Back in March, we reported that Microsoft has formed Leap Experience Pioneers (LXP),_an in-house games developer working on Kinect games. Recently, the studio revealed its website http://www.lxpstudio.com/ and even posted a video about hiring new people. The_are looking for_“the most talented and most creative people in the world” with the aim of creating “far future experiences, for inventive hardware”. Both the video and the website is now offline for some reason. On March 6, 2014, Microsoft filed a trademark via the USPTO for “LXP”. It entered the Trademark Reporting and Monitoring System (TRAM) yesterday, on March 10. It’s a basic 1(b) Intent-to-Use filing for game software, and reads as following: Word Mark LXP Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Game software Mark Drawing Code (0) UNKNOWN Serial Number 86213555 Filing Date March_6, 2014 Current Basis 1B Original Filing Basis 1B Owner (APPLICANT) Microsoft Corporation CORPORATION WASHINGTON 1 Microsoft Way Redmond WASHINGTON 980526399 Description of Mark The mark consists of The letters “LXP”...

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