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Searching U.S. Trademark Databases (cont'd)

To answer Ray's second question we will use the prefix OW= to retrieve all trademarks by the owner Kirkbi.  Learn More 

We enter the following search strategy in the command text box:

select ow=kirkbi?

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Ray wants all U.S. trademarks that Kirkbi possibly plans to use, so we will limit our search to only those records with the legal status "intent to use."

select s1 and st=intent to use

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Well, Kirkbi does have some trademarks it intends to use in the U.S. It looks like the company is planning future business in the United States in addition to Legoland in San Diego. Let's look at some of the records.

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Search Tip 5-3:

To include all U.S. records, it is a good idea to search both U.S. files: TRADEMARKSCAN — U.S. Federal (File 226) and TRADEMARKSCAN — U.S. State (File 246).

Separate database numbers with a comma.

Example:
b 226,246
b ustmks


Learn More #1:

Use All Owners (OW=) to include names of marks' past and present owners. Owners include:

Use for historical ownership searches.

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Search Tip 5-4:

Place a question mark (?) after the owner name to pick up all forms of the word.

You may also use the EXPAND command to view any variations of the name entered in the database.