[E-trademarks] Standard Character Curiosity - 98595378 - TENT ˆ WOMEN

[Carl Oppedahl]

thank you for posting.

On 1/2/2025 6:17 AM, Ken Boone via E-trademarks wrote:
> Apologies in advance for this posting, but the more I review this 
> application, the more unusual it becomes.
>
> _Image for 98595378, select for more details_
>
> On December 30th, I noticed this unusual standard character mark and 
> thought */no big deal/*.
>
> Today, I looked a little deeper.
>
> By my checks, the 6th character of the wordmark for 98595378 is ˆ with 
> decimal value 136, but that character is *_NOT_ on the USPTO's 
> standard character *list.
>
> Char
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> T
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> T
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> ˆ
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> Decimal
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> 84
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> 69
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> 78
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> 84
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> 32
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> 136
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> 32
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> 87
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> 79
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> 77
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> 69
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> 78
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>
> The trademark is *extremely unique*, as the search *WD:*ˆ** retrieves 
> exactly 1 trademark - that *no other trademark in the USPTO trademark 
> data, live or dead, includes the character **ˆ in the wordmark*.
>
> Go to the raw application on TSDR and you'll see that *Tent^Women* was 
> the wordmark literal provided.  Huh?  My check of that wordmark shows 
> the 5th character ^ has the decimal value 94, and that character is on 
> the USPTO's standard character list.  Also, the raw literal element is 
> only 10 characters long and has no blank spaces.  Also, IMO, 
> *Tent^Women* more accurately matches the drawing.
>
> Char
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> T
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> t
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> ^
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> W
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> Decimal
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> 84
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> 101
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> 110
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> 116
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> 94
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> 87
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> 111
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> 109
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> 101
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> 110
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>
> While this trademark was filed on June 11th, I didn't notice this 
> trademark until December 30th. While I don't do the *WD:*ˆ** search 
> daily, I certainly have done that search dozens of times between the 
> 6/11 filing date and 12/30 discovery of this unexpected wordmark.
>
> The prosecution history
> Dec. 30, 2024     APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER     
> Dec. 30, 2024     ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER    96797
> Dec. 29, 2024     NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED    
> Jun. 11, 2024     NEW APPLICATION ENTERED 
> is a little unusual.  I conclude that Pre-Exam performed their review 
> on the trademark on 12/29, the day before my *WD:*ˆ** search first 
> retrieved this trademark. I suspect some hiccup in USPTO's initial 
> processing occurred for this application and that Pre-Exam supplied 
> the current wordmark on 12/29.  Then again, I'm a bit suspicious.
>
> Well, now it is on its way to publication.  Yes, I would prefer to 
> have the wordmark updated to *TENT^WOMEN* to match the literal element 
> of the raw application (with the USPTO standard conversion to UPPER 
> CASE characters), but I'll leave that to the USPTO lurkers.
>
> Below is a partial listing of the TSDR view of this trademark.
>
> Generated on:     This page was generated by TSDR on 2025-01-02 
> 06:33:57 EST
> Mark: TENT ˆ WOMEN      
> US Serial Number: 98595378    Application Filing Date:      Jun. 11, 2024
> Filed as TEAS Plus:     Yes   Currently TEAS Plus:    Yes
> Register:   Principal
> Mark Type:  Trademark, Service Mark
> TM5 Common Status Descriptor: TM5 Common Status image 
> LIVE/APPLICATION/Under Examination
>
> The trademark application has been accepted by the Office (has met the 
> minimum filing requirements) and that this application has been 
> assigned to an examiner.
>
> Status:     Review prior to publication completed.
> Status Date:      Jan. 01, 2025
> Publication Date: Jan. 21, 2025           
>
> Mark Literal Elements:  TENT ˆ WOMEN
> 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
>
> Prosecution History
> Date  Description Proceeding Number
> Dec. 30, 2024     APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER     
> Dec. 30, 2024     ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER    96797
> Dec. 29, 2024     NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED    
> Jun. 11, 2024     NEW APPLICATION ENTERED 
>
>
> Happy Trademarking,
> Ken Boone
>
> PS:  My almost daily search for unexected characters occurring is 
> standard character marks is
>
> *LD:true AND MD:(TYPED STANDARD) AND WD:( *²* *³* *•* *¹* *¼* *½* *¾* 
> *™* *¦* *¯* *†* *‡* *ˆ*)*
>
> Today, that search retrieves 20 trademarks.  If you perform that 
> search, I expect many of the trademarks retrieved will look familiar 
> from some of my earlier postings. Previously, on TESS, I used the [DM] 
> - Decimal Mark search field to check for unexpected characters in 
> standard character mark, but the Trademark Search folks ignored my 
> suggestion to duplicate the Decimal Mark search field on Trademark 
> Search.
>
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