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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The TEAS Standard application 98952446 - </span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><b>\u014c\u1017J</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> caught my attention in January. Initial USPTO processing turned the second character \u1017 into a ? (question
mark). While <b>\u1017</b> is not a standard character, I still added this application to my questionable wordmark list as I was curious if Pre-Exam would replace the question mark with a blank space or substitute the
<b>\u1017</b> that survived USPTO's initial processing of the description of mark entry. To my surprise, Pre-Exam apparently did notice the
<b>\u1017</b> in the description of mark and included the <b>\u1017</b> in the wordmark. Pre-Exam did add the design code 24.17.14 (</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);">Ampersands (&); At symbol (@); Brackets,
punctuation; Commas; Diacritical marks; Exclamation points (!¡); Punctuation marks; Question marks (?)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">), though clearly that design code description is out-of-date as the example characters
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>& @ ! ¡ ?</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> are all valid standard characters that were handled fine in TESS and continue to be searchable on Trademark Search (even without
the Decimal Mark search field previously provided on TESS). Perhaps the description for design code 24.17.14 could be updated to include any Unicode characters that are
<i>fairly unique</i> and unexpected for typical text searches? Some additional Unicode characters that might be worthy of the 24.17.14 design code include
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>\u25cf \u25e6 \u2219 \u2191 \ua7f7 \u25aa \u222b</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, though that list is just
a few of the unexpected Unicode characters I've noticed recently in wordmark entries.</span></div>
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Following is the relevant text from TSDR.</div>
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Mark:\u2002\u014c\u1017J\u2002\u2002\u2002</div>
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US Serial Number:\u200298952446\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Application Filing Date:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Jan. 10, 2025</div>
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Register:\u2002\u2002\u2002Principal</div>
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Mark Type:\u2002\u2002Trademark</div>
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Status:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002New application awaiting assignment to an examining attorney. See current trademark processing wait times for more information.</div>
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Status Date:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Jan. 11, 2025</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mark Literal Elements:\u2002\u2002</span><span style="font-size: 20pt;">\u014c\u1017J</span></div>
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Standard Character Claim:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002No</div>
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Mark Drawing Type:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u20023 - AN ILLUSTRATION DRAWING WHICH INCLUDES WORD(S)/ LETTER(S) /NUMBER(S)</div>
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Description of Mark:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002The mark consists of O\u1017J, font is spectral. The first letter is an O with an accent line over it.
<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">The next letter is a Burmese U</span> last letter is a J.</div>
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Color(s) Claimed:\u2002Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.</div>
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Design Search Code(s):\u2002\u200224.17.14 - Ampersands (&); At symbol (@); Brackets, punctuation; Commas; Diacritical marks; Exclamation points (!¡); Punctuation marks; Question marks (?)</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">While the applicant described </span><span style="font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>\u1017</b> as a Burmese U, the Unicode Myanmar pages at
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https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1000.pdf</a> provides the following, where 1017 is the hexadecimal value of
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">1015 \u1015 MYANMAR LETTER PA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> \u2053 1015 FE00 \u1015 dotted form</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 1016 \u1016 MYANMAR LETTER PHA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">1017 \u1017 MYANMAR LETTER BA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 1018 \u1018 MYANMAR LETTER BHA</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> 1019 \u1019 MYANMAR LETTER MA</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Well, I found the
<i>recovery</i> of the <b>\u1017 </b>character in the wordmark by Pre-Exam notable. The search
</span><span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>CM:( *\u1017* ) DE:( *\u1017* )</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> retrieves only the subject application, suggesting that for now
this is the only trademark record with the </span><span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>\u1017</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> character. (Is there a search field option
to search across all search fields, say something like </span><span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>ALLFIELDS:( *\u1017* )</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> or
</span><span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>ALL:( *\u1017* )</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">? As I recall, TESS had an
<i>ALL</i> search option to search across all fields, but I have not found a similar option for Trademark Search.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">PS - </span><span style="color: rgb(134, 17, 6);"><b>What do you expect will happen with these 3 standard character marks?
</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Search </span><span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><b>SN:( 99134995 99135001 99159750 )</b></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> to view these 3 applications on TM Search/TSDR. For these applications, the
USPTO generated standard character drawings do not match the literal elements provided, but the applicants apparently did not inspect the USPTO generated standard character drawings prior to submitting the applications. Clearly, the Unicode characters provided
are <i>equivalent</i> to characters in the standard character list. I don't see any evidence that Pre-Exam has noticed/processed these April applications yet. (No, I'm not expecting any replies, so surprise me!)</span></div>
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