| Serial Number | 79299106 |
| Word Mark | SARTORIUS |
| Filing Date | Wednesday, March 4, 2020 |
| Status | 700 - REGISTERED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, November 15, 2022 |
| Registration Number | 6897473 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, November 15, 2022 |
| Mark Drawing | 5000 - Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Stylized form |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, August 30, 2022 |
| Goods and Services | Education, providing of training and teaching, namely, conducting classes, workshops, and seminars in the fields of chemistry, biology, biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceutics, pharmacy, medicine, operation and repair of laboratory apparatus and industrial machinery, organization and optimization of laboratory and production processes, quality control, product validation and process validation, quality systems, validation of products and methods, business management, software for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry and the food processing and beverage industry; arranging and conducting of seminars, in particular relating to product applications, and management training in pharmaceutical and chemical industry and the food processing and beverage industry; conducting training and seminar programs for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry and for the food and drink industry, in particular in the fields of quality systems, validation of products and methods |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the wording "SARTORIUS" in stylized font. |
| Goods and Services | DNA microarrays; proteine biochip microarrays; microarray slides; scientific instruments, apparatus and equipment, including laboratory equipment, namely laboratory equipment in the form of incubators, bioreactors, centrifuges, fermentation chambers, filters, electrophoresis equipment for separating molecules in liquid suspension, spectrometers and spectroscopes; containers for chemical, biological and laboratory non-medical use; weighing apparatus and instruments and parts therefor, scales and precision balances; mass comparators; measuring instruments, namely, load sensing cells; mechanical, electric and electronic components for scales and weighing installations; electric metal detectors; electronic testing apparatus for air and liquid filters; measuring and checking apparatus and structural parts therefor, optical, measuring, signaling and checking apparatus and instruments, namely, microscopes, equipment for gas analysis, spectrometers, including for fluorescence and NIR spectra and apparatus for turbidity measurement; probes for scientific purposes, in particular sensors; refractometers; pH meters, measuring apparatus for determining the moisture of substances, measuring apparatus using the principle of high-frequency technology, namely, microwave resonance technology, measuring apparatus for analyzing enzymatic reactions, electrochemical measuring apparatus, conductivity meters, apparatus for analysing biomass, pressure and temperature; ultrasound measuring apparatus for flow analysis; chromatographs for scientific or laboratory use; microplate readers; microplate stackers; microplate washers; surface plasmon resonance (SPR) apparatus; laboratory apparatus for determination of the affinity, kinetics, and concentration of molecules, antibodies or proteins; biosensors; collecting and filtering apparatus for airborne germs and structural parts therefor; containers, housings, filter housings and filtering installations of stainless steel used for laboratory equipment; scientific apparatus, instruments and equipment for manufacturing medical and pharmaceutical preparations and for treating living organisms, in particular fermenters, mechanical shakers, homogenisers, freeze-drying installations, electrofusion and transfection apparatus, electrophoresis apparatus, thermostats and cooling appliances; computer peripheral devices, for laboratory equipment and manufacturing machines, in particular printers, data input, data display, data transfer, data reproduction, data storage and control apparatus; apparatus for density measurement; test weights; downloadable software for controlling laboratory apparatus, equipment and installations; downloadable software for controlling industrial processes; downloadable software for controlling chemometric processes; disposable containers for the chilling of biopharmaceutical materials, guard devices and frames for disposable containers for chilling biopharmaceutical materials, temperature control apparatus for chilling biopharmaceutical materials in disposable containers; storage facilities for disposable containers for chilling biopharmaceutical materials; apparatus for breeding cell cultures, not for medical purposes; plastic bags, not for medical purposes, namely, for cell cultivation; cell culture vessels with sensors; laboratory vessels and laboratory apparatus for cultivating, incubating, dyeing and analysing biological materials, namely, microorganisms, cells and tissue; laboratory shakers; platforms for laboratory shakers, in particular fitted with measuring stations for logging physical data and/or with data interfaces for exchanging data with external apparatus; laboratory centrifuges; vessel holders for laboratory centrifuges, laboratory centrifuge beakers; laboratory centrifugation chambers; apparatus for mixing biopharmaceutical media, in particular by vibration, rotation and wave motion; dosing devices, in particular single-use devices; apparatus of plastic with communicating connections, including tubes, pipes, bags, containers and filters for pharmaceutical or biotechnology applications; pipettes, multichannel pipettes, pipette controllers, pipette tips, filters for use in pipettes or pipette tips; pipette stands; charging stations for pipettes; syringes for use with pipettes; dispensers, in particular being attachments for containers; incubators; microtiter plates; devices for reading microtiter plates; downloadable software for machines and apparatus for cultivating micro-organisms, cells or other biological material, mixing machines, scientific and laboratory instruments, apparatus and devices; downloadable computer software for analyzing, collecting, storing, documenting and visualizing data relating to manufacturing processes for the bio-pharma, pharmaceutical, chemical, food and beverage, petrochemical, paper, steel and mining, flat panel and fragrance industries; downloadable computer software for analyzing, collecting, storing, documenting and visualizing data related to setting up scientific experiments and analysis of the results of scientific experiments; apparatus for cultivating micro-organisms, cells or other biological material; laboratory live-cell monitoring, imaging and analysis apparatus and downloadable software; laboratory cell and bead analysis apparatus, namely, flow cytometers, flow-based analyzers for providing cell and bead analysis, apparatus featuring optical, micro-resonance sensors and cameras for visualization, quantification and qualification of cells and beads, cell and bead counters; laboratory virus quantification apparatus; laboratory apparatus for antibody discovery and cell line development; laboratory apparatus for patch-clamping cells; laboratory apparatus for quantifying proteins, peptides and DNA; micro-array scanners |
| Goods and Services | Machines, namely, bioreactors for generating biological reactions in liquid media; mixing machines; mixers being machines; vibrators being machines for industrial purposes; electric sealing apparatus machines for plastic hoses; electrotechnical and electronic equipment and apparatus, namely, centrifuges; vessel holders for centrifuge being parts of machines; centrifuge beakers being parts of machines; centrifuge chambers being parts of machines; housings and filter housings of plastic being parts of machines; machines for connecting and separating plastics; machines for the sterile connection and separation of plastic vessel in the nature of plastic hoses, tubes, bags and containers; machines for cultivating micro-organisms, cells or other biological material |
| Goods and Services | Containers, in particular metal containers for holding and transporting flexible bags for biological, medical and pharmaceutical fluids; containers of metal; transportable buildings of metal; clean room systems consisting primarily of transportable buildings of metal for biotechnological applications |
| Goods and Services | Electrophoresis gels for medical purposes; nutritive and test substances in the nature of sterile culture media; microbiological tests for medical purposes; medical diagnostic test units consisting primarily of reagents and assays; chemicals and reagents for medical and veterinary purposes; medical diagnosis kits consisting primarily of reagents and assays; test reagent diagnosis kits consisting of diagnostic reagents for clinical purposes and medical laboratories; reagents and assay systems in the form of kits consisting primarily of reagents and assays for microbial research; reagents and assay systems in the form of kits for microbiological analysis, in particular for conducting polymerase chain reactions for detecting nucleic acids for clinical purposes and medical laboratories consisting primarily of reagents and assays; kits for purifying and separating off nucleic acids for clinical purposes and medical laboratories consisting primarily of reagents and assays; biological, chemical and pharmaceutical preparations for medical, therapeutic, pharmaceutical and veterinary purposes, in particular fermentation media, proteins, cell lines and cell expression systems |
| Goods and Services | Maintenance, repair and servicing of laboratory apparatus, mechanical apparatus and devices, weighing apparatus and instruments, electronic precision balances, scientific apparatus and instruments, laboratory apparatus, electronic filter testing apparatus, apparatus for treating water and treating aqueous solutions in the laboratory sector, apparatus for the deionization of water, apparatus for the dehydrogenation of aqueous solutions, filter apparatus, filter installations, filter modules, fermenters, and bioreactors |
| Goods and Services | Chemicals used in industry and science; chemicals for use in chromatography; chemicals for the methodical use of filters and apparatus, polymers and polymer solutions for producing filtration membranes and membrane absorbers; growing media for use in science and laboratories; enzymes used in industry; enzymes used in science processes for use in industry; biocatalysts for use in industry; nucleases for use in industry; diagnosis kits consisting primarily of reagents and assays; test reagent diagnosis kits consisting of diagnostic reagents for diagnostic purposes and research purposes; reagents and assay systems in the form of kits for microbiological analysis, in particular for conducting polymerase chain reactions for detecting nucleic acids for scientific purposes and research purposes consisting primarily of reagents and assays; kits for purifying and separating off nucleic acids for scientific purposes and research purposes consisting primarily of reagents and assays |
| Goods and Services | Trolleys for transporting disposable containers for chilling biopharmaceutical materials |
| Goods and Services | Filters, namely, filter apparatus and installations in the nature filter modules, filter membranes and filter devices; filter installations in the nature of filter devices of stainless steel; filter modules, including cross-flow filter cassettes, filter capsules, filter candles, filter winding modules, membranes, membrane filters, membrane absorbers, absorbers and filter nonwovens, filter matting, including all the aforesaid goods being parts for filter system and being stand-alone filters; Filtration installations for environmental technology, biotechnology, the pharmaceutical industry, the cosmetics industry, the chemical industry, and for the food and drinks industry; apparatus and installations in the nature of devices for treating water and for treating solutions in the pharmaceutical, medical and laboratory sectors; apparatus for the deionization of water and for obtaining ultrapure water, and parts for the aforesaid apparatus; apparatus for the dehydrogenation of solutions; containers comprising in significant part temperature regulators for the low temperature control of biopharmaceutical materials; bioreactors and fermenters, in particular with plastic bag, filters of plastic and apparatus for sterile connection of plastic, being disposable apparatus for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries; cooling apparatus, namely, freezers, cooling apparatus for cooling fluids in the biotechnological and biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage industry, cooling apparatus for medical storage purposes and cooling apparatus for controlling microbiological processes; cooling apparatus used for laboratory purposes, for cooling fluids and gases in biotechnological, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical and chemical research and for controlling microbiological processes |
| Goods and Services | Filters for use in medical and veterinary diagnostics equipment; chromatographs for medical use; disposable containers for the low temperature control of biopharmaceutical materials used for medical; protective devices in the nature of sleeves and frames for disposable containers for the low temperature control of biopharmaceutical materials for medical use; Medical apparatus and instruments, namely, cellulose acetate membranes for electrophoresis, cellulose nitrate filters for electroblotting, polyamide membranes for DNA binding, nutrient medium holders, nutrient cardboard discs, membranes for the detection of antibodies, antigens and for antibody purification; medical diagnostic aids, namely, electrophoresis cellulose acetate films, cellulose nitrate filters for electroblotting, polyamide films for DNA binding, culture medium holders, nutrient pads, membranes for detecting antibodies, detecting antigens and purifying antibodies; medical diagnostic membranes; filters for use in the medical sector; containers for medical diagnostic; flexible plastic bags for biological, medical and pharmaceutical fluids; pouches for medical purposes, namely, for the cultivation of cells; plastic films for medical purposes; microarrays; disposable containers for the low temperature control of biopharmaceutical materials; protective devices and frames for disposable containers for the low temperature control of biopharmaceutical materials |
| Goods and Services | Packaging containers of plastic |
| Goods and Services | Scientific laboratory services; calibration services for test medium supervision; calibration of pipettes; calibration of measuring apparatus in the context of legal metrology; testing services, namely, conducting tests for the validation of filter system, bioreactors and fermenters and biosensors in the context of quality control for manufacturers of pharmaceutical products; conducting integrity tests for filter installations; testing of cell banks, virus banks, raw materials of animal origin, bulk harvest and clinical batches regarding contamination with bacteria, fungi, yeasts, mycoplasma, adventitious viruses and any other potential contaminants; advisory and consultancy services, namely, advisory and consultancy services in relation to the aforementioned scientific laboratory, testing, calibration and quality control services; development of processes for the production of proteins; performing biological and chemical analysis of amino acids in protein samples; biological and chemical laboratory services, namely, scientific support of production processes relating to biological preparations and pharmaceuticals; scientific and technological services and research and design in the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, biology, bacteriology, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and vaccines, namely, product characterization and release testing cell based potency assays, virus screening assays, molecular biology and protein characterization, batch release testing, batch release testing with recombinant proteins, monoclonal antibodies, fusion proteins, gene therapy vectors, virus vaccines and cell based therapies, supporting assays for clinical trial analysis, antidrug antibody determination and residual DNA, development and release of vaccine and biologic products, and clinical research services, namely, collection, calibration and reporting of data in connection with clinical trials of pharmaceuticals; biosafety testing services for testing and product development of biologic products, vaccines, medicinal herbal products and complementary and alternative medicines; biosafety testing services for the pharmaceutical biotech and vaccine sectors; chemical, biochemical, biological and bacteriological analysis and research services; computer programming; technical consultancy relating to network design; system consultancy, namely, computer system analysis, filter system analysis and bioreactor analysis and consultancy relating to creating and changing the scale of system consisting of computer, filter and bioreactor installations taking into consideration the mutual compatibility of these installations; technical verification by creating validation concepts, in particular for the pharmaceutical industry and for the food and drink industry; audits not for business purposes, namely, technical monitoring of the conformity of products, installations and methods using regulatory and legal specifications and guidelines for technical evaluation purposes; technical consultancy related to providing technical support for manufacturers of pharmaceutical products and for food and drink producers during audits, namely, during monitoring of the technological conformity of products, installations and methods using regulatory and legal specifications and guidelines related only to the technological aspects in the afore mentioned fields; software development; software installation; software consultancy services; computer software maintenance; computer software technical support services; biological research and analysis; chemical research and analysis, medical research and analysis; development of processes for the production of proteins; cell line development; consultancy with regard to the development of processes for the production of proteins and the development of cell lines; cell line and cell bank design and development; biosimilar analysis and testing services; cell bank characterization for science and research; providing information, advisory and consultancy services in relation to the aforementioned research and analysis services |
| International Class | 001 - Chemicals used in industry, science and photography, as well as in agriculture, horticulture and forestry; unprocessed artificial resins; unprocessed plastics; manures; fire extinguishing compositions; tempering and soldering preparations; chemical substances for preserving foodstuffs; tanning substances; adhesives used in industry. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 005, 006, 010, 026, 046 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 001 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 005 - Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations; sanitary preparations for medical purposes; dietetic substances adapted for medical use, food for babies; plasters, materials for dressings; material for stopping teeth, dental wax; disinfectants; preparations for destroying vermin; fungicides, herbicides. |
| US Class Codes | 005, 006, 018, 044, 046, 051, 052 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 005 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 006 - Common metals and their alloys; metal building materials; transportable buildings of metal; materials of metal for railway tracks; nonelectric cables and wires of common metal; ironmongery, small items of metal hardware; pipes and tubes of metal; safes; goods of common metal not included in other classes; ores. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 012, 013, 014, 023, 025, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 006 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 007 - Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural implements other than hand-operated; incubators for eggs. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 019, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034, 035 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 009 - Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire extinguishing apparatus. |
| US Class Codes | 021, 023, 026, 036, 038 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 010 - Surgical, medical, dental, and veterinary apparatus and instruments, artificial limbs, eyes, and teeth; orthopedic articles; suture materials. |
| US Class Codes | 026, 039, 044 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 010 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 011 - Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply, and sanitary purposes. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 011 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 012 - Vehicles; apparatus for locomotion by land, air, or water. |
| US Class Codes | 019, 021, 023, 031, 035, 044 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 012 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 020 - Furniture, mirrors, picture frames; goods (not included in other classes) of wood, cork, reed, cane, wicker, horn, bone, ivory, whalebone, shell, amber, mother-of-pearl, meerschaum and substitutes for all these materials, or of plastics. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 013, 022, 025, 032, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 020 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 037 - Building construction; repair; installation services. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 103, 106 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 037 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 041 - Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 107 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 042 - Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2020 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Sartorius AG |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | Sartorius AG |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | Sartorius AG |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Wednesday, February 15, 2023 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED |
| Tuesday, November 15, 2022 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Wednesday, August 10, 2022 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, July 26, 2022 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, July 19, 2022 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, July 18, 2022 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Monday, July 18, 2022 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, May 23, 2022 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, May 4, 2022 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, May 4, 2022 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, January 18, 2022 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, January 18, 2022 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, January 18, 2022 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Friday, January 14, 2022 | PREVIOUS ALLOWANCE COUNT WITHDRAWN |
| Tuesday, December 14, 2021 | WITHDRAWN FROM PUB - OG REVIEW QUERY |
| Thursday, December 2, 2021 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Saturday, November 27, 2021 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Friday, November 26, 2021 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, November 26, 2021 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Monday, June 28, 2021 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Thursday, May 27, 2021 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED |
| Wednesday, May 26, 2021 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, May 5, 2021 | LIMITATION FROM THE IB - REQUEST EXAM REVIEW |
| Saturday, May 1, 2021 | LIMITATION OF GOODS RECEIVED FROM IB |
| Sunday, February 7, 2021 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, January 19, 2021 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, January 19, 2021 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Wednesday, December 30, 2020 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Tuesday, December 29, 2020 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Tuesday, December 29, 2020 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Tuesday, December 22, 2020 | LIMITATION FROM ORIGINAL APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Thursday, December 3, 2020 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |