Find Relevant Trademarks Using Design Codes?
TOPIC: You can use the Thomson design code manual to find codes for the design elements of an image in a trademark. Because design searching is not an exact science, you may have many hits in your answer set. Limiting by International Class code and then by Goods and Services data is often necessary. You can also limit your answer further with the ACTIVE limiter (/ACTIVE). In this example, you will do a screening search for U.S. trademarks that are in class 29 and have men and camels in their designs.
You will search the U.S. Federal trademark file. TRADEMARKSCAN—U.S. Federal (File 226) covers all active, registered trademarks and service marks and applications for registrations filed for marks used or intended to be used on every type of product or service that is marketed commercially in the U.S.
Note: Using SELECT STEPS (SS) creates individual sets for each search word. This makes combining search terms easier.
COMMAND SUMMARY
BEGIN 226
SS DS=(030309 and 020101) and IC=29
TYPE S4/49/ALL
TYPE S4/19/1
HOW TO...
1. BEGIN in TRADEMARKSCAN—U.S. Federal (File 226) to retrieve U.S. marks.
2. Use SELECT STEPS (SS) to retrieve search terms in separate sets. Select the appropriate design codes (DS=). AND together the international class code (IC=) for "Meats and processed foods" (29).
3. TYPE the results in Format 49 to see the trademark name and whether a design is present. |
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4. TYPE all trademarks in Format 19 to see text and designs.
Note: Some records are omitted from this display. |
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Record 1 continued
Image for this trademark |
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