[E-trademarks] Another Standard Character Mark Twist Via WD:/.*[α-ω].*/ AND ST:true

[Ken Boone]

The search WD:/.*[α-ω].*/ AND ST:true provides some other atypical search results. For the 8 trademarks returned, all have a variation of µ - the micro sign standard character with a decimal value of 181 - in the drawings. However, notice that the wordmark entries all begin with Μ - the Unicode character with decimal value 924 (assuming my Excel character checker is correct).

[Image for 98859737, select for more details]

SN
FiledDate
Wordmark
Unicode (first char)
98859737
2024-11-18
ΜPNT
924
98761636
2024-09-20
Μ - MATERIAL MACHINE
924
98671363
2024-07-29
ΜFIDELITY
924
98671353
2024-07-29
ΜVALVE
924
98671333
2024-07-29
ΜCOOLING
924
98278543
2023-11-20
ΜTHORACOTOMY
924
98168957
2023-09-07
ΜMIST
924
97836045
2023-03-13
ΜDRIVE NEXUS
924


If you copy/paste the first letter Μ of the first (and presumably any other) trademark listed above into the search bar with the * search operator to form the search WD:*Μ* AND ST:true, instead of getting the multitude of live standard character marks with the standard letter M somewhere in the wordmark, you get the same 8 trademarks of this list that have the Unicode letter Μ (with decimal value 924 - part of the Greek character set of Unicode characters).  Conversely, the search WD:*µ* AND ST:true with the standard character µ from the standard character list retrieves 140 live standard character marks with µ occurring in the drawings and wordmark entries.  Quite a difference, huh? And I'll bet you haven't been searching both Μ and µ for your LOC searches of the µ (micro sign).

Happy Trademarking,
Ken Boone
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Subject: [E-trademarks] Try Not To Laugh! 99028710 - БЪЛГАРИКА (A Standard Character Mark)

Introducing 99028710, the standard character mark БЪЛГАРИКА filed 5 February 2025.


[previously viewed                          Image for 99028710, select for more details]

Mark Literal Elements:
БЪЛГАРИКА
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
Transliteration:
The Bulgarian characters in this mark transliterate to BULGARICA and this has no meaning in a foreign language.




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.

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 more than just a little bit rusty. ;-}

Happy Presidents' Day Holiday,
Ken Boone
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