According to the United States Trademark and Patent Office USPTO, Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure:

• A grade designation often indicates a standard that is common to producers or manufacturers within an industry;

• [Grade designations] convey a specific characteristic of the goods (such as value, size, type, degree, or level of quality) and, as such, has a publicly recognized meaning;

• [Grade designations] are commonly used in an industry to represent a hierarchy of quality;

• [Grade designations do not serve to] indicate source in any one producer or manufacturer; ...to be used by [industry members] or members of the public to convey the same type of designation of quality, the resulting commercial impression is merely that of a grade designation with no source-identifying capability;

1. Organization Level Grade

2. Goods (products, wares) Level Grade

3. Services (methods) Level Grade

NABCO™ GRADE

• Not a "BlockChain"-based organization; uses classical computing systems; does not use quantum unification processing standards, systems, technology, services (methods) and products (goods); a traditional organization; does not conform to the 21 Century Scientific Method™ trademark source identifier brand of conformity management system standards, systems, technology, services (methods) and products (goods).

0 - Level Zero Grade™ BlockChain-based Organization BCO™

• The organization does NOT conform to the requirements to be deemed a "BLOCKCHAIN"-based organization (as described in the MQCC™ BLOCKCHAIN STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS PUBLICATION and generally described at the BLOCKCHAIN STANDARDS WEBSITE at www.BlockChainStandards.net); however has accepted AND implemented a BLOCKCHAIN-based ORGANIZATIO SYSTEM UPGRADE program that is prepared by a Professional BLOCKCHAINEER® (P. BCr.®) designated technical expert; (www.BlockChaineer.org).

1 - Level One Grade™ BlockChain-based Organization BCO™

• The organization conforms to the requirements to be deemed a "BLOCKCHAIN"-based organization (as described in the MQCC™ BLOCKCHAIN STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS PUBLICATION and generally described at the BLOCKCHAIN STANDARDS WEBSITE at www.BlockChainStandards.net). The organization has been audited by an ACCREDITED CLASS® auditing body and maintains registration at the MQCC™ BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM REGISTER™ found at www.BLOCKCHAINregister.com

1 - Level One Grade™ BlockChain-based Product BCP™

• The organization conforms to the requirements to be deemed a "BLOCKCHAIN"-based organization (as described in the MQCC™ BLOCKCHAIN STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS PUBLICATION and generally described at the BLOCKCHAIN STANDARDS WEBSITE at www.BlockChainStandards.net). The organization has been audited by an ACCREDITED CLASS® auditing body and maintains registration at the MQCC™ BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM REGISTER™ found at www.BLOCKCHAINregister.com

• The organization produces goods (products, wares) that conform to MQCC™ BLOCKCHAIN-based Standards requirements for Goods (products, wares).

Read www.BlockChainStandards.net to learn more; and contact info@mqcc.org to start your BLOCKCHAIN UPGRADE Program for Goods.

Note: Only Level One Grade™ BCO™ designated organizations may apply to have their goods (products, wares) upgraded, tested and registered for a BlockChain Grade.

1 - Level One Grade™ BlockChain-based Service BCS™

• The organization conforms to the requirements to be deemed a "BLOCKCHAIN"-based organization (as described in the MQCC™ BLOCKCHAIN STANDARDS REQUIREMENTS PUBLICATION and generally described at the BLOCKCHAIN STANDARDS WEBSITE at www.BlockChainStandards.net). The organization has been audited by an ACCREDITED CLASS® auditing body and maintains registration at the MQCC™ BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM REGISTER™ found at www.BLOCKCHAINregister.com

• The organization produces goods (products, wares) that conform to MQCC™ BLOCKCHAIN-based Standards requirements for Services (methods).

Read www.BlockChainStandards.net to learn more; and contact info@mqcc.org to start your BLOCKCHAIN UPGRADE Program for Goods.

Note: Only Level One Grade™ BCO™ designated organizations may apply to have their services (methods) upgraded, tested and registered for a BlockChain Grade.