<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; white-space: normal; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: serif; color: black;">I had sent an email to the Trademark Assistance Unit about the</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; white-space: normal; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Thank you for contacting the TEAS support staff regarding this TM Search question. </span></em></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; white-space: normal; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Some search fields were created for testing purposes or are still under development. </span></em></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; white-space: normal; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We recommend you stick with the documented (in the help document) fields until</span></em></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; white-space: normal; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;"> we add the new fields to the documentation. We can’t promise that undocumented </span></em></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; white-space: normal; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">fields will work appropriately in all circumstances.</span></em></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; white-space: normal; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family: serif;">Even if the search field is undocumented, it would have been helpful to know what was the intended scope</span></p>
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