Notice of Allowance

HOMECOMING

MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

Notice of Allowance


U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) NOTICE OF ALLOWANCE

NOTE: If any data on this notice is incorrect, please fax a request for correction to the Intent to Use Unit at 571-273-9550. Please include the serial number of your application on ALL correspondence with the USPTO.

ISSUE DATE: Oct 18, 2005

BARRY J. COYNE
REED SMITH LLP
P.O. BOX 488
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA 15230-0488

ATTORNEY
REFERENCE NUMBER

03-487

** IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 6 MONTH DEADLINE **

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The following information should be reviewed for accuracy:

SERIAL NUMBER:	76/565653
MARK:	HOMECOMING (STANDARD CHARACTER MARK)
OWNER:	Matthews Resources, Inc.
	Two Northshore Center Pittsburgh , PENNSYLVANIA 15212

This application has the following bases, but not necessarily for all listed goods/services:

Section 1(a): NO

Section 1(b): YES

Section 44(e): NO

GOODS/SERVICES BY INTERNATIONAL CLASS

006 -	funeral and burial and death care related merchandise for humans and animals, namely, metal vase rings, metal burial vaults, metal burial vault parts and components, namely, stamped metal vault bases, domes, and ends, and metal and vault hardware, namely handles, metal niche and crypt plates, metal portrait statues, metal corner post markers, metal stake markers, metal lot and corner markers, metal numbers, and metal ornaments for use with funeral related merchandise, namely, signs, religious symbols and emblems
019 -	funeral and burial and death care related merchandise for humans and animals, namely, stake markers, lot markers and corner markers, portrait statues all of stone or marble and non-metal burial vaults
020 -	funeral and burial and death care related merchandise for humans and animals, namely, caskets, funerary urns, commemorative plaques, non-metal niche and crypt plates, non-metal vase rings, portrait statues of wood, casket parts and components, namely, stamped plastic sides, ends, tops, bottoms, bottom braces, and headers, and plastic burial vault hardware, namely, handles, corners, hinges, locking mechanisms and interior panels made of fiberboard covered in fabric; display equipment, namely, display racks, stands, shelves, and counters, all used for displaying funeral and burial and death care related merchandise for humans and animals, namely, for displaying caskets, fractional caskets, burial vaults, miniature burial vaults, fractional burial vaults, and bronze memorials
021 -	funeral and burial and death care related merchandise for humans and animals, namely, vases of plastic
024 -	funeral and burial and death care related merchandise for humans and animals namely, fabric for use in caskets
045 -	funeral event planning, namely, planning, arranging and conducting traditional memorial and funeral services, burial, inurnment and entombment services, and planning, arranging and conducting, cremation services and inurnment services

ALL OF THE GOODS/SERVICES IN EACH CLASS ARE LISTED

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