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

[Sam Castree]

You can search alpha through omega?  That's fascinating.

Cheers,

Sam Castree, III

*Sam Castree Law, LLC*
*3421 W. Elm St.*
*McHenry, IL 60050*
*(815) 344-6300*


On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM Ken Boone via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> 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: 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
> ------------------------------
> *From:* E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf
> of Ken Boone via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 15, 2025 11:27 AM
> *To:* E-Trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Ken Boone <boondogles at hotmail.com>
> *Subject:* [E-trademarks] Try Not To Laugh! 99028710 - БЪЛГАРИКА (A
> Standard Character Mark)
>
> Introducing 99028710, the standard character mark БЪЛГАРИКА filed 5
> February 2025.
>
>
> *[image: 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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