United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 06 August 2002

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

6-28            EX              75/891,291              Ferro Corp.

6-28            EX              75/725,583              DLI Engineering
                                                        Corp.


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

2(d)            Refusal                                 "NIMEX"
                Affirmed                                [color concen-
                                                        trates, namely,
                                                        metal filled
                                                        plastic color
                                                        concentrates for
                                                        use in the manu-
                                                        facture of
                                                        molded plastics]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "SMARTMACHINE
                Affirmed                                TECHNOLOGIES
                                                        WWW.SMART-
                                                        MACHINERY.COM
                                                        (and design)
                                                        [computer software
                                                        and hardware for
                                                        predicting and
                                                        communicating
                                                        maintenance needs
                                                        for industrial
                                                        machinery]


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

"NYMAX"                                         No
[polymeric compounds
for further processing
in extrusion or molding
operations]

"SMART MACHINES"                                No
[computer programs
and program manuals
all sold as a unit]


(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