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MODIFICATIONS TO DESIGN SEARCH CODES
On or about January 7, 2006, the USPTO is planning to add approximately 80 new design search codes to the Trademark Design Search Code Manual. 1Many of the larger existing design code sections will be modified to create smaller sections. For example, 01.01.02 will be changed by removing any live documents that have a design with multiple stars with four points and putting these documents into a new code (01.01.12). This will leave all the single stars with four points in 01.01.02. It will also leave all inactive registrations in 01.01.02 whether they have one or more stars with four points. The new design codes will be applied to all new incoming trademark applications and to currently active (live) trademark applications and registrations in USPTO's automated trademark systems. They will not be applied to inactive (dead) registrations.
The following chart contains all of the design codes that have been modified along with the new search code numbers and descriptions.
2007 DESIGN CODE UPDATES
Design Codes - Modifications
New Codes - Descriptions
01.01.02 - Limited to one star with 4 points
01.01.12 - More than one star with four points
01.01.03 - Limited to one star with 5 points
01.01.13 - More than one star with five points
01.01.04 - Limited to one star with 6 points
01.01.14 - More than one star with six points
01.05.25 - Removed suns with rays
01.05.04 - Suns with rays
01.07.25 - Removed globes with bars, bands or wavy lines
01.07.08 - Globes with bars, bands, lines not meridian or parallel lines
01.15.03 - Removed flames on objects/words/numbers
01.15.15 - Flames emanating from objects, numbers or words
01.15.06 - Removed thought or speech clouds
01.15.17 - Thought or speech clouds either empty or with wording/punctuation
01.15.08 - Limited to single drops
01.15.18 - More than one drop (including teardrops or raindrops)
01.15.25 - Removed sound waves
01.15.24 - Sound waves
01.17.11 - Removed state of Texas
01.17.12 - State of Texas
02.01.01 - Removed heads, portraits, busts in profile
and smiley faces02.01.37 - Heads, portraits, busts of men in profile
02.11.16 - Smiley faces02.01.20 - Removed merchants, store clerks and men in aprons
02.01.38 - Merchants, store clerks and men in aprons
02.01.32 - Removed nude men, men in underwear, bathing suits
02.01.39 - Nude men, men in underwear, bathing suits or brief attire
02.01.33 - Limited to men formed by letters, numbers,
punctuation or geometric shapes.02.01.34 - Other grotesque men including men formed by plants and objects
02.01.35 - Snowmen02.03.01 - Removed heads, portraits, busts in profile
and smiley faces02.03.22 - Heads, portraits, busts of women in profile
02.11.16 - Smiley faces02.03.26 - Limited to women formed by letters, numbers,
punctuation or geometric shapes.02.03.28 - Other grotesque women including women formed by plants and objects
02.05.01 - Removed smiley faces
02.11.16 - Smiley faces
02.05.26 - Limited to children formed by letters, numbers,
punctuation or geometric shapes.02.05.27 - Other grotesque children including children formed by plants and objects
02.11.01 - Removed hearts on playing cards and as background
02.11.12 - Hearts on playing cards
02.11.13 - Hearts used as background or carriers02.11.02 - Removed smiley faces
02.11.04 - Removed smiley faces02.11.16 - Smiley Faces
02.11.07 - Removed some gestures and hand imprints
02.11.14 - Gestures formed by hands, fingers
02.11.15 - Imprints of hands; fingerprints03.01.08 - Removed silhouettes of dogs
03.01.07 - Silhouettes of dogs
03.13.02 - Limited to mammals
03.13.05 - Skeletons, skulls, bones of fish, birds, reptiles, insects, dinosaurs
04.01.02 - Removed objects with halos
04.01.03 - Halos appearing on objects, letters, numbers and symbols
05.05.01 - Removed roses
05.05.02 - Roses
05.05.25 - Removed lotus flowers
05.05.06 - Lotus flowers
05.11.25 - Removed peppers
05.11.09 - Peppers
05.13.25 - Removed cotton and marijuana plants
05.13.08 - Cotton plants
05.13.09 - Marijuana plants06.09.08 - Removed golf courses
06.09.09 - Golf courses, golf holes, putting greens
07.11.07 - Changed to roads without lines
07.11.11 - Roads, streets, highways without lines or dividers
09.01.02 - Moved pockets with stitching to 090316
09.03.08 - Removed neckties and bowties
09.03.15 - Neckties and bowties
09.05.25 - Removed mortarboards
09.05.11 - Mortarboards (graduation hats)
10.07.25 - Removed stethoscopes
10.07.05 - Stethoscopes
11.03.01 - Removed glasses with stems
11.03.15 - Glasses with stems
11.03.03 - Removed coffee mugs
11.03.16 - Coffee mugs
15.05.04 - Removed computer mouse
15.05.08 - Computer mouse
16.03.07 - Removed monocles, lenses
16.03.08 - Monocles, lenses
18.11.25 - Removed oars and boat paddles
18.11.07 - Oars and boat paddles
20.01.01 - Removed quill pens and inkwells
20.01.09 - Quill pens and inkwells
20.05.01 - Removed open books
20.05.05 - Open books
21.01.25 - Removed rattles, pacifiers, teething rings
21.01.15 - Rattles, pacifiers, teething rings
21.03.01 - Removed soccer balls, volley balls, golf balls,
bowling balls, footballs, baseballs, basketballs21.03.15 - Soccer balls, volley balls
21.03.16 - Golf balls, golf tees
21.03.17 - Bowling balls
21.03.18 - Footballs, rugby balls, elliptical shaped balls
21.03.19 - Baseballs, softballs
21.03.20 - Basketballs21.03.04 - Removed golf clubs and hockey sticks
21.03.22 - Golf clubs
21.03.23 - Ice hockey, field hockey and street hockey sticks.21.03.12 - Removed targets with crosshairs and alignment guides
21.03.24 - Targets with crosshairs and alignment guides
21.03.25 - Removed skateboards, surfboards, body boards, snowboards, golf tees
21.03.26 - Skateboards
21.03.27 - Surfboards, body boards, snowboards
21.03.28 - Golf bags
21.03.16 - Golf balls and golf tees24.01.03 - Removed shields and crests with numbers
24.01.04 - Shield and crests with numbers
24.09.01 - Moved checkered flags to 24.09.04
Moved American flags to 24.09.05
24.17.14 - Removed emoticons
24.17.21 - Emoticons (icons that show emotions)
24.17.25 - Removed Yin-Yang, recycling and peace symbols
24.17.18 - Yin-Yang symbol
24.17.19 - Recycling symbol
24.17.20 - Peace symbol26.01.15 - Limited to three circles
26.01.30 - Four circles
26.01.31 - Five or more circles26.01.26 - Removed helixes
26.01.29 - Helixes
26.01.28 - Moved thought or speech clouds
01.15.17 - Thought or speech clouds
26.03.13 - Limited to two ovals
26.03.14 - Three or more ovals
26.05.13 - Limited to two triangles
26.05.14 - Three triangles
26.05.15 - Four or more triangles26.07.01 - Removed diamonds with decorative border
26.07.02 - Diamonds with decorative borders
26.07.13 - Limited to two diamonds
26.07.14 - Three diamonds
26.07.15 - Four or more diamonds26.09.13 - Limited to two squares
26.09.14 - Three or more squares
26.09.28 - Removed thought and speech clouds
01.15.17 - Thought or speech clouds
26.11.13 - Limited to two rectangles
26.11.14 - Three or more rectangles
26.11.27 - Removed oblongs as carriers
26.11.26 - Oblongs as carriers
26.11.28 - Removed thought and speech clouds
01.15.17 - Thought or speech clouds
26.13.13 - Limited to two quadrilaterals
26.13.14 - Three or more quadrilaterals
26.15.28 - Removed thought and speech clouds
01.15.17 - Thought or speech clouds
26.19.25 - Moved pyramids to 26.19.05
28.02 - Other forms of communication
28.02.01 - Braille, Morse Code, Sign Language
1 The Design Search Code Manual is available at http://tess2.uspto.gov/tmdb/dscm/index.htm, and will be updated accordingly.
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