			  Summary of Final Decisions

				 Issued by the

		       Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

			     January 20-24, 1997


   		Type		Proceeding
Date		of		or			Party/
Issued		Case (1)	App'n No. 		Parties

1-22            EX              74/541,654              Merrilat 
							Industries, Inc.

1-24            EX              74/606,076      	MSI Crane &
							Equipment Co.,
 							Inc.

1-24      	EX		74/368,375   		Good News
		(R)					Communications, 
							Inc. 

1-24            EX              74/362,978              Quotron Systems, 
							Inc.  

1-24            EX              74/166,615    		American National  
							Can Co.

				Opposer's/		Applicant's/
				Petitioner's		Respondent's
		TTAB		Mark and		Mark and
Issue		Decision	Goods/Services		Goods/Services

2(e)(4)		Refusal					"PEMBERTON"
[surname]   	Affirmed				[furniture 
							cabinets, and 
      							drawers and doors
							therefor] 

2(e)(2);	Refusal					"HOUSTON SYSTEMS 
Sec. 6 		Reversed				MARINE PRODUCTS"
disclaimer						[crane systems
requirement 						comprising cranes,
(as to word 						rig skidding, 
"SYSTEMS")						leveling jacks, 
							motion compensa-
      							tors, line-up
							stations, conv-
							eyors, power units
							and controls 
							therefor, all
							sold as a unit]

whether the 	Request for				"MOVIEGUIDE"
matter 		Reconsider-				[books, magazines 
asserted for 	ation Denied				and teaching 
registration	[Refusal				materials on the 
is generic; 	Affirmed 				subject of rating
if not,		(on both				movies and videos 
whether the 	grounds)]      				in accordance with
mark is							a Biblical world 
registrable 						view]      
under
Section 2(f) 

whether the   	Refusal					"ULTRACHART"
term applicant 	Affirmed				[computerized
seeks to						financial informa-
register has 						tion services in 
been used as						the field of
a service mark 						data regarding all
for the 						types of financial
services cited 						intruments and
in the 							markets, indices 
registration   						and statistics 
							relating thereto]

de jure 	Refusal					a can configura-
function-	Affirmed				tion that includes
ality of	(on both				thirty flutes of 
a product 	grounds)				equal width 
configura-						extending
tion;							substantially the
Sec. 2(f) 						length of the 
distinc-						sidewall of the 
tiveness						can body [metal
of product      					beverage 
configura-						containers]      
tion   

Mark and
Goods of Registration				Recommended
Cited by					for
Examining Atty.					Publication

						No

						No

						No

						No

						Yes

(1)EX=EX PARTE APPEAL; OPP=OPPOSITION; CANC=CANCELLATION; CU=CONCURRENT 
USE; (SJ)=SUMMARY JUDGMENT; (R)=REQ. FOR RECONSIDERATION 

        













