United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 17 October 2006

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

9-14            EX              76291030                L.VAD Technology,
                                                        Inc.

9-14            OPP             91162564                DC Shoes, Inc. v.
                                                        John Melnick

9-14            EX              76588517                Advanced
                                                        Neuro-modulation
                                                        Systems, Inc.

9-14            EX              76330764                Fabrica de Jabon La
                                                        Corona, S.A. de
                                                        C.V.

9-15            EX              78360389                Xcaliber
                                                        International Ltd.,
                                                        L.L.C.


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

genericness     Refusal                                 "PERMANENT BALLOON
(whether        Affirmed                                PUMP"
applicant's                                             [medical and
mark is                                                 surgical procedure
registrable                                             products, namely,
on the                                                  permanent
Supplemental                                            implantable, left
Register)                                               ventricular assist
                                                        devices and
                                                        permanent
                                                        intra-aortic
                                                        balloon pumps and
                                                        parts therefor,
                                                        namely a blood
                                                        pump, skin
                                                        connector and drive
                                                        unit]

2(d)            Opposition      "DC"                    "DC N ME"
[priority];     Dismissed       [a wide range of goods  [various goods and
dilution        as to all       and services]           services in Classes
                eleven classes                          6, 14, 16, 18, 21,
                                                        24, 25, 28, 35, 41
                                                        and 42]

2(e)(1)         Refusal                                 "ULTRACATH"
                Reversed                                [catheters]

2(d)            Refusal                                 "MONARCA PURE CORN
                Affirmed                                OIL"
                                                        (and design)
                                                        [corn oil]

2(e)(4)         Refusal                                 "CHISOLM"
                Affirmed                                [smokeless tobacco]


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

                                                No

                                                No

                                                No

2 cited registrations,                          No
both owned by the same
entity:
"MONARCH" and "MONARCH"
(and design)
[both marks for: butter]

                                                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