Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
July 5-9, 1999
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
7-7 EX 74/504,493 Avtec Finishing
Systems, Inc.
7-7 EX 75/087,423 Asahi Seiko
Co., Ltd.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
whether the Refusal "FLUOROTRON"
matter Affirmed [metal plating
asserted for (but only on compositions]
registration the ground
functions as that appli-
a trademark cant's
for the goods specimens do
identified in not show
the applica- trademark
tion; whether use)
applicant's
specimens
show trade-
mark use of
applicant's
claimed mark
2(d) Refusal "ASAHISEIKO"
Affirmed [money handling
equipment, namely,
measuring
apparatus for
determining the
authenticity of
coins, apparatus
for analyzing
paper currency
with electronic
pulses, coin
dispensing appa-
ratus, and bill
dispensing appa-
ratus, vending
machines; stamp
dispensing appa-
ratus; vending
machines for
dispensing cards
featuring mag-
netically
encoded data]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
No
"SEIKO" No
[calculating machines;
cash registers and desk
top computers]
(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION