[E-trademarks] TSDR - Standard Character Claim Bug If Mark Drawing Type Is UNKNOWN

[Carl Oppedahl]

Thank you for posting.


On 12/29/2023 5:28 AM, Ken Boone via E-trademarks wrote:
> The trademark search*LD:true AND MD:unknown* the retrieves 21,984 
> trademarks, mostly /new/ TEAS special form filings that have yet to 
> receive initial processing by Pre-Exam.  (I say mostly/new/ TEAS 
> special form filings, as among those 21,984 trademarks are 46 old 
> registrations of the 81-series that trademark search still falsely 
> indicates are live.)
>
> Toggle to TSDR and display the mark information. You'll likely see the 
> contradictory entries
>
> Standard Character Claim: 	Yes. The mark consists of standard 
> characters without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
> Mark Drawing Type: 	0 - UNKNOWN MARK DRAWING TYPE
>
>
> That is, for special form applications yet to be processed by Pre-Exam 
> (the UNKNOWN mark drawing type), TSDR falsely indicates the 
> application includes the standard character claim, at least for every 
> mark I've reviewed so far.
>
> Conversely, for the 2,751,433 marks for the *LD:true AND 
> ST:true*search, TSDR displays the expected mark information
>
> Standard Character Claim: 	Yes. The mark consists of standard 
> characters without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
> Mark Drawing Type: 	4 - STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
>
>
> where the search *LD:true AND ST:true AND MD:unknown*confirms that 
> none of those 2,751,433 standard character marks has the */unknown 
> /*mark drawing type (assuming you trust trademark search).
>
> Happy Trademarking,
> Ken Boone
>
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