United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 11 June 2002

Date            Type of         Proceeding
Issued          Case (1)        or App'n No.            Party/Parties

4-30            EX              75/794,637              Ciena Corp.

4-30            EX              75/773,323              LAS Laser
                                                        Analytical Systems
                                                        GmbH


                                Opposer's/              Applicant's/
                                Petitioner's            Respondent's
                TTAB            Mark and                Mark and
Issue           Decision        Goods/Services          Goods/Services

2(d)            Refusal                                 "FASTPATH"
                Affirmed                                [repair and
                                                        replacement of
                                                        proprietary
                                                        telecommunication
                                                        equipment modules]

whether the     Refusal                                 "DELTACONCEPT"
matter          Affirmed                                [lasers of various
applicant                                               types,
seeks to                                                spectroscopic
register                                                instruments, laser
functions as                                            based systems
a trademark                                             comprising lasers
for the goods                                           for chemical,
recited in its                                          industrial
application                                             machining,
                                                        scientific,
                                                        environmental, and
                                                        analytic systems
                                                        applications,
                                                        optical sensors for
                                                        use in gas and
                                                        particle analysis
                                                        and environmental
                                                        monitoring, and
                                                        other goods]


Mark and                                        Citable as
Goods Cited by                                  Precedent
Examining Atty.                                 of TTAB

"FASTPATH"                                      No
[integrated circuits,
printed circuit boards,
and telephony devices,
namely, modems, cable
modems, and integrated
services digital network
interfaces]

                                                No


(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION; (MD)=MOTION
TO DISMISS; (MR)=MOTION TO REOPEN