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FYI - Below are comments that I provided this afternoon regarding the Design Search Code Manual.&nbsp; Some of the DSCM comments may look familiar, particularly if you followed my discussions of the UNKNOWN[DD] search phenomenon on the recently retired TESS.&nbsp; Sadly,
 I don't expect the typical Trademark Search System user would notice if their trademark search was impacted by any of these inconsistencies unless their design code search failed to retrieve any trademarks.</div>
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Ken Boone</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 10, 2023 2:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> TMFeedback &lt;tmfeedback@uspto.gov&gt;; TMDesignCodeComments@uspto.gov &lt;TMDesignCodeComments@uspto.gov&gt;<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Trademark Design Search Code Manual: 11 Apparent Inconsistencies That Warrant Attention</font>
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 IMO, these inconsistencies could adversely impact search results in the Trademark Search System, particularly since some of these inconsistencies have already bled into the Trademark Search System data.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></h3>
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</b></span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.01.16 - Heads of cats, dogs, wolves, foxes, bears, lions, tigers</b></span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">The DSCM Alphabetical Index (hereafter referred&nbsp;to as simply Index) has this single above entry for 03.01.16, but that design code does not
 occur in the Category 03.&nbsp; Isn't that a contradiction - that a design code should NOT occur in the Index unless it is explicitly mentioned in the text for that category with example drawings?</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Index also has the following related
<b><i>Heads of ...</i></b>&nbsp;entries.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.01.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Heads of felines, including cats of any size</span></div>
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<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.01.20\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Heads of bears</span></div>
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Each of those design codes does occur Category 03.&nbsp; So why include the more general design code 03.01.16 that overlaps those more specific design codes?</div>
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Finally, consider the hit counts for each of those design codes in the <b>Trademark Search System
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Would the DSCM developers intentionally introduce code 03.01.16 if there were only 25 total occurrences in the search database, all recent 98-series
 applications filed in the last 4 months?&nbsp; On the Trademark Search System, wouldn't any design code search of 03.01.16 (<b><i>heads of cats, dogs, wolves, foxes, bears, lions, tigers)</i></b>&nbsp;also need to include at least one additional code from (03.01.18
 03.01.19 03.01.20) to ensure that all the possible relevant <i>heads of </i>animal designs are retrieved?</span></div>
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</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.01.17 - Cats, dogs, wolves, foxes, or bears with forepaws resting on a shield, crest or other
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This design code only occurs in the Index. There is no mention of this design code in Category 03.&nbsp; Further, the Trademark Search System only includes 3 occurrences of this design code, all recent 98-series applications .&nbsp; I expect this design code was deleted
 in a prior update to the DSCM as unnecessary (i.e., that the appropriate shield/crest design code and the appropriate animal design code would be included for relevant trademark records) but was somehow revived in this latest update to the DSCM.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div>
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</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.07.02 - Cows with persons milking them</b></span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0)">This design code only occurs in the Index.&nbsp; There is no mention of this design code in Category 03.&nbsp;
 Further, there are 0 (zero) occurrences of this design code in the Trademark Search System.&nbsp; Again,
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I expect this design code was deleted in a prior update to the DSCM but somehow resurfaced
 inappropriately in this latest update to the DSCM.</span></div>
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</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.09.25 - Other rodents and small mammals other than cats and dogs; Platypus (semi-aquatic, egg-laying
 mammal of Australia and Tasmania with webbed feet and a snout resembling a duck's bill)</b></span></div>
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 but there is no mention of this design code in Category 03.&nbsp; Further, there is only a single occurrence of this design code in the Trademark Search System, and that new application has design code
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>03.09.09 - Kangaroos; Joeys; Wallabies.</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">&nbsp;Doesn't
 that make this design code entry superfluous?</span></div>
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</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.17.04 - Egg in nests or in wild settings; Nests with eggs</b></span></div>
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 Further, there are 0 (zero) occurrences of this design code in the Trademark Search System.&nbsp; Further, the following entries for design code 03.17.05 show these two entries in the Index are unnecessary.</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.17.05\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Bird nests</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.17.05\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Bird nests, whether or not eggs present</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.17.05\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Eggs in nests or in natural settings not shown as food</span></div>
<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.17.05\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Nests for birds</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Inconsistency #6:
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.19.12 - Clams; Mollusks; Oysters</b></span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This design code only occurs in the Index. There is no mention of
 this design code in Category 03.&nbsp; Further, there are only 2 occurrences of this design code in the Trademark Search System, both new 98-series applications less than 4 months old.&nbsp; Further, the following entries for design code 03.19.18 show these two entries
 in the Index are both unnecessary and redundant.</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Bivalve mollusks</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Conch shells</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Mollusk shellfish</span></div>
<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Mussels</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Nautilus</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Sand dollars</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Scallops</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Sea shells</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Seashells</span></div>
<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Shellfish other than crabs, shrimp, and lobsters</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Shells and shellfish other than crabs, shrimp, and lobsters, and including clams, nautilus, oysters, sand
 dollars, scallops, and the like</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.19.18\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Shells of clams, mussels, oysters, and scallops</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Inconsistency #7:
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.19.16 - Aquariums (with fish); Tropical fish and fish in aquaria</b></span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This design code only occurs in the Index. There is no mention of
 this design code in Category 03.&nbsp; Further, there are 0 (zero) occurrences of this design code in the Trademark Search System.&nbsp; Further, the following entries for design code 19.03.01 and the multiple fish design codes in Category 03 show these two entries
 in the Index are both unnecessary and redundant.</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">19.03.01\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Aquariums</span></div>
<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">19.03.01\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Aquariums, fishbowls and fish tanks</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Inconsistency #8:
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.21.25 - Other reptiles</b></span></div>
<div style="margin:0px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin:0px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">This design code only occurs in the Index. There
 is no mention of this design code in Category 03.&nbsp; Further, there are 0 (zero) occurrences of this design code in the Trademark Search System.&nbsp; Further, the following entries for design code 03.21.06 (particularly the two entries for
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b><i>reptiles not categorized elsewhere</i></b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">)
 make these two entries in the Index both unnecessary and redundant.</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">03.21.06\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Chameleons</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.21.06\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Geckos</span></div>
<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.21.06\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Gila monsters</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.21.06\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Iguanas</span></div>
<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.21.06\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Komodo dragons</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.21.06\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Lizards</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.21.06\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Lizards, salamanders, chameleons, iguanas, and
<b><i>other reptiles not categorized elsewhere</i></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.21.06\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Newts</span></div>
<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.21.06\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002<b><i>Reptiles not categorized elsewhere</i></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.21.06\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Salamanders</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Inconsistency #9:
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.01.13 - Panda bears ...</b></span></div>
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The 2 consecutive entries for 03.01.13 beginning with <i>Panda bears </i>in the Index barely differ.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.01.13\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Panda bears, including heads and other parts uniquely identifiable with pandas, also including stylized,
 costumed, and those with human attributes, but not including red pandas</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.01.13\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Panda bears, including heads and other parts uniquely identifiable with pandas, and also including stylized, costumed, and those
 with human attributes, but not including red pandas</span></div>
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Wouldn't just one of those two entries be sufficient, that there is no reason to essentially duplicate the same text in two consecutive entries of the Index?&nbsp; Perhaps a &quot;Stylized panda bears&quot; entry to the Index could be added to emphasize design code 03.01.13
 is also appropriate for stylized or costumed panda bears?</div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Inconsistency #10:
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.07.04&nbsp; Yak Versus 03.07.05 - Yaks</b></span></div>
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The Index includes the following entries for codes <span style="color:rgb(134,17,6)">
<b>03.07.04</b></span>&nbsp;and <b>03.07.05</b>&nbsp;(where only the latter code appears in Category 03).</div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(134,17,6)"><b>03.07.04\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Water buffalo</b></span></div>
<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(134,17,6)"><b>03.07.04\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Water buffalo, yaks</b></span></div>
<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.07.05\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Bison</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.07.05\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Bovines other than basic cows, bulls, and other cattle</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.07.05\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Buffalo</span></div>
<div style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.07.05\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Buffalos, yaks, and other bovines other than basic cows, bulls and other cattle</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">03.07.05\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Yaks</span></div>
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<div class="x_elementToProof"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Design code
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>03.07.04</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">&nbsp;only
 occurs in the Index. There is no mention of this design code in Category 03. The search
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>DC:</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>03.07.04</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">&nbsp;in
 the Trademark Search System does NOT retrieve any marks.&nbsp; Shouldn't the three entries for
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>03.07.04</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">&nbsp;be
 deleted from the Index - that 03.07.04 was included in the Index in error?&nbsp;</span></div>
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</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:14pt; color:rgb(134,17,6); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>Searching SNAIL in the DSCM Yields Phantom Code 03.21.04</b></span></div>
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<b>SNAIL</b>&nbsp;in the DSCM retrieves the following (</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">highlighting</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">&nbsp;mine,
 copy/paste to email may not be 100% consistent).</span></div>
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<span style="color:rgb(27,27,27)">Alphabetical Index</span></h2>
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<span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,94,162); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><u><a href="https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/alpha#S" id="OWAef1f3382-b6d0-746e-0fcf-b5ef9be5ccbe" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Protected by Outlook: https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/alpha#S. Click or tap to follow the link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" style="margin:0px; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">Go
 to Alphabetical Index - S</a></u></span></li><ul style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; list-style-type:square">
<li style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">
<span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:700; color:rgb(27,27,27)"><i>Snail</i></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">s</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,94,162); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><u><a href="https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-19-19" id="OWA89f2c8c1-0abf-334a-0d1c-66a7dadb4a8c" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Protected by Outlook: https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-19-19. Click or tap to follow the link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="margin:0px; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">03.19.19</a></u></span></li><li style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">
<span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:700; color:rgb(27,27,27); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><i>Snail</i></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">s</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,94,162); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><u><a href="https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-21-04" id="OWAf1a2b2e2-899d-930d-09c9-b74393960130" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Protected by Outlook: https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-21-04. Click or tap to follow the link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="margin:0px; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">03.21.04</a></u></span></li><li style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">
<span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">Stylized octopus, squids, jellyfish, crabs, lobsters, clams,
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:700; color:rgb(27,27,27)"><i>snail</i></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">s,
 starfish, and other similar shellfish, shells, crustaceans, and mollusks</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,94,162); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><u><a href="https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-19-23" id="OWA2d63509c-55d8-bd4f-0ba0-53e1fdf02c39" class="x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Protected by Outlook: https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-19-23. Click or tap to follow the link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="margin:0px; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">03.19.23</a></u></span></li></ul>
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<span style="color:rgb(27,27,27)">Divisions</span></h2>
<div style="text-align:left; margin:0px 0px 0px 40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">Division</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,94,162); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><u><a href="https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-19" id="OWA6436b592-cc40-4c5a-84a3-3b4cc2e379ae" class="x_x_mx-2 x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Protected by Outlook: https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-19. Click or tap to follow the link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" style="margin:0px 0.5rem; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">03.19</a></u></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:700; color:rgb(27,27,27)">Fish,
 whales, seals, and the like, and other underwater animals</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">&nbsp;of CATEGORY 03: Animals</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,94,162); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><u><a href="https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-19-19" id="OWA795e10bb-26f8-e315-46ef-d9493ee46691" class="x_x_mr-2 x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Protected by Outlook: https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-19-19. Click or tap to follow the link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6" style="margin:0px 0.5rem 0px 0px; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">03.19.19</a></u></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">Snails</span></div>
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<div style="margin:0px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,94,162); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><u><a href="https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-19-23" id="OWA94f78c11-f6b9-5186-fb03-be4b2b3fff3b" class="x_x_mr-2 x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Protected by Outlook: https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-19-23. Click or tap to follow the link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="7" style="margin:0px 0.5rem 0px 0px; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">03.19.23</a></u></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">Stylized
 octopus, squids, jellyfish, crabs, lobsters, clams, snails, starfish, and other similar shellfish, shells, crustaceans, and mollusks</span></div>
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<div style="text-align:left; margin:0px 0px 0px 40px"><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Division</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,94,162); background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)"><u><a href="https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-21" id="OWA734a1f8f-6eee-a017-7f92-05f020faaa72" class="x_x_mx-2 x_x_OWAAutoLink" title="Protected by Outlook: https://tmdesigncodes.uspto.gov/category/03#03-21. Click or tap to follow the link." data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="8" style="margin:0px 0.5rem; background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0)">03.21</a></u></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:700; color:rgb(27,27,27); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Amphibians
 and reptiles, including frogs, snakes, lizards, and turtles</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(27,27,27)">&nbsp;of CATEGORY 03: Animals</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I cannot find any reference to design code
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>03.21.04</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">&nbsp;in
 Category 03 nor in the Index or anywhere in the DSCM text.&nbsp; In Division 03.21, the entries go from
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>03.21.02</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">&nbsp;Snakes
 to </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>03.21.05</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">&nbsp;Alligators,
 and I see no occurrence of the term </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>snails
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">in that division</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">.
 Viewing the Index, the single entry for just </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Snails
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">references 03.19.19.&nbsp; Aren't the two DSCM search results of non-existing design code
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(23,78,134); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>03.21.04</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">&nbsp;for
 the search term </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>SNAIL</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">&nbsp;both
 phantom references to Division </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(23,78,134); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>03.21
</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:normal; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">that should be corrected</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:16px; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">?&nbsp;
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<span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Ken Boone</span></div>
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 &quot;YAK 03.07.04&quot; in the Index (though I deleted other portions of that email that now appear to be irrelevant).</span></div>
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 Search Code Manual - &quot;Yak 03.07.04&quot; AI Error And Other Likely Problems</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(12,100,192)">03.07.05 &nbsp; &nbsp; Buffalos,
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(12,100,192); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">yaks</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(12,100,192)">,
 and other bovines other than basic cows, bulls and other cattle</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0)">indicates
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</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0)">should be coded as
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 but in the </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Alphabetical Index</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">&nbsp;for
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 there's the contradictory entry</span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(12,100,192); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>Yak\u2002\u2002\u200203.07.</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(12,100,192); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>04</b></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(12,100,192)"><b>Other buffalo, bison\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(12,100,192); background-color:rgb(0,255,0)"><b>03.07.05</b></span></div>
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 TESS returns </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b><u>NO HITS</u></b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">,
</span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0)">so clearly the
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 NOT </span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>03.07.</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><b>04</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>&nbsp;</b></span><span style="letter-spacing:normal; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; font-weight:400; color:rgb(0,0,0)">as
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 Following is a brief TESS session summary of relevant searches for this concern.</span></div>
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