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My greater concern is that something like curly versus straight
quotes will give unreliable results, something no one but you would
have caught. Although the lack of adequate documentation makes
searching the system frustrating, at least you don't get unreliable
results. In my view it's completely unacceptable that the quotation
mark problem can exist.<br>
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Pam<br>
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<div class="moz-signature">Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chestek Legal<br>
300 Fayetteville St.<br>
Unit 2402<br>
Raleigh, NC 27602<br>
+1 919-800-8033<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pamela@chesteklegal.com">pamela@chesteklegal.com</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.chesteklegal.com">www.chesteklegal.com</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/15/2024 12:03 PM, Ken Boone via
E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">I
encountered an unexpected error with trademark search. Here's
what I did.</span></div>
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<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">From the
online help, I selected Advanced, then Search Fields, then
scrolled down to the SA - Status field. I copied to the
clipboard the text provided for that search field, namely the
following.</span></div>
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style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">Contains
a status such as registered, "published for opposition”, or
“new application”</span></div>
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style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br>
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style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">I then
pasted the two quoted strings to the search box and performed
edits to construct a valid search of those two phrases.
Here's the search I submitted.</span></div>
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style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">SA:("published
for opposition</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">”</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">
</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">“</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">new
application</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">”</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">)
AND LD:true </span></div>
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style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;"><br>
</span></div>
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style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif;">When
submitted, I got the following error message:</span></div>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 22.4px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(134, 17, 6);">Error:
Lexical error at line 1, column 63. Encountered: <EOF>
after : "\"published for opposition\u201d \u201cnew
application\u201d) AND LD:true"</span></div>
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style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"><br>
</span></div>
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style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">I
then simplified the search to two distinct searches, namely</span></div>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">SA:("published
for opposition</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">”</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">
) AND LD:true </span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">SA:(
</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">“</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">new
application</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">”</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">)
AND LD:true </span></div>
<div><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">where
then first variation with just the
</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">"published
for opposition</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">”</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">phrase
failed with the error</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(134, 17, 6);">Lexical
error at line 1, column 47. Encountered: <EOF> after :
"\"published for opposition\u201d ) AND LD:true "</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">but
the second variation with the
</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">“</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">new
application</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">”</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"> phrase
successfully completed, returning 395,051 hits.</span></div>
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style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">Notice
the difference? Apparently, the new trademark search system
does NOT like mixing the curly quotation characters </span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">“
or</span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"> </span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">”
with the <i>standard quotation character </i>" as included
the initial search and the first variation, but the second
variation with matching curly quotes successfully completed. </span></div>
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style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Jumping
to the USPTO's standard character list, I see the following
quote characters (in case anyone found this interesting and is
curious enough to try other
<i>quotation</i> variations for trademark search, though I may
have missed relevant standard characters).</span></div>
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style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27); font-weight: 700;">Decimal</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">"</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">(double)
quotation mark</span></div>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">34</span></div>
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style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">`</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">grave
accent</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">96</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">‚</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">low
left rising single quote</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">130</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">„</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">low
left rising double quote</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">132</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">‹</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">left
single angle quote mark</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">139</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">‘</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">left
single quotation mark,</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">145</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">’</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">right
single quote mark</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">146</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">“</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">left
double quotation mark,</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">147</span></div>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">”</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">right
double quote mark</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">148</span></div>
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</tr>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">›</span></div>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">right
single angle quote mark</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">155</span></div>
</td>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">«</span></div>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">left
(double) angle quote</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">171</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">´</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">spacing
acute accent</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">180</span></div>
</td>
</tr>
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<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-left: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 74pt; height: 13.95pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">»</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 188pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">right
(double) angle quote</span></div>
</td>
<td
style="text-align: center; border-right: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); border-bottom: 1pt solid rgb(233, 234, 235); background-color: white; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 63pt;">
<div style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">187</span></div>
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style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin-left: 40px;">
<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">As
for me, I had to try searching
<b>SA:(«published for opposition» ) AND LD:true</b>, which
succeeded, returning 88,368 hits, but I'm still trying to find
useful information in the SA - Status field. So far, my three
more interesting SA - Status search results are </span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(1)
the search
<b>(SA:("published for opposition" ) AND LD:true ) NOT PO:* </b>that
returns 2 hits for which TSDR does NOT show the publication
date directly on the status page though the prosecution
histories display the published for opposition dates (both
this past Tuesday); and</span></div>
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style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(2)
the search
<b>SA:( “new application”) AND LD:true AND RN:*</b> retrieves
7 active registrations that are still considered to be new
applications on trademark search;</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(3)
the search
<b>(SA:( registered ) AND LD:true) NOT RN:*</b> retrieves
3 pending trademarks (no registration number on either TSDR or
trademark search);</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>
</span></div>
<div class="elementToProof"
style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">but
my real disappointment is that trademark search does not
include a list of all or even the most commonly occurring
phrases appearing in the SA - Status field, nor does trademark
search display the SA - Status field in the record display,
plus searching the phrases occurring on the TSDR status
typically fail to retrieve any document in trademark search,
basically minimizing any benefits for including the SA -
Status search field on trademark search.</span></div>
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style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;"><span
style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br>
</span></div>
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Happy Quotation Searching,</div>
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style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Ken Boone</div>
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style="text-align: center; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
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style="text-align: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
PS - In additional to a Full Record display option (that
includes all the fields typically seen on registration
certificates plus the SA - status field and UD - update date),
trademark search should include a Drawings display option
(like the retired TESS system) that displays just the drawing
and serial number for multiple records, allowing the quick
review of drawings for the search results.</div>
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