A.__Has merged with the other limited partnership;

B.__Has been formed by reorganization of the other limited partnership; or

C.__Has acquired all or substantially all of the assets, including the limited partnership name, of the other limited partnership.

7.__Determining distinguishability.__In determining whether names are distinguishable on the records, the Secretary of State shall disregard the following:

A.__The words or abbreviations of words that describe the nature of the entity, including "professional association," "corporation," "company," "incorporated," "chartered," "limited," "limited partnership," "limited liability company," "professional limited liability company," "limited liability partnership,"__"registered limited liability partnership," "service corporation" and "professional corporation";

B.__The presence or absence of the words or symbols of the words "and" and "the"; and

C.__The differences in the use of punctuation, capitalization or special characters.

8.__Change of limited partnership name by foreign limited partnership.__If a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in this State changes its name to one that does not satisfy the requirements of this section, it may not transact business in this State under the proposed new name until it adopts a name satisfying the requirements of this section and files an amended application for authority under section 495 that is accompanied by a statement of use of a fictitious name under section 405-A.

9.__Exception.__Notwithstanding subsection 3, the name of a limited partnership may be not distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State if the limited partnership was organized under the laws of this State prior to January 1, 1992 or the foreign limited partnership was authorized to do business in this