United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 04 May 2004
Date Type of Proceeding
Issued Case (1) or App'n No. Party/Parties
3-30 EX 76322156 Planalytics, Inc.
3-30 EX 75934845 Gemfire Corp.
3-30 EX 76357515 Merillat
Industries, Inc.
Opposer's/ Applicant's/
Petitioner's Respondent's
TTAB Mark and Mark and
Issue Decision Goods/Services Goods/Services
2(e)(1); Refusal "GASBUYER"
2.61(b) Affirmed [providing on-line
on both risk management
grounds services in the
field of pricing
and purchasing
decisions for
natural gas]
2(d) Refusal "PhotonIC"
Reversed [electronic
display systems,
consisting of
display panels
and components
thereof; computer
and display
peripherals and
software for
operating elec-
tronic display
systems and
display panel
functions; inte-
grated optical
circuits and
systems including
a wide variety of
integrated opti-
cal components,
including optical
waveguides,
switches, coup-
lers, modulators,
demodulators,
optical sensors,
multiplexers,
etc.]
2(e)(4) Refusal "LANDIS"
Affirmed [cabinetry,
namely, kitchen
and bathroom
cabinets and
cabinet doors]
Mark and Citable as
Goods Cited by Precedent
Examining Atty. of TTAB
Yes
"PHOTONICS" No
(in stylized
format)
[a wide variety of
goods in Class 9,
including: fiber
optic light and
image conduits;
telecommunication
systems incorpora-
ting, inter alia,
optical signal
generators; wave-
length division
multiplexing
optical telecom-
munications
systems
incorporating a
wide variety of
components,
including optical
wave guide de-
vices, multiplex-
ers, optical
signal switches,
etc.]
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