[E-trademarks] Some Quality Control Checks/Suggestions Using Trademark Search

Tue Feb 11 18:46:59 UTC 2025

FYI - I just provided the USPTO some quality control checks that could be performed via Trademark Search.

Do you believe in miracles?

Ken Boone
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From: Ken Boone <boondogles at hotmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2025 12:37 PM
To: TMFeedback <tmfeedback at uspto.gov>
Subject: Some Quality Control Checks/Suggestions Using Trademark Search

Below are some quality control suggestions based on unexpected results using Trademark Search.

The USPTO currently indicates We are currently examining new applications submitted between: July 01, 2024 - July 15, 2024.  From that, I infer that Pre-Exam has completed their initial processing for all new applications file prior to July 1, 2024, so that all those applications would be ready for examination.
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For Madrid applications, 79398813 appears to be the last serial number delivered 27 June 2024, so I expected that the search

SN:( /<79000000-79398813>/ ) AND MD:unknown AND LD:true

would fail to retrieve any trademarks - that all live Madrid applications for serial numbers 79000000 through 79398813 would have valid mark drawing code entries, not the 0 - UNKNOWN MARK DRAWING TYPE entry as displayed on TSDR (as Trademark Search currently does not display the mark drawing code).

Unfortunately, that search currently retrieves 449 live Madrid applications, indicating that Pre-Exam has not performed their initial processing for 449 live Madrid applications received at the USPTO prior to July 1, 2024.

Are examining attorneys expected to examine Madrid applications that have not been reviewed by Pre-Exam and likely require wordmark corrections, valid mark drawing codes, pseudomarks and possibly design search codes?

I expect 449 Madrid applications are far more than you care to see now, so I'll only list the 25 lowest serial numbers*, as they have been at the USPTO the longest. But simply copy/paste the search provided to Trademark Search to retrieve the full list of 449 older Madrid applications having the UNKNOWN mark drawing code.

#
Serial #
FiledDate
Wordmark
1
79382531
2023-07-17
2
79390295
2024-01-29
STEP UP NUTRITION
3
79390627
2024-02-06
CLAUDE MONTANA
4
79390628
2024-02-06
MONTANA
5
79390629
2024-01-18
6
79390630
2024-01-17
2BE
7
79390631
2024-01-26
FAST RETAILING
8
79390632
2024-01-25
GOOD MORNING UNIVERSE
9
79390634
2024-01-26
FAST RETAILING
10
79390635
2024-01-15
NATURAL CODE
11
79390639
2024-01-22
PKG
12
79390640
2024-02-09
13
79390641
2024-02-06
14
79390642
2024-01-26
EX DRY-EX
15
79390643
2024-01-26
UNIQLOCK
16
79390645
2024-02-06
17
79390647
2024-01-30
18
79390648
2024-01-26
WEAREX
19
79390649
2024-02-02
20
79390650
2024-02-05
21
79390651
2024-02-06
22
79390652
2024-02-06
VICAFE
23
79390654
2024-02-06
24
79390655
2024-02-06
25
79390656
2024-02-01

* This list was exported from Trademark Search. Some wordmark entries on TSDR are not included on Trademark Search for trademarks having the UNKNOWN mark drawing code.

Basically, I used the criteria that the searches provided concentrate on live trademarks received prior to July 1, 2024.

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For US applications, I expected the search

FD:[* TO 20240630] AND MD:unknown AND LD:true NOT (SN:79* SN:89* )

would fail to retrieve any trademarks - that all live US applications filed prior to July 1, 2024, would have valid mark drawing code entries, not the 0 - UNKNOWN MARK DRAWING TYPE entry as displayed on TSDR.

Unfortunately, that search currently retrieves 79 live trademarks, where one of those trademarks has already progressed to registration.

Are examining attorneys expected to examine applications that have not been reviewed by Pre-Exam and likely require wordmark corrections, valid mark drawing codes, pseudomarks and possibly design search codes?

I'll only list the 25 oldest serial numbers*, where the first is the US application that has already progressed to registration (though it still lacks a valid mark drawing code).

#
Serial #
FiledDate
Wordmark
1
76140440
2000-10-05
IRINOX
2
97742991
2023-01-05
FLIPSHOPCART
3
98183254
2023-09-16
AESVANITOP
4
98183363
2023-09-17
SHUYE
5
98185711
2023-09-18
HOPLITO
6
98670609
2023-12-20
7
98346587
2024-01-08
8
98377127
2024-01-26
GLAM LIFE PARTY BUS
9
98483445
2024-04-04
FRESHNOUS
10
98481384
2024-04-05
Q-RUN
11
98490255
2024-04-09
HORIZON OPTIX
12
98505702
2024-04-17
13
98506234
2024-04-18
BALDKNOBBER ARMAMENT
14
98511473
2024-04-21
FLEE TO WILD
15
98511500
2024-04-21
VENTUSONUS
16
98514481
2024-04-23
P PROTECTIMUS
17
98514485
2024-04-23
STANDPOINT
18
98518754
2024-04-25
19
98519780
2024-04-25
20
98538540
2024-05-07
21
98550251
2024-05-14
M
22
98550897
2024-05-14
23
98559606
2024-05-20
24
98559803
2024-05-20
LOS INCOMPARABLES DE TIJUANA
25
98562810
2024-05-22
XENIES

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The search

(SN:( /<79000000-79398813>/ ) OR (FD:[* TO 20240630])) AND LD:true NOT ON:*

retrieves older live trademarks without owner names, an indication that some error must have occurred in USPTO processing.  Obviously, no trademarks are expected to be retrieved by this search, but this search currently retrieves 21 live trademarks.  Clearly, corrections are warranted.

#
Serial #
FiledDate
Wordmark
1
90981101
2020-09-23
2
90981207
2020-09-24
INNOVATIVE CARE SOLUTIONS
3
79325618
2021-09-29
4
97978808
2022-11-18
5
97978567
2022-12-29
6
97978503
2023-01-23
AXE DEVTOOLS
7
79416400
2023-10-20
8
79390582
2023-11-06
POLIFORM
9
79390588
2023-11-29
SUNSHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
10
79390589
2023-12-13
JJ VODKA
11
79391532
2024-01-26
12
79416480
2024-03-27
13
79399924
2024-04-11
14
79416404
2024-05-02
15
79415504
2024-05-16
16
79415683
2024-05-21
17
79405680
2024-05-27
18
79415793
2024-06-12
19
79415688
2024-06-24
20
79416506
2024-06-24
21
79402974
2024-06-25

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Every trademark should have GS entries, but the search

(SN:( /<79000000-79398813>/ ) OR (FD:[* TO 20240630])) AND LD:true NOT (GS:* SN:89*)

retrieves 24 older live trademarks without GS entries on Trademark Search.  Clearly something went wrong in the processings of these trademarks (and some of these trademarks appeared in previous lists).

#
Serial #
FiledDate
Wordmark
1
86984664
2013-09-23
THE HYPOCRITE
2
90981101
2020-09-23
3
90981207
2020-09-24
INNOVATIVE CARE SOLUTIONS
4
97978301
2022-07-27
V VENDR
5
97978808
2022-11-18
6
97978567
2022-12-29
7
97978503
2023-01-23
AXE DEVTOOLS
8
97874126
2023-04-05
HOLLYWOOD BEAUTY SECRETS EXPOSED
9
79416400
2023-10-20
10
98337844
2024-01-01
THE TASTE FROM OUTER SPACE
11
79391532
2024-01-26
12
79416480
2024-03-27
13
79399924
2024-04-11
14
79416404
2024-05-02
15
79415504
2024-05-16
16
79415683
2024-05-21
17
79405680
2024-05-27
18
79415793
2024-06-12
19
98606466
2024-06-18
20
98606904
2024-06-18
BROWN SINCE 1993
21
98614079
2024-06-22
MODUHOUZ
22
79415688
2024-06-24
23
79416506
2024-06-24
24
79402974
2024-06-25

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Hope this helps,
Ken Boone
USPTO IT Specialist (Retired)
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