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John H. Far ley ATTORNEY AT LAW 620 ROANOKE BUILDING MINNEAPOLIS 2,MINNESOTA lay 20, 1958 Mr. 41 Freeman e/o Sands Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada Dear 41: I have put in the hands of Patent Lasers today an application for registration of the mark "Angelita's". It is my understanding that the following is a summary of the procedure these matters take. The Application will probably be received in Washington on Thurs- day, May 22nd. The Patent Office issues a receipt and assigns a serial number and filing date. This receipt and assignment of the serial number ordinarily comes through in about a month from the date of filing. That office reaches the case for action at the present time in about six to eight months after the filing of the Application. I am told that about 50$ of the cases are accepted upon application and in the remaining 50$ questions are raised on the basis of prior registration and confusion with prior registrations. The organization setup in the office of the Commissioner of Patents is as follows: The Commissioner is Mr. Robert C. Watson. The Assistant Commissioner is Mrs. Daphne Leeds. There are three divisions of the Patent Office devoted to trade marks. Class 46, the classification in which bread falls, is in the division designated by the Roman numeral II. This division is in charge of Mr. R. F. Shryock. He has charge of the following classifications: 6, 18, 4-6 and 51, and all of the service classes. The office is located in the Department of Commerce Building. There are two stages at which the question of the right to the mark may be raised: (l) By the Commissioner himself, in which event the Applicant has the right to endeavor to persuade the Commissioner that there will be no confusion, and that the Applicant has the right to the same. This is done without formal hearing. (2) Assuming that the Commissioner issues the necessary Certificate covering the mark, then notice is required to be published and during the thirty-day period following the publication of this notice anybody who feels aggrieved by the issuance of the mark has the right to intervene and object to its issuance. I am giving you the foregoing summary and information in order that you may have it in mind in the event you are talking to any of your friends whom you think might be helpful in obtaining prompt action on the Application. I wired you from Fargo last Sunday following the close of a sales' meeting which we had for the Fargo plant. Everybody seemed to be enthusi- astic at the prospects of our being able to do a substantial job with the