Feature highlight: Disclaimer research

Hi! This is Howard Katzenberg, GleanMark's founder. An examiner wants a disclaimer. Before deciding whether to accept it or push back, see how the same wording has been treated in other registrations. GleanMark's Disclaimers tab brings those examples together so you can evaluate both sides.

Here's LYT MOVEMENT, for yoga classes. The examiner requires a disclaimer of MOVEMENT. I enter the serial number. GleanMark finds the application, quotes the requirement, selects MOVEMENT, and fills in class 41.

The results show live registrations containing that word and the proportion that disclaimed it. Here, the register is split. Some disclaimed MOVEMENT; others did not. You can also see which registrations disclaimed different wording instead.

GleanMark checks the applicant's record, too. Its earlier registration, BE THE MOVEMENT, is in another class without a disclaimer of MOVEMENT. The tab also notes whether the word appears in the application's description of services.

Below the summary, compare the actual registrations. MANA MOVEMENT disclaimed MOVEMENT for exercise classes. WELLNESS THROUGH LENGTH AND MOVEMENT, for Pilates and yoga instruction, disclaimed WELLNESS but not MOVEMENT. Open the records to assess how closely each example fits your argument.

Filter both lists for yoga and Pilates to focus on services closer to this application.

Download the results to Excel. Each entry includes its disclaimer and a link to the USPTO record, making it easier to select examples and retrieve the records you want to cite.

You can also refine the word's position. This mark ends with MOVEMENT, so I choose Ends with and run the check again. The summary updates for that narrower group.

The percentages help you assess the pattern; the individual records help you evaluate the argument. The decision still turns on the wording and services in your application. Now you can make that assessment with relevant examples in front of you.

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