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Dear Sam,</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Thank you for your recent reply. I, too, recall a Trademark Search training session by the USPTO in which the presenter made a
</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">BIG DEAL</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> about the requirement to use "AND NOT" instead of simply "NOT" with the new search system, generating
<b><i>BULL</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b><i>$</i></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i>HIT</i></b> alarms in my head. I'm pretty sure that I immediately challenged that statement via the questions/comments
feature, but that I did NOT get a response during that training session. Or maybe I just exited that training session, convinced that I would not learn anything useful.</span></div>
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It gets worse! For the online help for the new GS3 field, namely</div>
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Contains the text of the goods and services description as well as the international class number and U.S. class number, but you must account for spaces and punctuation in your search</div>
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Returns results that include plurals, punctuation, and spaces</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">You must use wildcards at the beginning and end of your search string or the system will not return any results</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; font-size: 8pt;">*</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> retrieves zero or more instances of any character, including a space</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; font-size: 8pt;">?</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> returns exactly one instance of any character, including a space</span></div>
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For example:</div>
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<div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; font-size: 8pt;">GS3:*shirt*</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> retrieves SHIRT, SHIRTS, T-SHIRTS, SWEATSHIRTS, and more</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; font-size: 8pt;">GS3:*t?shirt*</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> retrieves T-SHIRT, T SHIRT and more, but does not retrieve
TSHIRT</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; font-size: 8pt;">GS3:*t*shirt*</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> retrieves T-SHIRTS, T SHIRT, TSHIRT, TEE SHIRTS, SWEAT
SHIRT, and more</span></div>
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To search for multiple terms at the same time, connect them with a wildcard</div>
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<div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For example,
</span><span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; font-size: 8pt;">GS3:*shirt*shoe*</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> retrieves cases that include a variation of both SHIRT and SHOE</span></div>
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To limit your search term to a specific class, include the class number at the beginning of the string</div>
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For example:</div>
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<div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; font-size: 8pt;">GS3:*025*shirt*</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> retrieves SHIRTS, but only if it’s listed in International
Class 25</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><span style="font-family: Consolas, monospace; font-size: 8pt;">GS3:*025*shirt*shoe*</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> retrieves SHIRTS and SHOES, but only if they’re
both listed in that order in International Class 25</span></div>
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Can also be used with regular expression search strategies and statements</div>
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<u><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search/likelihood-confusion" fg_scanned="1">Does not include synonyms or other potentially related goods and services that could trigger a likelihood of confusion refusal</a></u></div>
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If you don’t want to narrowly limit your search, try the CC and IC options instead</div>
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I had heartburn over the highlighted requirement</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">You must use wildcards at the beginning and end of your search string or the system will not return any results</span></div>
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Seriously? Even if I <i>match </i>the raw text loaded into the GS3 field during the construction of the updated record for a particular trademark?</div>
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And since we now have a <i>summary </i>page that includes GS entries, I figured that I could find a sample GS entry that I could replicate for the new GS3 field
<b>WITHOUT USING * WILDCARDS AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF MY SEARCH STRING.</b> That is, challenge accepted.</div>
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Today I constructed such a search, namely</div>
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<b>GS3: "ic 030: [ ice cream ]." AND LD:true</b></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">which retrieves the single trademark that I used for constructing that search, namely
</span><span style="font-family: PublicSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">73568275</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,
the live typed drawing trademark CHOCOLATE MOUSSE, for which the summary page lists the single GS entry as</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: PublicSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">IC 030: [ ICE CREAM ].</span></li></ul>
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though TSDR includes a bit more data, namely</div>
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For: ICE CREAM</div>
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International Class(es): 030 - Primary Class U.S Class(es): 046</div>
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Class Status: ABANDONED</div>
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First Use: Apr. 01, 1981 Use in Commerce: Apr. 01, 1981 </div>
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<div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">as this is one of the records my old TESS search strategy retrieved as a live trademark with NO ACTIVE CLASSES, a topic I'm still
researching in Trademark Search, though I remain doubtful that the GS3 search field will eventually be useful for identifying such inactive GS entries. Too bad the Trademark Search engineers couldn't simply include
</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Class Status: ABANDONED</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> or
</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Class Status: INACTIVE</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> as part of the GS entry (versus, say
</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Class Status: ACTIVE</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for active GS entries). (BTW, isn't everyone is
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><b><i>annoyed </i></b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">that the Trademark Search summary screen doesn't include the
<b><i>first use</i></b> dates clearly evident on the TSDR listing?)</span></div>
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Now, everyone is trying that search, right? Be sure to try the less restrictive search</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>GS3: "ic 030: [ ice cream ]." </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">that retrieves 34 dead trademarks plus the live </span>
<span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">CHOCOLATE MOUSSE</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> mark mentioned above. Then figure out how to substitute wildcards for ice cream so the search retrieves all marks where IC 030 is present
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 23, 2024 10:47 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sam Castree <sam@castreelaw.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] TM Search: The New GS3 Search Field Is Available</font>
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<div class="x_gmail_default" style="font-family:times new roman,serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Thanks for all that. I remember the PTO making a big deal about how we had to use "AND NOT" instead of just "NOT" with the new system, but it's good to see
that it isn't the case. Except now I wonder why they said otherwise...</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 10:33 PM Ken Boone via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><i>» Wait, for the search :GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true NOT IC:025," shouldn't it be "</i><b><i><u>AND</u></i></b><i> NOT IC:025"? Or did the "AND NOT" thing get changed?</i></span></div>
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<div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:12pt">Nothing has changed, as far as I know, but I'm pretty sure the logical operators
</span><span style="font-size:12pt; background-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><b>NOT</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt"> and
</span><span style="font-size:12pt; background-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><b>AND NOT</b></span><span style="font-size:12pt"> are basically equivalent on TM Search, as I have been using
</span><span style="font-size:16px; background-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><b>NOT</b></span><span style="font-size:16px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> instead of
</span><span style="font-size:16px; background-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><b>AND NOT</b></span><span style="font-size:16px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> since TM Search was first available for beta testing,
</span><span style="font-size:12pt">plus that's the syntax I used (with or without CAPITALIZATION) on TESS (RIP). </span></div>
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I consider the lack of mention of the logical operator <span style="background-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
<b>NOT </b></span>by itself yet another deficiency in the online help.</div>
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Below, I performed multiple variations of the searches and then exported the search history. (Well, the first search is the raw search from the online help, with 308,131 trademarks retrieved, far too many to review for inconsistencies.) Here are the searches
(queries) with the corresponding result counts. For searches 2 through 10, the 3 hits looked consistent when viewing the records displayed on the results screen. The last 3 searches - the
<b>OR NOT</b> searches - are provided for your curiosity. ;-}</div>
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GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true </div>
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308,131</div>
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GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true NOT IC:025</div>
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3</div>
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3</div>
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GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true NOT IC:025</div>
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3</div>
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4</div>
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GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true AND NOT IC:025</div>
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3</div>
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5</div>
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( GS3:*025*shirt* ) AND ( LD:true ) AND NOT ( IC:025 )</div>
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3</div>
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6</div>
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( GS3:*025*shirt* ) AND ( LD:true ) AND ( NOT IC:025 )</div>
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3</div>
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( GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true ) AND ( NOT IC:025 )</div>
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3</div>
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NOT IC:025 AND GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true </div>
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( NOT IC:025 AND GS3:*025*shirt* ) AND LD:true</div>
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10</div>
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GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true OR NOT IC:025</div>
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3</div>
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GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true OR ( NOT IC:025 )</div>
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308,131</div>
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12</div>
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( GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true ) OR ( NOT IC:025 )</div>
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10,861,226</div>
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On old TESS, as I recall, using <span style="background-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><b>AND NOT</b></span> instead of
<span style="background-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><b>NOT</b></span> would generate a syntax error, though that may be somewhat difficult to verify now. </div>
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Pushing the issue, the search <span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:16px; background-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
<b>AND NOT IC:025 AND GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true</b></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; font-size:16px; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><b>
</b>resulted in the error:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(244,227,219)">Error: Encountered " <AND> "AND "" at line 1, column 0. Was expecting one of: <NOT> ... "+" ... "-" ... <BAREOPER> ... "(" ... "*" ... <QUOTED> ... <TERM> ... <PREFIXTERM> ... <WILDTERM> ... <REGEXPTERM> ... "["
... "{" ... <NUMBER> ... <TERM> ...</span></div>
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Beginning a search with <b>AND NOT</b> doesn't make sense to me either (though beginning a search with NOT may make sense, as demonstrated by searches 8 & 9 of my session summary), so my initial statement at the beginning of this reply is false - that the logical
operators <span style="background-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><b>NOT</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> and
</span><span style="background-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><b>AND NOT</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> are NOT always equivalent on TM Search, specifically at least when used at the beginning of a search as demonstrated in the last search
mentioned that resulted in a syntax error</span>. So it goes.</div>
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Cheers,</div>
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Ken Boone</div>
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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; font-size:12pt">Wait, for the search :GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true NOT IC:025," shouldn't it be "<b><u>AND</u></b> NOT IC:025"? Or did the "AND NOT" thing get changed?</div>
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Cheers,</div>
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<i>Sam Castree Law, LLC</i></div>
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<i>3421 W. Elm St.</i></div>
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<div style="direction:ltr">On Sat, Apr 20, 2024 at 11:13 AM Ken Boone via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" id="x_m_1508113421464857380OWAb00cf135-0944-7cfb-97de-edd164dbe7b0" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
wrote:</div>
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TM Search has a new release and the GS3 search field is now officially available.</div>
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Apr 19, 2024 Release</h3>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">This release has the following changes:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">Added or revised the following search fields in the Advanced tab: CU, GS3, LR, OD, OT, and PE.</span></li></ul>
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From the Advanced tab of the online help (<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">highlighting</span> mine):</div>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">Contains the text of the goods and services description as well as the international class number and U.S. class number, but you must account for spaces and
punctuation in your search</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">Returns results that include plurals, punctuation, and spaces</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">You must use wildcards at the beginning and end of your search string or the system will not return any results</span></li><ul style="direction:ltr; text-align:left; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; list-style-position:initial; list-style-type:none; display:flex">
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<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace; font-size:14px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"> retrieves
zero or more instances of any character, including a space</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace; font-size:14px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">?</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"> returns
exactly one instance of any character, including a space</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">For example:</span></li><ul style="direction:ltr; text-align:left; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; list-style-position:initial; list-style-type:none; display:flex">
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<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace; font-size:14px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*shirt*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"> retrieves
SHIRT, SHIRTS, T-SHIRTS, SWEATSHIRTS, and more</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace; font-size:14px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*t?shirt*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"> retrieves
T-SHIRT, T SHIRT and more, but does not retrieve TSHIRT</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace; font-size:14px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*t*shirt*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"> retrieves
T-SHIRTS, T SHIRT, TSHIRT, TEE SHIRTS, SWEAT SHIRT, and more</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">To search for multiple terms at the same time, connect them with a wildcard</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">For example,
</span><span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace; font-size:14px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*shirt*shoe*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"> retrieves
cases that include a variation of both SHIRT and SHOE</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">To limit your search term to a specific class, include the class number at the beginning of the string</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">For example:</span></li><ul style="direction:ltr; text-align:left; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; list-style-position:initial; list-style-type:none; display:flex">
<li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace; font-size:14px; color:rgb(27,27,27); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*025*shirt*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> retrieves
SHIRTS, but only if it’s listed in International Class 25</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace; font-size:14px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"><code style="font-family:"Roboto Mono Web","Bitstream Vera Sans Mono",Consolas,Courier,monospace">GS3:*025*shirt*shoe*</code></span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)"> retrieves
SHIRTS and SHOES, but only if they’re both listed in that order in International Class 25</span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">Can also be used with regular expression search strategies and statements</span></li><li style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27); direction:ltr">
<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">Does not include synonyms or other potentially related goods and services that could trigger a
</span><span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(0,94,162)"><u><a href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search/likelihood-confusion" originalsrc="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/search/likelihood-confusion" shash="JCDhNH6tF5vfU33bhe2T3KT8erE6XGXrJ4ac5wJLufgAFpijlETD6G/eYkX/U9UCwfHhHtZic4LObqML6tw6GVxDgrFs+y0JtOZqgyZqVibZ2+KyM+SkdjVb4YA0K7QvMW52gdELLvOjs5n//XrVJzUGqbyrm5c59g7OmGzuSQA=" id="x_m_1508113421464857380x_m_1172096461295331466OWA3ca0313f-d157-ba3e-099a-b6fa3169afaa" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(0,94,162)">likelihood
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<span style="font-family:PublicSans,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(27,27,27)">If you don’t want to narrowly limit your search, try the CC and IC options instead</span></li></ul>
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So I tried the highlighted search (<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">GS3:*025*shirt*
</span>retrieves SHIRTS, <b>but only if it’s listed in International Class 25</b>) with a slight variation, namely</div>
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<b>GS3:*025*shirt* AND LD:true NOT IC:025</b></div>
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That search retrieved 3 trademarks. The first hit (98140185) has only one international class, namely 034, but that GS entry does include the term shirts. For your convenience, I did a copy/paste from TSDR (<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">highlighting</span> mine).</div>
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<b>For:</b></div>
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IC034 Electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) comprised of flavorings in liquid form, other than essential oils, used to refill electronic cigarette cartridges; Pods in the nature of cartridges containing e-liquids comprised of propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin,
nicotine, and natural and artificial flavorings, other than essential oils for electronic cigarettes; Legally produced hemp derivatives, derived solely from hemp with a delta-9 THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis, namely, resins
and oils other than essential oils, hashes, waxes, hemp flower for smoking or vaping; Cigar wraps; Blunt wraps; Electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) comprised of propylene glycol; Electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) comprised of vegetable glycerin; Electronic
cigarette boxes; Electronic cigarette cases; Electronic cigarette lanyards; Electronic cigarette lighters; Electronic cigarette refill cartridges sold empty; Electronic cigarettes; Electronic cigarettes for use as an alternative to traditional cigarettes;
Boxes for electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette accessories; Cartomizers, namely, combination electronic cigarette refill cartridges sold empty and atomizers, sold as a component of electronic cigarettes; Cartridges sold filled with chemical flavorings
in liquid form for electronic cigarettes; Cartridges sold filled with propylene glycol for electronic cigarettes; Cartridges sold filled with vegetable glycerin for electronic cigarettes; Cases for electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette accessories;
Chemical flavorings in liquid form used to refill electronic cigarette cartridges; Flavorings, other than essential oils, for use in electronic cigarettes; Mechanical electronic cigarettes; all of the foregoing cannabis-related goods containing cannabis ingredients
solely derived from hemp with a delta-9 THC concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis with the resulting goods containing a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. IC 025 Clothing,
namely,<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> t-shirts</span>, shorts, hoodies, sweaters, jackets, jumpsuits, sweatpants; Headwear, namely, hats, bandannas; Outerwear, namely, coats, raincoats, windbreakers; Footwear, namely, flip flops, shoes, boots,
sandals; Accessories, namely, belts, scarves, gloves, socks</div>
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<b>International Class(es):</b></div>
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034 - Primary Class</div>
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<b>U.S Class(es):</b></div>
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002, 008, 009, 017</div>
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<b>Class Status:</b></div>
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ACTIVE</div>
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<b>Basis:</b></div>
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1(a)</div>
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<b>First Use:</b></div>
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<b>Use in Commerce:</b></div>
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The other two hits also have only one international class that is NOT class 025 and the relevant search term (shirt) occurs in that class. That is, all three hits for my search using the example text from the online help retrieves the search term in an international
class other that the class specified in the search.</div>
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Seems to me the example GS3 search does not perform as advertised and needs further work. </div>
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I'd recommend rebuilding that GS3 search field with <b>ALL</b> the labels included in the TSDR listing. including the </div>
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<b>Class Status:</b></div>
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ACTIVE</div>
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so that searching for ACTIVE (or ABANDONED or CANCELLED or EXPIRED) GS entries might be possible.</div>
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