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<p class="MsoNormal">I received an office action with a “Mark Significance” requirement asking for industry, geographical, and foreign language significance. I am trying to determine what triggered it. An application for a nearly identical name (for different
goods) sailed through without triggering it. The office action don’t cite the TMEP for this and I wasn’t able to find TMEP instructions on point. Does the examiner do any sort of research that causes this?<o:p></o:p></p>
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