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    <p>Thank you Ken for posting.</p>
    <p>Like many of us old-timers in the trademark community, in an
      earlier life I did a lot of coding in several different
      programming languages.  Nowadays I find myself doing a lot of PHP
      coding (<a
        href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/how-to-find-a-php-programmer/">blog
        article</a>) for a variety of hobby projects.  I regularly make
      mistakes in my own coding, but then I realize my mistakes and I
      try to fix what I got wrong.  </p>
    <p>My main reaction to this recent posting by Ken is that the USPTO
      coders on these systems are simply not doing their jobs
      competently.   There are simple and straightforward things that
      competent coders can do to test their work before putting new code
      into production service.  And it is clear that the USPTO coders
      are failing to do such testing.  See the embarrassing results in
      this blog article from four months ago:  <a
href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/trademark-office-cant-handle-its-own-characters/"><i>Trademark
          Office can\u2019t handle its own characters</i></a><i>.</i><br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/27/2024 6:40 AM, Ken Boone via
      E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:SN6PR14MB2237744417954562D15DD88BD50E2@SN6PR14MB2237.namprd14.prod.outlook.com">
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        I happened to notice that multiple recent TEAS applications that
        are NOT standard character marks do not have wordmark entries on
        Trademark Search, yet when I toggled to TSDR, most of the
        drawings that looked worthy of word marks had wordmark entries
        on TSDR.  This prompted the search</div>
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        <br>
      </div>
      <div>
        FD:20241220 AND LD:true NOT FM:*</div>
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        <br>
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      <div>
        that retrieves 609 TEAS applications filed last Friday that do
        not have wordmark entries on Trademark Search.  Per the table
        below, 23 of the first 25 trademarks (increasing serial number
        order) have wordmark entries on TSDR but not on Trademark
        Search. (I only checked the first 25 trademarks for that
        search.)</div>
      <div>
        <br>
      </div>
      <div>
        <br>
      </div>
      <table id="x_table_0">
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                <span>#</span></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                <span>SN</span></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                <span>Search WM</span></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                <span>TSDR WM</span></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                1</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98904955</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                POWERS'X</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                2</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98911295</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                FEASTMATE</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                3</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98911517</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                LOOPYDOO</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                4</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98911546</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                H HERBALOGY</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                5</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98912752</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                SANGA EATS</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                6</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98913717</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                WINGED WOLF I\u2026</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                7</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98913792</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                MYY</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                8</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98913992</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                TIJVZK</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                9</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98913995</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                HOIFAANLONG</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                10</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98913999</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                CAFE VIDA</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                11</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914005</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                HEOICYU</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                <span>12</span></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                <span>98914007</span></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                <span>not recorded</span></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                13</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914008</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                HIIT WATER</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                14</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914009</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                REMIMPI</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                15</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914010</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                SUPREME FIRE S\u2026</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                16</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914013</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                CW THE CUSTOM\u2026</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                17</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914016</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                MODERN MADE</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                18</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914019</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                HEKBATSIU</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                <span>19</span></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                <span>98914024</span></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                <span>not recorded</span></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                20</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914026</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                BLOEM</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                21</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914039</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                GUNGJOENG</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                22</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914042</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                DANNY JIA</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                23</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914043</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                GONGNAAMJYULOK</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                24</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914048</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                GOKZIJYUZAU</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>
              <div>
                25</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                98914054</div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <br>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div>
                GOEKZAANG</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
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        <br>
      </div>
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        While the wordmark entries on TSDR likely are the literal
        elements provided by in the raw applications that probably have
        NOT been reviewed by Pre-Exam,
        <span><b>I still expected Trademark Search and TSDR would have
            matching wordmark entries.  After all, why would you expect
            the two systems to differ?</b></span></div>
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        Yes, I've shared this wordmark inconsistency between TSDR and
        Trademark Search with the USPTO.  No, I have not researched how
        long these inconsistencies have been occurring.</div>
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        <br>
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          Happy Trademarking,</div>
        <div>
          Ken Boone</div>
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