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This morning, 99028710 was updated on Trademark Search. The <i>Prosecution History</i> shows that yesterday,
<span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED</span>. </div>
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The changes include:</div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">The deletion of <span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">
<b>\u0411\u042a\u041b\u0413\u0410\u0420\u0418\u041a\u0410</b></span> as the wordmark entry;</div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">The <span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">
Mark Drawing Type</span> was changed from <span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">
0 - UNKNOWN</span> to <span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">2 - AN ILLUSTRATION DRAWING WITHOUT ANY WORDS(S)/ LETTER(S) /NUMBER(S)</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">The design code <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">
28.01.25 - Hieroglyphic characters; Inscriptions in other non-Latin characters; Inscriptions in other non-Latin characters, including Hieroglyphic characters</span> was added.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">With the <span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">
Mark Drawing Type</span> update, this trademark is no longer considered to be a standard character mark.</div>
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<div class="elementToProof" role="presentation">A <span style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">
Public Note</span> was added to the correspondence to explain these changes. (Just kidding. Pre-Exam does not explain their updates to the
<i>official record</i>.)</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);">Well, I was expecting design code
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);">28.01.05 - Alpha (Greek letter);
<b>Cyrillic characters</b> (Russian); Greek characters; Inscriptions in Greek and Cyrillic characters; Omega (Greek letter); Russian characters (Cyrillic)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for this application, I will miss having
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><b>\u0411\u042a\u041b\u0413\u0410\u0420\u0418\u041a\u0410</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> as the wordmark entry, particularly since the applicant did not include
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><b>\u0411\u042a\u041b\u0413\u0410\u0420\u0418\u041a\u0410</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> in the transliteration statement provided, and I wish that I could review the filing receipt that was
<i>mailed</i> for the application on Saturday.</span></div>
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Following is the relevant TSDR status text.</div>
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US Serial Number:\u200299028710\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Application Filing Date:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Feb. 05, 2025</div>
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Filed as Base Application:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Yes\u2002\u2002\u2002Currently Base Application:\u2002\u2002\u2002Yes</div>
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Register:\u2002\u2002\u2002Principal</div>
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Mark Type:\u2002\u2002Service Mark</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\u2002Feb. 05, 2025</div>
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Mark Information</div>
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Mark Literal Elements:\u2002\u2002None</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\u20022 - AN ILLUSTRATION DRAWING WITHOUT ANY WORDS(S)/ LETTER(S) /NUMBER(S)</div>
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Transliteration:\u2002\u2002The Bulgarian characters in this mark transliterate to BULGARICA and this has no meaning in a foreign language.</div>
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Design Search Code(s):\u2002\u200228.01.25 - Hieroglyphic characters; Inscriptions in other non-Latin characters; Inscriptions in other non-Latin characters, including Hieroglyphic characters</div>
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Goods and Services</div>
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For:\u2002\u2002Organizing events in the field of Bulgarian culture, language, music, dance, history, traditions, folklore, heritage, arts, customs for cultural or educational purposes; Organizing and conducting festivals in the field of Bulgarian Culture, Heritage,
Arts, Folklore and Traditions for cultural or entertainment purposes; Education services, namely, providing classes, seminars, workshops, lectures, training, programs, instruction in the field of Bulgarian language, history, music, dance, traditions, arts,
culture, folklore, heritage</div>
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International Class(es):\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002041 - Primary Class\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002U.S Class(es):\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002100, 101, 107</div>
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Class Status:\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002ACTIVE</div>
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First Use:\u2002\u2002Nov. 2014\u2002\u2002\u2002Use in Commerce:\u2002\u2002Dec. 16, 2014</div>
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Prosecution History</div>
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Date\u2002\u2002Description\u2002Proceeding Number</div>
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Jul. 06, 2025\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002</div>
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Feb. 05, 2025\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED\u2002\u2002\u2002</div>
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Feb. 05, 2025\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002NEW APPLICATION ENTERED\u2002</div>
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Happy Unicoding,</div>
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Ken Boone</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, February 15, 2025 11:27 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Try Not To Laugh! 99028710 - \u0411\u042a\u041b\u0413\u0410\u0420\u0418\u041a\u0410 (A Standard Character Mark)</font>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">Introducing 99028710, the standard character mark </span>
<span style="font-size:14pt">\u0411\u042a\u041b\u0413\u0410\u0420\u0418\u041a\u0410</span><span style="font-size:12pt"> filed 5 February 2025.</span></div>
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Mark Literal Elements: </div>
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\u0411\u042a\u041b\u0413\u0410\u0420\u0418\u041a\u0410</div>
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Standard Character Claim:</div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">Yes. The mark consists of standard characters without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.</span></td>
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Mark Drawing Type:</div>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">4 - STANDARD CHARACTER MARK</span></td>
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<span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Bulgarian characters in this mark transliterate to BULGARICA and this has no meaning in a foreign language.</span></td>
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Based on this new application, I must conclude that the new Trademark Center electronic application system does NOT check that the characters submitted for a standard character mark actually occur on the USPTO's standard character list.</div>
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<span style="font-size:12pt">I fully recommend that you open the raw application on TSDR and view the 5 pages of the application. Then tell me the proper pronunciation of this standard character mark! My Bulgarian is
</span><span style="font-size:16pt">more </span><span style="font-size:12pt">than just
<i>a little bit rusty</i>. ;-}</span></div>
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Happy Presidents' Day Holiday,</div>
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