[E-trademarks] Questionable Wordmarks, Revisited
Carl Oppedahl
carl at oppedahl.com
Thu Sep 11 13:07:19 UTC 2025
Thank you Ken for posting.
It is remarkable that somebody in the Trademark Office has actually made
some decision to allocate some level of resources to correct these
things that an outside (you) reported.
Of course what one really hopes for is that the Trademark Office would
also take corrective action so that the initial review process would not
overlook such things going forward.
Carl
On 9/11/2025 6:08 AM, Ken Boone via E-trademarks wrote:
> Good news! The wordmark entries for the 46 live registrations with
> unexpected occurrences of the ? (question mark character) have all
> been /corrected./
> Well, 86958465 (BAMB*?*SI) has been corrected to BAMBÜSI, but
> Trademark Search still displays the _Image for 86958465, select for
> more details_ drawing, so you still have to toggle to TSDR to see a
> proper drawing.
>
> I noticed something strange with at least 7 of the wordmark
> corrections. See if you notice the oddity too.
>
> #
>
>
> SN
>
>
> WD
> 1
>
>
> 79271914
>
>
> RöCHLING
> 2
>
>
> 79173594
>
>
> GAëLLE
> 3
>
>
> 79164130
>
>
> BüRKLE
> 4
>
>
> 79151358
>
>
> GONöTURN
> 5
>
>
> 79136585
>
>
> RäDLINGER PRIMUS LINE
> 6
>
>
> 79093794
>
>
> KNüRR DCM
> 7
>
>
> 79057202
>
>
> HäFELE
>
>
> So, what did you notice?
>
> Maybe that each of these wordmark entries has a lower-case character
> with a diacritical mark? To me, this suggests that someone with
> */system administrator/* power performed the corrections, bypassing
> the normal lower-case to UPPER-CASE conversion of the wordmark
> entries. If so, the next time a text update occurs for any of these
> registrations, the wordmark entry likely will be converted to
> UPPER-CASE only characters.
>
> Also, the bonus *LUCK**?** CL**?**VER* trademark that I included in my
> FYI to E-Trademarks has not been corrected. I guess the lurkers
> missed that opportunity.
>
> My questionable wordmarks list still has over 160 trademarks including
> 140 registrations. Should I provide more examples to the USPTO to see
> if they will correct those too?
>
> Happy Trademarking,
> Ken Boone
>
> PS: I've noticed that Pre-Exam dislikes /Asian/ and /Arabic
> /characters in wordmark entries - that when Pre-Exam performs their
> initial processing (to /standardize /the wordmark entries to USPTO
> standards {which I've yet to find in the TMEP}) and add pseudomarks
> and design codes, they often delete the /Asian/Arabic/ Unicode
> characters from the wordmark. Here are three recent examples.
>
> SN
>
>
> Original Wordmark
>
>
> Current Wordmark
>
>
>
>
>
> 99147291
>
>
> كز KOCHI
>
>
> KOCHI
>
>
>
>
>
> 99160404
>
>
> ARABIC CHARACTERS دار الورد
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 99162243
>
>
> おせん (JAPANESE CHARACTERS, MEANING OSEN IN ENGLISH )OMAKASE BY OSEN
> AUTHENTIC JAPANESE RESTAURANT
>
>
> OMAKASE BY OSEN AUTHENTIC JAPANESE RESTAURANT
>
>
>
> The second example was declared a /DESIGN ONLY/ trademark and the
> wordmark entry was deleted (versus keeping دار الورد that appears to
> match the drawing as the wordmark).
>
> It annoys me that Pre-Exam would delete Unicode characters (that
> likely will be useful for searching in the future) from wordmark
> entries. Does it bother you? (Well, I also hate the lower-case to
> UPPER-CASE conversion that typically occurs for wordmark entries, so
> what do I know?)
>
> PPS: And everyone has noticed that new US applications no longer get
> the UNKNOWN mark drawing code, right?
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *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:* Friday, September 5, 2025 11:19 AM
> *To:* For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek
> legal advice. <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Ken Boone <boondogles at hotmail.com>
> *Subject:* [E-trademarks] Questionable Wordmarks, Revisited
> FYI - Below, I shared 46 registered trademarks from my questionable
> wordmark list with the USPTO in hopes that they would correct these
> wordmark entries ASAP. I selected these 46 questionable wordmark
> entries from my list because these registrations have neither pseudo
> marks nor translation/transliteration statements to aid in searching
> for these trademarks.
>
> I anticipate making a follow-up posting in about a month. Well,
> assuming I see any corrections performed.
>
> BTW, the new questionable wordmark for 2025 that I mentioned below has
> *LUCK**?** CL**?**VER* as the wordmark for
> _previously viewed Image for 99307215, select for more details_
> which should be more than enough clues to find that trademark. Maybe
> a USPTO lurker could get this questionable wordmark corrected too?
> Happy Trademarking,
> Ken Boone
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Ken Boone <boondogles at hotmail.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, September 5, 2025 10:55 AM
> *To:* TMFeedback <tmfeedback at uspto.gov>
> *Cc:* TMdatabasecorrect at uspto.gov <TMdatabasecorrect at uspto.gov>
> *Subject:* Questionable Wordmarks, Revisited
> I still keep a */Questionable Wordmark/* list (over 200 trademarks),
> where each entry has at least one ? (question mark) occurring in the
> wordmark where some other standard character would be more
> appropriate. The good news: occurrences of new /questionable
> wordmarks/ this year are down significantly. The bad news: at least
> one pending /questionable wordmark/ filed this year was NOT corrected
> by Pre-Exam when they performed their initial processing of that
> application (as evident by the addition of design codes for that
> application), plus there have been few corrections to my /questionable
> wordmark/ list this year.
>
> Below is a sample of *46 live registrations* from my questionable
> wordmark list. I recommend correcting these wordmark entries ASAP!
>
>
> #
>
> SN
>
> Wordmark
>
> Drawing
> 1
>
> 77147766
>
> M*?*MBINO ORGANICS
>
> _Image for 77147766, select for more details_
> 2
>
> 79057202
>
> H*?*FELE
>
> _Image for 79057202, select for more details_
> 3
>
> 79066339
>
> SCH*?*NENBERGER
>
> _Image for 79066339, select for more details_
> 4
>
> 79078161
>
> FR?TEK
>
> _Image for 79078161, select for more details_
> 5
>
> 79084586
>
> ?TS LEICHTMET?LLR?DER
>
> _Image for 79084586, select for more details_
> 6
>
> 79093794
>
> KN?RR DCM
>
> _Image for 79093794, select for more details_
> 7
>
> 79110093
>
> BJ?RN BORG
>
> _Image for 79110093, select for more details_
> 8
>
> 79136585
>
> R?DLINGER PRIMUS LINE
>
> _Image for 79136585, select for more details_
> 9
>
> 79151358
>
> GON?TURN
>
> _Image for 79151358, select for more details_
> 10
>
> 79158147
>
> M?LNLYCKE
>
> _Image for 79158147, select for more details_
> 11
>
> 79164130
>
> B?RKLE
>
> _Image for 79164130, select for more details_
> 12
>
> 79173594
>
> GA?LLE
>
> _Image for 79173594, select for more details_
> 13
>
> 79260678
>
> D?RR
>
> _Image for 79260678, select for more details_
> 14
>
> 79271914
>
> R?CHLING
>
> _Image for 79271914, select for more details_
> 15
>
> 79325566
>
> FREDDIE?S FLOWERS
>
> _Image for 79325566, select for more details_
> 16
>
> 79336315
>
> SL?TTNY
>
> _Image for 79336315, select for more details_
> 17
>
> 79369666
>
> EMPEROR?S POWER
>
> _Image for 79369666, select for more details_
> 18
>
> 79370475
>
> O?CAT
>
> _Image for 79370475, select for more details_
> 19
>
> 79382545
>
> DOMAINE D?EUGENIE
>
> _Image for 79382545, select for more details_
> 20
>
> 79391101
>
> RESPIN ?EM IN
>
> _Image for 79391101, select for more details_
> 21
>
> 85215783
>
> FR?D?RIC OZANAM
>
> _Image for 85215783, select for more details_
> 22
>
> 85231434
>
> PRO?SENSE
>
> _Image for 85231434, select for more details_
> 23
>
> 85916160
>
> (B?H'DEE)
>
> _Image for 85916160, select for more details_
> 24
>
> 86188898
>
> PALE BR?E EYES PALE ALE
>
> _Image for 86188898, select for more details_
> 25
>
> 86215539
>
> MAMA PH?
>
> _Image for 86215539, select for more details_
> 26
>
> 86465658
>
> H?LO?SE LLORIS
>
> _Image for 86465658, select for more details_
> 27
>
> 86603385
>
> BB BE BORD?
>
> _Image for 86603385, select for more details_
> 28
>
> 86681454
>
> IOL?
>
> _Image for 86681454, select for more details_
> 29
>
> 86836488
>
> I?ME?I
>
> _Image for 86836488, select for more details_
> 30
>
> 86958465
>
> BAMB?SI
>
> _Image for 86958465, select for more details_
> 31
>
> 87047817
>
> Z?MXR
>
> _Image for 87047817, select for more details_
> 32
>
> 88333790
>
> LA REINE CH?RIE
>
> _Image for 88333790, select for more details_
> 33
>
> 88932623
>
> ST?LZ
>
> _Image for 88932623, select for more details_
> 34
>
> 88985052
>
> SN?X
>
> _Image for 88985052, select for more details_
> 35
>
> 90047219
>
> AHH GAVE?
>
> _Image for 90047219, select for more details_
> 36
>
> 90410827
>
> EV?K
>
> _Image for 90410827, select for more details_
> 37
>
> 90682127
>
> ATTACH?
>
> _Image for 90682127, select for more details_
> 38
>
> 97029017
>
> BO?LAN
>
> _Image for 97029017, select for more details_
> 39
>
> 97081446
>
> HR?
>
> _Image for 97081446, select for more details_
> 40
>
> 97324107
>
>
> V. KOHLERT S?HNE GRASLITZ
>
>
> _Image for 97324107, select for more details_
> 41
>
> 97324153
>
> V.KOHLERT & S?HNE
>
> _Image for 97324153, select for more details_
> 42
>
> 97409794
>
> FOURT?
>
> _Image for 97409794, select for more details_
> 43
>
> 97679476
>
> DOZ?
>
> _Image for 97679476, select for more details_
> 44
>
> 97773111
>
> TH?A MEDITERRANEAN ROOFTOP
>
> _Image for 97773111, select for more details_
> 45
>
> 97977752
>
> PROTECT ? A ? BED
>
> _Image for 97977752, select for more details_
> 46
>
> 98261424
>
> N?VINYE'S HANDS
>
> _previously viewed Image for 98261424, select for more details_
>
>
> The search /SN:( 77147766 79057202 79066339 79078161 79084586 79093794
> 79110093 79136585 79151358 79158147 79164130 79173594 79260678
> 79271914 79325566 79336315 79369666 79370475 79382545 79391101
> 85215783 85231434 85916160 86188898 86215539 86465658 86603385
> 86681454 86836488 86958465 87047817 88333790 88932623 88985052
> 90047219 90410827 90682127 97029017 97081446 97324107 97324153
> 97409794 97679476 97773111 97977752 98261424 ) /retrieves these 46
> trademarks. Note that Trademark Search fails to display a drawing for
> the 30th trademark (86958465). IMO, these 46 wordmark entries should
> be corrected ASAP, particular since I selected these questionable
> wordmark entries from my list because these registrations have neither
> pseudo marks nor translation/transliteration statements to aid in
> searching for these trademarks.
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Ken Boone, USPTO IT Specialist (Retired)
>
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