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4.2.3

Name of claimant(oont'd)

II.

Variant form or claimant's name(cont'd)

d.

Abbreviations, initials, etc.(cont'd)

3.

(cont'd)

(a)

(cont'd)

Example:

"A.A.S., Inc., accepted alternative designation of Affiliated Aborainable Snowmen, Incorporated" II rather than "Affiliated Abominable Snowmen, Incorporated, whose accepted alterna­tive designation is A.A.S., Inc."

(b)

The phraseology expressing the relationship be­tween the variant designation in the notice and the full name of the claimant will vary depend­ing upon the nature of the claimant and other circumstances. However, whenever appropriate, the applicant should be encouraged to use uniform phraseology in the pending case and in future cases of the same sort. The following represent the preferred phrases in the most common situations, although variations expres­sing the same thought may be accepted.

(1)

Where the claimant is not a corporation, the following are examples of acceptable

phrases:

(i)

Thomas Jones, doing business as Fielding Record Co.

(ii)

Emma Hart, sole owner at Nelson's Chile Parlor

(iii)

Ella Wheeler Parkington, pseudonym of Calvin T. Smith

(iv)

Harry Lillis Crosby, also know as Bing Crosby

(v)

Richard Ackroyd, trading as Rump­eprung Mattress Co.