                       09/691,464                         10/21/03
6,634,360                       09/762,855                         10/21/03
6,634,367                       10/105,115                         10/21/03
6,634,371                       09/855,092                         10/21/03
6,634,373                       10/030,129                         10/21/03
6,634,379                       09/991,472                         10/21/03
6,634,384                       10/346,742                         10/21/03
6,634,386                       09/969,543                         10/21/03
6,634,389                       09/879,538                         10/21/03
6,634,392                       10/021,529                         10/21/03
6,634,393                       09/930,809                         10/21/03
6,634,397                       09/381,028                         10/21/03
6,634,400                       10/156,832                         10/21/03
6,634,402                       10/066,615                         10/21/03
6,634,409                       09/892,309                         10/21/03
6,634,410                       09/941,054                         10/21/03
6,634,411                       10/207,930                         10/21/03
6,634,416                       09/584,824                         10/21/03
6,634,422                       09/810,555                         10/21/03
6,634,433                       10/193,956                         10/21/03
6,634,434                       09/971,182                         10/21/03
6,634,441                       09/933,865                         10/21/03
6,634,444                       10/058,389                         10/21/03
6,634,445                       10/033,838                         10/21/03
6,634,453                       09/945,549                         10/21/03
6,634,467                       10/151,861                         10/21/03
6,634,474                       09/998,583                         10/21/03
6,634,480                       10/006,753                         10/21/03
6,634,486                       10/180,093                         10/21/03
6,634,492                       09/709,941                         10/21/03
6,634,493                       09/927,253                         10/21/03
6,634,494                       09/516,494                         10/21/03
6,634,513                       09/219,521                         10/21/03
6,634,514                       09/799,720                         10/21/03
6,634,523                       10/116,219                         10/21/03
6,634,524                       10/070,274                         10/21/03
6,634,528                       09/849,725                         10/21/03
6,634,531                       10/026,187                         10/21/03
6,634,534                       10/045,394                         10/21/03
6,634,538                       10/021,618                         10/21/03
6,634,540                       09/926,667                         10/21/03
6,634,545                       10/008,211                         10/21/03
6,634,556                       09/804,746                         10/21/03
6,634,559                       09/819,650                         10/21/03
6,634,570                       09/964,074                         10/21/03
6,634,571                       10/169,458                         10/21/03
6,634,572                       10/161,314                         10/21/03
6,634,583                       09/848,351                         10/21/03
6,634,587                       10/040,040                         10/21/03
6,634,589                       10/011,289                         10/21/03
6,634,590                       09/693,472                         10/21/03
6,634,593                       10/218,885                         10/21/03
6,634,597                       10/044,517                         10/21/03
6,634,609                       09/912,120                         10/21/03
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6,634,620                       10/007,525                         10/21/03
6,634,624                       10/045,045                         10/21/03
6,634,626                       09/927,152                         10/21/03
6,634,628                       10/049,593                         10/21/03
6,634,638                       10/000,949                         10/21/03
6,634,639                       10/143,753                         10/21/03
6,634,655                       09/815,021                         10/21/03
6,634,657                       09/777,290                         10/21/03
6,634,659                       10/056,816                         10/21/03
6,634,660                       09/990,079                         10/21/03
6,634,664                       09/699,476                         10/21/03
6,634,673                       09/868,655                         10/21/03
6,634,677                       10/032,038                         10/21/03
6,634,682                       09/983,902                         10/21/03
6,634,683                       09/666,571                         10/21/03
6,634,684                       09/909,372                         10/21/03
6,634,686                       09/970,546                         10/21/03
6,634,693                       10/062,107                         10/21/03
6,634,697                       10/188,831                         10/21/03
6,634,707                       10/178,953                         10/21/03
6,634,708                       10/191,383                         10/21/03
6,634,710                       09/966,328                         10/21/03
6,634,712                       10/045,051                         10/21/03
6,634,713                       10/012,371                         10/21/03
6,634,715                       09/790,645                         10/21/03
6,634,717                       09/987,591                         10/21/03
6,634,719                       09/930,581                         10/21/03
6,634,735                       09/422,893                         10/21/03
6,634,736                       09/900,030                         10/21/03
6,634,741                       09/844,222                         10/21/03
6,634,744                       10/099,538                         10/21/03
6,634,745                       10/023,867                         10/21/03
6,634,755                       09/504,994                         10/21/03
6,634,756                       10/183,800                         10/21/03
6,634,773                       10/137,018                         10/21/03
6,634,786                       09/739,643                         10/21/03
6,634,801                       09/712,442                         10/21/03
6,634,805                       09/974,340                         10/21/03
6,634,807                       09/525,188                         10/21/03
6,634,809                       09/446,043                         10/21/03
6,634,810                       09/414,622                         10/21/03
6,634,813                       10/145,582                         10/21/03
6,634,814                       09/767,624                         10/21/03
6,634,819                       09/906,683                         10/21/03
6,634,823                       10/052,670                         10/21/03
6,634,826                       09/516,037                         10/21/03
6,634,838                       09/944,149                         10/21/03
6,634,840                       09/614,607                         10/21/03
6,634,842                       10/072,946                         10/21/03
6,634,845                       09/595,930                         10/21/03
6,634,846                       09/913,104                         10/21/03
6,634,856                       10/132,217                         10/21/03
6,634,873                       09/862,246                         10/21/03
6,634,874                       10/167,312                         10/21/03
6,634,876                       10/098,536                         10/21/03
6,634,890                       09/972,545                         10/21/03
6,634,892                       09/921,909                         10/21/03
6,634,893                       10/120,003                         10/21/03
6,634,894                       10/155,747                         10/21/03
6,634,898                       09/918,670                         10/21/03
6,634,903                       10/054,570                         10/21/03
6,634,904                       09/970,274                         10/21/03
6,634,905                       10/028,558                         10/21/03
6,634,915                       09/875,020                         10/21/03
6,634,916                       09/813,138                         10/21/03
6,634,922                       09/525,070                         10/21/03
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6,634,929                       09/553,295                         10/21/03
6,634,932                       10/288,946                         10/21/03
6,634,935                       10/126,469                         10/21/03
6,634,937                       09/844,878                         10/21/03
6,634,938                       09/937,504                         10/21/03
6,634,942                       09/879,299                         10/21/03
6,634,955                       10/112,207                         10/21/03
6,634,956                       09/393,374                         10/21/03
6,634,960                       09/941,840                         10/21/03
6,634,962                       09/923,142                         10/21/03
6,634,963                       09/702,344                         10/21/03
6,634,968                       09/877,485                         10/21/03
6,634,972                       09/893,837                         10/21/03
6,634,990                       09/304,746                         10/21/03
6,634,996                       09/759,880                         10/21/03
6,634,999                       09/939,807                         10/21/03
6,635,001                       10/026,576                         10/21/03
6,635,012                       10/109,050                         10/21/03
6,635,016                       09/933,636                         10/21/03
6,635,020                       09/892,155                         10/21/03
6,635,029                       09/311,498                         10/21/03
6,635,038                       09/827,884                         10/21/03
6,635,042                       09/981,408                         10/21/03
6,635,049                       09/303,790                         10/21/03
6,635,050                       09/926,455                         10/21/03
6,635,052                       09/832,639                         10/21/03
6,635,055                       09/674,783                         10/21/03
6,635,061                       09/658,145                         10/21/03
6,635,063                       09/241,428                         10/21/03
6,635,065                       09/909,124                         10/21/03
6,635,066                       09/108,191                         10/21/03
6,635,067                       09/956,301                         10/21/03
6,635,075                       09/758,706                         10/21/03
6,635,077                       09/948,644                         10/21/03
6,635,078                       09/667,916                         10/21/03
6,635,084                       09/971,616                         10/21/03
6,635,085                       09/640,599                         10/21/03
6,635,088                       09/197,299                         10/21/03
6,635,096                       10/019,412                         10/21/03
6,635,097                       09/931,201                         10/21/03
6,635,112                       09/698,620                         10/21/03
6,635,114                       09/467,296                         10/21/03
6,635,118                       09/765,015                         10/21/03
6,635,133                       09/482,336                         10/21/03
6,635,134                       09/649,775                         10/21/03
6,635,136                       09/841,477                         10/21/03
6,635,138                       09/368,967                         10/21/03
6,635,140                       10/055,459                         10/21/03
6,635,143                       10/327,159                         10/21/03
6,635,145                       09/877,765                         10/21/03
6,635,153                       09/786,795                         10/21/03
6,635,155                       09/982,257                         10/21/03
6,635,159                       09/979,954                         10/21/03
6,635,160                       09/958,105                         10/21/03
6,635,171                       09/758,750                         10/21/03
6,635,174                       09/979,441                         10/21/03
6,635,179                       09/477,081                         10/21/03
6,635,181                       09/933,381                         10/21/03
6,635,184                       09/553,691                         10/21/03
6,635,188                       10/124,979                         10/21/03
6,635,190                       09/897,764                         10/21/03
6,635,214                       09/394,119                         10/21/03
6,635,219                       10/094,812                         10/21/03
6,635,225                       09/542,873                         10/21/03
6,635,227                       09/527,463                         10/21/03
6,635,228                       09/703,478                         10/21/03
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 70 

6,635,237                       10/049,061                         10/21/03
6,635,238                       09/951,674                         10/21/03
6,635,242                       10/218,508                         10/21/03
6,635,244                       09/918,696                         10/21/03
6,635,247                       09/835,949                         10/21/03
6,635,248                       09/497,997                         10/21/03
6,635,250                       09/760,810                         10/21/03
6,635,252                       09/883,985                         10/21/03
6,635,261                       09/943,028                         10/21/03
6,635,263                       09/362,877                         10/21/03
6,635,264                       09/698,086                         10/21/03
6,635,272                       09/946,700                         10/21/03
6,635,275                       09/240,504                         10/21/03
6,635,276                       09/674,904                         10/21/03
6,635,281                       09/469,656                         10/21/03
6,635,282                       09/570,025                         10/21/03
6,635,288                       09/796,360                         10/21/03
6,635,291                       09/729,477                         10/21/03
6,635,307                       10/013,300                         10/21/03
6,635,312                       10/195,388                         10/21/03
6,635,313                       10/016,062                         10/21/03
6,635,314                       09/913,567                         10/21/03
6,635,315                       10/292,766                         10/21/03
6,635,318                       09/927,550                         10/21/03
6,635,322                       09/504,499                         10/21/03
6,635,327                       09/924,913                         10/21/03
6,635,333                       09/942,242                         10/21/03
6,635,337                       09/927,982                         10/21/03
6,635,338                       09/665,128                         10/21/03
6,635,347                       09/831,946                         10/21/03
6,635,351                       09/919,531                         10/21/03
6,635,356                       09/735,376                         10/21/03
6,635,366                       09/728,069                         10/21/03
6,635,368                       10/022,340                         10/21/03
6,635,369                       09/862,933                         10/21/03
6,635,377                       09/932,501                         10/21/03
6,635,382                       09/890,870                         10/21/03
6,635,385                       09/813,178                         10/21/03
6,635,386                       09/213,556                         10/21/03
6,635,398                       09/695,079                         10/21/03
6,635,403                       09/960,407                         10/21/03
6,635,404                       09/498,322                         10/21/03
6,635,408                       09/790,682                         10/21/03
6,635,412                       09/902,829                         10/21/03
6,635,414                       09/863,126                         10/21/03
6,635,423                       09/759,377                         10/21/03
6,635,425                       09/910,372                         10/21/03
6,635,428                       10/007,073                         10/21/03
6,635,431                       09/269,939                         10/21/03
6,635,432                       09/557,506                         10/21/03
6,635,433                       09/700,677                         10/21/03
6,635,442                       08/848,631                         10/21/03
6,635,443                       09/154,219                         10/21/03
6,635,450                       08/765,702                         10/21/03
6,635,452                       08/988,024                         10/21/03
6,635,455                       09/868,895                         10/21/03
6,635,464                       09/849,242                         10/21/03
6,635,475                       09/627,746                         10/21/03
6,635,476                       09/687,930                         10/21/03
6,635,493                       09/843,929                         10/21/03
6,635,494                       09/956,823                         10/21/03
6,635,504                       10/036,517                         10/21/03
6,635,508                       10/155,971                         10/21/03
6,635,510                       10/153,372                         10/21/03
6,635,522                       10/228,060                         10/21/03
6,635,524                       10/166,602                         10/21/03
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 71 

6,635,530                       09/057,148                         10/21/03
6,635,532                       10/099,126                         10/21/03
6,635,534                       09/780,040                         10/21/03
6,635,535                       10/044,220                         10/21/03
6,635,539                       10/131,418                         10/21/03
6,635,540                       10/137,583                         10/21/03
6,635,549                       09/961,488                         10/21/03
6,635,553                       09/721,048                         10/21/03
6,635,556                       09/859,282                         10/21/03
6,635,570                       09/410,109                         10/21/03
6,635,573                       10/040,109                         10/21/03
6,635,575                       09/633,196                         10/21/03
6,635,578                       09/550,646                         10/21/03
6,635,587                       09/661,821                         10/21/03
6,635,589                       09/286,999                         10/21/03
6,635,592                       09/890,223                         10/21/03
6,635,595                       09/788,560                         10/21/03
6,635,597                       09/463,713                         10/21/03
6,635,598                       09/832,187                         10/21/03
6,635,609                       10/073,815                         10/21/03
6,635,627                       09/424,785                         10/21/03
6,635,629                       09/845,775                         10/21/03
6,635,630                       10/163,663                         10/21/03
6,635,632                       08/996,422                         10/21/03
6,635,642                       09/145,176                         10/21/03
6,635,644                       09/809,921                         10/21/03
6,635,646                       09/562,729                         10/21/03
6,635,649                       09/851,077                         10/21/03
6,635,663                       08/961,272                         10/21/03
6,635,666                       09/925,119                         10/21/03
6,635,668                       09/120,584                         10/21/03
6,635,672                       09/856,219                         10/21/03
6,635,673                       09/485,382                         10/21/03
6,635,678                       09/331,163                         10/21/03
6,635,679                       09/855,634                         10/21/03
6,635,684                       10/083,242                         10/21/03
6,635,692                       09/445,682                         10/21/03
6,635,704                       09/997,150                         10/21/03
6,635,705                       09/986,477                         10/21/03
6,635,709                       09/907,941                         10/21/03
6,635,710                       09/208,356                         10/21/03
6,635,720                       09/913,050                         10/21/03
6,635,728                       10/044,489                         10/21/03
6,635,733                       09/850,152                         10/21/03
6,635,746                       09/254,450                         10/21/03
6,635,747                       10/181,911                         10/21/03
6,635,748                       09/215,450                         10/21/03
6,635,754                       09/475,432                         10/21/03
6,635,756                       09/719,771                         10/21/03
6,635,762                       09/335,030                         10/21/03
6,635,770                       09/544,472                         10/21/03
6,635,776                       10/307,811                         10/21/03
6,635,782                       09/951,720                         10/21/03
6,635,789                       09/683,956                         10/21/03
6,635,792                       09/989,624                         10/21/03
6,635,816                       09/837,975                         10/21/03
6,635,817                       10/011,894                         10/21/03
6,635,818                       09/935,719                         10/21/03
6,635,819                       09/825,949                         10/21/03
6,635,823                       10/205,149                         10/21/03
6,635,824                       09/620,598                         10/21/03
6,635,825                       09/793,917                         10/21/03
6,635,829                       09/820,144                         10/21/03
6,635,836                       10/340,430                         10/21/03
6,635,850                       10/047,952                         10/21/03
6,635,854                       10/079,212                         10/21/03
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 72 

6,635,864                       09/905,277                         10/21/03
6,635,876                       09/805,729                         10/21/03
6,635,884                       09/797,860                         10/21/03
6,635,886                       09/646,775                         10/21/03
6,635,897                       10/151,818                         10/21/03
6,635,906                       08/953,077                         10/21/03
6,635,911                       09/751,124                         10/21/03
6,635,913                       10/026,615                         10/21/03
6,635,915                       10/178,749                         10/21/03
6,635,923                       09/866,023                         10/21/03
6,635,932                       10/213,698                         10/21/03
6,635,934                       09/776,681                         10/21/03
6,635,937                       10/152,615                         10/21/03
6,635,951                       09/900,644                         10/21/03
6,635,956                       10/238,433                         10/21/03
6,635,959                       10/287,232                         10/21/03
6,635,961                       09/826,436                         10/21/03
6,635,968                       09/775,546                         10/21/03
6,635,969                       09/511,104                         10/21/03
6,635,973                       09/700,730                         10/21/03
6,635,974                       09/653,682                         10/21/03
6,635,978                       09/622,165                         10/21/03
6,635,982                       09/929,102                         10/21/03
6,635,983                       09/388,697                         10/21/03
6,635,984                       09/512,832                         10/21/03
6,635,986                       10/043,479                         10/21/03
6,635,989                       09/368,324                         10/21/03
6,635,996                       09/534,336                         10/21/03
6,636,001                       10/029,931                         10/21/03
6,636,002                       10/038,593                         10/21/03
6,636,004                       09/806,038                         10/21/03
6,636,006                       10/008,400                         10/21/03
6,636,011                       09/880,475                         10/21/03
6,636,014                       10/045,636                         10/21/03
6,636,017                       10/255,689                         10/21/03
6,636,019                       10/103,050                         10/21/03
6,636,024                       10/096,094                         10/21/03
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6,636,027                       09/695,129                         10/21/03
6,636,049                       09/553,076                         10/21/03
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6,636,054                       09/990,928                         10/21/03
6,636,056                       09/693,339                         10/21/03
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6,636,073                       10/005,351                         10/21/03
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6,636,083                       09/970,630                         10/21/03
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6,636,091                       10/097,168                         10/21/03
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6,636,182                       09/985,314                         10/21/03
6,636,185                       09/703,271                         10/21/03
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 73 

6,636,187                       09/181,648                         10/21/03
6,636,198                       09/054,895                         10/21/03
6,636,199                       09/826,911                         10/21/03
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6,636,209                       09/731,849                         10/21/03
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6,636,232                       09/759,717                         10/21/03
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6,636,235                       09/687,343                         10/21/03
6,636,252                       08/579,364                         10/21/03
6,636,256                       09/378,077                         10/21/03
6,636,257                       09/430,746                         10/21/03
6,636,260                       09/102,653                         10/21/03
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6,636,263                       09/874,687                         10/21/03
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6,636,272                       09/509,156                         10/21/03
6,636,276                       09/392,957                         10/21/03
6,636,277                       10/013,035                         10/21/03
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6,636,283                       09/819,624                         10/21/03
6,636,285                       10/002,511                         10/21/03
6,636,293                       09/377,615                         10/21/03
6,636,294                       09/383,641                         10/21/03
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6,636,367                       09/955,921                         10/21/03
6,636,369                       09/993,734                         10/21/03
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6,636,404                       09/649,762                         10/21/03
6,636,405                       09/977,640                         10/21/03
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 74 

6,636,416                       09/881,342                         10/21/03
6,636,419                       09/927,114                         10/21/03
6,636,422                       10/014,905                         10/21/03
6,636,423                       10/046,469                         10/21/03
6,636,426                       09/822,895                         10/21/03
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6,636,472                       10/155,626                         10/21/03
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6,636,536                       10/261,719                         10/21/03
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6,636,549                       09/154,496                         10/21/03
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6,636,616                       09/451,994                         10/21/03
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6,636,647                       09/330,357                         10/21/03
6,636,656                       10/002,310                         10/21/03
6,636,663                       10/126,914                         10/21/03
6,636,664                       09/775,769                         10/21/03
6,636,665                       09/719,425                         10/21/03
6,636,671                       09/741,642                         10/21/03
6,636,674                       09/779,636                         10/21/03
6,636,679                       09/938,390                         10/21/03
6,636,687                       09/150,265                         10/21/03
6,636,688                       09/310,384                         10/21/03
6,636,698                       10/109,420                         10/21/03
6,636,701                       09/823,297                         10/21/03
6,636,704                       10/010,801                         10/21/03
6,636,705                       09/766,901                         10/21/03
6,636,707                       10/016,037                         10/21/03
6,636,709                       09/892,645                         10/21/03
6,636,713                       09/970,513                         10/21/03
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6,636,715                       09/861,579                         10/21/03
6,636,717                       09/976,099                         10/21/03
6,636,720                       10/256,194                         10/21/03
6,636,722                       09/660,561                         10/21/03
6,636,724                       09/700,406                         10/21/03
6,636,728                       09/544,138                         10/21/03
6,636,729                       09/423,660                         10/21/03
6,636,739                       09/645,738                         10/21/03
6,636,746                       09/500,426                         10/21/03
6,636,748                       09/005,932                         10/21/03
6,636,750                       09/419,234                         10/21/03
6,636,755                       09/962,195                         10/21/03
6,636,760                       09/719,211                         10/21/03
6,636,763                       09/857,660                         10/21/03
6,636,765                       09/777,649                         10/21/03
6,636,771                       09/688,105                         10/21/03
6,636,782                       09/953,218                         10/21/03
6,636,792                       09/965,390                         10/21/03
6,636,793                       10/026,619                         10/21/03
6,636,807                       09/649,720                         10/21/03
6,636,808                       09/560,161                         10/21/03
6,636,810                       10/165,439                         10/21/03
6,636,812                       09/768,179                         10/21/03
6,636,818                       09/397,357                         10/21/03
6,636,819                       09/680,375                         10/21/03
6,636,821                       09/898,252                         10/21/03
6,636,826                       09/858,000                         10/21/03
6,636,827                       09/285,012                         10/21/03
6,636,831                       09/289,784                         10/21/03
6,636,840                       09/420,982                         10/21/03
6,636,841                       09/402,281                         10/21/03
6,636,844                       09/525,508                         10/21/03
6,636,864                       09/753,306                         10/21/03
6,636,868                       09/170,635                         10/21/03
6,636,877                       09/400,050                         10/21/03
6,636,883                       09/255,247                         10/21/03
6,636,904                       09/443,687                         10/21/03
6,636,906                       09/560,553                         10/21/03
6,636,910                       09/683,134                         10/21/03
6,636,913                       09/551,861                         10/21/03
6,636,916                       09/503,749                         10/21/03
6,636,921                       09/507,278                         10/21/03
6,636,928                       09/507,205                         10/21/03
6,636,929                       09/544,573                         10/21/03
6,636,930                       09/519,312                         10/21/03
6,636,931                       09/226,869                         10/21/03
6,636,936                       09/544,379                         10/21/03
6,636,937                       09/931,261                         10/21/03
6,636,941                       09/611,062                         10/21/03
6,636,942                       09/970,881                         10/21/03
6,636,948                       09/834,551                         10/21/03
6,636,950                       09/300,641                         10/21/03
6,636,955                       09/652,480                         10/21/03
6,636,956                       09/900,748                         10/21/03
6,636,957                       09/779,072                         10/21/03
6,636,960                       09/505,093                         10/21/03
6,636,962                       09/459,743                         10/21/03
6,636,963                       09/474,842                         10/21/03
6,636,972                       09/976,815                         10/21/03
6,636,975                       09/464,214                         10/21/03
6,636,977                       09/265,447                         10/21/03
6,636,979                       09/548,507                         10/21/03
6,636,982                       09/518,498                         10/21/03
6,636,986                       10/000,813                         10/21/03
6,636,998                       09/610,498                         10/21/03
6,637,004                       09/487,795                         10/21/03
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6,637,007                       09/561,435                         10/21/03
6,637,008                       09/397,636                         10/21/03
6,637,009                       09/946,484                         10/21/03
6,637,014                       09/977,372                         10/21/03
6,637,018                       09/697,064                         10/21/03
6,637,020                       09/204,891                         10/21/03
6,637,023                       09/261,686                         10/21/03
6,637,024                       09/563,685                         10/21/03
6,637,026                       09/516,102                         10/21/03
6,637,029                       09/242,871                         10/21/03
6,637,030                       08/872,010                         10/21/03

                    PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON October 16, 2015
                     DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                           Issue
Number                             Number                              Date

7,281,279                       11/072,471                         10/16/07
7,281,281                       11/228,415                         10/16/07
7,281,283                       11/287,574                         10/16/07
7,281,289                       09/583,626                         10/16/07
7,281,291                       10/746,399                         10/16/07
7,281,299                       11/135,880                         10/16/07
7,281,307                       11/257,203                         10/16/07
7,281,316                       10/883,336                         10/16/07
7,281,321                       11/361,078                         10/16/07
7,281,324                       11/104,634                         10/16/07
7,281,325                       10/535,158                         10/16/07
7,281,332                       11/154,511                         10/16/07
7,281,333                       11/298,448                         10/16/07
7,281,334                       11/077,139                         10/16/07
7,281,340                       10/526,460                         10/16/07
7,281,350                       11/074,504                         10/16/07
7,281,352                       09/682,048                         10/16/07
7,281,355                       10/681,968                         10/16/07
7,281,363                       10/913,756                         10/16/07
7,281,369                       11/063,869                         10/16/07
7,281,371                       11/509,433                         10/16/07
7,281,383                       11/089,664                         10/16/07
7,281,387                       11/255,426                         10/16/07
7,281,391                       10/977,997                         10/16/07
7,281,399                       11/267,438                         10/16/07
7,281,410                       11/503,791                         10/16/07
7,281,416                       10/527,085                         10/16/07
7,281,417                       10/411,234                         10/16/07
7,281,418                       11/178,596                         10/16/07
7,281,427                       11/254,822                         10/16/07
7,281,430                       11/293,643                         10/16/07
7,281,438                       11/269,344                         10/16/07
7,281,445                       11/240,328                         10/16/07
7,281,452                       10/769,773                         10/16/07
7,281,454                       11/093,947                         10/16/07
7,281,459                       11/387,920                         10/16/07
7,281,461                       11/378,880                         10/16/07
7,281,466                       09/552,391                         10/16/07
7,281,471                       11/093,137                         10/16/07
7,281,475                       11/435,256                         10/16/07
7,281,477                       10/493,071                         10/16/07
7,281,480                       11/274,238                         10/16/07
7,281,487                       10/806,859                         10/16/07
7,281,488                       11/517,679                         10/16/07
7,281,509                       11/227,295                         10/16/07
7,281,510                       11/529,479                         10/16/07
7,281,511                       11/362,642                         10/16/07
7,281,518                       11/724,509                         10/16/07
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7,281,521                       11/066,593                         10/16/07
7,281,525                       11/362,885                         10/16/07
7,281,526                       11/408,889                         10/16/07
7,281,528                       11/589,066                         10/16/07
7,281,530                       11/066,409                         10/16/07
7,281,535                       11/061,126                         10/16/07
7,281,538                       10/247,087                         10/16/07
7,281,541                       10/870,249                         10/16/07
7,281,544                       11/079,436                         10/16/07
7,281,553                       10/149,007                         10/16/07
7,281,557                       11/131,318                         10/16/07
7,281,558                       11/165,351                         10/16/07
7,281,562                       10/952,883                         10/16/07
7,281,568                       11/142,144                         10/16/07
7,281,573                       11/302,397                         10/16/07
7,281,577                       10/711,396                         10/16/07
7,281,579                       10/496,794                         10/16/07
7,281,584                       10/482,773                         10/16/07
7,281,604                       10/800,715                         10/16/07
7,281,605                       10/836,777                         10/16/07
7,281,608                       10/479,699                         10/16/07
7,281,611                       11/060,415                         10/16/07
7,281,619                       11/116,141                         10/16/07
7,281,624                       11/436,298                         10/16/07
7,281,631                       10/845,776                         10/16/07
7,281,632                       10/306,646                         10/16/07
7,281,635                       11/008,011                         10/16/07
7,281,637                       10/965,920                         10/16/07
7,281,639                       10/884,093                         10/16/07
7,281,646                       10/715,612                         10/16/07
7,281,647                       10/875,106                         10/16/07
7,281,667                       10/907,761                         10/16/07
7,281,675                       11/203,881                         10/16/07
7,281,677                       11/035,865                         10/16/07
7,281,690                       11/137,010                         10/16/07
7,281,697                       11/077,622                         10/16/07
7,281,700                       11/399,445                         10/16/07
7,281,706                       11/039,246                         10/16/07
7,281,707                       11/078,452                         10/16/07
7,281,709                       10/839,191                         10/16/07
7,281,710                       11/006,249                         10/16/07
7,281,713                       10/971,633                         10/16/07
7,281,716                       10/840,118                         10/16/07
7,281,725                       11/272,931                         10/16/07
7,281,728                       11/178,950                         10/16/07
7,281,730                       11/440,322                         10/16/07
7,281,737                       11/053,978                         10/16/07
7,281,742                       11/046,860                         10/16/07
7,281,745                       11/163,617                         10/16/07
7,281,751                       10/529,828                         10/16/07
7,281,756                       11/379,152                         10/16/07
7,281,762                       11/503,223                         10/16/07
7,281,768                       10/370,611                         10/16/07
7,281,773                       11/175,361                         10/16/07
7,281,774                       10/812,359                         10/16/07
7,281,776                       10/357,377                         10/16/07
7,281,780                       11/003,531                         10/16/07
7,281,784                       10/774,215                         10/16/07
7,281,786                       11/006,739                         10/16/07
7,281,793                       11/079,919                         10/16/07
7,281,801                       10/941,249                         10/16/07
7,281,804                       11/064,166                         10/16/07
7,281,805                       10/886,116                         10/16/07
7,281,807                       10/891,840                         10/16/07
7,281,814                       11/140,957                         10/16/07
7,281,817                       11/258,428                         10/16/07
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7,281,819                       11/258,537                         10/16/07
7,281,820                       11/328,687                         10/16/07
7,281,822                       11/041,876                         10/16/07
7,281,823                       10/801,349                         10/16/07
7,281,824                       10/513,283                         10/16/07
7,281,825                       11/177,881                         10/16/07
7,281,828                       10/898,317                         10/16/07
7,281,829                       11/143,965                         10/16/07
7,281,833                       10/686,557                         10/16/07
7,281,837                       11/316,587                         10/16/07
7,281,841                       10/478,944                         10/16/07
7,281,847                       11/196,172                         10/16/07
7,281,860                       10/559,425                         10/16/07
7,281,861                       11/085,434                         10/16/07
7,281,863                       11/020,273                         10/16/07
7,281,870                       11/147,178                         10/16/07
7,281,878                       11/416,816                         10/16/07
7,281,885                       11/500,034                         10/16/07
7,281,886                       10/939,058                         10/16/07
7,281,911                       11/191,906                         10/16/07
7,281,914                       11/280,263                         10/16/07
7,281,923                       11/414,431                         10/16/07
7,281,928                       09/640,369                         10/16/07
7,281,930                       11/460,381                         10/16/07
7,281,931                       10/897,465                         10/16/07
7,281,934                       11/599,059                         10/16/07
7,281,944                       10/458,598                         10/16/07
7,281,951                       11/286,202                         10/16/07
7,281,954                       11/655,662                         10/16/07
7,281,960                       11/707,999                         10/16/07
7,281,963                       11/642,462                         10/16/07
7,281,964                       11/136,485                         10/16/07
7,281,966                       11/031,770                         10/16/07
7,281,968                       10/957,632                         10/16/07
7,281,969                       11/127,908                         10/16/07
7,281,975                       11/220,423                         10/16/07
7,281,984                       10/812,449                         10/16/07
7,281,987                       11/090,187                         10/16/07
7,281,988                       11/095,472                         10/16/07
7,281,989                       11/344,226                         10/16/07
7,281,992                       10/992,728                         10/16/07
7,282,001                       11/089,273                         10/16/07
7,282,012                       11/462,210                         10/16/07
7,282,013                       11/326,317                         10/16/07
7,282,023                       10/363,733                         10/16/07
7,282,024                       11/033,409                         10/16/07
7,282,025                       11/038,262                         10/16/07
7,282,033                       10/654,386                         10/16/07
7,282,035                       11/353,054                         10/16/07
7,282,045                       10/607,721                         10/16/07
7,282,052                       10/664,769                         10/16/07
7,282,059                       10/612,499                         10/16/07
7,282,062                       11/054,401                         10/16/07
7,282,064                       10/669,927                         10/16/07
7,282,073                       10/115,269                         10/16/07
7,282,079                       11/020,539                         10/16/07
7,282,083                       10/643,160                         10/16/07
7,282,085                       10/788,294                         10/16/07
7,282,090                       11/362,179                         10/16/07
7,282,096                       10/722,848                         10/16/07
7,282,097                       10/867,344                         10/16/07
7,282,099                       10/253,296                         10/16/07
7,282,100                       10/898,890                         10/16/07
7,282,104                       10/494,877                         10/16/07
7,282,108                       10/669,440                         10/16/07
7,282,111                       11/004,099                         10/16/07
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7,282,114                       10/088,539                         10/16/07
7,282,117                       10/698,217                         10/16/07
7,282,119                       10/333,569                         10/16/07
7,282,120                       11/008,109                         10/16/07
7,282,124                       10/459,320                         10/16/07
7,282,132                       10/805,323                         10/16/07
7,282,155                       10/388,165                         10/16/07
7,282,159                       11/065,803                         10/16/07
7,282,160                       11/283,870                         10/16/07
7,282,164                       10/815,624                         10/16/07
7,282,165                       10/832,852                         10/16/07
7,282,166                       11/021,873                         10/16/07
7,282,179                       10/400,585                         10/16/07
7,282,181                       10/942,493                         10/16/07
7,282,185                       10/105,571                         10/16/07
7,282,188                       10/509,206                         10/16/07
7,282,190                       10/563,115                         10/16/07
7,282,198                       10/372,521                         10/16/07
7,282,203                       10/996,651                         10/16/07
7,282,207                       09/549,342                         10/16/07
7,282,208                       10/623,567                         10/16/07
7,282,223                       10/916,047                         10/16/07
7,282,224                       11/450,648                         10/16/07
7,282,227                       10/637,684                         10/16/07
7,282,233                       11/214,188                         10/16/07
7,282,237                       11/224,550                         10/16/07
7,282,241                       10/421,161                         10/16/07
7,282,249                       10/515,158                         10/16/07
7,282,253                       10/743,566                         10/16/07
7,282,258                       11/119,672                         10/16/07
7,282,263                       10/478,382                         10/16/07
7,282,265                       10/845,257                         10/16/07
7,282,273                       11/259,491                         10/16/07
7,282,279                       10/971,121                         10/16/07
7,282,280                       10/380,376                         10/16/07
7,282,281                       10/433,900                         10/16/07
7,282,282                       10/664,772                         10/16/07
7,282,292                       11/288,885                         10/16/07
7,282,306                       10/808,063                         10/16/07
7,282,309                       11/598,003                         10/16/07
7,282,313                       10/924,114                         10/16/07
7,282,317                       10/789,600                         10/16/07
7,282,318                       10/875,912                         10/16/07
7,282,320                       11/269,016                         10/16/07
7,282,326                       10/058,292                         10/16/07
7,282,329                       10/669,883                         10/16/07
7,282,340                       10/943,506                         10/16/07
7,282,351                       10/270,377                         10/16/07
7,282,352                       10/858,928                         10/16/07
7,282,354                       10/310,628                         10/16/07
7,282,355                       10/388,329                         10/16/07
7,282,356                       10/746,796                         10/16/07
7,282,358                       10/661,262                         10/16/07
7,282,359                       11/363,798                         10/16/07
7,282,360                       11/636,948                         10/16/07
7,282,368                       10/375,251                         10/16/07
7,282,399                       11/311,365                         10/16/07
7,282,408                       10/848,985                         10/16/07
7,282,414                       10/909,403                         10/16/07
7,282,419                       11/103,449                         10/16/07
7,282,420                       11/301,866                         10/16/07
7,282,424                       10/494,881                         10/16/07
7,282,430                       10/852,714                         10/16/07
7,282,431                       11/618,134                         10/16/07
7,282,440                       10/136,544                         10/16/07
7,282,441                       10/904,432                         10/16/07
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 80 

7,282,442                       11/598,709                         10/16/07
7,282,447                       10/923,060                         10/16/07
7,282,453                       11/479,008                         10/16/07
7,282,455                       11/296,853                         10/16/07
7,282,459                       10/941,867                         10/16/07
7,282,464                       10/431,658                         10/16/07
7,282,465                       10/807,504                         10/16/07
7,282,467                       10/332,094                         10/16/07
7,282,482                       09/854,142                         10/16/07
7,282,483                       09/898,234                         10/16/07
7,282,486                       10/650,253                         10/16/07
7,282,490                       10/495,893                         10/16/07
7,282,494                       11/312,574                         10/16/07
7,282,504                       11/125,614                         10/16/07
7,282,505                       11/206,472                         10/16/07
7,282,510                       11/166,220                         10/16/07
7,282,511                       10/169,415                         10/16/07
7,282,514                       11/786,290                         10/16/07
7,282,517                       10/546,238                         10/16/07
7,282,526                       10/736,207                         10/16/07
7,282,527                       10/643,800                         10/16/07
7,282,531                       11/091,568                         10/16/07
7,282,542                       11/329,082                         10/16/07
7,282,543                       10/666,358                         10/16/07
7,282,549                       10/753,071                         10/16/07
7,282,552                       11/383,675                         10/16/07
7,282,553                       10/883,117                         10/16/07
7,282,554                       10/500,701                         10/16/07
7,282,572                       11/439,511                         10/16/07
7,282,591                       10/508,897                         10/16/07
7,282,595                       10/535,002                         10/16/07
7,282,600                       10/852,277                         10/16/07
7,282,603                       10/873,361                         10/16/07
7,282,611                       11/527,079                         10/16/07
7,282,612                       10/508,367                         10/16/07
7,282,619                       10/897,248                         10/16/07
7,282,620                       10/362,593                         10/16/07
7,282,623                       10/702,777                         10/16/07
7,282,624                       09/978,273                         10/16/07
7,282,626                       11/048,323                         10/16/07
7,282,627                       11/048,381                         10/16/07
7,282,632                       11/048,679                         10/16/07
7,282,633                       11/082,377                         10/16/07
7,282,642                       10/852,812                         10/16/07
7,282,644                       11/332,265                         10/16/07
7,282,652                       11/442,081                         10/16/07
7,282,653                       11/580,907                         10/16/07
7,282,656                       11/412,537                         10/16/07
7,282,658                       10/411,137                         10/16/07
7,282,659                       10/666,105                         10/16/07
7,282,665                       10/667,926                         10/16/07
7,282,667                       11/154,766                         10/16/07
7,282,672                       10/560,490                         10/16/07
7,282,676                       11/341,764                         10/16/07
7,282,677                       11/414,210                         10/16/07
7,282,678                       11/308,698                         10/16/07
7,282,679                       11/429,797                         10/16/07
7,282,681                       10/908,293                         10/16/07
7,282,684                       11/340,588                         10/16/07
7,282,689                       10/507,306                         10/16/07
7,282,710                       10/039,635                         10/16/07
7,282,712                       10/442,109                         10/16/07
7,282,713                       10/865,213                         10/16/07
7,282,714                       11/493,898                         10/16/07
7,282,716                       10/983,053                         10/16/07
7,282,723                       10/418,415                         10/16/07
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 81 

7,282,727                       11/187,519                         10/16/07
7,282,729                       11/143,018                         10/16/07
7,282,747                       11/033,872                         10/16/07
7,282,748                       11/033,900                         10/16/07
7,282,759                       11/376,423                         10/16/07
7,282,760                       10/522,278                         10/16/07
7,282,761                       10/696,615                         10/16/07
7,282,764                       11/481,247                         10/16/07
7,282,788                       11/225,078                         10/16/07
7,282,792                       11/252,389                         10/16/07
7,282,801                       11/226,797                         10/16/07
7,282,806                       11/516,422                         10/16/07
7,282,815                       10/912,678                         10/16/07
7,282,816                       10/836,717                         10/16/07
7,282,817                       11/488,955                         10/16/07
7,282,819                       10/983,573                         10/16/07
7,282,829                       10/532,226                         10/16/07
7,282,832                       09/956,328                         10/16/07
7,282,834                       11/148,389                         10/16/07
7,282,836                       11/298,721                         10/16/07
7,282,840                       11/056,256                         10/16/07
7,282,841                       10/978,089                         10/16/07
7,282,846                       11/196,308                         10/16/07
7,282,851                       11/439,267                         10/16/07
7,282,852                       10/961,140                         10/16/07
7,282,857                       10/982,249                         10/16/07
7,282,859                       10/938,636                         10/16/07
7,282,861                       11/362,033                         10/16/07
7,282,864                       11/191,982                         10/16/07
7,282,868                       10/773,230                         10/16/07
7,282,870                       11/420,944                         10/16/07
7,282,871                       11/458,946                         10/16/07
7,282,874                       11/342,040                         10/16/07
7,282,875                       11/214,938                         10/16/07
7,282,877                       11/281,187                         10/16/07
7,282,884                       11/266,317                         10/16/07
7,282,888                       11/311,274                         10/16/07
7,282,889                       10/888,526                         10/16/07
7,282,893                       11/710,525                         10/16/07
7,282,896                       10/961,950                         10/16/07
7,282,897                       10/962,088                         10/16/07
7,282,898                       11/166,408                         10/16/07
7,282,907                       10/539,804                         10/16/07
7,282,911                       11/542,775                         10/16/07
7,282,912                       11/330,207                         10/16/07
7,282,913                       11/016,728                         10/16/07
7,282,915                       10/962,819                         10/16/07
7,282,923                       11/230,982                         10/16/07
7,282,932                       10/791,195                         10/16/07
7,282,933                       11/028,940                         10/16/07
7,282,941                       11/099,114                         10/16/07
7,282,943                       10/970,555                         10/16/07
7,282,946                       11/025,458                         10/16/07
7,282,947                       11/238,900                         10/16/07
7,282,952                       11/330,365                         10/16/07
7,282,953                       11/223,742                         10/16/07
7,282,956                       11/299,191                         10/16/07
7,282,958                       10/992,077                         10/16/07
7,282,959                       11/072,401                         10/16/07
7,282,968                       11/327,688                         10/16/07
7,282,974                       11/323,912                         10/16/07
7,282,980                       10/935,699                         10/16/07
7,282,981                       10/533,807                         10/16/07
7,282,986                       11/193,814                         10/16/07
7,282,993                       10/808,619                         10/16/07
7,282,994                       11/180,678                         10/16/07
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7,283,021                       11/142,472                         10/16/07
7,283,024                       10/740,649                         10/16/07
7,283,025                       11/086,320                         10/16/07
7,283,028                       10/909,421                         10/16/07
7,283,032                       10/552,353                         10/16/07
7,283,035                       11/370,455                         10/16/07
7,283,042                       11/272,270                         10/16/07
7,283,052                       11/202,884                         10/16/07
7,283,055                       11/176,563                         10/16/07
7,283,084                       10/520,757                         10/16/07
7,283,089                       11/613,702                         10/16/07
7,283,107                       11/144,701                         10/16/07
7,283,117                       10/780,748                         10/16/07
7,283,119                       10/457,358                         10/16/07
7,283,121                       10/978,937                         10/16/07
7,283,125                       10/434,457                         10/16/07
7,283,131                       11/128,345                         10/16/07
7,283,148                       10/835,720                         10/16/07
7,283,149                       10/448,433                         10/16/07
7,283,160                       11/227,568                         10/16/07
7,283,168                       10/353,397                         10/16/07
7,283,173                       11/522,241                         10/16/07
7,283,174                       10/475,732                         10/16/07
7,283,179                       10/866,619                         10/16/07
7,283,186                       10/356,230                         10/16/07
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7,283,208                       10/746,156                         10/16/07
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7,283,219                       10/625,629                         10/16/07
7,283,224                       10/955,428                         10/16/07
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7,283,237                       11/218,127                         10/16/07
7,283,252                       10/996,381                         10/16/07
7,283,254                       10/731,557                         10/16/07
7,283,255                       11/364,972                         10/16/07
7,283,259                       09/770,248                         10/16/07
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7,283,286                       11/314,441                         10/16/07
7,283,289                       11/193,918                         10/16/07
7,283,294                       11/257,785                         10/16/07
7,283,300                       11/463,041                         10/16/07
7,283,302                       10/549,325                         10/16/07
7,283,306                       10/844,421                         10/16/07
7,283,308                       11/073,913                         10/16/07
7,283,312                       11/411,658                         10/16/07
7,283,317                       10/768,719                         10/16/07
7,283,319                       11/423,896                         10/16/07
7,283,323                       10/986,024                         10/16/07
7,283,324                       11/086,593                         10/16/07
7,283,327                       11/451,770                         10/16/07
7,283,330                       10/132,844                         10/16/07
7,283,331                       10/861,597                         10/16/07
7,283,334                       11/455,204                         10/16/07
7,283,335                       10/430,893                         10/16/07
7,283,337                       11/074,270                         10/16/07
7,283,344                       10/875,526                         10/16/07
7,283,345                       10/891,713                         10/16/07
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7,283,361                       11/166,984                         10/16/07
7,283,362                       11/306,369                         10/16/07
7,283,366                       11/092,636                         10/16/07
7,283,368                       11/163,516                         10/16/07
7,283,383                       10/876,464                         10/16/07
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 83 

7,283,385                       10/999,481                         10/16/07
7,283,388                       11/058,184                         10/16/07
7,283,392                       11/379,752                         10/16/07
7,283,393                       11/483,466                         10/16/07
7,283,397                       10/290,564                         10/16/07
7,283,401                       11/391,507                         10/16/07
7,283,403                       10/987,091                         10/16/07
7,283,405                       11/126,302                         10/16/07
7,283,413                       11/076,788                         10/16/07
7,283,417                       11/054,059                         10/16/07
7,283,420                       11/320,966                         10/16/07
7,283,424                       11/499,973                         10/16/07
7,283,425                       11/512,538                         10/16/07
7,283,428                       11/353,468                         10/16/07
7,283,433                       10/926,651                         10/16/07
7,283,434                       11/026,490                         10/16/07
7,283,435                       10/481,206                         10/16/07
7,283,436                       10/299,812                         10/16/07
7,283,437                       10/439,331                         10/16/07
7,283,438                       10/915,759                         10/16/07
7,283,439                       11/270,613                         10/16/07
7,283,452                       10/355,146                         10/16/07
7,283,453                       10/615,600                         10/16/07
7,283,458                       10/510,460                         10/16/07
7,283,459                       10/679,273                         10/16/07
7,283,463                       10/622,279                         10/16/07
7,283,489                       10/403,958                         10/16/07
7,283,493                       10/085,034                         10/16/07
7,283,496                       10/056,960                         10/16/07
7,283,508                       10/359,449                         10/16/07
7,283,512                       09/768,069                         10/16/07
7,283,527                       10/087,939                         10/16/07
7,283,537                       09/880,047                         10/16/07
7,283,541                       10/208,437                         10/16/07
7,283,545                       10/445,609                         10/16/07
7,283,552                       10/426,389                         10/16/07
7,283,556                       10/209,158                         10/16/07
7,283,560                       10/215,368                         10/16/07
7,283,567                       10/312,049                         10/16/07
7,283,572                       11/034,991                         10/16/07
7,283,580                       09/911,840                         10/16/07
7,283,581                       10/343,466                         10/16/07
7,283,584                       10/780,142                         10/16/07
7,283,594                       09/613,588                         10/16/07
7,283,596                       10/616,214                         10/16/07
7,283,610                       10/843,086                         10/16/07
7,283,622                       10/833,420                         10/16/07
7,283,625                       10/418,773                         10/16/07
7,283,633                       10/049,434                         10/16/07
7,283,636                       10/504,850                         10/16/07
7,283,637                       10/848,613                         10/16/07
7,283,641                       10/833,432                         10/16/07
7,283,643                       10/919,360                         10/16/07
7,283,674                       10/877,302                         10/16/07
7,283,677                       10/931,647                         10/16/07
7,283,678                       11/584,772                         10/16/07
7,283,683                       09/600,936                         10/16/07
7,283,685                       10/667,431                         10/16/07
7,283,686                       10/413,275                         10/16/07
7,283,692                       11/214,783                         10/16/07
7,283,695                       11/216,572                         10/16/07
7,283,698                       10/928,769                         10/16/07
7,283,699                       10/954,903                         10/16/07
7,283,703                       10/832,598                         10/16/07
7,283,705                       10/913,417                         10/16/07
7,283,713                       11/399,009                         10/16/07
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 84 

7,283,716                       10/969,148                         10/16/07
7,283,719                       10/358,256                         10/16/07
7,283,727                       09/787,058                         10/16/07
7,283,731                       11/086,156                         10/16/07
7,283,735                       11/313,516                         10/16/07
7,283,737                       11/023,738                         10/16/07
7,283,745                       10/403,579                         10/16/07
7,283,748                       10/721,712                         10/16/07
7,283,749                       11/447,446                         10/16/07
7,283,752                       10/813,960                         10/16/07
7,283,753                       10/426,388                         10/16/07
7,283,761                       11/082,830                         10/16/07
7,283,762                       11/000,258                         10/16/07
7,283,766                       11/465,746                         10/16/07
7,283,779                       11/059,539                         10/16/07
7,283,781                       11/182,286                         10/16/07
7,283,783                       10/723,783                         10/16/07
7,283,790                       10/020,934                         10/16/07
7,283,792                       10/966,207                         10/16/07
7,283,793                       10/262,336                         10/16/07
7,283,800                       10/902,765                         10/16/07
7,283,809                       11/229,797                         10/16/07
7,283,814                       10/631,990                         10/16/07
7,283,847                       10/646,918                         10/16/07
7,283,849                       10/466,624                         10/16/07
7,283,852                       10/659,776                         10/16/07
7,283,854                       10/466,747                         10/16/07
7,283,855                       10/647,237                         10/16/07
7,283,873                       10/838,692                         10/16/07
7,283,878                       10/963,184                         10/16/07
7,283,884                       11/191,089                         10/16/07
7,283,890                       10/485,969                         10/16/07
7,283,896                       11/250,527                         10/16/07
7,283,907                       11/120,174                         10/16/07
7,283,913                       10/561,316                         10/16/07
7,283,925                       10/986,279                         10/16/07
7,283,926                       11/257,591                         10/16/07
7,283,938                       11/356,670                         10/16/07
7,283,945                       09/956,571                         10/16/07
7,283,948                       10/165,565                         10/16/07
7,283,961                       10/089,925                         10/16/07
7,283,962                       10/392,881                         10/16/07
7,283,968                       10/674,982                         10/16/07
7,283,970                       10/068,497                         10/16/07
7,283,974                       10/294,024                         10/16/07
7,283,982                       10/727,578                         10/16/07
7,283,986                       10/821,137                         10/16/07
7,283,995                       10/956,860                         10/16/07
7,283,996                       11/050,177                         10/16/07
7,284,000                       10/741,708                         10/16/07
7,284,012                       10/350,951                         10/16/07
7,284,013                       10/683,102                         10/16/07
7,284,020                       10/930,869                         10/16/07
7,284,022                       10/405,225                         10/16/07
7,284,026                       10/603,603                         10/16/07
7,284,027                       10/226,735                         10/16/07
7,284,028                       10/287,108                         10/16/07
7,284,029                       10/702,989                         10/16/07
7,284,038                       11/178,359                         10/16/07
7,284,040                       10/660,654                         10/16/07
7,284,051                       09/455,932                         10/16/07
7,284,064                       09/532,034                         10/16/07
7,284,072                       10/735,980                         10/16/07
7,284,073                       11/353,004                         10/16/07
7,284,076                       10/819,979                         10/16/07
7,284,077                       10/661,288                         10/16/07
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 85 

7,284,082                       10/921,723                         10/16/07
7,284,084                       10/929,323                         10/16/07
7,284,087                       10/994,991                         10/16/07
7,284,090                       11/115,714                         10/16/07
7,284,097                       10/675,744                         10/16/07
7,284,102                       11/054,450                         10/16/07
7,284,103                       10/300,339                         10/16/07
7,284,105                       10/660,043                         10/16/07
7,284,110                       11/424,388                         10/16/07
7,284,111                       10/125,686                         10/16/07
7,284,133                       10/153,616                         10/16/07
7,284,140                       11/523,547                         10/16/07
7,284,146                       11/330,859                         10/16/07
7,284,152                       09/380,146                         10/16/07
7,284,168                       11/043,377                         10/16/07
7,284,172                       10/709,389                         10/16/07
7,284,175                       11/603,085                         10/16/07
7,284,176                       10/891,618                         10/16/07
7,284,178                       10/421,771                         10/16/07
7,284,188                       10/112,614                         10/16/07
7,284,195                       10/061,259                         10/16/07
7,284,198                       10/960,587                         10/16/07
7,284,201                       09/956,660                         10/16/07
7,284,211                       10/417,007                         10/16/07
7,284,216                       10/977,635                         10/16/07
7,284,219                       11/060,017                         10/16/07
7,284,227                       10/966,993                         10/16/07
7,284,234                       10/288,307                         10/16/07
7,284,238                       10/715,769                         10/16/07
7,284,242                       10/248,287                         10/16/07
7,284,246                       10/131,012                         10/16/07
7,284,249                       10/217,378                         10/16/07
7,284,251                       10/957,656                         10/16/07
7,284,252                       10/889,389                         10/16/07
7,284,254                       10/432,090                         10/16/07
7,284,263                       11/531,780                         10/16/07
7,284,267                       09/803,527                         10/16/07
7,284,270                       10/236,688                         10/16/07

                    PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON October 18, 2015
                     DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                           Issue
Number                             Number                              Date

8,037,545                       11/724,974                         10/18/11
8,037,555                       12/688,359                         10/18/11
8,037,558                       12/971,110                         10/18/11
8,037,563                       12/409,821                         10/18/11
8,037,567                       12/413,183                         10/18/11
8,037,577                       12/404,645                         10/18/11
8,037,579                       11/861,404                         10/18/11
8,037,580                       12/355,819                         10/18/11
8,037,587                       11/870,784                         10/18/11
8,037,597                       12/062,573                         10/18/11
8,037,598                       12/319,668                         10/18/11
8,037,605                       12/852,613                         10/18/11
8,037,613                       10/932,523                         10/18/11
8,037,630                       11/531,776                         10/18/11
8,037,635                       12/378,411                         10/18/11
8,037,638                       12/625,621                         10/18/11
8,037,656                       12/188,731                         10/18/11
8,037,670                       12/230,884                         10/18/11
8,037,674                       10/541,654                         10/18/11
8,037,678                       12/879,595                         10/18/11
8,037,685                       12/336,196                         10/18/11
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 86 

8,037,693                       12/119,768                         10/18/11
8,037,703                       12/183,596                         10/18/11
8,037,709                       12/288,124                         10/18/11
8,037,722                       12/817,584                         10/18/11
8,037,727                       12/455,159                         10/18/11
8,037,729                       11/628,013                         10/18/11
8,037,736                       12/013,787                         10/18/11
8,037,745                       12/516,568                         10/18/11
8,037,746                       12/331,001                         10/18/11
8,037,754                       12/138,109                         10/18/11
8,037,762                       11/809,196                         10/18/11
8,037,763                       12/477,395                         10/18/11
8,037,764                       11/718,609                         10/18/11
8,037,779                       11/905,181                         10/18/11
8,037,784                       12/161,864                         10/18/11
8,037,802                       12/247,683                         10/18/11
8,037,805                       12/323,865                         10/18/11
8,037,815                       11/662,275                         10/18/11
8,037,818                       11/401,140                         10/18/11
8,037,830                       12/083,319                         10/18/11
8,037,836                       12/109,620                         10/18/11
8,037,853                       11/837,505                         10/18/11
8,037,859                       12/407,166                         10/18/11
8,037,871                       10/639,540                         10/18/11
8,037,877                       12/343,628                         10/18/11
8,037,881                       12/295,955                         10/18/11
8,037,883                       11/425,518                         10/18/11
8,037,888                       12/119,509                         10/18/11
8,037,892                       12/914,065                         10/18/11
8,037,897                       12/214,583                         10/18/11
8,037,906                       12/231,821                         10/18/11
8,037,908                       11/868,602                         10/18/11
8,037,917                       12/113,641                         10/18/11
8,037,922                       12/094,116                         10/18/11
8,037,927                       11/941,550                         10/18/11
8,037,928                       11/641,750                         10/18/11
8,037,930                       11/656,360                         10/18/11
8,037,940                       12/205,196                         10/18/11
8,037,943                       12/664,076                         10/18/11
8,037,944                       12/664,065                         10/18/11
8,037,956                       12/292,734                         10/18/11
8,037,974                       12/127,466                         10/18/11
8,037,978                       11/685,701                         10/18/11
8,037,981                       10/838,233                         10/18/11
8,037,983                       11/936,055                         10/18/11
8,037,991                       12/146,519                         10/18/11
8,037,999                       12/283,736                         10/18/11
8,038,001                       12/279,534                         10/18/11
8,038,002                       12/584,799                         10/18/11
8,038,011                       11/341,756                         10/18/11
8,038,016                       11/577,256                         10/18/11
8,038,018                       12/410,346                         10/18/11
8,038,021                       12/418,331                         10/18/11
8,038,035                       11/868,817                         10/18/11
8,038,037                       11/924,145                         10/18/11
8,038,052                       12/537,428                         10/18/11
8,038,053                       12/043,590                         10/18/11
8,038,069                       12/052,526                         10/18/11
8,038,080                       12/097,310                         10/18/11
8,038,083                       12/304,599                         10/18/11
8,038,097                       11/999,356                         10/18/11
8,038,107                       12/274,533                         10/18/11
8,038,110                       12/563,509                         10/18/11
8,038,111                       11/919,079                         10/18/11
8,038,114                       12/569,255                         10/18/11
8,038,115                       12/369,763                         10/18/11
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 87 

8,038,116                       12/624,009                         10/18/11
8,038,117                       12/347,313                         10/18/11
8,038,154                       12/646,911                         10/18/11
8,038,155                       11/775,280                         10/18/11
8,038,158                       12/284,614                         10/18/11
8,038,159                       12/932,289                         10/18/11
8,038,171                       11/973,763                         10/18/11
8,038,183                       11/944,678                         10/18/11
8,038,184                       12/067,160                         10/18/11
8,038,186                       12/326,148                         10/18/11
8,038,208                       12/053,702                         10/18/11
8,038,211                       12/718,872                         10/18/11
8,038,216                       12/583,157                         10/18/11
8,038,224                       12/547,925                         10/18/11
8,038,232                       12/803,977                         10/18/11
8,038,233                       11/873,820                         10/18/11
8,038,252                       13/078,998                         10/18/11
8,038,262                       12/369,000                         10/18/11
8,038,267                       12/050,517                         10/18/11
8,038,284                       12/204,599                         10/18/11
8,038,286                       12/239,649                         10/18/11
8,038,293                       11/772,316                         10/18/11
8,038,310                       12/898,083                         10/18/11
8,038,312                       12/260,587                         10/18/11
8,038,315                       12/479,730                         10/18/11
8,038,325                       12/334,963                         10/18/11
8,038,326                       12/687,783                         10/18/11
8,038,332                       12/437,057                         10/18/11
8,038,335                       12/415,261                         10/18/11
8,038,349                       11/886,575                         10/18/11
8,038,357                       12/653,259                         10/18/11
8,038,359                       11/954,830                         10/18/11
8,038,360                       11/810,225                         10/18/11
8,038,368                       10/593,211                         10/18/11
8,038,373                       12/328,927                         10/18/11
8,038,374                       12/283,793                         10/18/11
8,038,400                       12/425,533                         10/18/11
8,038,404                       11/778,184                         10/18/11
8,038,406                       11/843,860                         10/18/11
8,038,413                       11/729,692                         10/18/11
8,038,423                       12/349,651                         10/18/11
8,038,435                       12/656,271                         10/18/11
8,038,438                       12/158,638                         10/18/11
8,038,449                       12/176,425                         10/18/11
8,038,451                       11/283,199                         10/18/11
8,038,458                       12/877,505                         10/18/11
8,038,459                       12/526,374                         10/18/11
8,038,464                       12/845,364                         10/18/11
8,038,469                       12/695,638                         10/18/11
8,038,471                       11/867,720                         10/18/11
8,038,472                       12/421,894                         10/18/11
8,038,474                       12/167,455                         10/18/11
8,038,476                       12/871,398                         10/18/11
8,038,477                       12/888,466                         10/18/11
8,038,478                       12/600,294                         10/18/11
8,038,490                       11/137,557                         10/18/11
8,038,501                       12/031,748                         10/18/11
8,038,513                       12/063,455                         10/18/11
8,038,517                       11/519,019                         10/18/11
8,038,543                       12/615,550                         10/18/11
8,038,553                       12/206,461                         10/18/11
8,038,560                       10/577,329                         10/18/11
8,038,563                       12/071,239                         10/18/11
8,038,570                       12/409,063                         10/18/11
8,038,574                       12/186,962                         10/18/11
8,038,576                       12/148,026                         10/18/11
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 88 

8,038,577                       12/419,269                         10/18/11
8,038,583                       11/019,886                         10/18/11
8,038,584                       12/284,994                         10/18/11
8,038,592                       12/565,924                         10/18/11
8,038,598                       11/747,693                         10/18/11
8,038,614                       11/751,646                         10/18/11
8,038,615                       11/751,657                         10/18/11
8,038,619                       12/112,911                         10/18/11
8,038,634                       12/341,546                         10/18/11
8,038,645                       11/917,452                         10/18/11
8,038,659                       11/975,371                         10/18/11
8,038,682                       10/920,581                         10/18/11
8,038,684                       10/748,234                         10/18/11
8,038,696                       11/005,934                         10/18/11
8,038,724                       12/457,652                         10/18/11
8,038,737                       12/368,306                         10/18/11
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8,038,740                       12/083,404                         10/18/11
8,038,757                       11/660,915                         10/18/11
8,038,787                       11/153,379                         10/18/11
8,038,814                       12/184,937                         10/18/11
8,038,816                       12/630,638                         10/18/11
8,038,818                       12/388,700                         10/18/11
8,038,826                       12/009,828                         10/18/11
8,038,830                       12/654,689                         10/18/11
8,038,835                       12/754,372                         10/18/11
8,038,840                       12/530,421                         10/18/11
8,038,849                       12/464,318                         10/18/11
8,038,853                       11/764,334                         10/18/11
8,038,854                       12/370,197                         10/18/11
8,038,871                       12/437,367                         10/18/11
8,038,882                       12/350,595                         10/18/11
8,038,889                       12/528,892                         10/18/11
8,038,890                       12/038,568                         10/18/11
8,038,892                       11/718,568                         10/18/11
8,038,896                       11/502,416                         10/18/11
8,038,900                       12/633,026                         10/18/11
8,038,902                       12/295,476                         10/18/11
8,038,904                       11/818,833                         10/18/11
8,038,912                       12/541,246                         10/18/11
8,038,919                       11/773,887                         10/18/11
8,038,922                       11/797,980                         10/18/11
8,038,933                       11/881,639                         10/18/11
8,038,945                       11/792,095                         10/18/11
8,038,946                       11/999,144                         10/18/11
8,038,950                       12/441,982                         10/18/11
8,038,960                       10/586,813                         10/18/11
8,038,962                       11/606,506                         10/18/11
8,038,963                       12/769,753                         10/18/11
8,038,966                       11/569,012                         10/18/11
8,038,973                       12/086,041                         10/18/11
8,038,974                       12/278,222                         10/18/11
8,038,982                       10/579,205                         10/18/11
8,038,992                       12/463,840                         10/18/11
8,038,993                       12/084,459                         10/18/11
8,038,999                       11/946,190                         10/18/11
8,039,000                       11/483,354                         10/18/11
8,039,004                       12/892,613                         10/18/11
8,039,007                       12/306,920                         10/18/11
8,039,015                       11/792,727                         10/18/11
8,039,019                       12/535,833                         10/18/11
8,039,028                       12/396,554                         10/18/11
8,039,031                       10/845,948                         10/18/11
8,039,042                       11/927,323                         10/18/11
8,039,043                       11/742,207                         10/18/11
8,039,044                       11/706,332                         10/18/11
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 89 

8,039,051                       11/915,918                         10/18/11
8,039,054                       10/854,942                         10/18/11
8,039,058                       12/193,840                         10/18/11
8,039,060                       12/178,346                         10/18/11
8,039,077                       11/544,123                         10/18/11
8,039,092                       11/472,895                         10/18/11
8,039,096                       12/493,713                         10/18/11
8,039,107                       11/915,659                         10/18/11
8,039,111                       12/083,038                         10/18/11
8,039,112                       12/594,737                         10/18/11
8,039,142                       11/722,417                         10/18/11
8,039,148                       12/096,966                         10/18/11
8,039,150                       11/407,348                         10/18/11
8,039,160                       10/891,464                         10/18/11
8,039,167                       11/642,357                         10/18/11
8,039,168                       10/584,902                         10/18/11
8,039,170                       13/068,750                         10/18/11
8,039,171                       12/244,057                         10/18/11
8,039,174                       11/641,716                         10/18/11
8,039,176                       12/618,722                         10/18/11
8,039,180                       13/032,590                         10/18/11
8,039,187                       11/676,080                         10/18/11
8,039,199                       12/453,152                         10/18/11
8,039,216                       12/845,465                         10/18/11
8,039,221                       12/486,972                         10/18/11
8,039,222                       12/056,704                         10/18/11
8,039,228                       10/570,075                         10/18/11
8,039,238                       10/507,129                         10/18/11
8,039,253                       10/312,721                         10/18/11
8,039,255                       12/917,393                         10/18/11
8,039,257                       12/897,297                         10/18/11
8,039,265                       12/050,062                         10/18/11
8,039,266                       11/856,594                         10/18/11
8,039,274                       12/385,945                         10/18/11
8,039,295                       12/906,457                         10/18/11
8,039,300                       12/954,160                         10/18/11
8,039,305                       12/597,652                         10/18/11
8,039,324                       12/258,415                         10/18/11
8,039,333                       12/359,974                         10/18/11
8,039,352                       12/127,661                         10/18/11
8,039,369                       12/199,466                         10/18/11
8,039,390                       12/535,665                         10/18/11
8,039,409                       12/904,236                         10/18/11
8,039,419                       11/849,484                         10/18/11
8,039,429                       12/301,102                         10/18/11
8,039,432                       11/595,576                         10/18/11
8,039,446                       12/874,668                         10/18/11
8,039,453                       11/854,186                         10/18/11
8,039,455                       12/159,742                         10/18/11
8,039,456                       12/313,956                         10/18/11
8,039,457                       12/631,490                         10/18/11
8,039,463                       12/408,367                         10/18/11
8,039,464                       11/632,648                         10/18/11
8,039,465                       12/695,348                         10/18/11
8,039,467                       12/582,341                         10/18/11
8,039,475                       11/711,213                         10/18/11
8,039,487                       12/125,976                         10/18/11
8,039,490                       11/705,635                         10/18/11
8,039,492                       11/993,440                         10/18/11
8,039,495                       12/905,313                         10/18/11
8,039,500                       12/448,271                         10/18/11
8,039,503                       13/004,278                         10/18/11
8,039,521                       11/388,307                         10/18/11
8,039,523                       11/902,566                         10/18/11
8,039,524                       12/783,907                         10/18/11
8,039,529                       11/937,768                         10/18/11
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 90 

8,039,539                       12/665,866                         10/18/11
8,039,549                       12/305,976                         10/18/11
8,039,550                       11/437,044                         10/18/11
8,039,552                       12/493,296                         10/18/11
8,039,594                       11/887,123                         10/18/11
8,039,596                       12/365,638                         10/18/11
8,039,601                       13/159,875                         10/18/11
8,039,603                       12/473,056                         10/18/11
8,039,606                       12/576,296                         10/18/11
8,039,609                       12/299,596                         10/18/11
8,039,616                       12/067,318                         10/18/11
8,039,620                       12/470,137                         10/18/11
8,039,623                       11/716,248                         10/18/11
8,039,624                       11/960,823                         10/18/11
8,039,626                       12/437,478                         10/18/11
8,039,630                       11/917,045                         10/18/11
8,039,635                       12/531,807                         10/18/11
8,039,647                       12/511,482                         10/18/11
8,039,651                       12/739,332                         10/18/11
8,039,653                       12/578,170                         10/18/11
8,039,658                       12/179,979                         10/18/11
8,039,660                       12/244,233                         10/18/11
8,039,661                       12/942,287                         10/18/11
8,039,665                       12/665,269                         10/18/11
8,039,666                       12/592,180                         10/18/11
8,039,675                       12/696,736                         10/18/11
8,039,680                       12/525,913                         10/18/11
8,039,681                       11/205,452                         10/18/11
8,039,688                       12/433,085                         10/18/11
8,039,689                       12/914,022                         10/18/11
8,039,692                       12/424,574                         10/18/11
8,039,723                       12/792,455                         10/18/11
8,039,726                       11/138,615                         10/18/11
8,039,728                       12/070,072                         10/18/11
8,039,742                       11/791,947                         10/18/11
8,039,745                       12/182,643                         10/18/11
8,039,746                       10/523,829                         10/18/11
8,039,747                       12/362,021                         10/18/11
8,039,798                       12/496,164                         10/18/11
8,039,805                       12/763,258                         10/18/11
8,039,828                       11/864,046                         10/18/11
8,039,832                       11/995,630                         10/18/11
8,039,834                       11/760,002                         10/18/11
8,039,837                       12/471,723                         10/18/11
8,039,851                       12/615,081                         10/18/11
8,039,870                       12/021,042                         10/18/11
8,039,874                       11/902,391                         10/18/11
8,039,875                       11/850,776                         10/18/11
8,039,889                       11/944,802                         10/18/11
8,039,895                       12/345,415                         10/18/11
8,039,900                       11/823,765                         10/18/11
8,039,907                       12/005,464                         10/18/11
8,039,918                       12/524,059                         10/18/11
8,039,926                       12/328,933                         10/18/11
8,039,944                       12/222,255                         10/18/11
8,039,948                       11/143,297                         10/18/11
8,039,949                       12/619,385                         10/18/11
8,039,952                       12/472,340                         10/18/11
8,039,963                       12/219,527                         10/18/11
8,039,974                       12/813,472                         10/18/11
8,039,975                       12/404,766                         10/18/11
8,039,977                       12/053,907                         10/18/11
8,039,984                       12/470,087                         10/18/11
8,039,989                       11/945,858                         10/18/11
8,039,990                       12/939,959                         10/18/11
8,040,000                       12/430,810                         10/18/11
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 91 

8,040,009                       12/531,234                         10/18/11
8,040,014                       12/622,751                         10/18/11
8,040,022                       12/334,383                         10/18/11
8,040,026                       12/491,223                         10/18/11
8,040,028                       12/168,738                         10/18/11
8,040,031                       12/432,810                         10/18/11
8,040,037                       11/342,598                         10/18/11
8,040,064                       12/738,076                         10/18/11
8,040,066                       12/383,806                         10/18/11
8,040,072                       12/222,155                         10/18/11
8,040,073                       12/186,062                         10/18/11
8,040,087                       12/248,653                         10/18/11
8,040,105                       11/764,104                         10/18/11
8,040,128                       12/423,189                         10/18/11
8,040,137                       12/162,620                         10/18/11
8,040,138                       12/065,018                         10/18/11
8,040,150                       12/788,957                         10/18/11
8,040,158                       11/883,721                         10/18/11
8,040,165                       12/662,357                         10/18/11
8,040,177                       12/815,075                         10/18/11
8,040,178                       12/671,340                         10/18/11
8,040,180                       11/773,945                         10/18/11
8,040,192                       12/607,964                         10/18/11
8,040,222                       11/938,741                         10/18/11
8,040,223                       12/274,065                         10/18/11
8,040,226                       12/029,093                         10/18/11
8,040,242                       11/672,045                         10/18/11
8,040,254                       12/349,216                         10/18/11
8,040,258                       12/419,849                         10/18/11
8,040,272                       12/148,677                         10/18/11
8,040,279                       12/183,027                         10/18/11
8,040,280                       12/096,780                         10/18/11
8,040,281                       12/293,052                         10/18/11
8,040,292                       11/977,997                         10/18/11
8,040,294                       11/984,416                         10/18/11
8,040,295                       11/672,086                         10/18/11
8,040,296                       11/940,266                         10/18/11
8,040,320                       12/289,836                         10/18/11
8,040,329                       11/613,554                         10/18/11
8,040,334                       12/004,649                         10/18/11
8,040,338                       12/855,487                         10/18/11
8,040,341                       10/754,987                         10/18/11
8,040,344                       12/062,258                         10/18/11
8,040,354                       12/019,204                         10/18/11
8,040,367                       12/369,275                         10/18/11
8,040,369                       11/701,589                         10/18/11
8,040,376                       11/735,555                         10/18/11
8,040,392                       11/719,104                         10/18/11
8,040,399                       12/148,994                         10/18/11
8,040,402                       12/317,643                         10/18/11
8,040,404                       12/237,711                         10/18/11
8,040,408                       12/406,159                         10/18/11
8,040,412                       11/643,777                         10/18/11
8,040,422                       12/410,900                         10/18/11
8,040,423                       11/194,702                         10/18/11
8,040,424                       11/367,477                         10/18/11
8,040,425                       12/061,048                         10/18/11
8,040,431                       12/317,087                         10/18/11
8,040,432                       11/515,016                         10/18/11
8,040,435                       11/671,815                         10/18/11
8,040,438                       11/898,924                         10/18/11
8,040,441                       11/934,837                         10/18/11
8,040,465                       12/234,561                         10/18/11
8,040,470                       12/097,452                         10/18/11
8,040,486                       12/296,143                         10/18/11
8,040,498                       10/580,475                         10/18/11
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 92 

8,040,502                       11/575,437                         10/18/11
8,040,506                       11/993,585                         10/18/11
8,040,507                       12/465,245                         10/18/11
8,040,510                       12/196,455                         10/18/11
8,040,514                       12/341,138                         10/18/11
8,040,516                       12/513,521                         10/18/11
8,040,519                       12/301,819                         10/18/11
8,040,522                       12/385,452                         10/18/11
8,040,524                       12/233,983                         10/18/11
8,040,541                       10/635,389                         10/18/11
8,040,549                       11/759,017                         10/18/11
8,040,554                       12/750,498                         10/18/11
8,040,556                       12/115,801                         10/18/11
8,040,557                       11/950,905                         10/18/11
8,040,558                       11/998,099                         10/18/11
8,040,559                       12/084,904                         10/18/11
8,040,574                       12/322,908                         10/18/11
8,040,583                       12/522,675                         10/18/11
8,040,585                       12/350,575                         10/18/11
8,040,588                       12/036,668                         10/18/11
8,040,589                       12/369,630                         10/18/11
8,040,590                       12/589,928                         10/18/11
8,040,603                       12/679,833                         10/18/11
8,040,616                       12/460,036                         10/18/11
8,040,617                       12/675,654                         10/18/11
8,040,630                       12/463,340                         10/18/11
8,040,633                       12/000,283                         10/18/11
8,040,636                       12/357,435                         10/18/11
8,040,638                       11/494,212                         10/18/11
8,040,640                       12/385,628                         10/18/11
8,040,642                       12/433,058                         10/18/11
8,040,650                       12/725,782                         10/18/11
8,040,661                       12/410,569                         10/18/11
8,040,665                       12/048,086                         10/18/11
8,040,677                       12/474,612                         10/18/11
8,040,679                       12/184,034                         10/18/11
8,040,704                       12/215,536                         10/18/11
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8,040,712                       12/314,845                         10/18/11
8,040,727                       09/143,233                         10/18/11
8,040,728                       12/469,181                         10/18/11
8,040,730                       12/625,723                         10/18/11
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8,040,750                       12/145,969                         10/18/11
8,040,757                       12/150,142                         10/18/11
8,040,762                       12/386,353                         10/18/11
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8,040,771                       12/334,631                         10/18/11
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8,040,775                       12/337,659                         10/18/11
8,040,776                       11/782,705                         10/18/11
8,040,779                       12/844,261                         10/18/11
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8,040,828                       12/085,784                         10/18/11
8,040,841                       12/182,508                         10/18/11
8,040,843                       11/875,161                         10/18/11
8,040,855                       11/756,316                         10/18/11
8,040,863                       11/755,786                         10/18/11
8,040,866                       11/886,771                         10/18/11
8,040,876                       11/392,533                         10/18/11
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 93 

8,040,882                       12/031,076                         10/18/11
8,040,883                       12/254,403                         10/18/11
8,040,898                       11/850,099                         10/18/11
8,040,915                       10/440,325                         10/18/11
8,040,928                       12/689,301                         10/18/11
8,040,931                       13/045,276                         10/18/11
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8,040,951                       11/210,308                         10/18/11
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8,040,972                       11/654,185                         10/18/11
8,040,978                       12/543,487                         10/18/11
8,040,984                       11/967,602                         10/18/11
8,040,985                       11/973,464                         10/18/11
8,040,995                       12/078,289                         10/18/11
8,040,998                       11/616,121                         10/18/11
8,041,024                       11/550,167                         10/18/11
8,041,025                       11/462,900                         10/18/11
8,041,044                       11/651,754                         10/18/11
8,041,046                       11/631,186                         10/18/11
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8,041,051                       12/053,743                         10/18/11
8,041,058                       11/529,342                         10/18/11
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8,041,061                       10/956,095                         10/18/11
8,041,063                       13/059,875                         10/18/11
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8,041,072                       11/581,445                         10/18/11
8,041,085                       12/030,407                         10/18/11
8,041,093                       11/281,635                         10/18/11
8,041,115                       11/940,063                         10/18/11
8,041,123                       11/885,591                         10/18/11
8,041,124                       11/624,595                         10/18/11
8,041,125                       12/061,739                         10/18/11
8,041,154                       11/901,592                         10/18/11
8,041,182                       11/283,740                         10/18/11
8,041,185                       09/930,756                         10/18/11
8,041,187                       11/787,368                         10/18/11
8,041,188                       11/404,983                         10/18/11
8,041,189                       10/514,946                         10/18/11
8,041,194                       11/204,565                         10/18/11
8,041,199                       12/346,497                         10/18/11
8,041,202                       12/216,752                         10/18/11
8,041,205                       12/754,208                         10/18/11
8,041,223                       12/057,580                         10/18/11
8,041,227                       11/940,775                         10/18/11
8,041,281                       12/030,608                         10/18/11
8,041,289                       12/117,035                         10/18/11
8,041,293                       12/056,075                         10/18/11
8,041,295                       11/909,793                         10/18/11
8,041,301                       11/999,408                         10/18/11
8,041,302                       11/544,162                         10/18/11
8,041,304                       12/190,919                         10/18/11
8,041,324                       11/901,579                         10/18/11
8,041,341                       12/871,154                         10/18/11
8,041,352                       11/979,802                         10/18/11
8,041,356                       12/030,642                         10/18/11
8,041,368                       11/935,260                         10/18/11
8,041,370                       12/707,384                         10/18/11
8,041,405                       11/916,046                         10/18/11
8,041,406                       12/779,352                         10/18/11
8,041,416                       11/901,695                         10/18/11
8,041,425                       12/538,294                         10/18/11
8,041,436                       10/351,664                         10/18/11
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8,041,437                       12/103,554                         10/18/11
8,041,441                       12/010,446                         10/18/11
8,041,464                       11/978,587                         10/18/11
8,041,470                       12/329,913                         10/18/11
8,041,488                       11/287,504                         10/18/11
8,041,508                       11/976,940                         10/18/11
8,041,514                       11/711,053                         10/18/11
8,041,516                       12/277,122                         10/18/11
8,041,520                       12/284,100                         10/18/11
8,041,537                       12/163,081                         10/18/11
8,041,545                       11/506,494                         10/18/11
8,041,555                       11/839,075                         10/18/11
8,041,560                       12/197,119                         10/18/11
8,041,567                       11/231,940                         10/18/11
8,041,571                       11/620,173                         10/18/11
8,041,573                       11/766,157                         10/18/11
8,041,575                       11/946,195                         10/18/11
8,041,586                       12/233,221                         10/18/11
8,041,588                       11/566,036                         10/18/11
8,041,594                       12/348,685                         10/18/11
8,041,599                       11/756,360                         10/18/11
8,041,600                       11/756,386                         10/18/11
8,041,603                       11/936,521                         10/18/11
8,041,611                       12/949,119                         10/18/11
8,041,651                       12/861,697                         10/18/11
8,041,652                       12/987,181                         10/18/11
8,041,654                       12/156,446                         10/18/11
8,041,660                       12/914,778                         10/18/11
8,041,663                       12/038,684                         10/18/11
8,041,666                       11/994,425                         10/18/11
8,041,671                       12/202,471                         10/18/11
8,041,680                       11/760,336                         10/18/11
8,041,681                       12/350,935                         10/18/11
8,041,686                       12/181,920                         10/18/11
8,041,696                       12/139,030                         10/18/11
8,041,700                       12/419,341                         10/18/11
8,041,702                       11/923,922                         10/18/11
8,041,706                       11/924,519                         10/18/11
8,041,708                       12/167,353                         10/18/11
8,041,722                       12/246,582                         10/18/11
8,041,724                       12/031,743                         10/18/11
8,041,725                       12/145,861                         10/18/11
8,041,726                       12/212,431                         10/18/11
8,041,728                       10/955,727                         10/18/11
8,041,732                       12/331,382                         10/18/11
8,041,745                       11/321,665                         10/18/11
8,041,756                       11/856,737                         10/18/11
8,041,784                       11/475,635                         10/18/11
8,041,786                       11/762,591                         10/18/11
8,041,787                       12/010,967                         10/18/11
8,041,796                       10/136,483                         10/18/11
8,041,800                       11/269,189                         10/18/11
8,041,807                       11/555,855                         10/18/11
8,041,820                       10/292,636                         10/18/11
8,041,822                       11/417,054                         10/18/11
8,041,839                       12/511,265                         10/18/11
8,041,842                       11/901,874                         10/18/11
8,041,849                       12/217,152                         10/18/11
8,041,851                       11/290,097                         10/18/11
8,041,853                       11/798,467                         10/18/11
8,041,863                       11/560,405                         10/18/11
8,041,871                       13/109,041                         10/18/11
8,041,886                       12/210,697                         10/18/11
8,041,891                       12/172,384                         10/18/11
8,041,902                       12/013,276                         10/18/11
8,041,909                       11/890,971                         10/18/11
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8,041,919                       12/254,988                         10/18/11
8,041,921                       12/139,140                         10/18/11
8,041,922                       11/972,705                         10/18/11
8,041,938                       12/254,181                         10/18/11
8,041,951                       11/540,791                         10/18/11
8,041,984                       12/253,855                         10/18/11
8,041,991                       12/313,205                         10/18/11
8,041,997                       12/163,487                         10/18/11
8,042,000                       12/427,490                         10/18/11
8,042,003                       12/155,932                         10/18/11
8,042,026                       11/878,956                         10/18/11
8,042,028                       11/997,526                         10/18/11
8,042,030                       11/891,043                         10/18/11
8,042,035                       11/852,654                         10/18/11
8,042,045                       12/142,440                         10/18/11
8,042,055                       12/049,245                         10/18/11
8,042,057                       11/781,676                         10/18/11
8,042,067                       12/216,220                         10/18/11
8,042,072                       12/185,864                         10/18/11
8,042,082                       12/283,455                         10/18/11
8,042,091                       12/049,241                         10/18/11
8,042,092                       12/053,664                         10/18/11
8,042,097                       12/248,065                         10/18/11
8,042,098                       10/100,236                         10/18/11
8,042,100                       11/845,133                         10/18/11
8,042,114                       11/955,061                         10/18/11
8,042,123                       12/463,264                         10/18/11
8,042,128                       12/492,758                         10/18/11
8,042,129                       12/152,995                         10/18/11
8,042,133                       12/025,210                         10/18/11
8,042,134                       12/695,837                         10/18/11
8,042,137                       12/819,624                         10/18/11
8,042,141                       11/529,110                         10/18/11
8,042,153                       11/971,382                         10/18/11
8,042,159                       11/724,481                         10/18/11
8,042,162                       11/761,818                         10/18/11
8,042,168                       12/063,928                         10/18/11
8,042,192                       12/269,848                         10/18/11
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 11/09/2015
                 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
                     Late Maintenance Fee from 11/09/2015

Patent         Application     Filing          Issue           Granted
Number         Number          Date            Date            Date

5,596,839      08/570,650      12/11/1995      01/28/1997      11/12/2015
5,701,707      08/642,853      05/06/1996      12/30/1997      11/12/2015
5,749,185      08/638,973      04/25/1996      05/12/1998      11/12/2015
5,916,140      08/915,591      08/21/1997      06/29/1999      11/12/2015
6,132,267      09/270,467      03/15/1999      10/17/2000      11/12/2015
6,392,029      09/249,542      02/12/1999      05/21/2002      11/10/2015
6,411,316      09/621,547      07/21/2000      06/25/2002      11/13/2015
6,459,833      09/733,676      12/08/2000      10/01/2002      11/13/2015
6,463,196      10/022,565      12/13/2001      10/08/2002      11/13/2015
6,473,617      09/381,040      10/12/1999      10/29/2002      11/10/2015
6,516,873      09/645,312      08/25/2000      02/11/2003      11/11/2015
6,555,978      09/806,044      03/26/2001      04/29/2003      11/09/2015
6,584,653      09/509,985      04/05/2000      07/01/2003      11/11/2015
6,609,087      09/300,922      04/28/1999      08/19/2003      11/11/2015
6,698,902      10/267,031      10/09/2002      03/02/2004      11/12/2015
6,775,588      10/617,157      07/10/2003      08/10/2004      11/12/2015
6,852,147      10/118,700      04/10/2002      02/08/2005      11/09/2015
7,056,588      11/067,944      03/01/2005      06/06/2006      11/12/2015
7,083,095      09/854,336      05/11/2001      08/01/2006      11/09/2015
7,093,580      11/040,216      01/21/2005      08/22/2006      11/11/2015
7,182,080      11/062,197      02/18/2005      02/27/2007      11/10/2015
7,202,898      09/868,405      06/14/2001      04/10/2007      11/12/2015
7,260,258      10/459,470      06/12/2003      08/21/2007      11/13/2015
7,263,631      10/917,461      08/13/2004      08/28/2007      11/13/2015
7,283,046      11/270,354      11/09/2005      10/16/2007      11/12/2015
7,283,047      11/270,416      11/09/2005      10/16/2007      11/12/2015
7,290,207      10/610,697      07/02/2003      10/30/2007      11/11/2015
7,292,159      11/270,376      11/09/2005      11/06/2007      11/12/2015
7,335,831      11/306,145      12/16/2005      02/26/2008      11/12/2015
7,452,625      10/861,281      06/04/2004      11/18/2008      11/12/2015
7,520,408      11/250,788      10/13/2005      04/21/2009      11/13/2015
7,617,652      11/097,698      04/01/2005      11/17/2009      11/13/2015
7,652,070      11/695,164      04/02/2007      01/26/2010      11/11/2015
7,686,705      11/852,982      09/10/2007      03/30/2010      11/09/2015
7,801,910      11/444,989      06/01/2006      09/21/2010      11/11/2015
7,913,633      12/391,708      02/24/2009      03/29/2011      11/09/2015
7,968,838      12/253,166      10/16/2008      06/28/2011      11/12/2015
7,998,517      12/478,014      06/04/2009      08/16/2011      11/11/2015
8,005,713      10/007,966      11/07/2001      08/23/2011      11/11/2015
8,049,617      13/045,001      03/10/2011      11/01/2011      11/12/2015
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Reissue Applications Filed
                          Reissue Applications Filed

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(b). The reissue applications listed below
are open to public inspection by the general public through the Image
File Wrapper (IFW) system (http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair)
on the USPTO internet web site (www.uspto.gov), and copies may be obtained
by paying the fee therefor (37 CFR 1.19).

   8,115,887, Re. S.N.: 14/876,369, Oct. 06, 2015, Cl.: 349, LIQUID CRYSTAL
PANEL ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME,
Jin-hyun CHO, et al, Owner of Record: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
Swon-si, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF, Attorney or Agent: Christopher J. Bezak,
Ex. Gp.: 2871

   8,546,232, Re. S.N.: 14/870,255, Sep. 30, 2015, Cl.: 438, METHOD OF
MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A LAMINATED STRUCTURE
COMPRISING A BORON-DOPED SILICON GERMANIUM FILM AND A METAL FILM, Nobuyuki
Sako, Tokyo, JAPAN, Owner of Record: PS4 Luxco S.a.e.l., Luxembourg,
LUXEMBOURG, Attorney or Agent: Michael L. Bartholomew, Ex. Gp.: 2813
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
                Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   6,398,548, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,606, Requested Date: Oct. 14, 2015,
Cl. 433/024, Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREMENTALLY MOVING TEETH,
Inventor: Chishti Muhammad et al., Owners of Record: Align Technology,
Inc., Santa, Clara, CA, Attorney or Agent: WSGR/Align Technology, Inc.,
Palo Alto, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: ClearCorrect Operating, LLC.,
Scott A. McKeown, Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt, LLP., Alexandria, VA

   7,125,248, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,607, Requested Date: Oct. 14, 2015,
Cl. 433/006, Title: ATTACHMENT DEVICES AND METHODS FOR A DENTAL APPLIANCE,
Inventor: Loc X. Phan et al., Owners of Record: Align Technology, Inc.,
Santa Clara, CA, Attorney or Agent: WSGR/Align Technology, Inc., Palo Alto,
CA, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: ClearCorrect Operating, LLC., Scott A.
McKeown, Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt, LLP., Alexandria, VA

   7,470,236, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,605, Requested Date: Oct. 8, 2015,
Cl. 600/554, Title: ELECTROMYOGRAPHY SYSTEM, Inventor: Brian S. Kelleher
et al., Owners of Record: NuVasive, Inc., San Diego, CA, Attorney or Agent:
Fish & Richardson, PC., Minneapolis, MN, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Justin J.
Oliver, Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto, New York, NY

   8,500,703, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,585, Requested Date: Sep. 15, 2015,
Cl. 604/263, Title: DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING A USER FROM A SHARP
TIP OF A MEDICAL NEEDLE, Inventor: Paul Lambert, Owners of Record: EMED
Technologies Corporation, El Dorado Hills, CA, Attorney or Agent: Lerner
Greenberg Stemer, LLP., Hollywood, FL, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Repro-Med
Systems, Inc., Damir Cefo, Cohen & Gressler, LLP., New York, NY

   8,749,248, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,609, Requested Date: Oct. 15, 2015,
Cl. 324/541, Title: SHIELDING FLAW DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT IN QUADRATURE
AMPLITUDE MODULATED CABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENVIRONMENT, Inventor: John J.
Murphy et al., Owners of Record: ComSonics, Inc., Harrisonburg, VA,
Attorney or Agent: Whitham Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, PC., Reston, VA,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: PATENT OWNER

   8,921,332, Reexam. C.N. 90/013,608, Requested Date: Oct. 14, 2015,
Cl. 514/440, Title: CHROMOSOMAL MODIFICATION INVOLVING THE INDUCTION OF
DOUBLE-STRANDED DNA CLEAVAGE AND HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION AT THE CLEAVAGE
SITE, Inventor: Andre Choulika et al., Owners of Record: Children's Medical
Center Corporation, Boston, MA, Attorney or Agent: Mintz Levin/Special
Group, Boston, MA, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Edgar R. Cataxinos,
TraskBritt, PC., Salt Lake City, UT
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Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew
                Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations
                            Due to Failure to Renew

   15 U.S.C. 1059 provides that each trademark registration may be
renewed for periods of ten years from the end of the expiring period
upon payment of the prescribed fee and the filing of an acceptable
application for renewal. This may be done at any time within one year
before the expiration of the period for which the registration was
issued or renewed, or it may be done within six months after such
expiration on payment of an additional fee.
   According to the records of the Office, the trademark registrations
listed below are expired due to failure to renew in accordance with 15
U.S.C. 1059.

                  TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS WHICH EXPIRED
                            November 13, 2015
                         DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW

Reg. Number                     Serial Number                     Reg. Date

2,939,235                        76/545,635                      04/12/2005
1,329,248                        73/465,196                      04/09/1985
1,329,249                        73/465,204                      04/09/1985
1,889,068                        74/126,881                      04/11/1995
1,888,532                        74/360,804                      04/11/1995
1,888,259                        74/428,101                      04/11/1995
1,888,916                        74/450,822                      04/11/1995
2,940,271                        75/415,577                      04/12/2005
2,939,012                        75/581,524                      04/12/2005
2,940,282                        75/685,226                      04/12/2005
2,940,287                        75/795,398                      04/12/2005
2,940,288                        75/801,040                      04/12/2005
2,940,289                        75/811,320                      04/12/2005
2,940,296                        75/904,481                      04/12/2005
2,940,298                        75/927,031                      04/12/2005
2,940,304                        75/940,782                      04/12/2005
2,939,024                        75/983,254                      04/12/2005
2,940,314                        76/069,466                      04/12/2005
2,940,315                        76/071,940                      04/12/2005
2,940,316                        76/072,191                      04/12/2005
2,940,334                        76/141,292                      04/12/2005
2,940,337                        76/151,421                      04/12/2005
2,940,338                        76/155,649                      04/12/2005
2,940,347                        76/197,148                      04/12/2005
2,940,365                        76/241,666                      04/12/2005
2,940,953                        76/249,005                      04/12/2005
2,940,369                        76/249,099                      04/12/2005
2,940,373                        76/261,471                      04/12/2005
2,939,044                        76/269,943                      04/12/2005
2,940,382                        76/291,626                      04/12/2005
2,940,385                        76/294,606                      04/12/2005
2,939,051                        76/295,204                      04/12/2005
2,939,052                        76/295,205                      04/12/2005
2,940,386                        76/296,403                      04/12/2005
2,940,388                        76/303,650                      04/12/2005
2,940,406                        76/330,660                      04/12/2005
2,940,407                        76/330,662                      04/12/2005
2,939,058                        76/334,199                      04/12/2005
2,940,420                        76/351,603                      04/12/2005
2,940,425                        76/358,947                      04/12/2005
2,940,435                        76/373,053                      04/12/2005
2,940,443                        76/384,007                      04/12/2005
2,940,446                        76/386,734                      04/12/2005
2,940,471                        76/422,229                      04/12/2005
2,940,472                        76/422,630                      04/12/2005
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2,940,477                        76/426,562                      04/12/2005
2,939,077                        76/434,517                      04/12/2005
2,939,078                        76/441,864                      04/12/2005
2,940,499                        76/442,417                      04/12/2005
2,940,503                        76/444,839                      04/12/2005
2,940,507                        76/449,507                      04/12/2005
2,940,508                        76/450,731                      04/12/2005
2,940,523                        76/459,970                      04/12/2005
2,939,089                        76/460,850                      04/12/2005
2,939,093                        76/464,180                      04/12/2005
2,939,096                        76/471,982                      04/12/2005
2,940,532                        76/472,053                      04/12/2005
2,940,540                        76/476,616                      04/12/2005
2,939,102                        76/477,906                      04/12/2005
2,940,543                        76/479,403                      04/12/2005
2,939,103                        76/481,734                      04/12/2005
2,940,549                        76/482,721                      04/12/2005
2,939,106                        76/486,063                      04/12/2005
2,939,109                        76/487,826                      04/12/2005
2,939,116                        76/490,372                      04/12/2005
2,940,566                        76/495,076                      04/12/2005
2,940,571                        76/499,599                      04/12/2005
2,939,127                        76/503,072                      04/12/2005
2,939,135                        76/506,665                      04/12/2005
2,940,578                        76/507,054                      04/12/2005
2,939,139                        76/510,720                      04/12/2005
2,940,581                        76/510,804                      04/12/2005
2,940,583                        76/513,390                      04/12/2005
2,940,588                        76/515,422                      04/12/2005
2,940,963                        76/518,448                      04/12/2005
2,940,593                        76/518,827                      04/12/2005
2,939,149                        76/518,829                      04/12/2005
2,940,599                        76/520,610                      04/12/2005
2,940,601                        76/520,864                      04/12/2005
2,939,160                        76/524,959                      04/12/2005
2,940,605                        76/525,007                      04/12/2005
2,939,174                        76/530,311                      04/12/2005
2,939,186                        76/536,884                      04/12/2005
2,940,967                        76/538,043                      04/12/2005
2,939,201                        76/540,560                      04/12/2005
2,939,202                        76/540,561                      04/12/2005
2,939,204                        76/540,563                      04/12/2005
2,940,625                        76/541,142                      04/12/2005
2,939,207                        76/541,512                      04/12/2005
2,939,222                        76/544,020                      04/12/2005
2,939,223                        76/544,046                      04/12/2005
2,939,241                        76/546,438                      04/12/2005
2,939,248                        76/547,427                      04/12/2005
2,940,633                        76/549,460                      04/12/2005
2,939,270                        76/552,503                      04/12/2005
2,939,275                        76/553,264                      04/12/2005
2,939,278                        76/553,399                      04/12/2005
2,939,298                        76/557,074                      04/12/2005
2,939,299                        76/557,231                      04/12/2005
2,939,300                        76/557,385                      04/12/2005
2,940,972                        76/559,245                      04/12/2005
2,939,306                        76/559,296                      04/12/2005
2,939,310                        76/559,712                      04/12/2005
2,939,316                        76/561,703                      04/12/2005
2,939,329                        76/564,025                      04/12/2005
2,939,330                        76/564,028                      04/12/2005
2,939,336                        76/565,213                      04/12/2005
2,939,338                        76/565,253                      04/12/2005
2,939,344                        76/566,410                      04/12/2005
2,939,372                        76/572,881                      04/12/2005
2,939,379                        76/574,553                      04/12/2005
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2,939,383                        76/574,712                      04/12/2005
2,939,386                        76/575,329                      04/12/2005
2,939,392                        76/575,481                      04/12/2005
2,939,401                        76/576,360                      04/12/2005
2,939,424                        76/580,141                      04/12/2005
2,939,425                        76/580,143                      04/12/2005
2,939,429                        76/580,673                      04/12/2005
2,939,432                        76/580,866                      04/12/2005
2,939,434                        76/581,269                      04/12/2005
2,939,436                        76/581,462                      04/12/2005
2,939,445                        76/582,567                      04/12/2005
2,939,447                        76/582,689                      04/12/2005
2,939,449                        76/582,736                      04/12/2005
2,939,452                        76/583,294                      04/12/2005
2,939,453                        76/583,302                      04/12/2005
2,939,456                        76/583,610                      04/12/2005
2,939,475                        76/584,411                      04/12/2005
2,939,505                        76/586,022                      04/12/2005
2,939,514                        76/586,131                      04/12/2005
2,939,515                        76/586,157                      04/12/2005
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2,939,671                        78/273,777                      04/12/2005
2,940,859                        78/275,464                      04/12/2005
2,940,866                        78/278,004                      04/12/2005
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2,939,682                        78/281,559                      04/12/2005
2,940,873                        78/283,259                      04/12/2005
2,940,878                        78/285,226                      04/12/2005
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2,940,990                        78/289,051                      04/12/2005
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2,940,991                        78/293,738                      04/12/2005
2,940,896                        78/295,391                      04/12/2005
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2,940,992                        78/300,263                      04/12/2005
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Registration to Practice
                         Registration to Practice

   The following list contains the names of persons seeking for
registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office. Final approval for registration is subject to establishing to the
satisfaction of the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
that the person seeking registration is of good moral character and repute.
37 CFR § 11.7 Accordingly, any information tending to affect the
eligibility of any of the following persons on moral ethical or other
grounds should be furnished to the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on
or before December 28, 2015 at the following address: Mail Stop OED United
States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria VA 22314

Abnet, Charles Cameron, 183 Villa Street, Waltham, MA 02453

Barrett, Michael Edward, 1148 West Monroe, Unit 3SE, Chicago, IL 60607

Castro, Leon Guillermo, 4323 Elk Ridge Road, Lincoln, NE 68516

Chen, Ying-Ja, Pronutria Biosciences, 840 Memorial Drive, Third Floor,
Cambridge, MA 02139

Eckerley, Alyssa Ryanne, 2704 S. Adams Street, #44, Bloomington, IN 47403

Hargadine, Shaun William, 7901 Baymeadows Circle East, Apartment 355,
Jacksonville, FL 32256

Hepburn, Debera Wells, 1744 Eagle Crest Drive, Carrollton, TX 75010

Howard, Dana Rashay, 300 West Vine Street, Suite 2100, Lexington, KY 40507

Ignatenko, Vasily Andreyevich, Fish & Richardson, 1 Marina Park Drive,
Boston, MA 02210

Kempner, Casey Hineline, Haynes and Boone, LLP, 600 Anton Boulevard, Suite
700, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Kwun, Richard, Law Office Richard Kwun, 1611 5th Street #10, Sacramento,
CA 95814

Lassiter, Desiree Lin, 360 E. 161st Street, Bronx, NY 10451

Li, Wenting, 10 Landing Lane, Apartment 2P, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Lin, Menglu, 1036 Lassen Terrace, Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Macdonald, Kevin, Wolf Greenfield P.C., 600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,
MA 02210-2206

Mueller, James Frederick, 301 Charles Alexander Court, Alexandria, VA 22301

Puza, Michael Thomas, 13693 Foxdale Lake Drive, Carmel, IN 46032

Shei, Alexander, 10382 Noel Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014

Soon, Paul Yu-Jen, 53 Meadow Lane, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

Watanabe, Yosuke, Micron Technology Inc., 8000 S. Federal Way, Building 36,
Room 117A, Cubicle D4, Boise, ID 83707

Wu, Jiang, K&L Gates LLP, 70 W. Madison Street, Suite 3100, Chicago,
IL 60602

Zhao, Shuang, 865 Cathcart Road, Blue Bell, PA 19422

November 13, 2015                                          WILLIAM R. COVEY
                   Deputy General Counsel for Enrollment and Discipline and
                        Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
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Patents and Serial Numbers Available for License or Sale
                          Patents and Serial Numbers
                         Available for License or Sale

   The following website provides information regarding the public
availability of technologies developed in federal research laboratories
available for licensing: http://www.federallabs.org/available_technologies/

8,212,690       VEHICLE DETECTION INDUCTIVE LOOP ACTIVATION DEVICE

Attorney:       Gable Gotwals

Contact:        Paul E. Rossler
                1100 ONEOK Plaza
                100 West 5th Street
                Tulsa, OK 74103-4217
                (Voice) 918-595-4800
                (FAX)   918-595-4990
                (Email) prossler@gablelaw.com

9,033,025       ALUMINIUM-COPPER ALLOY FOR CASTING

Attorney:       Lathrop & Gage LLP

Contact:        Michael J. Curtis
                4845 Pearl East Circle
                Ste. 201
                Boulder, CO 80301
                (Voice) (720) 931-3000
                (Fax)   (720)931-3001
                (Email) boulderip@lathropgage.com

8,887,408       APPARATUS FOR CONFIRMING RIGHT ANGLES AT CORNERS OF A
                RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE WITH A TAPE MEASURE

Attorney:       Joseph M. Rolnicki

Contact:        Joseph M. Rolnicki
                Metropolitan Square
                211 N. Broadway, Suite 2500
                St. Louise, MO  63102
                (Voice) (314)-552-4044
                (Fax)   (314)-884-4444
                (Email) jrolnicki@evans-dixon.com

D. 688,063      WIPES CANNISTER

Contact:        Brett North
                Garvey, Smith, Nehrbass & North, L.L.C.
                3838 North Causeway Boulevard, Suite 3290
                Metairie, LA 70002
                (Email) northbrett@gsnn.us
                (Voice) 504-835-2000
                (Fax)   504-835-2070

8,376,585       ENERGY EFFICIENT ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR
                ILLUMINATING SURFACES

Contact:        Anita Waterson (Assignee)
                408 Claridge Court
                Point Pleasant, NJ 08742
                (Voice) 732-899-0188
                (Cell)  908-600-0171
                (Email) anitawaterson@yahoo.com
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9,023,000       ULTIMATE BIKINI UNDER PADS (UBUP)

Contact:        NZE (Nasser El-Miniawi)
                2 Keen Gate
                Syosset, NY 11791
                (Voice) 516-468-5468
                (Voice) 516-884-5558
                (Email) melminiawi@yahoo.com

9,005,055       APPARATUS FOR A THROWING GAME

Attorney:       Barry I. Friedman

Contact:        Robert Gonzalez
                7119 Dumbarton Place
                Bethel Park, PA 15102
                (Voice) 412-835-7237
                (Fax)   412-918-1199
                (Email) rgonzalez91@verizon.net

14/613,655      SCORING DEVICE FOR A THROWING GAME

Attorney:       Barry I. Friedman

Contact:        Robert Gonzalez
                7119 Dumbarton Place
                Bethel Park, PA 15102
                (Voice) 412-835-7237
                (Fax)   412-918-1199
                (Email) rgonzalez91@verizon.net

7,731,297       TAILGATE-SECURING DUMP APRON FOR DUMP TRUCKS

Contact:        Anthony Ozanich
                P.O. Box 7
                Engadine, MI 49827-0007

8,988,038       APPARATUS FOR CHARGING BATTERY POWERED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
                USING A ROLLING MEANS

Contact:        Scott Vedder
                Go For Launch Venture Management
                483 Jeffrey James Way
                Apopka, FL 32712
                (321) 209-2090
                (Email) scott@goforlaunchventure.com

12/794,754      CASSU-GUARD

Contact:        Carl Salmon
                955 Eldert Lane
                Brooklyn, NY 11208
                (347) 280-9985
                (Email) salocka@aol.com

9,061,230       SYSTEM TO REMOVE CONTAMINANTS FROM AIR STREAM

Attorney:       Litmanlaw

Contact:        Yaser Barakat
                Caldwell-street
                (Voice) 540-556-0077
                (Fax)   540-343-1771
                (Email) yaser69@gmail.com

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9,022,826       SAFETY BELT SWIM TRAINER

Contact:        Ann Bannister
                30-51 Hobart Street
                Apt. 3H
                Woodside, NY 11377
                (Voice) 917-327-1834
                (Email) annbanni@rcn.com

8,863,831       FREE MANDREL SYSTEM, PROTECTED CASING

Contact:        Eladio Bassa
                25 de Mayo 641
                Mendoza, Argentina 5500
                (Voice) 54-261-4239052

D. 506,595      SPORTS SANDAL

Contact:        Shelton P. Rimple
                265 Kingston Avenue
                Brooklyn, NY 11213
                (Voice) 646-272-0428
                (Voice) 203-331-5262
                (Email) technoboss64@gmail.com

6,430,867       DIRECTIONALLY CONTROLLABLE FISHING LURE

Attorney:       Litman Law
                8951 Center Street
                Manassas, VA 20110

Contact:        Thomas Shaffer
                1222 Creekside Drive
                Altoona, PA 16601
                (Voice) 814-946-4483
                (Email) sparkyshaff@aol.com
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Trademark Public Advisory Committee Annual Report 2015

TRADEMARK PUBLIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT 2015

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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE


    TABLE OF CONTENTS
  Introduction
  Trademark Operations Performance
    Performance Statistics
    Quality and Training
    Initiatives Completed in FY2015
    Ongoing Initiatives
    Outreach Initiatives
    International Matters
  IT Government Issues
    Trademark Next Generation (TMNG)
    Staffing and Hiring
    Budget Planning and Tracking
    Agile Approach to Software Development
    Accomplishments in FY 2015
    Timeline for Completion
  Budget and Funding Issues
    Fee Reduction
    Activity-Based Information Accounting System
    Ensuring Full Access to User Fees
    Office of the Chief Information Officer
  Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
    Impact of B&B v. Hargis
    Performance Statistics
    Personnel
    Process/Procedures

Trademark Public Advisory Committee

Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Report


I.

Introduction.

 

This is the sixteenth annual report of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (“TPAC”). This report reviews the trademark operations of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for the Fiscal Year (“FY”) ending September 30, 2015. TPAC’s mission, which is specified in enabling legislation, 35 U.S.C. § 5(b)(1) and (d)(1), is “to represent the interests of diverse users” of the USPTO and to “review the policies, goals, performance, budget, and user fees” of the USPTO with respect to trademarks.

Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 5(d)(2), this report is submitted within 60 days following the end of the federal FY and is transmitted to the President, the Secretary of Commerce and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives. This report is submitted for publication in the Trademarks Official Gazette of the USPTO. The report also will be available to the public on the USPTO website, www.uspto.gov.

Members of TPAC. As of the end of FY 2015, the following individuals were members of TPAC:

Kathryn Barrett Park (Vice Chair), Chief Global Executive Brand Counsel, General Electric Corporation, Fairfield, Connecticut (term ends December 1, 2015)
Dee Ann Weldon-Wilson, Trademark Counsel, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Spring, Texas (term ends December 1, 2015)
Maury M. Tepper, III (Chair), Member, Tepper & Eyster, PLLC, Raleigh, North Carolina (term ends December 1, 2015)
Anne H. Chasser, Strategic Advisor, Wolfe Domain, Cincinnati, Ohio (term ends December 1, 2016)
Deborah Hampton,Corporate Trademark Paralegal, Wilmington, Delaware (term ends December 1, 2016)
William G. Barber, Member, Pirkey Barber, PLLC, Austin, Texas (term ends December 1, 2016)
Jody Haller Drake, Partner, Sughrue Mion, LLC, Washington, D.C. (term ends December 1, 2017)
Timothy J. Lockhart, Partner, Wilcox & Savage, P.C., Norfolk, VA (term ends December 1, 2017)
Jonathan Hudis, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP, Washington, D.C. (term ends December 1, 2017)
 

In addition to the above voting Members, TPAC includes the following non-voting Members who are representatives of each labor organization recognized by the USPTO:

Harold Ross of the National Treasury Employees Union (“NTEU”) Chapter 243.
Howard Friedman of NTEU Chapter 245.
Tamara Kyle of the Patent Office Professional Association.
      

Report Highlights.

In keeping with recent years, Trademark Operations continued to meet and exceed performance goals during FY 2015. Although this accomplishment is not unusual, TPAC commends Trademark Operations for maintaining its high level of performance during a transition in leadership. In December, 2014, Commissioner Deborah Cohn retired after more than thirty years of service to the USPTO. The members of TPAC wish to express their appreciation to Commissioner Cohn for her highly successful tenure leading Trademark Operations and for making many positive contributions to the trademark community. In January, 2015, Commissioner Mary Denison was sworn in and has, to borrow an over-used phrase, “hit the ground running.” Commissioner Denison already had experience, having served as Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Operations, and TPAC appreciates the quick action of Director Michelle Lee to ensure continuity in leadership for Trademark Operations.

TPAC is pleased to note that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) also met its performance goals for FY 2015 and is maintaining pendency of cases within its target ranges. We particularly appreciate action by the TTAB to announce performance goals, helping customers track performance and their own cases.

The Office of the Chief Information Officer (“OCIO”) is continuing its progress on the design of a new, integrated IT system for Trademarks, known as Trademarks Next Generation (“TMNG”), and TPAC is pleased to see the introduction of new systems that are being used internally for examination of trademark applications. OCIO has adopted a new approach to programming and development, called the “agile” methodology. Although TPAC supports the goals behind this approach, we have some concerns about its utility in completing the significant project of creating a unified trademark IT platform. TPAC is also concerned that the development of TMNG continues to take significantly longer and to cost significantly more than originally anticipated. We plan to continue to monitor the significant investment of User Fees in IT systems. TPAC appreciates very much the assistance and cooperation of OCIO in providing regular updates and information in an easy-to-follow format, and we hope that others in the trademark community will be attentive to the return on their investment in IT systems.

We are also pleased to note increased interaction with the trademark community by representatives of the IP Attaché Program, as well as the adoption of enhanced methodologies for allocating the costs of this program. TPAC hopes to continue to dialog between the trademark community and IP Attachés, to help improve the level of service and the return on this program.

Finally, the Office of Chief Financial Officer (“OCFO”) continues to provide excellent information and to support and assist Trademark Operations and other USPTO divisions in the monitoring and allocation of Trademark User Fees. TPAC appreciates the thorough and responsive approach of OCFO and its significant contributions to successful management of Trademark Operations.

II.

Discussion of Specific Issues.

  A.

Trademark Operations Performance.

    1. Performance Statistics.
     

FY 2015 was another banner year for the USPTO’s Trademark Organization, which once again met or exceeded all performance targets.

      a. Increase in Applications. Trademark application filings increased by 10.7 percent for FY 2015 which was 4.3% over the increase Trademark Operations had projected, and more than double the rate of increase for FY 2014 (4.9%). This represents an acceleration of a trend that began in FY 2013
      b. Balanced Disposals. Despite the significant increase in application filings, the Office exceeded its productivity targets for Balanced Disposals of 967,400, with 985,587Balanced Disposals in FY 2015. A Balanced Disposal occurs when either (1) a First Office Action issues; (2) the application is approved for publication; or (3) the application is abandoned.
      c. Total Office Disposals. Total Office Disposals, which mean the number of applications that resulted in either registration or abandonment, were 439,020, slightly down from the projections.
      d. Average First Action Pendency. Once again, Average First Action Pendency remained within the target range of 2.5 to 3.5 months, coming in at 2.9 months for FY 2015.  First Action Pendency is the time between the filing of a trademark application and the substantive review of that application by the USPTO, which typically results in either a notice of publication or a first office action. The range that the Trademark Office maintains represents a balance of an appropriate pipeline of work for the Examining Attorney corps with a predictable and fast response time for the customers of the Office.  TPAC has supported this range for several years, and we applaud the Office for continuing to meet this range, as it has done for many years.
      e. Average Total Pendency. The average time between the filing of a trademark application and the final disposition of that application (through registration, abandonment, or issuance of a Notice of Allowance) continued to remain quite low, and in fact, Trademark Operations exceeded its target goals for FY 2015.  Average Total Pendency was 10.1 months, if suspended or inter partes cases are excluded, and 11.5 months if those cases are included.  (An application is suspended in cases where the outcome of another matter must be determined before further action on the application can be taken.  This can occur if there is a previously-filed application still under examination. An inter partes case is where there is an opposition or cancellation proceeding before the TTAB.)   These stellar results are attributable in part to the greater adoption of electronic filing, through TEAS Plus and TEAS RF, which together now make up almost 80 percent of new filings.  End-to-end electronic filing and communication engenders more cost-effective processing, and now comprises 82.2  percent of all applications processed to disposal, slightly exceeding the Office’s target of 81 percent. TPAC continues to support the Office’s goal of increasing the percentage of trademark applications that are processed electronically from end-to-end.
      f. Overall. Trademark Operations, once again, substantially met or exceeded all of its performance goals for FY 2015.  TPAC commends Commissioners Cohn and Denison for their leadership, making these results possible. Commissioner Cohn concluded a highly successful term as Commissioner in December 2014 and handed over an organization that was performing at a high level in all respects. Commissioner Denison, who has significant experience at the USPTO, stepped up to continue leading a talented  staff  dedicated to providing efficient, fast and reliable service to its customers. Most importantly, these consistently excellent results would not be possible without hard work from the hundreds of employees in Trademark Operations, who all contribute to providing service to customers in a complex and dynamic system.
    2. Quality and Training.
     

As important as the quantitative measures discussed above are to Trademark Operations, of even greater value to the public is the high quality with which work is done, so that the Trademark Register is an accurate reflection of the important substantive trademark rights owned by its customers. Once again, the USPTO has met or exceeded aggressive targets, surmounting last year’s outstanding results.

      a. Compliance Rate. Examination quality is measured by evaluating random samples of applications at two different points during the examination process. This measurement is known as the compliance rate, or percentage of actions or decisions that have been determined to have been made correctly, with no deficiencies or errors. The first point of review looks at initial Office Actions that reject applications for registration or raise other issues regarding formalities that require correction to the application. The second point of review takes place at “final disposition” of an application, either by a final refusal to register or a decision to approve the application for publication. The goal at both points is to determine whether the Examining Attorney’s decisions and written Office Actions comport with the bases of refusals under the Lanham Act. The goal for FY 2015 was a compliance rate of 95.5% for the First Office Action, and a rate of 97% for final compliance.  For each of those targets, the Office exceeded both the FY 2014’s results as well as the targets established for FY 2015. For First Office Action, the compliance rate was 96.7%, which is 1.26 percentage points above the target, and for Final Compliance, the rate was 97.6%, exceeding the target by .6%.
      b. Exceptional Office Action. The Exceptional Office Action is a standard with the following four criteria:  the appropriateness of the likelihood of confusion search, the quality of the evidence provided, the clarity of the writing, and the quality of the decision making.  In FY 2015, Trademark Operations far exceeded the goal of 36%, with 48.3%, office actions of meeting the criteria established.
      c. Training. FY 2015 was peppered with many valuable training offerings to USPTO trademark personnel. All of the training events for Examining Attorneys provided Virginia CLE credit.
        (1) TMEP and case law update. In October 2014, the Examining Attorneys received a briefing on changes in the TMEP and a review of recent case law developments.
        (2) Merely descriptive refusal training. In November 2014, all Examining Attorneys received training on common problems relating to the analysis and supporting evidence for refusals of registration on the ground that a mark is merely descriptive of the applicant’s good/services.
        (3) Training for professional and technical support staff. Also in November 2014, cross training sessions were held for members of various Trademark work units, including Post Registration, Madrid Processing, Intent-to-Use, and the Petitions Office.
        (4) TEAS Reduced Fee. In January 2015, training sessions were held on the changes to examination procedure resulting from the addition of the TEAS Reduced Fee (“TEAS RF”) option for filing new trademark applications.
        (5) Requirement for Trademark Applicant to claim ownership of prior registrations. Also in January 2015, additional training was provided on the change in the requirements that applicants claim ownership of prior registrations.
        (6) Ethics training. AIPLA provided an ethics lecture, which covered recent revisions of the USPTO’s Rules of Professional Conduct, and an overview of the Office’s enforcement and disciplinary mechanisms for ethical violations.
        (7) Rights of Publicity. The NFL’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel provided a presentation for the Office on the rights of publicity in April 2015.
        (8) The Internet of Things. In July 2015, INTA provided industry training on the topic of “The Internet of Things,” featuring speakers from Fiat, GE, and UnderAmour.
        (9) Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit case update, and TMEP review. In July 2015, staff were provided with a review of recent precedential cases from the CAFC, as well as highlights of TMEP updates to implement rulemaking on examination requirements for collective, collective membership, and certification marks.
        (10) INTA mini-seminars. INTA provided two mini-seminars, one in October 2014 on specimens of use, and the other, in March 2015 on USPTO Office Actions.  The mini-seminars featured presentation by INTA practitioners to Trademark staff, highlighting common issues and problems in selected areas.  The presentations were followed in each instance by group discussion of the identified problems with possible solutions proposed.
    3. Initiatives Completed in FY 2015.
      a. TMEP Updates. The USPTO issued updates to the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) in January and July 2015. The TMEP represents a valuable resource, both for applicants and for Examining Attorneys, and TPAC applauds Trademark Operations for providing ongoing and regular updates to the TMEP.
      b. Final rulemaking. In FY 2015, three notices of final rulemaking were issued.
        (1) Reduction of Fees for Trademark Applications and Renewals. On January 17, 2015, the USPTO introduced the TEAS RF option which reduced the fee for an application filed using the regular TEAS application form to $275 from $325 if the applicant agrees to end-to-end electronic processing of the application, that is, all responses and other documents required during the prosecution of the application are filed electronically.  The fee for TEAS Plus ( where the applicant must use an identification of goods/services from the USPTO Trademark ID Manual, and also must agree to full electronic processing)  was reduced from $275 to $225, and the fee for renewing a trademark registration also was reduced when the renewal is completed electronically, from $400 to $300. The proposed fee reductions encourage applicants and registrants to fully rely on the electronic systems, rather than filing on paper.  This reduction in paper filings continues to lower processing costs and promote efficiencies for the USPTO.  The lower fees benefit new and existing businesses, providing lower costs for those seeking and maintaining federal trademark registrations. Since its introduction, the use of TEAS RF has steadily increased, and, during the last month of FY 2015, TEAS RF accounted for 50% of all new applications received by the Office. The availability of TEAS RF has resulted in a decrease in reliance on TEAS, from over 57% in January, 2015 to less than 19% by the end of FY 2015. Together TEAS RF and TEAS Plus account for 85 percent of all new applications filed. The decision to offer these reduced fees represents bold and thoughtful leadership by Trademark Operations. This reduction was targeted to encourage further efficient use of electronic processing, and, to date, it appears to be having the desired impact. TPAC appreciates the approach of Trademark Operations in carefully consulting with stakeholders and with TPAC before taking this step.
        (2) Miscellaneous Changes. Various changes were made to codify Office practice and provide guidance relating to representation before the Office. Specific changes included:  applicants are required to claim ownership of prior registrations for the same or similar marks only if the owner last listed in the Office records differs from the owner listed in the application; and, when an applicant’s mark is being used by one or more related companies whose use inures to the benefit of the applicant, the requirement to indicate this arrangement is eliminated. This rule brought about a change in TMEP Sections 812 and 819.01.
        (3) Requirements for Collective, Collective Membership, and Certification Marks. Effective July 11, 2015, the Office codified existing Office practices and provided guidance relating to the requirements for collective, collective membership and certification marks. The changes adopted include a requirement that with the first affidavit of use after registration, for registrations based on Trademark Act Sections 44 and 66(a), the filer must submit certification standards, and all filers of such affidavits must submit either updated standards if the standards have changed, or a statement indicating that the standards have not changed.
      c. Examination Guides. Between updates to the TMEP, the Office occasionally provides guidance on specific issues through the issuance of an Examination Guide.  Typically, the Examination Guide supersedes the current edition of the TMEP to the extent any inconsistency exists and the guidance contained is usually incorporated into the next edition of the TMEP.  In March 2015, an Examination Guide was issued on marks consisting of a repeating pattern used on all or part of a product, or in connection with a service. The Guide addresses all issues related to repeating pattern marks, including relevant refusals and response options, as well as requirements regarding mark drawing and description, specimens of use, and the identification of goods or services. Examples illustrating the concepts are also provided in the Guide.
      d. ID Manual Enhancements. The ID Manual lists identification of goods and services and their respective classifications that Examining Attorneys will accept without further inquiry if the specimens of record support the identification and classification.  Although the listing of acceptable identifications is not exhaustive, it serves as a guide to Examining Attorneys, and to those preparing trademark applications, on what constitutes a sufficiently “definite” identification. Failure to appropriately list the goods and services with which a mark is used can prevent registration, so the ID Manual is an invaluable tool.
        (1) Enhancements to Beta Version of Trademarks Next Generation ID Manual. In March 2015, the USPTO announced the deployment of enhancements to the “beta” version of the Trademarks Next Generation Trademark Manual of Identification and Classification of Goods and Services, available at https://tmidm.uspto.gov/idm.  This enhancement was prepared with direct customer feedback that impacted several of the functionalities of the ID Manual.
        (2) Nice Classification Changes. On January 1, 2015, the Tenth Edition of the Nice Classification came into force.  These changes will have some impact on the USPTO’s examination policy and examination practice.  A complete list of those changes can be found by searching the ID Manual using the Search Term “20150101[ED].”
      e. TEAS Enhancements. In July, 2015, the size limit for some attachments to TEAS forms was increased from 5 megabytes to 30 megabytes. Detailed information about the size increases appear on the TEAS forms. For example, both PDF documents of up to 30 megabytes per attachment, and video files of up to 30 megabytes can be accepted. JPG and sound files, however, are still limited to 5 megabytes.
      f. Courtesy Email Reminders. On January 27, 2015, the USPTO began sending courtesy email reminders of post registration maintenance filing deadlines for both Sections 8 and 71 declarations and Section 9 renewals. Registrants must have a “live” registration as of the date of the email and must have both provided a valid email address to the USPTO and authorized email communication. The Office will not send paper reminders of these deadlines, as the reminders are only a courtesy. Similarly, if the email reminder is undeliverable, the Office will not attempt to follow up with additional emails. To ensure that reminders are received, trademark owners should ensure that the USPTO is added to their “safe senders” list and confirm that their email server will not treat such email as either spam or junk email. The owner of a registration who fails to make statutorily required post-registration filings will not be excused by the failure of the USPTO to provide the courtesy reminder. Courtesy reminders will be sent on the first day of the statutory filing period for the maintenance filing, for example, the 5th anniversary date, the 9th anniversary date, the 19th anniversary date, and so on, to all email addresses of record in the registration with the Correspondence and Current Owner fields. The reminders will also be sent to both the primary and secondary email addresses. Registrants can use the TEAS form “Change of Correspondence Address” to verify or update email address information, to ensure that reminders are received by the appropriate parties.
      g. Enhancements to the Electronic Trademark Assignment System. In the fall of 2014, as the FY 2015 began, the USPTO announced several improvements to the Electronic Trademark Assignment System, or eTAS. These included:(i) the addition of three new Conveyance Types to improve specificity in the database – Entity Conversion, Court Order, and Merger and Change of Name (to eliminate the need to file two separate documents in the case of a merger and simultaneous name change) and (ii) the ability for customers to designate the order of recordation for related assignment submissions. Improvements were also made to how customers and the Office communicate about assignment documents. These include the introduction of a new phone service whereby the USPTO will contact customers by telephone to resolve recordation issues, instead of issuing a Non-Recordation Notice. The system also features an electronic resubmission capability, allowing customers who receive a Non-Recordation Notice to submit the corrected paperwork electronically. The system also provides three successive measures to give notice, first by email, then by fax, and ultimately by mail. Country codes have been updated and reordered, to make them consistent with other systems in the USPTO, such as TEAS. Finally, there is an addition to the Verification page that requires the filer to confirm that he/she is aware that the unauthorized use of ETAS constitutes a misrepresentation to the federal government and is subject to criminal and civil penalties. This change is designed to prevent the filing of false transfers against another’s property. TPAC welcomes these changes, as they will all vastly improve the ease of use for customers of eTAS, and clarify chain of title issues in trademark conveyances.
    4. Ongoing Initiatives.
      a. Pilot Program to review Post-Registration Specimens. In FY 2015, Trademark Operations concluded its pilot program, in which 500 randomly-selected registrations were reviewed, to test whether registrants could support claims of use on multiple goods by providing additional specimens for those goods. The purpose of this pilot program was to assess the accuracy and integrity of the use-based trademark register. As part of the pilot program, which commenced in 2012, selected trademark owners were required to submit proof of use of their marks for two additional goods and/or services per class, in addition to the specimen(s) submitted with their maintenance filings. If a response to the inquiry did not fully address the requirements of the pilot or included a request to delete the goods and/or services identified for the pilot, the registration was subject to further proof of use requirements to verify the accuracy of the identification of goods and/or services in the registration. The USPTO selected a statistically significant sample of registrations under Trademark Act Sections 1(a), 44(e), 66(a), and 1(a) and 44(e) combined (dual basis) under the pilot.
        (1) Summary of Results. In just over half of the registrations selected for the pilot, the trademark owners failed to meet the requirement to verify the previously claimed use on particular goods and/or services. Goods and/or services were deleted in 175 of the registrations, or 35%, of the registrations queried under the pilot. In another 78 registrations, or 16%, the trademark owner failed to respond to the requirements of the pilot and any other issues raised during examination of the underlying maintenance filing, resulting in cancellation of the registration. Accordingly, of the 500 registrations selected for the pilot, 253 registrations, or 51%, were unable to verify the previously claimed use in their Section 8 or 71 Declarations.
        (2) Proposals for Ongoing Efforts to Improve the Accuracy of Identifications of Goods and Services in Registrations. The statistics from the pilot support implementing ongoing measures to improve the accuracy and integrity of the Trademark Register as to the actual use of marks with the goods and/or services included in registrations. To that end, the USPTO is considering proposals to increase the solemnity of the declaration filed with Section 8 and 71 Affidavits, and to continue and institutionalize random audits of Section 8 and 71 Declarations of Use. Other methods to improve the accuracy of identifications of goods and services in registrations are still under consideration. Although trademark owners may be, understandably, reluctant to embrace a change to the status quo, TPAC fully supports the efforts of Trademark Operations to ensure that the Trademark Register more accurately reflects the scope of rights owned by each Registrant. Trademark owners rely on searches of the Trademark Register every day when seeking information or when clearing new marks, and it is vital that the Register be as accurate as possible. We look forward to continuing to work with Trademark Operations to select and implement appropriate measures to ensure the integrity of the Trademark Register.
      b. Pilot on changing good/services to reflect new technology. On September 1, 2015, the USPTO commenced a pilot program to allow, under limited circumstances, amendments to identifications of goods/services in trademark registrations that would otherwise be beyond the scope of the current identification. Amendments may be permitted where they are deemed necessary because evolving technology has changed the manner or medium by which the underlying content or subject matter of the identified products and services are offered for sale or provided to consumers. This pilot program is based on user input, including a roundtable discussion on April 11, 2014, a request for comments on the proposal issued on September 4, 2014, and numerous discussions between the USPTO and practitioners. This piloted change in trademark practice takes into account the policy goal of preserving trademark registrations in situations where technology in an industry has evolved in such a way that amendment of the goods/services in question would not generate a public-notice problem. The duration of the pilot will depend on the volume of requests.
        (1) Amendment Requirements.
              ● Among the requirements to amend under this pilot are the following. Amendments will be permitted post-registration upon petition to the Director under Trademark Rule 2.146, 37 C.F.R. § 2.146. (During the pilot period, amendments will not be permitted prior to registration.)
              ● The petition procedures only apply to amendments not permitted under current practice because they would be considered to be beyond the scope of the current identification. Amendments permitted under current practice remain unaffected by these procedures.
              ● In the proposed amendment, the existing goods/services for which the petitioner is no longer able to show use must be replaced with the goods/services in their evolved form.
              ● Further, amendments will only be permitted in situations where the registrant is no longer able to show use of the mark with the goods/services in their original form due to evolving technology. If the registrant is continuing to use the mark with the goods/services in their original form, a new trademark application may be filed in order to seek registration for the evolved goods/services.
              ● Amendments that change the classification of the goods/services and change the identification from goods to services (or vice versa) may be considered. U.S. registrations under the Madrid Protocol [Section 66(a) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1141f(a)], are based on the underlying international registration for a period of five years from the international registration date. Thus, during that period, the scope of the international registration will factor into determining whether an amendment is acceptable.
              ● By contrast, since registrations under Section 44(e) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1126(e), exist independent of the underlying foreign registration, the scope of the foreign registration will not factor into determining acceptability.
              ● The USPTO has posted on its website a non-exhaustive list of acceptable amendments under the new practice, along with a sample declaration - http://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/recent-postings. These materials will be updated periodically as amendments are permitted. At the conclusion of the pilot period, the Office will assess whether such amendments should be permitted on a permanent basis, and if so, whether modified guidelines are appropriate.
        (2) Petition Requirements. The petition must meet all requirements of Trademark Rule 2.146, 37 C.F.R. § 2.146, including payment of the petition fee. On petition, the petitioner must request a waiver of the “scope” rule, Trademark Rule 2.173(e), which provides that no amendment to the identification of goods/services in a registration will be permitted except to restrict the identification or change it in ways that would not require republication. In order to show that an extraordinary situation exists, for which justice requires a rule waiver under Trademark Rule 2.146, the petitioner must declare, to the best of petitioner’s knowledge, that:based on changes due to evolving technology in the manner or medium by which products and services are offered for sale and provided to consumers, the petitioner cannot show use on the original goods/services;the petitioner still uses the mark on other goods/services reflecting the evolved technology, and the underlying content or subject matter remains unchanged; and absent an amendment of the identification, the petitioner would be forced to delete the original goods/services from the registration, and thus lose protection in the registration in relation to the underlying content or subject matter of the original goods/services. Also, the petitioner must (1) submit a specimen showing current use of the mark in commerce on or in connection with the amended goods/services; and (2) provide dates of use for the goods/services in their evolved form, both verified with an affidavit or signed declaration under Trademark Rule 2.20, 37 C.F.R. § 2.20. Although the original dates of use would remain in effect in the registration, the “evolved” dates would be made of record within the TSDR database. Petitioners must file their petitions and requests for amendment under Section 7 together through the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) using the “Petition to the Director under Trademark Rule 2.146,” form number 3, located under Petition Forms. The free-text area of the form may be used to provide both the information needed on petition and the proposed amendment under Section 7. For proper handling, the petition should be captioned “Petition to Allow Amendment Due to Technology Evolution.” The required specimen must be attached to the form and both the “petition fee” and Section 7 “filing amendment to registration fee” must be provided. The declaration may be used to support both parts of the filing.
        (3) Third-Party Harm Considerations. The USPTO will perform a new search of Office records in considering possible third-party harm in allowing the amendment. Any “incontestable” status under Section 15 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1065, that applied to the original goods/services will not apply to the newly amended goods/services in their evolved form. Moreover, in order to reduce the possibility of third-party harm in relation to registrations, the petitioner must declare that it will not file (or refile, if applicable) an affidavit or declaration of incontestability under Section 15 as to the evolved goods/services for a period of at least five years from the date of acceptance of the amendment. As an additional means of reducing the possibility of third-party harm and to provide a mechanism for interested parties to comment about proposed amendments prior to acceptance, the USPTO will publish on a webpage, to be accessed from the Trademark Official Gazette and Trademark Official Gazette Notices webpages of the uspto.gov website, all proposed amendments that appear likely to be acceptable prior to granting the petition and amending the registration. Interested parties will have 30 days from publication to comment on proposed amendments and such comments will factor into assessing the third-party harm aspect of the petition.
    5. Outreach Initiatives.
     

In FY 2015, there were 65 trademark educational outreach programs titled "Trademark Basics:What Every Small Business Should Know Now, Not Later. "Craig Morris, Managing Attorney for Trademark Educational Outreach, Office of the Commissioner for Trademarks, traveled to 18 states in which no live program had previously been provided, bringing the total number of states visited to 48 since the outreach program began in February 2012.

There were also 7 Roundtables. All roundtables included a Trademark Office representative or a representative from the TTAB. The cities visited were Dallas, Texas; Rockville, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Phoenix, Arizona; New York, New York; Houston, Texas; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The TPAC applauds the USPTO efforts and their commitment to continuing educational outreach programs throughout the United States on a variety of trademark practice and procedure topics.

    6. International Matters.
      a. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Attaché Program. The U.S. IP Attaché program, which was introduced in 2006, continues to be a very important tool both in advancing harmonization and supporting the protection and enforcement of the rights of US businesses abroad.
        (1) Fee allocation. TPAC continued in FY 2015 to monitor the IP Attaché program as it impacts trademarks and the USPTO’s budget allocations. In FY 2015, the Office adopted a new way for the attachés to report their time, which tracks allocation of their time by category (trademarks, patents, copyrights, and other), rather than just reporting on major initiatives. This means for FY 2015 and going forward, the fees from the Attaché Program which are allocated to trademarks will be adjusted on a quarterly basis so that they directly reflect the work being done on trademark issues. TPAC is gratified by this result and appreciative of the responsiveness of the USPTO to bring greater transparency to funding for this invaluable program.
        (2) Expansion. FY 2015 saw growth in the Attaché Program. In August, an IP attaché was added to Brussels, Belgium, to operate throughout the European Union, and an IP attaché position was established in Lima, Peru. This brings the total number of IP attachés to thirteen and expands the presence of the program to ten countries. The IP Attaché in Brussels will work on IP matters that arise within the European Union, and will coordinate with the European Commission on IP matters in WIPO and the WTO. The IP Attaché in Lima, Peru will work on IP matters in the Andean region.  In addition, the IP Attaché position formerly based in Moscow, Russia will be posted to Kyiv, Ukraine. The regional responsibilities of the Kyiv position will be expanded to include Eastern Europe, in addition to the Commonwealth of Independent States.
        (3) Outreach. Throughout FY 2015, the IP Attachés engaged with the corporate community, academia and other US stakeholders to raise awareness of the availability and the services of the Attaché Program and to learn what issues were paramount in the concerns of the community. In December 2014, the IP Attachés hosted or otherwise participated in a series of meetings in Washington, DC, including one with some members of TPAC and various IP organizations such as AIPLA and INTA, and another session with the US Chamber of Commerce. In May 2015, members of the Attaché Program attended and delivered presentations at the INTA Annual Meeting in San Diego, and also traveled to Los Angeles. In San Diego and Los Angeles, they met with legal associations, companies, law schools and industry associations. In FY 2016, it is anticipated that in addition to their meetings in Washington, DC, the attachés will visit with the USPTO regional offices in Detroit and will meet with U.S. stakeholders in that region.
      b. Madrid Protocol Updates. The Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (the Madrid Protocol) is one of two treaties that comprise the Madrid System for the international registration of trademarks.  The Protocol is a filing treaty, not a substantive harmonization treaty. It is a cost-effective and highly efficient way for trademark owners to protect their marks in multiple countries through the filing of one application with a single office, in one language, with one set of fees in a single currency. It eliminates the need for local counsel to act as agents for filing applications in countries or contracting parties. Once an international registration issues, it then devolves to each country or contracting party to determine whether or not protection is granted in its territory.  However, once granted, the mark is protected there just as if that country or contracting party’s own office had registered it.  The Madrid Protocol greatly simplifies portfolio maintenance for registered marks, by providing a single procedural step to record subsequent changes in ownership, name or address of the holder, as well as greatly simplifying the process for renewing the mark.
        (1) Special Edition of Madrid Highlights. In March 2015 the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published a Special Edition of its quarterly publication, Madrid Highlights, featuring an article about the USPTO as a designated contracting party to the Protocol.  It has been translated into the six official languages of the United Nations.  The article contains detailed information for filers who seek an extension of protection in the United States about application filing and examination requirements, and tips on how to avoid a provisional refusal. Specific topics included are examination issues commonly seen in Madrid applications, provisional refusals on both absolute and relative grounds and responding to the same, and post-registration requirements. The article provides references to the TMEP so that readers can find additional information on specific topics.  The publication is available on the WIPO website at www.wipo.int/madrid/en/highlights.
        (2) Growth of Madrid Protocol Membership. Cambodia, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), Zimbabwe and Gambia all joined the Protocol in FY 2015.  Algeria, which had formerly been only a member of the Madrid Agreement, also joined the Protocol, bringing the total number of countries that now participate in the Protocol to ninety-six.
        (3) Madrid Working Group – October 2014. At the Madrid Working Group meeting in October 2014, the Working Group agreed to recommend several amendments to the Common Regulations to be considered by the Madrid Assembly in October 2015. Among the most notable is proposed new Rule 5(3), which would excuse failure by an interested party to meet a time limit for a communication addressed to the International Bureau (IB) and submitted by electronic means if the interested party submits evidence showing to the satisfaction of the IB that the time limit was not met because of a failure in (1) the electronic communication system with the IB or (2) the system which affects the locality of the interested party.
        (4) Status of Proposal re Division/Merger of the International Registration & Freezing Dependency. Discussions at the Working Group continue regarding a proposal for the introduction of the recordal of Division or Merger concerning an International Registration as well as freezing the 5-year dependency of the basic application/registration. Freezing dependency would allow a U.S. basic application to contain a broad ID that ultimately gets narrowed in examination, but not before it is sent to the IB and issues as an international application.  Most countries supported a trial period of suspension, while some countries favored a trial period but less than five years. WIPO is surveying users on this issue.
      c. The Five Trademark Offices (“TM5”).
        The TM5 is a framework through which five intellectual property offices, namely, the USPTO, the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), and the Trademark Office of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (SAIC), exchange information on trademark-related matters and undertake cooperative activities aimed at harmonizing or improving their respective trademark systems and procedures. 
        (1) Annual Meeting of December 3-5, 2014. The last annual meeting of the TM5 was held December 3-5, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan. At that time, the TM5 offices discussed various joint projects, including the “Continuation/Expansion of the Bad Faith Project” and the “ID List Project.” The partners also approved the USPTO’s proposal to conduct a new project called “Indexing of Non-Traditional Trademarks,” in which the partners will share best practices for searching and retrieving non-traditional mark features and work together to develop a common recommended indexing scheme that could be adopted by any interested intellectual property office. As part of the “Common Status Descriptors” project, each of the TM5 offices have agreed to use the same terminology to identify the statuses of trademark applications and registrations with their offices. The partners will work to display these on their publicly facing websites.
        (2) Ongoing Initiatives. The partners are working to select a sample of cases that were filed in all five TM5 offices to be analyzed in a Comparative Analysis of Examination Results Project. Also, the partners have created and are currently completing a standardized method of providing information about the TM5 offices’ requirements for applications that each office receives under the Madrid Protocol.
        (3) Mid-Year Meeting. Most recently, the TM5 partners conducted their mid-term meeting on May 4, 2015, in San Diego, California in conjunction with the International Trademark Association’s Annual Meeting. Sessions for users were held in connection with both the annual and mid-term meetings.
        (4) Trademark ID Search Tool. On January 24, 2015, a dedicated TM5 ID List search tool was posted to the homepage of the TM5 website. This tool allows the public to search a growing list of over 15,000 identifications of goods and services that are pre-approved by all five TM5 offices as acceptable to use in trademark applications with their offices. This tool, as well as more information on the TM5’s activities, may be found on the TM5 website.
        (5) Upcoming Annual Meeting. The TM5 has designated the USPTO to act as the secretariat for the next Annual Meeting, which will take place on December 1-2, 2015, in Alexandria, Virginia. 
      d. Geographical Indications and the Lisbon Agreement Diplomatic Conference. In May 2015, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) held a diplomatic conference in Geneva, Switzerland to revise the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration. Under the Lisbon Agreement as it stood prior to May, a contracting party could register appellations of origin that are recognized and protected in the country of origin, which then precludes use of the appellation in any of the contracting parties.  An appellation of origin is “the geographic denomination of a country, region, or locality, which serves to designate a product origination therein, the quality of characteristics of which are due exclusively or essentially to the geographical environment, including natural and human factors.” During the diplomatic conference in May, the Lisbon Agreement was revised to change the subject matter covered by the Lisbon registry to include all geographical indications, and not just appellations of origin.
        (1) Treaty Negotiations. Unlike other recent treaty negotiations at WIPO, the diplomatic conference did not permit voting by all WIPO members, but only by the 28 members of the Lisbon Union.  Other countries, including the US, participated as observer delegates, and were permitted to make suggestions, but not to make formal proposals for negotiation.  The US and other countries had argued unsuccessfully that all WIPO members should be permitted to participate and vote, because the outcome of the diplomatic conference, extending protection to all geographical indications, would inevitably impact trade relations between Lisbon Union and non- Lisbon Union parties. Over the objection of the United States and other WIPO Members, namely, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Uruguay, the Lisbon Union adopted the Geneva Act which expands the coverage of the Lisbon Agreement to include geographical indications (GIs) and paves the way for the European Union to join the Act.
        (2) Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement Inconsistent with US Law. The Geneva Act enshrines a sui generis approach to geographical indications which differs in fundamental respects from a trademark-based system like the US one, which means that many countries will be unable to join it.  For example, it requires too broad a scope of protection, and it continues to shield a registered GI from ever being found to have become generic in a receiving country. This is contrary to the way the WIPO treaties are generally intended to work, as a bridge among different national approaches that enables there to be an overlapping international architecture. Second, the treaty is not self-funding, despite the efforts of the US and other countries to ensure otherwise, meaning that intellectual property owners who take advantage of the Patent Cooperation Treaty and the Madrid System for trademarks may, in fact, contribute to funding the operation of the Lisbon Union.  However, the Geneva Act now makes it clear that contracting party offices can charge an individual fee to pay for the costs of processing the requests for GI protection through the System. While not all contracting parties will take advantage of this flexibility, it eliminates the historical expectation that Lisbon contracting party governments should pay for the protection of another country’s GIs in its territory. Further, the US and other countries were able, through the suggestions made during the conference, to improve the text in some respects. The U.S. and many other countries will continue to work on the issue of GIs, developing future strategies to improve the funding model and to advance discussions at WIPO regarding alternative systems to protect GIs.
        (3) Impact of the Geneva Act. The resulting Geneva Act will significantly affect U.S. exporters in the dairy, meat, wine and other industries because it gives primacy to a list of geographical indications above pre-existing and longstanding uses in the territories of treaty members.  The current Lisbon Agreement Registry includes various names that are commonly used in those industries, e.g., PILSNER and CHAMPAGNE.  The treaty members that put a high premium on GIs as part of their agriculture policy may well pressure other countries to accept their lists of GIs, even if they are in legitimate use by others.  This may make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to export U.S. products bearing those names into Lisbon Member countries.  The Geneva Act will likely result in 4000 more European GIs added to the Lisbon Registry which will pose additional barriers for U.S. exporters. Although the process and outcome surrounding the Geneva Act were both disappointing, TPAC appreciates the involvement and leadership of the USPTO, and we recognize that the USPTO’s efforts on behalf of trademark owners, even in a difficult circumstance, have made a positive impact. TPAC urges the USPTO to continue to work to minimize the potentially significant negative impacts of this Act.
      e. Belmora LLC v. Bayer Consumer Care AG. The USPTO intervened to defend a TTAB decision in a case that is currently pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Belmora LLC v. Bayer Consumer Care AG. It filed its opening brief on May 26, 2015, along with the appellant Bayer, and then a reply brief on August 7, 2015, in response to the brief of appellee Belmora, which was filed on July 13, 2015. In summary, the case involves two broad issues.  First, whether the owner of a well-known foreign mark, that is, a mark that is known to US consumers although not used in US commerce, can bring a cancellation for misrepresentation of source under Section 14(3). And second, whether protection for well-known foreign marks is incorporated in Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act. In this case, the foreign mark was FLANAX, which is owned and used by Bayer in Mexico to identify pain relievers. Although Bayer does not use its FLANAX mark in the US, it asserts that its mark enjoys a reputation among US consumers.  Belmora registered and began using the FLANAX mark for analgesics in the US, and Bayer filed a TTAB action seeking cancellation of Belmora’s FLANAX registration under Section 14(3) of the Lanham Act, on the ground that Belmora is using the FLANAX mark to misrepresent the source of its goods as emanating from the same source as Bayer’s FLANAX goods in Mexico. The TTAB granted the cancellation petition and Belmora sought review of that decision in the district court. Bayer then joined claims under 43(a) of the Lanham Act, seeking to enjoin Belmora’s use of the FLANAX mark. The district court dismissed Bayer’s unfair competition and false advertising claims under Section 43(a), holding that because Bayer had not alleged prior use of its FLANAX mark in the US it had no standing. The district court further held that the TTAB had erred in not dismissing Bayer’s misrepresentation of source ground under Section 14(3) for the same reason. Bayer appealed the district court’s decision, and the USPTO intervened in the appeal to defend the TTAB’s decision to cancel Belmora’s registration, as well as to express its views on how Congress has implemented the U.S.’s commitments regarding protection of well-known marks under Article 6bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Intellectual Property. In particular, the USPTO argued that a plaintiff need not own a mark registered or used in the U.S. to maintain a claim for false advertising under Section 43(a)(1)(B), a claim for false association under Section 43(a)(1)(A), or a petition to cancel a registration based on misrepresentation of source under Section 14(3). Rather, Bayer’s allegations that its FLANAX mark is well-known among relevant consumers in the U.S., and that Belmora was using the mark to pass off and misrepresent the source of its goods, are sufficient to confer standing and state claims under those provisions of the Lanham Act. TPAC applauds the USPTO’s efforts to intervene to address these important international issues.
  B.

IT and E-Government Issues.

    1. Trademarks Next Generation (“TMNG”).
     

In 2009, the Director of the USPTO proposed a project called Trademarks Next Generation (TMNG), intended to offer additional e-government capabilities to customers of the Office. Since 2011, the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) has been working on, among other information-technology (IT) projects, the planning, development, testing, and implementation of TMNG. The intent of the TMNG initiative is for the trademark operation of the USPTO to function as an advanced, cloud-based system that will allow end-to-end electronic processing of trademark applications, including appeals to the TTAB of refusals to register, and trademark registration maintenance, both for USPTO Examining Attorneys and support staff and for trademark owners and practitioners. TMNG will replace—and with respect to certain, select functionality has already begun to replace—the patchwork of legacy trademark application forms and databases that are, in some cases, intertwined with non-trademark IT resources, operate on relatively old and therefore outdated software environments, and pose considerable challenges in terms of efficiency, maintenance, support and reliability.

Although originally envisioned as a more limited set of new features and capabilities for external users that was to be delivered in an 18-month window, the broader scope and definition of TMNG has led to a multi-year development effort to integrate all trademark IT capabilities into a single environment. Commensurate with the scope of this project, the development of TMNG has been divided into four interlinked phases that overlap from fiscal year to fiscal year:

FY 2011-FY 2014. The “TMNG” Phase. This phase focused on the design and development of capabilities for Examining Attorneys and on building the TMNG infrastructure and framework.

FY 2015-FY 2017. The “TMNG-2” Phase. This follow-on phase is initially focusing on completing the development and deployment of capabilities for Examining Attorneys, in particular the comprehensive “Examiner Tool” for examining trademark applications, conducting the research required for such examination, and preparing Office Actions. Once that task has been completed—perhaps during the first half of FY 2016—the focus will shift to developing and delivering non-examination functions.

FY 2013-FY 2016. The “TMNG External” Phase. This phase, separate from but related to the TMNG and TMNG-2 Phases, focuses on developing capabilities for external users that will be built on the same platform and database used by Examining Attorneys. Examples of TMNG developments for external users include the Electronic Official Gazette (eOG), the ID Manual of Acceptable Goods and Services (IDM), and eFile, the replacement for the Trademark Electronic Filing System (TEAS) and ESTTA.

FY 2017. The “Trademark Trial and Appeal Board” (“TTAB”) Phase. This phase, also separate from but related to the TMNG and TMNG-2 Phases, will focus on designing and developing TTAB-related capabilities for internal and external users that will replace the separate systems currently utilized by the TTAB.

This year, TPAC has had the opportunity to view two demonstrations of the Examiner Tool, which is under development. As TPAC members noted during both of those demonstrations, the Examiner Tool appears to be a comprehensive, robust, user-friendly application that will enable Examining Attorneys to perform their duties more effectively and efficiently. The Tool is to enter beta testing in the first quarter of 2016, and rollout to the Office will commence in the second quarter of FY 2016. TPAC will continue to monitor the progress of this testing, and we look forward to receiving a report on the reactions and recommendations of Examining Attorneys.

Concerning the TMNG External Phase, TPAC understands that the TMNG-2 Phase, with its focus on implementing TMNG for internal users first, needed to take priority over the TMNG External Phase. TPAC concurs with this approach. In addition, TPAC notes with approval the development and implementation of the eOG and the OCIO’s plans to complete the development and release of both IDM and eFile. Members of TPAC, however, were surprised and concerned to learn that, after six years of TMNG projects, OCIO has not yet developed a plan, or at least not a comprehensive and essentially firm plan, for what the TMNG interface portal will look like or how it will function for external users. OCIO does have some interesting preliminary ideas for that portal, which OCIO is calling “MyUSPTO.” Members of the TPAC IT Subcommittee had the opportunity to review an early version of “MyUSPTO” at our September subcommittee meeting, and were pleased with the flexibility of this interface. TPAC strongly encourages OCIO to work with external users to develop this interface and to seek input from a broad range of customers. TPAC is also concerned that progress on TMNG, including the interface for external trademark customers, should not be slowed down by linking this process to “office-wide” initiatives, like MyUSPTO, that may not have sufficient funding or that might not be as high a priority for patent stakeholders.

With regard to the TTAB Phase, TPAC is concerned that a single fiscal year may not be enough time to plan, design, develop, and implement all desired TTAB-related capabilities for internal and external users, especially if, as the history of TMNG development suggests is certainly possible, the schedules for the TMNG-2 and TMNG External Phases slip. TPAC recommends that, notwithstanding its fiscal and human resource constraints, OCIO at least begin planning those capabilities no later than early in FY 2016.

    2. Staffing and Hiring.
     

In the middle of FY 2015, OCIO had approximately 450 employees and 700 contractors. At that time, OCIO had approximately 160 job vacancies, some at a high level. OCIO has reported that this relatively high number of unfilled vacancies—which apparently still persists—has made it difficult for OCIO to develop and implement TMNG (and work on the OCIO’s many other projects) as quickly as OCIO, not to mention internal and external stakeholders, would like.

OCIO has apparently made some outreach efforts to fill those vacancies, including aggressively advertising the positions and actively recruiting veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces with IT experience. TPAC commends those outreach efforts, in particular the recruitment of military veterans, and strongly recommends that they continue. Also, TPAC understands that the differences between government compensation and hiring practices and those of the private sector create a challenge for filling government vacancies.

However, a personnel shortfall of approximately 26 percent obviously has a very significant negative impact on OCIO’s ability to perform its assigned tasks. To the extent that OCIO or the USPTO at large can do anything further to fill some of these job vacancies, TPAC urges that it be done. Moreover, although an increased reliance on external contractors, which already occurs at a high rate, may not be the ideal long-term solution (and given fiscal constraints, might not be possible), TPAC recommends that OCIO at least explore the option of pursuing additional contract work in order to ensure completion of TMNG within currently projected timeframes.

    3. Budget Planning and Tracking.
     

The following figures show the projected total investment (spent and obligated to spend) of Trademark User Fees in the phases of TMNG, as of March 31, 2015:

 TMNG Phase$67,741,000
 TMNG-2 Phase$71,689,000
 TMNG External Phase$21,392,000
 TTAB PhaseNot yet determined
 Total$160,822,000

Given the significant investment of Trademark User Fees in TMNG, TPAC worked this year with OCIO and with OCFO to more closely monitor spending and progress on TMNG initiatives. TPAC appreciates that cooperation of OCIO and OCFO in this effort, which has proven very helpful to our Committee, and we plan to continue to more closely monitor the ongoing investment of Trademark User Fees in this project. TPAC encourages external stakeholders, including IP associations and corporations, to also focus on what has become a significant ongoing investment of Trademark User Fees and to help ensure timely delivery of IT capabilities that support the needs of the trademark community.

    4. Agile Approach to Software Development (Advantages and Disadvantages).
     

OCIO has adopted and is now using the “Agile” approach to software development, which has replaced the more traditional “Waterfall” approach previously employed by OCIO. The Waterfall approach focused on a master software plan designed to address comprehensive system requirements and having predetermined goals, or “milestones,” for completion of various phases of the master plan. Although some portions of the software system—“deliverables”—might be produced, tested, and implemented incrementally, the system as a whole could not be put into place until the last milestone was reached. Waterfall development required elaborate documentation, focused on single implementation of an entire system, and was resistant to changes in specification along the way, which, depending on their nature and timing, could increase project cost significantly.

By contrast, the Agile approach focuses on the incremental and, ideally, rapid development, testing, and implementation of small pieces of an intended whole, the features and functionality of which are not predetermined but rather evolve over time with customer input. Not only is it more accepting of change (and therefore generally less expensive) than the Waterfall approach, the Agile approach is actually driven by the changes and new features and functionality that customers request as they work with the portions of the evolving system that have already been delivered, tested, and implemented.

The Agile approach uses “scrum masters” who conduct daily standup meetings of the small project teams under their supervision, and who oversee the “sprints” of software development that the teams perform. That development is intended to respond to input from customers—collectively, the “product owner”—who define desired system features, determine system priorities, and are able to change those requirements at the start of every sprint.

The Agile approach offers several obvious advantages, and TPAC understands why OCIO has embraced it. We note, however, that in the context of TMNG development, the Agile approach also carries some disadvantages for external stakeholders—who are or at least should be part of the “product owner.” First, given that Agile development is not based on a master plan, external stakeholders have no way of knowing what features and functionality TMNG will have when it is fully and finally implemented. Second, external stakeholders have no way of knowing what input to TMNG internal stakeholders have provided or will provide under the Agile approach and therefore no way of addressing the potential impact to them of system changes made in response to that input. Third, external stakeholders have only a very limited ability to provide their own input regarding the portions of TMNG to which they now have access—i.e., the recent changes in the features and functionality of the Trademark Electronic Search System, the Trademark Electronic Application System, and other functionalities of the USPTO website.

As a result, although the Agile approach may be beneficial to OCIO and to internal stakeholders, the benefits to external stakeholders are less clear at this point in time. TPAC does not recommend that OCIO go back to the Waterfall approach, but we do urge OCIO to be mindful of the need to keep external, as well as internal, stakeholders apprised of plans for and progress on TMNG, as well as considering how changes recommended by a small project team might later impact other users of the system. TPAC recommends that OCIO provide information to external users via a “TMNG Update” icon on the Trademarks page of the USPTO website (http://www.uspto.gov/trademark), which would lead interested readers to a landing page providing regular updates about OCIO’s recent accomplishments with respect to TMNG and its public plans for short-term and longer-term development of the system. That page could also include a link to OCIO’s briefing slides from the most recent TPAC meeting and provide an additional forum for external users to submit suggestions and recommendations.

    5. Accomplishments in FY 2015.
     

The OCIO reports that it made the following trademark-related accomplishments in FY 2015. As the headings indicate, some of these accomplishments relate to TMNG and others relate to legacy systems.

      a. TMNG Internal Accomplishments.
       

Continued to develop electronic workflow for trademark Examining Attorneys:

Developed Approval for Publication and other Office Action capabilities;
Migrated all documents, except for TTAB documents, from legacy systems, comprising 200+ million documents and 5+ million images;
Began synchronizing legacy mainframe with TMNG; and
Planned for deployment of TMNG Examiner Tool to beta users for testing beginning in September 2015.
       

Initiated work on non-Examining Attorney capabilities:

Developed workflow for international trademark applications (Madrid System); and
Defined workflow for Petitions to the Director of the USPTO.
      b. TMNG External Accomplishments.
       

TMNG Electronic Official Gazette (TM eOG):

TM eOG makes it easier for consumers of data published in the USPTO’s Trademark Official Gazette to review the content and search for items of interest and provides individual users with the ability to download only those cases of interest rather than the whole publication.
Two releases of enhanced capabilities, based on customer feedback, were deployed in FY 2015.
       

TMNG ID Manual (IDM):

TMNG IDM provides an editable and searchable version of the identifications of goods and services and their respective classifications.
A beta version of TMNG-IDM was deployed in early FY 2015.
Two releases of enhanced capabilities, based on customer feedback, were deployed in FY 2015.
       

TMNG eFile:

Focusing on development of updated smart filing forms with wizards; and
Developed initial eFile capabilities related to attorney forms.
      c. Trademark Legacy Systems Accomplishments.
       

Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS):

Implemented TEAS RF capabilities; and
Deployed two releases based on customer feedback, including increasing the size limit for each attachment to 30 MB.
       

Legacy Content Management Migration (LCMM):

Developing ability to view same content in both legacy and TMNG applications.
       

Madrid Processing System:

Deployed processing stabilization and notification enhancements for Madrid System.
       

The OCIO reports that it plans to work on the following projects in the near term.

       

TMNG Internal Projects:

Deploy TMNG examination capabilities to Trademark Law Offices;
Develop and deploy TMNG capabilities for Madrid System; and
Define, develop, and deploy capability to process Petitions to the Director of the USPTO.
       

TMNG External Projects:

Develop and deploy smart forms for filing domestic and international applications and related documents.
       

Legacy Systems Projects:

Develop and deploy enhancements to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Information System (TTABIS), the TTAB’s internal electronic docket, seen by external users as TTABVUE; and
Began developing enhancements to the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA).
    6. Timeline for Completion.
     

Although the USPTO’s initial goal was to develop and implement TMNG within 18 months, both internal and external stakeholders recognized at the time that such a goal was most likely unrealistic and more of a call to action than an actual proposed timeline. OCIO recently estimated that TMNG will be fully implemented by the end of FY 2017—i.e., September 30, 2017. Since that estimate, however, TPAC is aware that USPTO has reduced its agency-wide budget and that OCIO is re-evaluating projects for 2016 and 2017. We therefore anticipate further delays in the implementation of all TMNG capabilities.

TPAC, along with most trademark system users, would have liked to have seen TMNG implemented sooner than the eight years that will have gone into its development by the end of FY 2017. A variety of factors have contributed to the time required for TMNG development and implementation, such as the difficulties posed by working to replace relatively old and poorly documented software while still having to maintain and operate that software, the complexity of the proposed cloud-based system, evolving and constantly changing specifications for functionality presented by Examining Attorneys and, to a lesser extent, external stakeholders, the limitations of fiscal and human resources, and competing demands from elsewhere within the USPTO, to name a few.

Some of those factors continue to exist today and thereby still affect and to some degree impede OCIO’s efforts to complete TMNG initiatives. Nevertheless, TPAC believes that OCIO should make every reasonable effort—if necessary, to the point of equating “reasonable” with “possible”—to complete TMNG by the end of FY 2017. In TPAC’s view, delaying the full implementation of TMNG beyond that date would be and should be unacceptable.

  C.

Budget and Funding Issues.

    1. Fee Reduction.
     

In January 2015, the USPTO implemented a reduction of certain trademark fees, with the goal of promoting increased use of electronic filing and processing. Through the end of FY 2015, the reductions saved Trademark Applicants and Registrants more than $21 million in fees. The revenue collection is on target with the projections.

The reductions are as follows:

     

Reduced by $50 the fee for applications using regular TEAS applications, if applicant authorizes email communication (a change from $325 to $275 per class)

     

Reduced by $50 the fee for TEAS Plus (a change from $275 to $225 per class), and

     

Reduced by $100 the fee for filing TEAS Renewal of Registration (a change from $400 to $300 per class).

     

TPAC applauds Trademark Operations for its efficiency and its willingness to pass savings on to its customers. The USPTO projects that this fee reduction will result in a decrease in the Trademark Operating Reserve during FY 2015 and FY 2016, and that the Reserve will begin to replenish by FY 2018. TPAC intends to work with Trademark Operations to continue to monitor the impact of this fee reduction on the Trademark Operating Reserve and to ensure that the Reserve remains funded at an appropriate level.

TPAC encourages the Trademark Office to look at other areas within Trademarks and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) where changes in fees might incentivize efficiency and greater use of electronic filing.

    2. Activity-Based Information Accounting System and Maintenance of Trademark and Patent Fence.
     

Under the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act (AIA) a “fence” was created for both patent and trademark fees to clearly distinguish spending of users fees between the two operations. As stated in previous annual reports, there are only two sources of revenue to support the USPTO:(i) Patent user’s fees, and (ii) Trademark user’s fees. TPAC continues to carefully monitor the percentage allocation of funding to the operation of shared administrative services including the Office of Chief Information Officer, Office of Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, Office of Policy and International Affairs, Office of General Counsel and the Office of the Director.

As stated in the 2014 Annual Report, the Activity Based Information Accounting (ABI) has been a highly effective tool in Trademarks and in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) for supporting decisions in management and metrics. As was recommended in previous Annual Reports, TPAC recommends that the ABI model be used to monitor activities in shared support units to better support management decisions and ensure that the fence is honored for both Trademarks and Patents.

In keeping with the support of the fence protecting the use of both patent and trademark user fees, TPAC applauds the establishment of the Financial Advisory Board (FAB) in 2015. The FAB is comprised of representatives from the Patent, Trademark, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) organizations. The Chief Financial Officer is the chair and the Commissioners of the Patent and Trademark organizations are co-chairs. The purpose of the FAB is to put discipline and structure around the budget process and determine what initiatives are needed to improve and preserve the IP system. In addition, when Patent or Trademark fees need to be increased or reduced the FAB will make recommendations to the Director in support of the primary goals of the agency. All offices must present their budget justifications to the FAB for review and approval before submission in the final budget. While the formation of the FAB began in the second half of FY 2015, TPAC is encouraged that the Commissioners for Patents and Trademarks will have a stronger voice in budget decisions involving user’s fees. The FAB will also be responsible for ensuring that the Operating Reserve Fund does not fall below its minimum acceptable floor.

It should be noted that direct spending by Trademarks and TTAB remains approximately 44% of collection of revenue and the majority of Trademark related revenues are allocated outside of the control of Trademark Operations. Continued implementation of the ABI Model and the establishment of the FAB will serve as vehicles to monitor the return on investment of Trademark Funds in shared service activities.

    3. Ensuring Full Access to User Fees.
     

Under the America Invents Act, the USPTO was given full use of its user fees with the authority for the establishment of the Patent and Trademark Fee Reserve Fund. Under this provision, any fees collected above the Congressional appropriation would go into Fee Reserve Fund for the sole use of the USPTO. In order to access these funds, the USPTO submits a reprogramming request to Congress for the transfer of funds into its Operating Reserve. In December 2014, the new system was tested and the funds in the amount of $148.2 million including $19.5 million in trademark revenues collected in FY 14 were reprogrammed back to the Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has established a policy to maintain an operating reserve with a ceiling equivalent to six months of trademark operating expenses and a minimum floor equivalent to two months of trademark operating expenses.

    4. Office of the Chief Information Officer.
     

In February 2015, the Budget and Finance Subcommittee met with the representatives from the Budget Planning and Finance Office to discuss the significant increase in spending by the Office of the Chief Information Officer for IT projects for Trademarks, especially the progress in Trademark Next Generation (TMNG).

While the Information Technology Subcommittee addresses specific IT matters in its report, the Budget and Finance Committee expressed its concern in the increase in budget for the OCIO.

As a result of the discussions, TPAC Subcommittees are working more closely to monitor the relationship between budget expenditures and completion of discretely prioritized Trademark IT projects by the OCIO. While these monthly reports have provided greater accountability and transparency in specific IT projects, especially TMNG, it is TPAC’s intention to continue to monitor activities to ensure that support organizations deliver projects on time and within budget.

  D.

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

    1. Impact of B&B v. Hargis.
     

On March 24, 2015, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in the closely watched case of B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. The Court held that TTAB decisions can have issue-preclusive effect in subsequent district court infringement actions between the same parties, provided the ordinary elements of issue preclusion are met. This decision may have a significant impact on parties’ decisions on whether to litigate a trademark dispute in the TTAB (as opposed to a district court) in the first instance, and the resources and effort parties may devote to the TTAB proceeding. This decision has generated a good deal of discussion and speculation among trademark practitioners and IP associations regarding the potential for changes in the way in which parties pursue inter partes proceedings before the TTAB. Since the B & B decision issued, the TTAB has increased its outreach to stakeholders and the Chief Judge, Deputy Chief Judge and Senior Attorney/TBMP Editor, among others, have appeared at roundtables and numerous CLE programs to discuss the impact of the decision. TPAC encourages the TTAB to continue to seek out and fully consider comments, concerns, and suggestions from the public regarding the potential impact of the B&B Hardware decision on future TTAB cases and procedures.

    2. Performance Statistics.
     

In FY 2015, the TTAB continued its efforts to increase productivity where necessary, and to maintain inventories of cases awaiting final decision as well as cases awaiting decision on contested motions that are sufficient for TTAB staffing but low enough to support pendency goals. TPAC is pleased to note that the TTAB met key performance goals and metrics this year, as detailed below.

      a. Precedential Decisions.
       

TPAC commends the TTAB for issuing 42 precedential decisions in FY 2015, once again meeting its target of 40-45 precedents per year.  Precedential decisions give trademark owners guidance on substantive trademark issues arising in appeal and trial cases, as well as clarification of evidentiary and procedural issues which may arise in TTAB cases. The Board’s precedential decisions issued during FY 2015 addressed a number of important issues, including ownership, disparagement, false suggestion of connection, consent, likelihood of confusion, parody as a defense to a dilution claim, ornamentation, acquired distinctiveness, fraud, laches, concurrent use, and a number of discovery and procedural issues.

      b. Oppositions and Cancellation Proceedings.
       

In FY 2015, there was a 4% decrease in the number of oppositions filed, from 5,509 in FY 2014 to 5,290 in FY 2015. Cancellations increased 2.3%, with 1,763 filed in FY 2015 compared to 1,722 in FY 2014. The decrease in oppositions is likely an aberration, as the four previous fiscal years involved increases. Likewise, cancellations have increased four years in a row. The general trend for all filings at the Board is up.

      c. Pendency and Inventory Goals.
       

In FY 2015, the TTAB continued to set and disclose goals for pendency and measure its performance against those goals, giving both the agency and the public valuable guidance for monitoring the TTAB’s performance and time-frames for tracking cases and decisions. For pendency of final decisions on the merits in FY 2015, the TTAB goal was to decide cases within a 10-12 week range, as measured from the dates the respective cases became ready-for-final decision (RFD). This is an average time frame for all issued non-precedential final decisions in ex parte appeals and inter partes trial cases, with each case captured in the average measured from, as appropriate, the oral hearing date or the submission on brief date, until the decision is issued. The TTAB also set a goal to issue non-precedential decisions on contested motions between 8-9 weeks on average from the RFD date (i.e., the date the motion is fully briefed), with a “reach” goal for the age of the oldest contested motion RFD to be no more than 12 weeks. The TTAB also set inventory control goals for cases awaiting final decisions and awaiting decisions on contested motions. For final decisions, the target inventory range was set at 115-135 cases; and for contested motions, the target inventory range was set at 130-160 cases. The TTAB met or bettered all but one of these goals. Average pendency for decisions on contested motion pendency was a bit above the goal, as discussed below; but the other two goals for motion processing were attained.

TPAC applauds the TTAB for setting objective performance goals and for tracking its progress against those goals. These performance measures assist the Board and the public in setting realistic average-time expectations and monitoring overall workflow and progress on an ongoing basis.

      d. Final Decision and Overall Average Pendency.
       

The average pendency of final decisions (excluding precedential decisions) issued in FY 2015 was 9.7 weeks. This average is slightly above the FY 2014 average of 9.2 weeks, but still better than the target of 10-12 weeks. This also represents a significant decrease from the FY 2012 levels that peaked at 24 weeks. TPAC recognizes that these overall reduced pendency averages for final decisions reflect the TTAB’s hard work and continued focus on productivity and output from the Administrative Trademark Judges (ATJs). The Board’s ATJs, under the leadership of Chief Judge Gerard Rogers, issued a total of 562 final decisions in FY 2015, an increase in production of 4.7%, which helped the Board reduce its total inventory of cases ready for final decision to 112 at year end, better than the target of 115-135 cases.

In FY 2015, the TTAB also tracked average pendency of non-precedential final decisions separately by type of case, with ex parte appeals decided within an average of 9.3 weeks from RFD and inter partes trial cases decided within an average of 11.2 weeks from RFD. Thus, even measured separately, each was within or better than the target of 10-12 weeks.

At the request of TPAC, the TTAB is also now tracking average pendency of precedential decisions, again measured from RFD to the date of the decision. For precedential decisions issued in FY 2015, average pendency was 48.1 weeks for final decisions in inter partes cases (compared to 42.6 weeks in FY 2014), 39.7 weeks for final decisions in ex parte appeals (compared to 28.5 weeks in FY 2014), and 45 weeks for interlocutory orders (compared to 23.7 weeks in FY 2014). While these averages are by necessity higher than those for non-precedential decisions, the Board plans to pay increased attention to process improvements to extract time savings throughout the process of preparing and issuing these precedential decisions.

The average “end to end” or “commencement to completion” pendency of trial cases (i.e., inter partes cases) was161.2 weeks in FY 2015, compared to 165.2 weeks in FY 2014. The median pendency of trial cases was 142 weeks in FY 2015, the same as in FY 2014. The FY 2015 reduction in average pendency is the fourth consecutive year this measure has been reduced.

For ex parte appeals in FY 2015, the average “end to end” processing time was 42.7 weeks, compared to 43.8 weeks in FY 2014. TPAC is pleased that average ex parte appeal pendency levels have been reduced back to FY 2009 and 2010 levels, when average pendency for an ex parte appeal was 44 and 45.5 weeks, respectively. Median pendency for appeals in FY 2015 was 35 weeks, compared to 36 weeks in FY 2014.

      e. Contested Motions.
       

In FY 2015, the TTAB’s average time to issue non-precedential decisions on contested motions was 9.8 weeks, not counting adjustments for reassignments made to maintain even workloads on the Interlocutory Attorneys. The adjusted figure was 9.2 weeks, and was up only slightly compared to the 9 week average in FY 2014. The adjusted figure was only .2 above the target of 8-9 weeks. The age of the oldest contested motion ready for decision at the end of FY 2015 was 12 weeks, compared to 11.9 weeks at the end of FY 2014, so that the Board again met this “reach” goal of having no case with a contested motion older than 12 weeks at year end. The TTAB also met its inventory target, with 159 cases awaiting a decision on one or more contested motions at the end of FY 2015 (compared to 135 cases at the end of FY 2014). Though the year-end inventory was up over the prior year, it was within the goal of 130-160 cases. In addition, the inventory should be reduced in FY2016 as the Board continues to incorporate two new attorneys who joined the Board in mid-year.

TPAC is heartened by the overall positive performance of the TTAB in FY 2015. The TTAB has met most of its goals, and skillfully managed case inventories and decisions issued under the leadership of Chief Judge Gerard Rogers, Deputy Chief Judge Susan Richey, and the valuable contributions from the ATJs, Interlocutory Attorneys, Paralegals, and staff. Further, the supervisor of the Interlocutory Attorneys, Kenneth Solomon, contributed significantly to the overall success of the TTAB’s performance.

      f. Active Inter Partes Proceedings Pending Under “Old Rules.”
       

In November 2007, the TTAB instituted a major rules change that impacted cases filed from that point on. For the last several years, the TTAB has been working to move all the “old rules” cases to final decision. The Board continued to make progress in that regard in FY 2015, as only 48 such proceedings remain on the Board’s docket, with nine of these in the process of being resolved on the merits. There are 39 proceedings commenced prior to November 2007 that are not under the Board’s sole control, because they are suspended for another proceeding, have been remanded to a Trademark Examining Attorney, or have been decided and are in the appeal period or on appeal.

With the nine proceedings that are “on track” toward resolution on the merits, the TTAB has issued interlocutory orders to set schedules for completing discovery, trial or briefing, as necessary. In many cases, TTAB Interlocutory Attorneys and/or ATJs have utilized telephone conferences to discuss the status of “old rules” cases, so as to hasten them toward resolution. Suspension of these cases to accommodate settlement negotiations by the parties is no longer permitted.

While TPAC recognizes that there are some cases over which the TTAB has no ability to control scheduling, such as those suspended because of a court matter, our Committee commends the TTAB for its active management of the remaining “old rules” cases. TPAC, like the TTAB, looks forward to the day when the Board will no longer have to operate under two different sets of rules.

    3. Personnel.
     

The TTAB currently has 23 ATJs, 13 full-time and one part-time Interlocutory Attorneys, and 11 paralegals. New ATJs hired in FY 2015 were Cheryl Goodman (former TTAB Interlocutory Attorney), Cynthia Lynch (former USPTO Administrator for Trademark Policy and Procedure), and David Heasley (an experienced trademark litigator). In April 2015, Mike Webster and Jeff McNutt were hired as Interlocutory Attorneys. TPAC would like to congratulate and welcome these individuals to their new roles at the TTAB.

In FY 2015 (as in previous years) the Board continued to utilize law students as summer externs to work on large record cases in both contested and uncontested matters, and on various other research projects.

It is clear that the use of detailees and summer externs has helped the TTAB manage caseloads more efficiently. TPAC supports the TTAB as it continues to consider future details, work projects, and law student programs to assist with management of workload, particularly on cases with large records. These programs not only benefit the TTAB, but also provide valuable exposure and experience for Examining Attorneys and for students.

    4. Process/Procedures.
      a. Stakeholder Outreach.
       

ESTTA Users Forum. On January 29, 2015, the TTAB hosted an external stakeholder forum to discuss issues relating to the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA). Issues discussed included difficulties encountered with attachments to filings, both in terms of pre-filing review and resolution of images in TTABVUE following submission; expansion of the list of grounds on the ESTTA cover page when initiating opposition and cancellation proceedings; modification of the consent motion form to allow filers to control resetting of dates that have not yet lapsed; and implementation of a “saved” feature to allow more than one author to contribute to the filing before submission. The TTAB is planning a number of enhancements to ESTTA and TTABVUE in light of these discussions, and has worked with CIO staff to identify the necessary system improvements. Plans are to have the improvements deployed in FY2016.

Roundtable on Evolving TTAB Processes. On February 19, 2015, the TTAB held a roundtable with user groups to discuss a number of topics and possible changes to TTAB processes and procedures, including increased use of email service and electronic communication from the Board, restrictions on extensions of time to oppose, changes to the Board’s Standard Protective Order, changes to discovery rules, submission of testimony by affidavits/declarations with live cross-examination, permitting submission of produced documents by Notice of Reliance, judicial notice of USPTO records, limits on extensions/suspensions for settlement negotiations, conferences with the Board on motions for summary judgment/partial summary judgment, retrieval of documents after termination of trial cases, non-use expungement proceedings, eliminating interferences, reconsideration and remands of ex parte appeals. Representatives from a number of organizations participated in the roundtable, including ABA-IPL Section, ACC, AIPLA, INTA, and IPO. The Board is considering a number of changes to its procedures and processes in light of these discussions, and TPAC looks forward to reviewing and advising the TTAB on any proposed changes.

As the discussion above demonstrates, the Board continues to actively seek input from its customers and seeks to implement changes based on that input. TPAC commends the TTAB for its responsiveness and for its willingness to include stakeholders whenever considering new changes.

      b. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP).
       

TPAC consistently encourages the TTAB to revise and update the TBMP on at least an annual basis. The TTAB has been doing so for the past several years. Keeping the TBMP up to date through consecutive annual revisions is critical for the TTAB and for those who practice before it. In FY 2015, the TTAB launched the TBMP in RDMS format, which will make the TBMP easier for users to search electronically and will allow for ongoing collection of stakeholder feedback and suggestions. TPAC applauds this enhancement and appreciates the ongoing efforts of the TTAB to provide stakeholders with an up-to-date resource.

      c. Accelerated Case Resolution (ACR).
       

The TTAB continues in FY 2015 to advocate that parties adopt ACR. Cases in which the parties agree to ACR show that the procedure has the potential to significantly improve the speed at which a matter is resolved, thus reducing costs associated with the proceeding. Because ACR can be adopted by the parties at any time during the pendency of a case, the statistics on ACR do not always reflect the potential efficiencies that can be realized through the use of ACR. Some parties only agree to a form of ACR after significant investment of time and resources in discovery and motion practice. It is clear, however, that even when parties stipulate to ACR–type procedures later in a proceeding, they still realize significant resource-saving benefits.

In FY 2014, for example, the average end-to-end pendency for an ACR case was 136.3 weeks, about 17.5% lower overall than a case employing standard discovery and trial methods. Similarly, in FY 2015, average ACR commencement to completion pendency was 138.6 weeks, about 14% lower overall compared to the traditional trial schedule cases.

The TTAB has also committed to accelerate the issuance of final decisions in ACR cases. For example, if parties agree to use the bench trial or cross-motions for summary judgment model for ACR and the Board approves the trial of the case by ACR, the Board generally will render a final decision within 50 days following completion of the briefing (compared to the overall 10-12 week target for pendency of non-precedential final decisions). See TBMP 702.04(a).

The TTAB web site provides detailed information and representative case listings concerning ACR, which is regularly updated. The web site also includes “plug and play” options, including one set suggested by American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and another set of possible approaches proposed by the TTAB. The parties to a TTAB proceeding may opt to follow the “plug and play” options, or agree to pursue other ACR-type procedures by filing a stipulation with TTAB approval. The TTAB also actively seeks public suggestions on ACR with its dedicated mailbox for ACR:ACRsuggestions@uspto.gov.

For example, in some cases, the parties have stipulated that the briefs and evidence filed in conjunction with a summary judgment motion can be used as the trial record and briefs, thereby presenting the case for final decision on the merits without the need for traditional trial and briefing. This approach requires the parties to expressly stipulate that the Board can resolve any issues of material fact not stipulated to by the parties or which may have been overlooked or unforeseen by the parties. Another common approach to ACR involves the parties agreeing upon alternatives to traditional discovery, trial and briefing. Indeed, a key benefit of ACR is that it is very flexible and the parties can design an approach that meets the needs of their case.

Notwithstanding these offerings by the Board, a lack of awareness of ACR among practitioners remains a major hurdle to the broader adoption of ACR. To that end, the TTAB continues to promote ACR with information on the TTAB web site, and through presentations at major IP events, articles, webinars, and other public outreach methods.

The TTAB’s efforts to promote ACR are showing signs of success, as the use of ACR by litigants appears to be trending upwards. In FY 2014, there were 21 cases decided on the merits following use of some form of ACR, representing an increase of 133% over the previous high of 9 such cases. In FY 2015, this number fell to 10 cases, but another six had been submitted for decision near the end of the fiscal year and were in the process of being decided at year end. Despite the decrease, the interest in ACR still is well above 2012-13 levels.

TPAC encourages intellectual property associations, Continuing Legal Education (CLE) providers and others to assist in making practitioners more aware of the availability of ACR options in proceedings before the TTAB and in discussing the significant benefits available through the use of ACR. 

As in our report last year, TPAC continues to encourage the TTAB to consider appropriate action in FY 2015, such as proposed rule-making, to memorialize the ACR procedures as the preferred and most efficient schedule for cases before the tribunal.

      d. Dashboard.
       

In FY 2013, the TTAB introduced a new Dashboard, to provide users with easy-to-understand visuals showing important TTAB statistics, which is now part of the USPTO Data Visualization Center. The TTAB Dashboard is available to the public and open for public use and comment at TTABdashboards@uspto.gov.

The Dashboard reports on a quarterly basis statistics on pendency measures, new filings, and inventory of cases and motions at the TTAB. As discussed above, the TTAB’s decision to set measurable performance goals has made it much easier both for the public and for the Board to track progress. The Dashboard provides a useful visual tool to facilitate such tracking.

      e. Standard Protective Order.
       

The TTAB is considering a number of changes to its Standard Protective Order, including: (1) specifically stating in the Order that it is automatically imposed in all inter partes cases, subject to any changes agreed to by the parties and approved by the Board; (2) encouraging parties to sign the Order to create a binding contract enforceable after termination of the TTAB proceeding; (3) reducing the tiers of protection from three to two; (4) addressing the presence of confidential information in electronically stored information; and (5) handling of confidential information after termination of the proceeding. TPAC provided comments and suggestions regarding the proposed new version of the Standard Protective Order in June 2015. The TTAB is also soliciting public input regarding the new version on its IdeaScale® webpage (see http://uspto-tbmp.ideascale.com).

      f. ESTTA Opposition/Cancellation Cover Sheet.
       

The TTAB is working on changes to the online cover sheets listing the grounds for opposition or cancellation when filing an inter partes action through ESTTA. The goal is to list most available grounds so that parties can easily identify and check off the ground(s) being relied upon when filing an action. TPAC provided comments in June 2015.

      g. Other Enhancements to ESTTA and TTABVUE.
       

Because the Board is considering a package of Rule changes, it is likely that at least some changes or enhancements of these legacy applications will be needed, possibly in FY2016, to accommodate the changes.

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for LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE appearing in the Official
Gazette of November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 114 

granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,184,389 to KEN YOSHIMURA of
Tsukuba-shi, JP for MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUND appearing in the Official
Gazette of November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,184,423 to DAVID BRADWELL of Boston, MA
for ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES appearing in the Official
Gazette of November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,184,596 to TETSUYA NISHIYAMA of Tokyo,
JP for WIRELESS POWER RECEIVER, WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND
POWER CONTROLLER appearing in the Official Gazette of November 10, 2015
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,184,617 to YEON-SUNG JUNG of Yongin-si,
KR for COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND ENERGY STORAGE
SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of November 10,
2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,184,724 to CHUL KIM of Hwaseong-si, KR
for BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR appearing in the Official Gazette of
November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,184,788 to JERRY WANG of Bethlehem, PA
for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING UPLINK NOISE POWER IN A WIRELESS
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of November 10,
2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,184,812 to BRENDAN MCWILLIAMS of
Newbury, GB for METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED TRANSMISSION IN MOBILE
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS appearing in the Official Gazette of November 10,
2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,037 to PRANJAL DUTTA of MOUNTAIN
VIEW, CA for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA PLANE FATE SEPARATION OF LABEL
DISTRIBUTION PROTOCOL (LDP) LABEL SWITCHED PATHS (LSPS) appearing in the
Official Gazette of November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,157 to DAVID ARSENAULT of Reston,
VA for PROCESSING BROWSER REQUESTS TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE PORTIONS OF CONTENT
HAVING A CONSISTENT APPEARANCE appearing in the Official Gazette of
November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,190 to KYUNG-MO PARK of Seoul, KR
for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING A MULTIMEDIA DATA PACKET
appearing in the Official Gazette of November 10, 2015 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,330 to TSUTOMU KURIHARA of Tokyo,
JP for LASER DRIVING CIRCUIT, LASER DRIVING METHOD, PROJECTOR APPARATUS AND
APPARATUS WHICH USES LASER LIGHT appearing in the Official Gazette of
November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,354 to PETER VENETIANER of McLean,
VA for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME HEALTH CARE MONITORING appearing in the
Official Gazette of November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,415 to SACHIN DESHPANDE of Camas,
WA for REFERENCE PICTURE SET SIGNALING AND RESTRICTION ON AN ELECTRONIC
DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of November 10, 2015 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
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   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,416 to OH, SOO MI et al of
SEONGNAM, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF for IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS appearing in the
Official Gazette of November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,482 to TOMOHIRO MATSUO of
SAITAMA-KEN, JP for EARPHONE DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of
November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,574 to STEVEN BATHICHE of Kirkland,
WA for BINDING OF AN APPARATUS TO A COMPUTING DEVICE appearing in the
Official Gazette of November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,615 to TAKAYUKI KONDO of Tokyo, JP
for WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE
STATION AND BASE STATION, AND CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM
THEREFOR FOR DETERMINING NEIGHBOR CELLS OF CELL CORRESPONDING TO MOBILE
STATION POSITION appearing in the Official Gazette of November 10, 2015
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All references to Patent No. 9,185,832 to KINYA NAKATSU of
Hitachi-shi, JP for POWER CONVERTER appearing in the Official Gazette of
November 10, 2015 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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Erratum
                                 Erratum

   In the notice of Certificate of Correction appearing in the Official
Gazette of November 10, 2015, delete all reference to the certificate of
correction, issued on October 20, 2015, for Patent No. 7,728,038. The
request for certificate of correction to correct the government rights
statement was already issued. The Certificate of Correction which issued on
October 20, 2015 for 7,728,038 was published in error and should not have
been issued for this patent.


                                 Erratum

   In the notice of Certificate of Correction appearing in the Official
Gazette of November 10, 2015, delete all reference to the certificate of
correction, issued on October 20, 2015, for Patent No. 8,974,569. There was
no petition under 3.81(b) filed and granted by the Office of Petitions. The
Certificate of Correction which issued on October 20, 2015 was published in
error and should not have been issued for this patent.


                                 Erratum

   In the notice of Certificate of Correction appearing in November 10,
2015, delete all reference to Patent No. 7,101,388, issue of October 20,
2015. Petition to accept an unintentionally delayed priority claim under
35 U.S.C. § 120 was dismissed by the Office of Petitions. The certificate
of correction was published in error and should not have been issued for
this patent.
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Certificates of Correction
                        Certificates of Correction
                          for November 17, 2015

5,699,054             8,869,908             8,975,599            9,045,377
7,001,735             8,870,297             8,977,629            9,046,258
7,056,894             8,870,303             8,978,026            9,046,298
7,206,698             8,875,672             8,978,997            9,047,208
7,211,653             8,876,226             8,980,217            9,049,002
7,211,677             8,876,227             8,981,151            9,049,121
7,274,320             8,878,903             8,982,925            9,049,849
7,305,567             8,881,887             8,983,214            9,050,316
7,494,515             8,882,152             8,983,543            9,050,784
7,654,440             8,885,141             8,984,334            9,051,577
7,866,418             8,885,358             8,984,887            9,051,650
7,960,359             8,886,813             8,984,893            9,053,177
8,027,514             8,887,499             8,986,812            9,053,572
8,092,996             8,889,175             8,988,336            9,054,524
8,135,159             8,890,323             8,988,461            9,054,846
8,235,421             8,891,510             8,989,137            9,054,957
8,241,854             8,891,661             8,989,501            9,055,101
8,301,676             8,892,282             8,989,895            9,055,870
8,307,716             8,893,242             8,990,457            9,055,955
8,318,921             8,895,025             8,991,242            9,056,786
8,325,961             8,899,906             8,991,507            9,057,097
8,380,624             8,900,919             8,993,200            9,057,820
8,403,174             8,903,566             8,993,366            9,057,994
8,426,237             8,903,612             8,993,526            9,059,641
8,436,151             8,903,974             8,994,207            9,059,968
8,447,331             8,904,597             8,995,089            9,061,046
8,449,806             8,904,712             8,995,384            9,062,014
8,453,558             8,905,059             8,995,640            9,062,089
8,455,988             8,905,377             8,995,905            9,063,206
8,474,755             8,905,640             8,996,534            9,063,650
8,476,632             8,906,350             8,996,686            9,063,828
8,496,763             8,908,039             8,998,584            9,063,924
8,497,364             8,908,192             8,999,425            9,064,003
8,502,131             8,908,845             9,001,252            9,064,075
8,513,228             8,914,870             9,001,763            9,064,159
8,527,392             8,918,469             9,002,144            9,065,423
8,532,731             8,919,121             9,002,510            9,065,715
8,536,660             8,919,563             9,002,919            9,066,199
8,546,392             8,920,106             9,003,181            9,066,330
8,573,060             8,921,524             9,003,860            9,066,673
8,586,539             8,922,666             9,004,541            9,066,689
8,598,003             8,924,052             9,005,269            9,066,822
8,610,974             8,924,115             9,005,636            9,067,887
8,613,474             8,924,643             9,006,518            9,068,554
8,638,620             8,925,079             9,006,716            9,069,051
8,641,527             8,926,003             9,008,691            9,069,613
8,642,195             8,926,309             9,009,481            9,070,208
8,650,098             8,926,976             9,009,749            9,070,936
8,658,780             8,928,636             9,010,382            9,071,513
8,659,870             8,929,606             9,010,731            9,071,552
8,668,183             8,933,097             9,011,020            9,071,553
8,684,233             8,934,892             9,011,099            9,071,584
8,687,789             8,934,942             9,011,206            9,071,742
8,721,438             8,935,951             9,011,423            9,071,881
8,727,683             8,936,300             9,011,847            9,072,100
8,729,536             8,939,859             9,012,323            9,072,607
8,733,598             8,941,008             9,012,984            9,072,705
8,735,435             8,942,813             9,014,089            9,072,775
8,752,707             8,942,863             9,014,550            9,072,847
8,753,916             8,942,887             9,015,237            9,073,101
8,756,051             8,943,057             9,015,379            9,073,190
8,762,124             8,943,601             9,015,831            9,073,665
 December 08, 2015 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1421 OG 118 

8,763,351             8,943,668             9,016,978            9,074,407
8,763,757             8,943,808             9,017,755            9,074,705
8,763,927             8,943,819             9,019,156            9,074,936
8,765,445             8,943,820             9,019,626            9,075,261
8,765,709             8,944,020             9,019,825            9,075,875
8,767,828             8,945,190             9,019,867            9,076,201
8,771,645             8,946,395             9,021,125            9,076,309
8,771,818             8,946,426             9,022,592            9,076,435
8,775,262             8,948,476             9,022,868            9,076,680
8,778,376             8,949,110             9,023,263            9,076,888
8,784,802             8,949,541             9,024,009            9,077,008
8,785,486             8,949,841             9,024,412            9,077,592
8,785,487             8,951,912             9,025,005            9,077,772
8,789,011             8,952,370             9,025,039            9,078,173
8,793,375             8,952,490             9,025,446            9,078,622
8,797,891             8,952,966             9,025,890            9,078,854
8,804,563             8,953,266             9,026,761            9,078,980
8,806,208             8,953,748             9,026,780            9,079,280
8,811,761             8,954,067             9,027,752            9,080,070
8,812,507             8,954,309             9,028,158            9,080,130
8,818,310             8,954,397             9,029,404            9,080,157
8,819,995             8,954,994             9,030,822            9,080,452
8,822,086             8,955,037             9,031,417            9,080,813
8,825,037             8,955,281             9,032,068            9,082,476
8,825,746             8,959,050             9,034,186            9,082,655
8,825,770             8,959,057             9,034,249            9,082,892
8,830,990             8,959,106             9,034,324            9,084,137
8,832,060             8,959,362             9,036,495            9,084,353
8,838,093             8,959,495             9,037,251            9,086,407
8,838,118             8,962,157             9,038,098            9,086,437
8,839,094             8,962,325             9,038,366            9,087,003
8,845,879             8,962,342             9,038,606            9,088,438
8,854,269             8,962,582             9,039,384            9,089,804
8,855,113             8,963,149             9,039,803            9,107,198
8,856,038             8,965,357             9,039,828            9,150,944
8,857,582             8,965,943             9,039,848            D. 635,247
8,858,337             8,966,784             9,040,236            D. 724,696
8,861,623             8,968,919             9,041,505            D. 725,489
8,861,844             8,970,277             9,042,334            D. 725,612
8,862,150             8,970,874             9,042,388            D. 725,724
8,865,400             8,971,415             9,042,623            D. 728,224
8,866,308             8,971,613             9,042,931            D. 729,294
8,867,567             8,972,031             9,043,092            D. 733,416
8,867,771             8,972,314             9,043,519            D. 734,009
8,869,516             8,972,590             9,043,585
8,869,523             8,974,437             9,043,953
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AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

AIA Trial Proceedings Filed before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Covered Business Methods
Patent No. Trial Number Requested Date Petitioner Patent Owner
7,908,172CBM2016-0001011/6/2015iHeartMedia, Inc.Impulse Radio, LLC
7,908,172CBM2016-0001111/6/2015iBiquity Digital CorporationImpulse Radio, LLC
8,219,445CBM2016-0001211/10/2015Walgreen Co.,
Ahold USA, Inc.,
Delhaize America, LLC,
Publix Super Markets, Inc. and
Quotient Technology Inc.
Advanced Marketing Systems, LLC


Inter Partes Review
Patent No. Trial Number Requested Date Petitioner Patent Owner
7,241,034IPR2016-0007910/23/2015Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Adaptive Headlamp Technologies, Inc.
8,879,567IPR2016-0008010/24/2015DISH Network L.L.C.,
EchoStar Corporation,
EchoStar Technologies L.L.C.,
and Sling Media, Inc.
Qurio Holdings, Inc.
7,741,338IPR2016-0007410/26/2015Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.Novartis AG
7,297,703IPR2016-0007510/26/2015Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.Novartis AG
6,455,518IPR2016-0007810/26/2015Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.Novartis AG
5,665,772IPR2016-0008410/26/2015Par Pharmaceutical, Inc.Novartis AG
8,266,266IPR2016-0007710/27/2015Hospitality Core Services LLC d/b/a/ Blueprint RFNomadix, Inc.
8,364,806IPR2016-0009210/27/2015Hospitality Core Services LLC d/b/a/ Blueprint RFNomadix, Inc.
6,717,513IPR2016-0012911/2/2015Alarm.com Inc.
and Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.
Vivint, Inc.
6,027,835IPR2016-0012811/3/2015Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.,
ASUS Computer International and
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.,
HP Inc. and
Dell, Inc.
RYUJIN Patent & Licensing Ltd.
5,865,519IPR2016-0013311/3/2015VENTANA 3D, LLCHologram USA, Inc.
8,252,675IPR2016-0013411/4/2015NVIDIA CorporationSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
6,147,601IPR2016-0015511/5/2015Alarm.com Incorporated and
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.
Vivint, Inc.
6,842,502IPR2016-0016011/6/2015Varian Medical Systems, Inc.,
VMS International AG,
VMS Nederland Holdings BV and
VMS Nederland BV
William Beaumont Hospital
6,462,654IPR2016-0016111/6/2015Alarm.com Inc. and
Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.
Vivint, Inc.
6,842,502IPR2016-0016211/6/2015Varian Medical Systems, Inc.,
VMS International AG,
VMS Nederland Holdings BV and
VMS Nederland BV
William Beaumont Hospital
6,842,502IPR2016-0016311/6/2015Varian Medical Systems, Inc.,
VMS International AG,
VMS Nederland Holdings BV and
VMS Nederland BV
William Beaumont Hospital
6,842,502IPR2016-0016611/6/2015Varian Medical Systems, Inc.,
VMS International AG,
VMS Nederland Holdings BV and
VMS Nederland BV
William Beaumont Hospital
7,471,765IPR2016-0016911/6/2015Varian Medical Systems, Inc.,
VMS International AG,
VMS Nederland Holdings BV and
VMS Nederland BV
William Beaumont Hospital
7,471,765IPR2016-0017011/6/2015Varian Medical Systems, Inc.,
VMS International AG,
VMS Nederland Holdings BV and
VMS Nederland BV
William Beaumont Hospital
7,471,765IPR2016-0017111/6/2015Varian Medical Systems, Inc.,
VMS International AG,
VMS Nederland Holdings BV and
VMS Nederland BV
William Beaumont Hospital
8,090,862IPR2016-0017411/11/2015Unified Patents, Inc.Nonend Inventions N.V.
6,375,570IPR2016-0018211/11/2015Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.,
Aristocrat International Pty. Ltd.,
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. and
Aristocrat Leisure Limited.
IGT
6,375,570IPR2016-0018111/11/2015Aristocrat Technologies, Inc.,
Aristocrat International Pty. Ltd.,
Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. and
Aristocrat Leisure Limited.
IGT
7,826,592IPR2016-0018711/11/2015Varian Medical Systems, Inc. and
VMS International AG
William Beaumont Hospital
7,332,183IPR2016-0019111/12/2015Graybar Pharmaceuticals, LLCPozen Inc.
6,784,552IPR2016-0019211/12/2015SK hynix Inc.,
SK Hynix America Inc.,
SK Hynix Memory Solutions Inc. and
Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America Inc.
DSS Technology Management, Inc.
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Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
November 2, 2015 – November 6, 2015
 

Date Issued Type of Case(1) Proceeding or Appn. Number Party or Parties TTAB Panel (2) Issue(s) TTAB Decision Opposer’s or Petitioner’s mark and goods or services Applicant’s or Respondent’s mark and goods or services Mark and goods or services cited by Examining Attorney Issued as Precedent of TTAB
11-2 EX 86093164 DPC Pet Specialties LLC
dba Ainsworth Pet Nutrition
Seeherman*
Kuhlke
Kuczma
 
2(e)(1); 6(a) (disclaimer "SOUP BONES") Refusal Affirmed in the absence of a disclaimer of "BONES"   SOUP BONES (and design) [pet treats]   No
11-2 EX 86411376 Happy House Sales Corp. Bucher
Mermelstein
Lykos*
2(e)(1) Refusal Affirmed   WAFFLETTES [waffles]   No
11-2 OPP
(SJ)
91210479 United States Postal Service
v.
RPost Communication Limited
Cataldo
Taylor
Mermelstein
[Opinion "By the Board" (Dunn)]
2(d) and priority; 2(a) (false suggestion of a connection)
 
Defenses: acquiescence; estoppel; unclean hands
Opposition Sustained in part (partial summary judgment granted for Opposer on defenses of acquiescence, estoppel, and unclean hands) CERTIFIED MAIL ("MAIL" disclaimed) [mailing services, namely, sorting, handling and receiving packages and letters; delivery services, namely, pickup, transportation and delivery of packages and letters by various modes of transportation] CERTIFIED EMAIL ("EMAIL" disclaimed) [electronic mail and messaging services, namely, that provide the recipient with a means of authentication]   No
11-3 EX 86098046 US Glove, Inc. Seeherman
Kuhlke*
Lykos
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   TIGER PAW [sporting goods for use in gymnastics, platform diving, yoga and weight-lifting, namely, athletic wrist and joint supports]
 
LION PAWS [wrist supports for athletic use] No
11-3 OPP 91213902 Altadis U.S.A. Inc.
v.
Global Services 1939 LLC
Bucher
Ritchie
Greenbaum*
2(d) and priority; 43(c) Opposition Sustained on 2(d) ground MONTECRISTO and "MONTECRISTO"-formative marks
and various design marks comprising or including a fleur de lis [cigars, cigar boxes, retail cigar stores and cigar smoking lounges]
MONTERO 1939 TATALMENTE A MANO M 1939 MONTERO 1939 (and design) ("TOTALMENTE A MANO" and "1939" disclaimed) [cigar boxes; cigars]   No
11-3 EX 85150436 CTI Electronics Corp. Mermelstein
Wolfson*
Lykos
23(c)
 
Refusal Affirmed   INDUSTRIAL MOUSE [inductive joystick cursor controller, namely heavy-duty computer pointer]   No
11-4 EX 86975346 Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. Cataldo
Wolfson
Hightower*
2(e)(1) Refusal Affirmed   SUSTAINABLE YIELD [financial asset management, financial management, financial portfolio management, financial risk management, financing of industrial activities, financing of loans, financing services, real estate investment trust services, financing renewable energy development projects; lease securitization; leasing of real estate; leasing of real property]   No
11-4 EX 86218002 White Birch Vineyards, LLC Kuczma
Adlin*
Heasley
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   WHITE BIRCH [wine] WHITE BIRCH (with and without design) ("BIRCH" disclaimed) and WHITE BIRCH BIRCH FLAVORED VODKA (and design) ("BIRCH FLAVORED VODKA" disclaimed)[vodka] and
WHITE BIRCH BREWING ("BREWING" disclaimed) [beer; beer, ale and lager; beer, ale and porter; all of the being handcrafted artisanal products]
No
11-5 EX 86141386 Integrated Embedded
dba Barr Group
Seeherman*
Bucher
Wellington
2(d) Refusal Reversed   B G (and design) [expert witness services in legal matters in the field of design of computer hardware, integrated circuits, communications hardware and software and computer networks for others] BG (stylized) [legal services]
 
No
11-5 EX 86134331 PTT, LLC DBA High 5 Games Kuhlke
Wellington
Greenbaum*
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   ISLANDS OF GALAPAGOS [game software]
 
GALAPAGOS [gaming devices, namely, gaming machines, slot machines, bingo machines, with or without video input]
 
No
11-5 EX 86126104 Dryoutpro Plus, Inc. Seeherman
Bergsman*
Heasley
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   DRYOUTPRO PLUS [residential and commercial cleaning services featuring: disaster restoration cleaning services, water damage restoration cleaning services, fire and smoke damage restoration cleaning services, carpet and upholstery cleaning, tile and grout cleaning, and area rug cleaning] [mold remediation services featured in connection with residential and commercial cleaning services]
 
DRYOUT (stylized) [water removal and dehumidification services for commercial and residential properties that have suffered water damage] No
11-5 EX 86134009 Dryoutpro Plus, Inc. Seeherman
Bergsman*
Heasley
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   DRYOUTPRO PLUS DISASTER RESTORATION SERVICE (and design) ("DISASTER RESTORATION SERVICE" disclaimed) [carpet cleaning; cleaning of commercial premises; cleaning of residential houses; group recoloring services; restoration services in the field of water, smoke and fire damage; upholstery repair] DRYOUT (stylized) [water removal and dehumidification services for commercial and residential properties that have suffered water damage]
 
 
No
11-5 EX 86107088 Plymouth Direct, Inc. and Natures Pillows, Inc. Bucher
Bergsman*
Lykos
2(d); 6(a) (disclaimer of "DIRECT") Refusal under 2(d) Affirmed; Refusal in absence of disclaimer Affirmed   TOP DOG DIRECT [the marketing of new products through television, the internet and at retail] ?WHAT IF! TOPDOG (and design) [wide variety of marketing and business services, including business consultation regarding identification of business objectives and opportunities, marketing activities, and launching of new products] No
11-5 EX 85862659 BTL Health, Inc. Cataldo*
Wolfson
Lynch
 
2(d) Refusal Affirmed   METROHEALTH STATION ("STATION" disclaimed) [health care; medical clinics] METRO HEALTH ("HEALTH" disclaimed) [provision of managed care, home health, physician, hospital and related health care services] METROHEALTHY [providing medical care for patients; providing
general health wellness and medical information to patients and the public]
No
11-6 EX 79137054 MixRadio Limited Bucher*
Wellington
Hightower
2(e)(1); 6(a) (disclaimer of "MIX RADIO") Refusal Affirmed in the absence of a disclaimer of "MIX RADIO"   MIXRADIO (and design) [computer software for providing access to pre-recorded music and video for download to a variety of digital devices] [online retail store services featuring music for download] [electronic transmission and streaming of digital media content for others via global and local computer networks] [entertainment services, namely, providing non-downloadable prerecorded music on-line via a music subscription service]   No
11-6 EX 79130383 Flair Leisure Products PLC Quinn
Zervas
Lynch*
2(d) Refusal Affirmed
 
  PLASTICINE IMAGINE THE FUN! (and design) [hand tools and hand implements for use in modelling and in working modelling material, namely plastic and wooden modelling tools for cutting, trimming, shaping and forming modelling material] [craft paper; modelling clay; various printed matter relating to modeling and crafts] [various toys, games, and playthings, including hobby and modelling sets] IMAGINE THE FUN [retail services through direct solicitation by salespersons directed to end-users featuring toys, balls and toy sports equipment]
 
No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (R) =Request for Reconsideration; (REM)=Decision on Remand (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member



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Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
                     MAILING AND HAND CARRY ADDRESSES FOR
             MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

              MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS

   For most correspondence (e.g., new patent applications) no mail stop
is required because the processing of the correspondence is routine.
If NO mail stop is included on the list below, no mail stop is required
for the correspondence. See the listing under "Mail to be Directed to the
Director of the Patent And Trademark Office" for additional mail stops
for patent-related correspondence. Only the specified type of document
should be placed in an envelope addressed to one of these special mail
stops. If any documents other than the specified type identified for each
special mail stop are addressed to that mail stop, they will be
significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate area for which they are
intended. The mail stop should generally appear as the first line in
the address.

   Most correspondence may be submitted electronically. See the USPTO's
Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) internet page
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/efs/index.jsp for additional
information.

   Please address mail to be delivered by the United States Postal Service
(USPS) as follows:

        Mail Stop _____
        Commissioner for Patents
        P.O. Box 1450
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

   If no Mail Stop is indicated below, the line beginning Mail Stop should
be omitted from the address.

   NEW: Effective September 16, 2012, the Mail Stop description for Mail
Stop Ex Parte Reexam is being revised and a new Mail Stop for supplemental
examination requests is being added as Mail Stop Supplemental Examination.

   Except correspondence for Maintenance Fee payments, Deposit Account
Replenishments (see 37 CFR 1.25(c)(4)), and Licensing and Review (see 37 CFR
5.1(c) and 5.2(c)), please address patent-related correspondence to be
delivered by other delivery services (Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL,
Laser, Action, Purolator, etc.) as follows:

        United States Patent and Trademark Office
        Customer Service Window, Mail Stop _____
        Randolph Building
        401 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314


Mail Stop
Designations            Explanation

Mail Stop 12            Contributions to the Examiner Education Program.

Mail Stop 313(c)        Petitions under 37 CFR 1.313(c) to withdraw a
                        patent application from issue after payment of
                        the issue fee and any papers associated with the
                        petition, including papers necessary for a
                        continuing application or a request for
                        continued examination (RCE).

Mail Stop AF            Amendments and other responses after final
                        rejection (e.g., a notice of appeal (and any
                        request for pre-appeal brief conference)),
                        other than an appeal brief.

Mail Stop Amendment     Information disclosure statements, drawings, and
                        replies to Office actions in patent applications
                        with or without an amendment to the application or
                        a terminal disclaimer. (Use Mail Stop AF for
                        replies after final rejection.)

Mail Stop Appeal        For appeal briefs or other briefs under
 Brief-Patents          part 41 of title 37 of the Code of Federal
                        Regulations (e.g., former 37 CFR 1.192).

Mail Stop               Public comments regarding patent-related
 Comments-Patent        regulations and procedures.


Mail Stop Conversion    Requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(2) to convert a
                        nonprovisional application to a provisional
                        application and requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(3)
                        to convert a provisional application to a
                        nonprovisional application.

Mail Stop EBC           Mail for the Electronic Business Center including:
                        Certificate Action Forms, Request for Customer
                        Number, and Requests for Customer Number Data
                        Change (USPTO Forms PTO-2042, PTO/SB/124A and 125A,
                        respectively) and Customer Number Upload
                        Spreadsheets and Cover Letters.

Mail Stop Expedited     Only to be used for the initial filing of
 Design                 design applications accompanied by a
                        request for expedited examination under
                        37 CFR 1.155.

Mail Stop Express       Requests for abandonment of a patent
 Abandonment            application pursuant to 37 CFR 1.138,
                        including any petitions under 37 CFR
                        1.138(c) to expressly abandon an
                        application to avoid publication of the
                        application.

Mail Stop               Applications under 35 U.S.C. 156 for patent term
 Hatch-Waxman PTE       extension based on regulatory review of a product
                        subject to pre-market review by a regulating
                        agency. This mail stop is also to be used for
                        additional correspondence regarding the
                        application for patent term extension under
                        35 U.S.C. 156. It is preferred that such initial
                        requests be hand-carried to:

                        Office of Patent Legal Administration
                        Room MDW 7D55
                        600 Dulany Street (Madison Building)
                        Alexandria, VA 22314

Mail Stop ILS           Correspondence relating to international patent
                        classification, exchanges and standards.

Mail Stop Issue Fee     All communications following the receipt of a
                        PTOL-85, "Notice of Allowance and Fee(s)
                        Due," and prior to the issuance of a patent
                        should be addressed to Mail Stop Issue Fee,
                        unless advised to the contrary.

                        Assignments are the exception. Assignments
                        (with cover sheets) should be faxed to
                        571-273-0140, electronically submitted
                        (http://epas.uspto.gov), or submitted in a
                        separate envelope and sent to Mail Stop
                        Assignment Recordation Services,
                        Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
                        as shown below.

Mail Stop L&R           All documents pertaining to applications subject
                        to secrecy order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 181, or
                        national-security classified and required to be
                        processed accordingly. Such papers, petitions for
                        foreign filing license pursuant to 37 CFR 5.12(b)
                        for which expedited handling is requested, and
                        petitions for retroactive license under 37 CFR
                        5.25 may also be hand carried to Licensing and
                        Review:

                        Technology Center 3600, Office of the Director
                        Room 4B41
                        501 Dulany Street (Knox Building)
                        Alexandria, VA 22314

Mail Stop Missing       Requests for a corrected filing receipt and
 Parts                  replies to OPAP notices such as the Notice
                        of Omitted Items, Notice to File Corrected
                        Application Papers, Notice of Incomplete
                        Application, Notice to Comply with Nucleotide
                        Sequence Requirements, and Notice to File Missing
                        Parts of Application, and associated papers and
                        fees.

Mail Stop MPEP          Submissions concerning the Manual of Patent
                        Examining Procedure.

Mail Stop Patent Ext.   Applications for patent term extension or
                        adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 and any
                        communications relating thereto. This mail stop
                        is limited to petitions for patent term extension
                        under 35 U.S.C. 154 for applications filed
                        between June 8, 1995 and May 29, 2000, and patent
                        term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. 154 for
                        applications filed on or after May 29, 2000.
                        For applications for patent term extension under
                        35 U.S.C. 156, use Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE.
                        For applications for patent term extension or
                        adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 that are mailed
                        together with the payment of the issue fee, use
                        Mail Stop Issue Fee.

Mail Stop Patent        Submission of comments regarding search templates.
 Search Template
 Comments

Mail Stop PCT           Mail related to international applications filed
                        under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in the
                        international phase and in the national phase
                        under 35 U.S.C. 371 prior to mailing of a
                        Notification of Acceptance of Application Under
                        35 U.S.C. 371 and 37 CFR 1.495 (Form
                        PCT/DO/EO/903).

Mail Stop Petition      Petitions to be decided by the Office of Petitions,
                        including petitions to revive and petitions to
                        accept late payment of issue fees or maintenance
                        fees.

Mail Stop PGPUB         Correspondence regarding publication of patent
                        applications not otherwise provided, including:
                        requests for early publication made after filing,
                        rescission of a non-publication request, corrected
                        patent application publication, and refund of
                        publication fee.

Mail Stop Post          In patented files: requests for changes of
 Issue                  correspondence address, powers of attorney,
                        revocations of powers of attorney, withdrawal as
                        attorney or agent and submissions under 37
                        CFR 1.501. Designation of, or changes to, a fee
                        address should be addressed to Mail Stop M
                        Correspondence. Requests for Certificate of
                        Correction need no special mail stop, but
                        should be mailed to the attention of Certificate
                        of Correction Branch.

Mail Stop RCE           Requests for continued examination under
                        37 CFR 1.114.

Mail Stop               Correspondence pertaining to the reconstruction
 Reconstruction         of lost patent files.

Mail Stop Ex Parte      Original requests for Ex Parte Reexamination
 Reexam                 and all subsequent correspondence other
                        than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
                        (see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)). Effective
                        September 16, 2012, this mail stop is also to be
                        used for any papers to be filed in an ex parte
                        reexamination proceeding ordered as a result of
                        a supplemental examination proceeding.

Mail Stop Inter         Original requests for Inter Partes Reexamination
 Partes Reexam          and all subsequent correspondence other than
                        correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
                        (see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Reissue       All new and continuing reissue application filings.

Mail Stop Sequence      Submission of the computer readable form (CRF) for
                        applications with sequence listings, when the CRF
                        is not being filed with the patent application.

Mail Stop Supplemental  (Effective September 16, 2012). Requests for
 Examination            Supplemental Examination, including original
                        request papers and any other correspondence, other
                        than correspondence to the Office of the
                        Solicitor (see 37 CFR Secs. 1.1(a)(3) AND 1.302(c)).
                        This mail stop is limited to original request papers
                        and any other papers that are to be filed in a
                        supplemental examination proceeding. For any papers
                        to be filed in an ex parte reexamination proceeding
                        ordered as a result of a supplemental examination
                        proceeding, use "Mail Stop Ex Parte Reexam".

Information for addressing patent-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/mail.jsp.


            MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS

   Please address trademark-related correspondence to be delivered by the
United States Postal Service (USPS), except documents sent to the Assignment
Services Division for recordation, requests for copies of trademark
documents, and documents directed to the Madrid Processing Unit, as follows:

        Commissioner for Trademarks
        P.O. Box 1451
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be mailed to:

        Madrid Processing Unit
        600 Dulany Street
        MDE-7B87
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Deputy Commissioner for
Trademark Policy regarding Letters of Protest must be mailed to:

        Letter of Protest
        ATTN: Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Policy
        600 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Director regarding the Fastener
Quality Act (FQA) must be mailed to:

        Director, USPTO
        ATTN: FQA
        600 Dulany Street, MDE-10A71
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Commissioner regarding the
recordal of a Native American Tribal Insignia (NATI) must be mailed to:

        Native American Tribal Insignia
        ATTN: Commissioner for Trademarks
        600 Dulany Street
        MDE-10A71
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

Do NOT send any of the following via USPS certified mail or with a
"signature required" option: submissions to the Madrid Processing Unit,
Letters of Protest, applications for recordal of insignia under the
Fastener Quality Act, notifications of Native American Tribal Insignia.

   Trademark-related mail to be delivered by hand or other private courier
or delivery service (e.g., UPS, Federal Express) to the Trademark Operation,
the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be delivered to:

        Trademark Assistance Center
        Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55
        600 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314

Information for addressing trademark-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/mail.jsp.


           MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
                          PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

   Please address correspondence to be directed to a mail stop identified
below to be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows
(unless otherwise instructed):

        Mail Stop _____
        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        P.O. Box 1450
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Mail Stop
Designations            Explanation

Mail Stop 3             Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC.

Mail Stop 6             Mail for the Office of Procurement.

Mail Stop 8             All papers for the Office of the Solicitor except
                        communications relating to pending litigation and
                        disciplinary proceedings; papers relating to pending
                        litigation in court cases shall be mailed only to
                        Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 15667, Arlington,
                        VA 22215 and papers related to pending disciplinary
                        proceedings before the Administrative Law Judge or
                        the Director shall be mailed only to the Office of
                        the Solicitor, P.O. Box 16116, Arlington, VA 22215.

Mail Stop 11            Mail for the Electronic Ordering Service (EOS).

Mail Stop 13            Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division.

Mail Stop 16            Mail related to refund requests, other than
                        requests for refund of a patent application
                        publication fee. Such requests should be directed
                        to Mail Stop PGPub.

Mail Stop 17            Invoices directed to the Office of Finance.

Mail Stop 24            Mail for the Inventor's Assistance Program,
                        including complaints about Invention Promoters.

Mail Stop 171           Vacancy Announcement Applications.

Mail Stop Assignment    All assignment documents, security interests,
 Recordation Services   and other documents to be recorded in the
                        Assignment records. Note that documents with
                        cover sheets that are faxed to 571-273-0140 or
                        submitted electronically (http://epas.uspto.gov)
                        are processed much more quickly than those
                        submitted by mail.

Mail Stop Document      All requests for certified or uncertified
 Services               copies of patent or trademark documents.

Mail Stop EEO           Mail for the Office of Civil Rights.

Mail Stop External      Mail for the Office of External Affairs.
 Affairs

Mail Stop Interference  Communications relating to interferences and
                        applications and patents involved in interference.

Mail Stop M             Mail to designate or change a fee
 Correspondence         address, or other correspondence related to
                        maintenance fees, except payments of
                        maintenance fees in patents. See below for
                        the address for maintenance fee payments.

Mail Stop OED           Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.


                           Maintenance Fee Payments

   Unless submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov,
payments of maintenance fees in patents using the United States Postal
Service, hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS,
etc.) should be mailed to:

        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn: Maintenance Fees
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, Virginia 22314

                        Deposit Account Replenishments

   Payments to replenish deposit accounts using the United States Postal
Service, hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS,
etc.) should be made to:

        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn: Deposit Accounts
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, VA 22314

   Information about deposit account replenishments may also be found on
the USPTO's website at
http://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/fees-and-payment/deposit-accounts/deposit-account-replenishment-options
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Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
             Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for
             Public Use in Patent and Trademark Resource Centers

The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Resource Centers
(PTRCs), provide public access to patent and trademark information received
from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This
information includes all issued patents, all registered trademarks, the
Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, search tools such
as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental information in a
variety of formats including online, optical disc, microfilm and paper.
Each PTRC also offers access to USPTO resources on the Internet and to
PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system used by patent examiners
that is not available on the Internet.

Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information.
All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges
associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of
service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these
collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in
advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience.

State                   Name of Library                  Telephone Contact

Alabama                 Auburn University Libraries         (334) 844-1737
                        Birmingham Public Library           (205) 226-3620
Alaska                  Fairbanks: Keith B. Mather Library,
                        Geophysical Institute,
                        University of Alaska, Fairbanks     (907) 474-2636
Arizona                 Phoenix, Arizona
                        State Library of Arizona
                        Arizona State Library Archives
                        and Public Records                  (602) 926-3870
Arkansas                Little Rock: Arkansas State
                        Library                             (501) 682-2053
California              Los Angeles Public Library          (213) 228-7220
                        Riverside: University of
                        California, Riverside, Orbach
                        Science Library                     (951) 827-3316
                        Sacramento: California State
                        Library                             (916) 654-0261
                        San Diego Public Library            (619) 236-5800
                        San Francisco Public Library        (415) 557-4400
                        Sunnyvale Public Library            (408) 730-7300
                        San Jose: San Jose Public Library,
                        Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library (408) 808-2000
Colorado                Denver Public Library               (720) 865-1711
Connecticut             Fairfield: Ryan-Matura Library
                        Sacred Heart University             (203) 371-7726
Delaware                Newark: University of Delaware
                        Library                             (302) 831-2965
Dist. of Columbia       Washington: Howard University
                        Libraries                           (202) 806-7252
Florida                 Fort Lauderdale: Broward County
                        Main Library                        (954) 357-7444
                        Miami-Dade Public Library           (305) 375-2665
                        Orlando: University of Central
                        Florida Libraries                   (407) 823-2562
Georgia                 Atlanta: Library and Information
                        Center, Georgia Institute of
                        Technology                          (404) 385-7185
Hawaii                  Honolulu: Hawaii State Library      (808) 586-3477
Illinois                Chicago Public Library              (312) 747-4450
                        Macomb:  Western Illinois
                        University Libraries                (309) 298-2722
Indiana                 Indianapolis-Marion County Public
                        Library                             (317) 269-1741
                        West Lafayette Siegesmund
                        Engineering Library,
                        Purdue University                   (765) 494-2872
Iowa                    Davenport: Davenport Public Library (563) 326-7832
Kansas                  Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita
                        State University                  1 (800) 572-8368
Kentucky                Louisville Free Public Library      (502) 574-1611
                        W. Frank Steely Library
                        Northern Kentucky University
                        Highland Heights, Kentucky          (859) 572-5457
Louisiana               Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton
                        Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875
Maine                   Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library,
                        University of Maine                 (207) 581-1678
Maryland                College Park: Engineering and
                        Physical Sciences Library,
                        University of Maryland              (301) 405-9157
Massachusetts           Amherst: Physical Sciences Library,
                        University of Massachusetts         (413) 545-2765
                        Boston Public Library               (617) 536-5400
                                                                 Ext. 4256
Michigan                Ann Arbor: Art, Architecture &
                        Engineering Library,
                        University of Michigan              (734) 647-5735
                        Big Rapids: Ferris Library for
                        Information, Technology &
                        Education, Ferris State
                        University                          (231) 592-3602
                        Detroit: Public Library             (313) 481-1391
                        Michigan Technological
                        University, Van Pelt and
                        Opie Library, Houghton              (906) 487-2500
Minnesota               Hennepin County Library
                        Minneapolis Central Library         (612) 543-8000
Mississippi             Jackson: Mississippi Library
                        Commission                          (601) 432-4111
Missouri                Kansas City: Linda Hall Library     (816) 363-4600
                                                                  Ext. 724
                        St. Louis Public Library            (314) 352-2900
Montana                 Butte: Montana Tech Library of
                        the University of Montana           (406) 496-4281
Nebraska                Lincoln: Engineering Library,
                        University of Nebraska-Lincoln      (402) 472-3411
New Hampshire           Concord: University of New
                        Hampshire School of Law             (603) 513-5130
Nevada                  Reno: University of Nevada, Reno,
                        Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center      (775) 784-6500
                                                                  Ext. 257
New Jersey              Newark Public Library               (973) 733-7779
                        Piscataway: Library of Science and
                        Medicine, Rutgers University        (732) 445-2895
New York                Albany: New York State Library      (518) 474-5355
                        Buffalo and Erie County Public
                        Library                             (716) 858-7101
                        Rochester Public Library            (716) 428-8110
                        New York: New York Public Library,
                        Science Industry & Business Library (212) 592-7000
North Carolina          J. Murrey Atkins Library, University
                        of North Carolina at Charlotte      (704) 687-0494
North Dakota            Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library,
                        University of North Dakota          (701) 777-4888
Ohio                    Akron - Summit County Public        (330) 643-9075
                        Library
                        Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
                        Public Library of                   (513) 369-6932
                        Cleveland Public Library            (216) 623-2870
                        Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar
                        Library, Wright State University    (937) 775-3521
                        Toledo/Lucas County Public Library  (419) 259-5209
Oklahoma                Stillwater: Oklahoma State
                        University Edmon Low Library        (405) 744-6546
Pennsylvania            Philadelphia, The Free Library of   (215) 686-5394
                        Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of     (412) 622-3138
                        University Park: PAMS Library,
                        Pennsylvania State University       (814) 865-7617
Puerto Rico             Bayamon: Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 993-0000
                                                                 Ext. 3222
                        Mayaquez General Library,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 832-4040
                                                                 Ext. 2023
                        Bayamon, Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 786-5225
Rhode Island            Providence Public Library           (401) 455-8027
South Carolina          Clemson University Libraries        (864) 656-3024
South Dakota            Rapid City: Devereaux Library,
                        South Dakota School of Mines and
                        Technology                          (605) 394-1275
Tennessee               Nashville: Stevenson Science and
                        Engineering Library, Vanderbilt
                        University                          (615) 322-2717
Texas                   Austin: McKinney Engineering
                        Library, University of Texas at
                        Austin                              (512) 495-4511
                        College Station: West Campus
                        Library, Texas A & M University     (979) 845-2111
                        Dallas Public Library               (214) 670-1468
                        Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice
                        University                          (713) 348-5483
                        Lubbock: Texas Tech University      (806) 742-2282
                        San Antonio Public Library          (210) 207-2500
Utah                    Salt Lake City: Marriott Library,
                        University of Utah                  (801) 581-8394
Vermont                 Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library,
                        University of Vermont               (802) 656-2542
Washington              Seattle: Engineering Library,
                        University of Washington            (206) 543-0740
West Virginia           Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
                        West Virginia University            (304) 293-4695
Wisconsin               Wendt Commons Library,
                        University of Wisconsin-Madison     (608) 262-0696
                        Milwaukee Public Library            (414) 286-3051
Wyoming                 Cheyenne: Wyoming State Library     (307) 777-7281
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Patent Technology Centers
PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
AVERAGE FILING DATE OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVING A FIRST OFFICE ACTION IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS1
Technology
Center
GAU Avg Filing Date
1600 BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  1610 08/03/2014
  1620 09/30/2014
  1630 04/27/2014
  1640 07/31/2014
  1650 06/27/2014
  1660 03/25/2014
  1670 09/20/2014
  TOTAL 07/28/2014
     
1700 CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGNS
  1710 01/02/2014
  1720 02/16/2014
  1730 03/10/2014
  1740 01/23/2014
  1750 02/10/2014
  1760 06/18/2014
  1770 01/17/2014
  1780 01/14/2014
  1790 05/25/2014
  TOTAL 03/04/2014
     
2100 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE
  2110 03/07/2014
  2120 08/21/2013
  2130 03/13/2014
  2140 11/26/2013
  2150 02/23/2014
  2160 01/23/2014
  2170 10/09/2013
  2180 11/17/2013
  2190 05/25/2014
  TOTAL 01/14/2014
     
2400 NETWORKING, MULTIPLEXING, CABLE AND SECURITY
  2410 04/09/2014
  2420 07/06/2014
  2430 07/03/2014
  2440 12/08/2013
  2450 12/15/2013
  2460 04/24/2014
  2470 04/12/2014
  2480 10/12/2013
  2490 07/06/2014
  TOTAL 03/13/2014
     
2600 COMMUNICATIONS
  2610 02/13/2014
  2620 04/24/2014
  2630 10/24/2014
  2640 06/24/2014
  2650 04/18/2014
  2660 06/30/2014
  2670 11/02/2014
  2680 06/12/2014
  2690 04/27/2014
  TOTAL 06/15/2014
     
2800   SEMICONDUCTORS/MEMORY, CIRCUITS/MEASURING AND TESTING, OPTICS/PHOTOCOPYING
  2810 11/02/2014
  2820 10/21/2014
  2830 02/23/2014
  2840 06/06/2014
  2850 05/31/2014
  2860 08/27/2013
  2870 05/13/2014
  2880 07/28/2014
  2890 11/17/2014
  TOTAL 06/15/2014
     
2900    
  2910 07/25/2014
  2920 08/09/2014
  TOTAL 07/28/2014
     
3600     TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND LICENSE AND REVIEW
  3610 09/20/2014
  3620 10/30/2013
  3630 11/11/2014
  3640 03/04/2014
  3650 06/06/2014
  3660 08/06/2014
  3670 04/24/2014
  3680 10/12/2013
  3690 04/03/2014
  TOTAL 05/22/2014
     
3700   MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS
  3710 06/09/2014
  3720 01/02/2014
  3730 02/07/2014
  3740 08/21/2013
  3750 03/01/2014
  3760 03/13/2014
  3770 02/04/2014
  3780 08/06/2014
  TOTAL 01/17/2014
     
  1 Report last updated on 09-30-2015.
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