UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
`      U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO.          
`76711896
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`     MARK: SURPLUS LINES CLEARINGHOUSE
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`*76711896*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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`    CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`     
`      STEPHEN J. JEFFRIES
`     
`      HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP
`   
`        800 17TH ST NW STE 1100
`   
`        WASHINGTON, DC 20006-3906
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`       APPLICANT: Florida Surplus Lines Service Office
`        CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET
`       
`NO:         
`    128315.00003
`    CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:        
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`FINAL OFFICE ACTION
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
`TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S
`COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.
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`ISSUE/MAILING DATE:
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`THIS IS A FINAL ACTION.
`
`INTRODUCTION
`
`This Office action responds to applicant’s communication filed on February 8, 2013 (“Response”).
`
`In a previous Priority Office action dated October 9, 2012 (“First Action”), applicant was required to disclaim descriptive wording in the mark.
`
`Based on applicant’s response, the trademark examining attorney maintains and now makes FINAL the requirement(s) to disclaim
`“CLEARINGHOUSE.”  See 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04.
`
`FINAL REFUSAL - DISCLAIMER OF “CLEARINGHOUSE.”
`
`Applicant agreed to disclaim “SURPLUS LINES” from its application, but argued that “CLEARINGHOUSE” is not descriptive for applicant’s
`identified services.
`
`Applicant’s mark is “SURPLUS LINES CLEARINGHOUSE” in stylized format with a design for:
`
`Platform as a service (PAAS) featuring a computer software platform that facilitates tax sharing between insurance regulatory
`entities, namely, a web-based filing platform which allows insurance brokers and policyholders to file policy information for
`which the system will collect user-entered policy information to accurately calculate, invoice and collect tax payments for
`distribution to regulatory entities participating in the tax sharing agreement, provides assistance and training materials to
`insurance brokers, policyholders and regulatory entities regarding usage of computer software platforms for the non-admitted
`insurance reporting, and provides tools and information to insurance reporting brokers, policyholders and regulatory entities
`which are pertinent to non-admitted insurance reporting
`   Applicant argues that the term “clearinghouse” is merely “suggestive” for its services.
`The examining attorney disagrees.  Attached are fourteen third party registrations demonstrating a disclaimer of “Clearinghouse” for online
`services similar to applicant’s services.   Third-party registrations featuring goods and/or services the same as or similar to applicant’s goods
`and/or services are probative evidence on the issue of descriptiveness where the relevant word or term is disclaimed, registered under Trademark
`Act Section 2(f) based on acquired distinctiveness, or registered on the Supplemental Register.  See Inst. Nat’l des Appellations D’Origine v.
`Vintners Int’l Co. , 958 F.2d 1574, 1581-82, 22 USPQ2d 1190, 1196 (Fed. Cir. 1992); In re Box Solutions Corp., 79 USPQ2d 1953, 1955 (TTAB
`2006); In re Finisar Corp., 78 USPQ2d 1618, 1621 (TTAB 2006).  U.S. Reg. No. 4228095 for “NORDIC CLEARINGHOUSE FOR SERVICE
`INNOVATION” is on the Supplemental Register with “Clearinghouse” disclaimed, indicating that the term is generic for “Providing an online
`network service that enables users to share data in the field of service businesses, service provision, and innovation in services.”   Similarily, U.S.
`Reg. No. 2347907 for THE OIL AND GAS ASSET CLEARINGHOUSE disclaims “clearinghouse” on the Supplemental Register for
`“providing oral-bid and sealed bid auctions for the divestiture of the oil and gas assets of others and negotiating the sale, exchange or trade of the
`oil and gas assets of others.”   Thus, services involving the online exchange of information may be generic as well as descriptive.
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`Moreover, the examining attorney’s evidence in the First Action contained “usage examples” establishing that “clearinghouse” is used in
`the context of an online website “for the collection and dissemination of information” ( e.g. “Future plans for P2P Congress involve becoming
`an online clearinghouse for a broad range of government hearings”).
`
`The examining attorney attaches further evidence from third party websites and encyclopedias to demonstrate that “clearinghouse” is
`descriptive, if not generic, for applicant’s services.   
`Applicant admits that its software provides “a one-stop solution for the filing, assessment, and distribution of surplus lines insurance taxes."  
`The attached evidence from third party websites demonstrates that the term “clearinghouse” is frequently used for such “one-stop” information
`solutions within an industry.  Some examples of the attached include;
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`“ The Sales Tax Clearinghouse” at http://www.thestc.com/  (“ STC provides merchants with the data and tools to determine the correct
`tax sales and use taxes in over 7,000 states, counties, and cities”)
`
`·         Medical claims clearinghouse, described at http://clearinghouses.org/    (“Most simply, medical clearinghouses are aggregators (senders
`and receivers) of mountains of medical claim information almost all of which is managed by software. Large clearinghouses today
`process trillions of transactions each year. They are essentially regional hubs that enable healthcare practices to transmit electronic claims
`to insurance carriers, and they additionally provide a Biller or an Office Manager with a single place to manage all their claims from one
`central control panel, similar to online checking.”)
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`“Chilling Effects Clearinghouse” – providing database of information about cease and desist letters.
`
`Thus, applicant’s argument that “ consumers being surplus lines brokers, policy holders and regulators must employ a great deal of imagination,
`thought or perception to determine that applicant's web service functions to offer a range of on-line surplus lines insurance tax transactions that
`is far outside the ordinary meaning of the term "clearinghouse" is unpersuasive.  The term “clearinghouse” is frequently used with online
`websites and software to describe functions and features that are similar to applicant’s services.
`An applicant may not claim exclusive rights to terms or designs that others may need to use to describe or show their goods or services in the
`marketplace.  See Dena Corp. v. Belvedere Int’l, Inc. , 950 F.2d 1555, 1560, 21 USPQ2d 1047, 1051 (Fed. Cir. 1991); In re Aug. Storck KG, 218
`USPQ 823, 825 (TTAB 1983).  A disclaimer does not affect the appearance of the mark; that is, a disclaimer does not physically remove the
`disclaimed matter from the mark.  TMEP §§1213, 1213.10. 
`If applicant does not provide the required disclaimer, the USPTO may refuse to register the entire mark.  See In re Stereotaxis Inc., 429 F.3d
`1039, 1041, 77 USPQ2d 1087, 1089 (Fed. Cir. 2005); TMEP §1213.01(b).
`Applicant should submit a disclaimer in the following standardized format:
`No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “SURPLUS LINES CLEARINGHOUSE” apart from the mark as shown.
`For an overview of disclaimers and instructions on how to satisfy this disclaimer requirement using the Trademark Electronic Application
`System (TEAS) form, please go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/law/disclaimer.jsp.
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`CLOSING – FINAL REFUSAL
`
`Applicant must respond within six months of the date of issuance of this final Office action or the application will be abandoned.  15 U.S.C.
`§1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).  Applicant may respond by providing one or both of the following:
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`(1)  A response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements;
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`(2)  An appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with the appeal fee of $100 per class.
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`37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(18); TBMP ch. 1200.
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`In certain rare circumstances, an applicant may respond by filing a petition to the Director pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2) to review
`procedural issues.  37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b); TBMP §1201.05; TMEP §1704 (explaining petitionable
`matters).  The petition fee is $100.  37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).
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`ASSISTANCE
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`Please telephone or e-mail the assigned trademark examining attorney with any questions related to this Office Action.  All relevant e-mail
`communications will be placed in the official application record; however, an e-mail communication will not be accepted as a response to this
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`Office action and will not extend the deadline for filing a proper response.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.       
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`/Susan B. Allen/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 101
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`(571) 272-5985
`susan.allen@uspto.gov
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`TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:   Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp.   Please wait 48-72 hours from the
`issue/mailing date before using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), to allow for necessary system updates of the application. 
`For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.  For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`trademark examining attorney.  E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to
`this Office action by e-mail.
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`All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
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`WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:  It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an
`applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants).  If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
`response.  
`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION:   To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official
`notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at
`http://tsdr.uspto.gov/.   Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen.   If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the
`Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or call 1-800-786-9199.   For more information on checking
`status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.
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`TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:  Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.
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`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
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`T5?35901
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`serial Number
`T5T35901
`
`Status
`REGISTERED AND RENEWED
`
`Word Mark
`THE OIL a GAS ASSET CLEARINGHDUSE
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`234190?
`
`Date Registered
`2000x05x02
`
`T‘ype at Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`SUPPLEMENTAL
`
`Examining Attorney
`
`gas assets of others and negotiating the sale, exchange or trade of
`the oil and gas assets of others. First Use:
`lBBBIOlHOT. First Use
`In Commerce:
`lQQBKOlKOT.
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[3] DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS ANonR NUMBERS
`
`Owner
`Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse, Inc. The CORPORATION TEXAS P.O. Box
`61118? Houston TEXAS 11261118?
`
`GoodsfServiees
`
`G a S: providing
`100 101 102.
`US
`IC 035.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`oral-bid and sealed bid auctions for the divestiture of the oil and
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`No CLAIM Is MADE To THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT To USE "CLEARINGHDUSE" APART
`FROM THE MARK AS SHOW.
`
`Filing Date
`1999/06/24
`
`Amended Register Date
`2DDDxD2x22
`
`

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`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`T513591!"
`
`MENKER,
`
`JAMES
`
`Attorney of Record
`
`PAUL C. VAN SLYKE
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`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
`
`76356142
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`serial Number
`T6356142
`
`Status
`SECTION B—ACCEPTED
`
`Word Mark
`MEDIAHMATERIALS CLEARINGHOUSE
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`2689540
`
`Date Registered
`zooaxalea
`
`T‘ype at Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`SUPPLEMENTAL
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[1] TYPED DRAWING
`
`CAPSHAW, DANIEL
`
`Owner
`Johns Hopkins University, Center for Communication, The CORPORATION
`MARYLAND Bloomberg School of Public Health 111 Market Place, Suite 310
`Baltimore MARYLAND 21202
`
`GoodsI'Services
`G a S: clearing
`100 101 102.
`US
`IC 035.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`house services of media for health and human service educational
`
`purposes. First Use: 1995IOBH01. First Use In Commerce:
`
`lBBSKUBKUl.
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "CLEARINGHOUSE" APART
`FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN.
`
`Filing Date
`2002H01HOS
`
`Amended Register Date
`2002H10f17
`
`Examining Attic-megr
`
`

`

`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`76356142
`
`Attorney of Record
`
`Donna M . D . Thomas
`
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`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
`
`75411683
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`Serial Number
`T6411683
`
`Status
`SECTION a—ACCEPTEC
`
`Word Mark
`MEMS CLEARINSHCUSE
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`282223?
`
`Date Registered
`2004x03x16
`
`Type of Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[1] TYPED DRAWING
`
`FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN.
`
`GDDdSJ'SEWiDBS
`G a 3: providing
`100 103 106.
`US
`IC 040.
`Class Statue -- ACTIVE.
`
`information in the field of manufacturing microelectromechanical
`systems. First Use: 1994f01/22. First Use In Commerce: 1994f01f22.
`
`Owner
`Corporation for National Research Initiatives CORPORATION D.C. 1895
`Preston White Drive Reston VIRGINIA 20191
`
`GoodsfServiees
`
`G & S: providing
`100 101.
`US
`IC 042.
`Class Statue -- ACTIVE.
`general technical information for the purposes of design and research
`in the field of mioroeleotromeohanioal systems. First Use:
`1994H01H22. First Use In Commerce: 1994f01f22.
`
`Prior Registratien(s)
`24642?9;246?590
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`NC CLAIM IS MADE TC THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TC USE "CLEARINSHCUSE" APART
`
`

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`Filing Date
`2002f05f22
`
`Examining Attorney
`BAIRD , MICHAEL
`
`Attorney of Record
`Keith A. Barritt
`
`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`75411683
`
`Section 2f Statement
`2 [F] ENTIRE MARK
`
`
`
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`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
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`7686231?
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`Serial Number
`T666231?
`
`Status
`REGISTERED
`
`Word Mark
`NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`3322136
`
`Date Registered
`2OOTTIOx3O
`
`Type of Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`Colors Claimed
`
`GoodslSenrices
`G a S: Providing
`100 101 10?.
`US
`IC 041.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`information and databases regarding post—secondary student enrollment
`and educational achievement. First Use: ZOOOIOOXOO. First Use In
`Commerce: 2000300300.
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[5] WORDS, LETTERS, ANDxOR NUMBERS IN STYLIZED FORM
`
`Owner
`National Student Clearinghouse NON—PROFIT CORPORATION VIRGINIA 13454
`Sunrise Valley Drive Suite 300 Herndon VIRGINIA 20111
`
`GoodslServioes
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`
`IC 035.
`
`US
`
`100 101 102.
`
`G a S:
`
`Computerized database management services for educational institutions
`in the field of post—secondary student enrollment and educational
`achievement. First Use: ZOOOHOOIOO. First Use In Commerce:
`2000HOOHOO.
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`No CLAIM Is MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "CLEARINGHOUSE" APART
`FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN.
`
`

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`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`7686231?
`
`Section 2f Statement
`2 [F] ENTIRE MARK
`
`Filing Date
`zooexoexze
`
`Examining Attorney
`CRTRLDO, CAROLYN
`
`iiittu'znrneylr of Record
`
`Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.
`
`Stephanie M. Carmody
`
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`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
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`TfldflflflTfi
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`Serial Number
`TSASSSTS
`
`Status
`SECTION e—ACCEPTEO
`
`Word Mark
`A AESTINENCE CLEARINSHOUSE NETWORKING PEOPLE EOR AESTINENCE
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`3146548
`
`Date Registered
`zooexogxlg
`
`Type of Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`Filing Date
`
`Part of Mark in Color
`The mark consists Of Purple "A? with plain font on either side and
`stylized writing below.
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[3] DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS ANDXOR NUMBERS
`
`Owner
`National Abstinence Clearinghouse NON—PROFIT ORGANIZATION SOUTH DAKOTA
`801 E. 4lst St. Sioux Falls SOUTH DAKOTA 51105
`
`GoodsfServioes
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`
`IC 041.
`
`US
`
`100 101 10?.
`
`G a S: Abstinence
`
`Clearinghouse providing information in the field of sex education and
`abstinence. First Use: 2004H06/25. First Use In Commerce:
`2004HUEH25.
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "ABSTINENCE
`CLEARINGHOUSE" APART FROM THE MARK As SHOWN.
`
`Colors Claimed
`
`The coloris] purple isKare Claimed as a feature of the mark.
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`

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`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`Till-BEETS
`
`ZOO-QHOSHZT
`
`Examining Attorney
`
`WEBSTER, MICHAEL
`
`

`

`Abstinunca
`
`Blaaringhnusn
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`

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`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
`
`78549702
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`Serial Number
`T8549102
`
`Status
`REGISTERED
`
`Word Mark
`BEACH BEVERLY ENTERPRISES AUTCMATED CLEARINGHCUSE
`
`.1.
`
`G S S: Purchasing
`100 101 102.
`US
`IC 035.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`and procurement services, namely, procuring of contracts for others
`for the purchase of goods and labor contracting services in the field
`of healthcare. First Use: 2004H11f14. First Use In Commerce:
`2004H11H14.
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`3428111
`
`Date Registered
`2008x05x13
`
`T‘ype Df Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[3] DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS ANDXOR NUMBERS
`
`Owner
`Beverly Enterprises, Inc. CORPORATION DELAWARE One Thousand Beverly
`Way Fort Smith ARKANSAS T2919
`
`GoodsfServiees
`
`Prior Registration(s)
`l448983:23582?5;2570330
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`NC CLAIM IS MADE TC THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TC USE "ENTERPRISES AUTCMATED
`CLEARINGHOUSE" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN.
`
`
`
`
`Description of Mark
`
`The mark consists of two styli edIr o
`Fset arcs followed by lowercase
`letters "beach" above the words "beverly enterprises automated
`clearinghouse", all in lower case.
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`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`78549702
`
`Filing Date
`2005/01H19
`
`Examining llllttorneyr
`HAYES, GINA
`
`AttorneyT of Record
`
`Colors Claimed
`Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.
`
`Michael K. Bydalek
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`I'.-I:I"-' 51' If -I-I"l'l|'l:'.'jJ'|E:|I.-'-:|- I:'|-i.'-I'IJ| .'I-:rltI-II.|' 14-5 :r.‘ hl'Hl'i-ll-fllh'
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`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
`
`78849285
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`Serial Number
`T8849285
`
`Status
`REGISTERED
`
`Word Mark
`UAA CLEARINSHCUSE
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`3246819
`
`Date Registered
`2001x05x29
`
`Type of Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`.1.
`
`G a S: Compilation
`100 101 102.
`US
`IC 035.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`
`and sys:ematization of information in databanks: General
`information
`clearing house; Information services relating to business matters;
`Management and compilation of computerized databases; Providing
`business marketing information. First Use: ZOOEFlOEOl. First Use In
`Commerce: ZOOEXIOXOI.
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[3] DESIGN PLUS woRDS, LETTERS ANDXOR NUMBERS
`
`Owner
`Direct Resource Solutions, LLC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY NEVADA 9355 G
`Court Omaha NEBRASKA 6812?
`
`GoodsfServiees
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`No CLAIM IS MADE To THE EXCLUSIVE RISMT To USE "UAA CLEARINSHCUSE"
`APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOW.
`
`Colors Claimed
`The coloris] WHITElIr REDIr and BLUE isjare claimed as a feature of the
`mark.
`
`Part of Mark in Color
`The color white appears in the wording "UAA Clearinghouse," the stars,
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`Pfint:Feh19,2fl13
`
`78849285
`
`Filing Date
`2006/03H29
`
`Examining attorneyr
`GHAFHR, MICHAEL
`
`Attorney of Record
`
`the inside face of the
`the outline of the semi—circle,
`the envelope,
`arrow on the left of the envelope,
`the flat end of the outer face of
`the arrow on the left of the envelope,
`the outer face of the arrow
`above the envelope,
`the pointed end of the arrow above the envelope,
`the pointed end of the arrow on the right of the envelope;
`the color
`red appears in the background of the semi-circle;
`the color blue
`appears in the outline of the arrows,
`the outline and detail lines of
`the envelope,
`the left side of the outside face of the arrow on the
`left side of the envelope,
`the upper portion of the inside face of the
`arrow above the envelope,
`the right side of the outside face of the
`arrow on the right side of the envelope,
`the inside face of the arrow
`on the right side of the envelope, and the background of the mark.
`
`Trent J Martinet
`
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`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
`
`78880240
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`serial Number
`T8880240
`
`Status
`REGISTERED
`
`Word Mark
`CNE CLICK CLEARINGHCUSE
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`3222433
`
`Date Registered
`2001x0322?
`
`T‘ype at Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[3] DESIGN PLUS WCRDS, LETTERS ANDXOR NUMBERS
`
`Owner
`Workforce Organizations for Regional Collaboration NON—PROFIT
`CORPORATION 0.0. Suite 200 1125 I Street, NW Washington 0.3. 20006
`
`GoodsfServiees
`
`2006H05H1D
`
`G d S: providing
`100 101 102.
`US
`IC 035.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`an internet website for posting job openings, for referring
`disadvantaged persons as candidates for posted job openings, and for
`tracking posted job openings and referred candidates. First Use:
`2004H09f22. First Use In Commerce: 2004f09f22.
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`NO CLAIM Is MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "CLEARINGHDUSE" APART
`ERCM THE MARK AS SHCWN.
`
`Description of Mark
`The mark consists of the words "one click clearinghouse" with the
`letter "o" resembling a computer mouseIr and the letter "i" curved and
`conect to the "o" by a curving line.
`
`Filing Date
`
`

`

`Print: Feb 18, 2813
`
`T888821“
`
`Attorney of Record
`Karen M . Gerken
`
`Examining .Itttt'mrneyr
`MISTER, KATINA
`
`
`
`

`

`ck
`
`CLEARINGHDUSE
`
`

`

`Pfint:Feh19,2fl13
`
`78926443
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`Serial Number
`T8926448
`
`Status
`REGISTERED
`
`Word Mark
`CORE CERTIFIED CLEARINSHCDSE
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`3354353
`
`Date Registered
`zooixllel
`
`Type of Mark
`CERTIEICATICN MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`.1.
`
`Certification Statement
`The certification marl-i.r as intended to be used by authorized persons.r
`
`is intended to certify the ability to electronically transfer health
`insurance information regarding member eligibility.
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[3] DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS ANDXOR NUMBERS
`
`Owner
`Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare CORPORATION CALIFORNIA 601
`Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. South Building, Suite 500 Washington D.C.
`20004
`
`CoodslSenriees
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`
`IC E.
`
`US B.
`
`G a S: Electronic transmission
`
`of health insurance information. First Use: ZOOEXlZHlB. First Use In
`Commerce: 2006f12f18.
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "CERTIFIED" AND
`"CLEARINGHOUSE" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN.
`
`Colors Claimed
`
`Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.
`
`

`

`Filing Date
`ZUUEHUTx’ll
`
`Attorney of Record
`
`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`78926443
`
`Examining Attorney
`BROWN, TINA
`
`Patrick J. Jennings
`
`

`

`

`

`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
`
`85216592
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`serial Number
`85216552
`
`Status
`REGISTERED
`
`Word Mark
`NATIONAL STUDENT CLEARINSHOUSE
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`4018153
`
`Date Registered
`zellxeaxse
`
`Type of Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`3 3 2 2 1 3 6
`
`GoodsiServices
`G & 3: Providing
`100 101 10?.
`US
`IC 041.
`Class Status —— fiCTIVE.
`information and databases regarding post—secondary student enrollment
`and educational achievement. First Use: 2000f09f14.
`The mark was
`first used anywhere in a different form other than that sought to be
`registered at least as early as 12f31f1993. First Use In Commerce:
`2000f09f14.
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[3] DESIGN PLUS woRDS, LETTERS ANonR NUMBERS
`
`Owner
`National Student Clearinghouse non—profit corporation VIRGINIA Suite
`300 2300 Dulles Station Blvd. Herndon VIRGINIA 20111
`
`GoodsfServiees
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`
`IC 035.
`
`US
`
`100 101 102.
`
`G a S:
`
`Computerized database management services for educational institutions
`in the field of post—secondary student enrollment and educational
`achievement. First Use: 2000H09f14.
`The mark was first used anywhere
`in a different form other than that sought to be registered at least
`as early as l2f31/1993. First Use In Commerce: 2000H09/l4.
`
`Prior Registration(s)
`
`

`

`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`85216592
`
`Description of Mark
`The mark consists of a drawing of a tree with the words "NATIONAL
`STUDENT CLEHRINGHOUSE" circled around the drawing.
`
`Colors Claimed
`Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.
`
`Section 2f Statement
`ZEF] ENTIRE MARK
`
`Filing Date
`2011H01H13
`
`Examining Attorney
`TAO, GRETTA
`
`Attorney of Record
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE: RIGHT TO USE "CLEARINGHOUSE" APART
`FROM THE MARK As SHOWN.
`
`Stephanie M. Carmcdy
`
`

`

`
`
`

`

`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
`
`852605T6
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`Serial Number
`852605?6
`
`Status
`REGISTERED
`
`Word Mark
`NATIDNAL WDRKERScoNP CLEARINGHOUSE
`
`Standard Character Mark
`No
`
`Registration Number
`4048432
`
`Date Registered
`zoiixiixui
`
`Type of Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`.1.
`
`Description of Mark
`The mark consists of the green stylized wording "National
`WorkersComp"Ir where "workerscomp" is presented as one word with a
`capitalized "W" and "C" sitting atop left of the word "Clearinghouse".
`The word "Clearinghouse" is underscored by a mirrored row of nineteen
`[19] small green and blue shaded and shadowed boxes. The spacing
`between the boxes becomes smaller and smaller as it reaches the end of
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[3] DESIGN PLUS woRDS, LETTERS ANonR NUMBERS
`
`Owner
`Paugh, James J INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 65 Commodore Rd. Wbrcester
`MASSACHUSETTS 01602
`
`GoodsfServiees
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
`
`10 035.
`
`US
`
`100 101 102.
`
`G a 3: Data
`
`compiling and analyzing in the field of insurance; Providing
`statistical evaluation of insurance claims performance measures for
`others. First Use: ZUllfOZHlE. First Use In Commerce: 2011f02fl5.
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "NATIONAL WORKERSCOMP
`CLEARINGHOUSE" APART FROM THE MARK As SHOWN.
`
`the word "Clearinghouse". Boxes 1,3,4,5,?,8,10,l4,16,1? and 18 are
`
`

`

`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`852605136
`
`shaded blue and boxes 2,6,9,ll,12,13,15 and 19 are shaded green.
`
`Filing Date
`zollxoaxoo
`
`Examining Attorney
`
`Colors lClaimed
`The eolorls] green and blue isfare claimed as a feature of the mark.
`
`CORDOVA, RAUL
`
`

`

`

`

`Pfint:Feh19,2fl13
`
`8530759?
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`serial Number
`8530159?
`
`Status
`REGISTERED
`
`Word Mark
`MCMN MCEILE CLEARINGMoDSE NETWORK
`
`Standard Character Mark
`Yes
`
`Registration Number
`413301?
`
`Date Registered
`2012x04x24
`
`Type of Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`oRNDoREE, LINDA
`
`services [PARS] featuring computer software platforms for enabling the
`execution, controlIr monitoring, and reporting of mobile based value
`exchanges and financial services for financial institutions.
`telecommunication operators, mobile application service providers,
`merchants and payments. First Use: 2012f01f01. First Use In
`Commerce: 2012f01f01.
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[4]
`STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
`
`Owner
`Mobile Clearinghouse Network Inc. CORPORATION DELAWRRE cfo Holland &
`Knight LLP 31 West 52nd Street New York NEW YORK 10019
`
`GoodsfServiees
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`
`IC 042.
`
`US
`
`100 101.
`
`G & S: Platform as a
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`NO CLEIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "MOBILE CLEARINGHOUSE
`NETWORK" HPHRT FROM THE MHRK HS SHOWN.
`
`Filing Date
`2011/04H28
`
`Examining Attorney
`
`

`

`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`8530759?
`
`Attorney of Record
`
`Ruth L. Lansner
`
`

`

`MCI IN MO] 311 ,l L C] .-| CARING] [OHS] {-
`
`NI fl'l'Wi )R If.
`
`

`

`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
`
`8541149?
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`Serial Number
`8541149?
`
`Status
`REGISTERED
`
`Word Mark
`TRANSPORTATION SECURITY CLEARINSHCDSE
`
`.1.
`
`G d S: providing a
`100 101.
`US
`IC 045.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`security database, namely, providing an online computer database in
`the field of security with particular emphasis on biometric images and
`personal identifying data. First Use: ZOOZIOlKOT. First Use In
`Commerce: 2662f01f07.
`
`Standard Character Mark
`Yes
`
`Registration Number
`4138266
`
`Date Registered
`zolzxosxcs
`
`Type of Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`PRINCIPAL
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[4]
`STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
`
`Owner
`American Association of Airport Executives Inc. not—for—profit
`corporation ILLINOIS 601 Madison Street Alexandria VIRGINIA 22314
`
`GoodsfServiees
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
`
`10 035.
`
`US
`
`100 101 102.
`
`G a S:
`
`transportation security database management with particular emphasis
`on biometric images and personal identifying data. First Use:
`ZOOZHOlHUT. First Use In Commerce: ZUUZKUlJUT.
`
`GDDdSJ'SEWiDBS
`
`Prior Registratioms)
`3094542
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`No CLAIM IS MADE To THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT To USE "CLEARINSHDDSE" APART
`
`

`

`Print: Feb 19, 2013
`
`8541149?
`
`FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN.
`
`Filing Date
`2011j08f31
`
`Examining Attorney
`ROSSMAN, WILLIAM
`
`JILttu'znrneyIr of Record
`Timothy J. Lyden
`
`Section 2f Statement
`2 [F] ENTIRE MARK
`
`
`
`

`

`'I'RflNSPUR'I'A'I'IUN SHCl J RI'I'Y
`CLEARINGI IOU 5E
`
`

`

`Pfint:FEh19,2fl13
`
`8547833?
`
`DESIGN MARK
`
`Serial Number
`854T833T
`
`Status
`REGISTERED
`
`Word Mark
`NCRDIC CLEARINSHCUSE ECR SERVICE INNOVATION
`
`Standard Character Mark
`Yes
`
`Registration Number
`4228095
`
`Date Registered
`zolleoxls
`
`T‘ype at Mark
`SERVICE MARK
`
`Register
`SUPPLEMENTAL
`
`Mark Drawing Code
`[4]
`STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
`
`GoodsfServiees
`
`G & S: Providing an
`100 101.
`US
`IC 042.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`online network service that enables users to share data in the field
`
`of service businesses, service provision, and innovation in services.
`First Use: ZUllflUflU. First Use In Commerce: ZOllHlOHlO.
`
`Disclaimer Statement
`NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "CLEARINGHOUSE" APART
`FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN.
`
`ZAK, HENRI s.
`
`Owner
`Robert Jacobson DEA Bluefire Consulting SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP ARIZONA
`NfA 5059 N. Hillcrest Drive Tucson ARIZONA 85104
`
`Filing Date
`20:1!11H21
`
`
`
`Amended Register Date
`2012f08f2?
`
`Examining Attic-megr
`
`

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