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I noticed a few non-standard characters on Trademark Search and TSDR today. </div>
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For 98628636, </div>
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<span><img alt="Image for 98628636" style="width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 1344px; max-height: 150px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; border-top-left-radius: 0.125rem; border-top-right-radius: 0.125rem; vertical-align: middle;" src="https://tsdr.uspto.gov/img/98628636/large"></span></div>
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the word mark is SAINT ?????.</div>
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On TSDR, the following is displayed as the translation statement.</div>
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The English translation of <span style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);"><b>ἀρετή</b></span> in the mark is excellence. </div>
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Curiously, the search <b>TL:ἀρετή</b> retrieves this trademark. Surprise!</div>
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So <b>ἀρετή</b> is acceptable text for the translation statement but not for the word mark? (Well, the USPTO would prefer to convert
<b>ἀρετή</b> to UPPER CASE characters.)</div>
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For the raw application on TSDR, following is the translation statement.</div>
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The English translation of ????? in the mark is excellence.</div>
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<b>Sadly, the Trademark Search summary page displays neither the translation statement nor the description of mark.</b></div>
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For 98566492, </div>
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<span><img alt="Image for 98566492" style="width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 1344px; max-height: 150px; margin: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; border-top-left-radius: 0.125rem; border-top-right-radius: 0.125rem; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: middle;" src="https://tsdr.uspto.gov/img/98566492/large"></span></div>
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the word mark is ??? ?????.</div>
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On TSDR, following is the mark information.</div>
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Description of Mark: The mark consists of the hebrew letters <span style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">
אור התורה</span> without claim to any particular font or style.</div>
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Translation: The English translation of <span style="background-color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">
אור התורה</span> in the mark is light of torah.</div>
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Curiously, the search <b>TL:"אור התורה" </b>retrieves this trademark. Same for the DE:"אור התורה" search. </div>
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Happy Trademarking,</div>
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Ken Boone</div>
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