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MODIFICATIONS TO DESIGN SEARCH CODES

Posted by Kristen Cichocki at December 7, 2006 10:02 AM

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 faces	02.01.37 - Heads, portraits, busts of men in profile 02.11.16 - Smiley faces
02.01.20 - 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 - Snowmen
02.03.01 - Removed heads, portraits, busts in profile and smiley faces	02.03.22 - Heads, portraits, busts of women in profile 02.11.16 - Smiley faces
02.03.26 - 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 carriers
02.11.02 - Removed smiley faces 02.11.04 - Removed smiley faces	02.11.16 - 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; fingerprints
03.01.08 - 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 plants
06.09.08 - 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, basketballs	21.03.15 - 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 - Basketballs
21.03.04 - 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 tees
24.01.03 - 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 symbol
26.01.15 - Limited to three circles	26.01.30 - Four circles 26.01.31 - Five or more circles
26.01.26 - 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 triangles
26.07.01 - 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 diamonds
26.09.13 - 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