UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO: 76/511568
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICANT:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CORPORATION OF
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`AMERI ETC.
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`2900 Crystal Drive
`Arlington, VA 22202-3514
`ecom112@uspto.gov
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`Please provide in all correspondence:
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`.(cid:160) Filing date, serial number, mark and
`applicant's name.
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`2.(cid:160) Date of this Office Action.
`3.(cid:160) Examining Attorney's name and
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Law Office number.
`4. Your telephone number and e-mail
`address.
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MORTON AMSTER
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 90 PARK AVENUE
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10016
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`ELS
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160) 55210/453
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
`OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Serial Number(cid:160) 76/511568
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`he assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`OODS/SERVICES/CLASSIFICATION/FEES
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`he identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite because 1] the wording “COMPONENTS” fails to identify specific goods in trade, and
`2] the wording “SYSTEMS” must be followed by the major or primary components comprising that system.(cid:160) The applicant must amend the
`identification to specify the commercial name of each of the goods, in the following manner:(cid:160) “AUDIO COMPONENTS FOR IN-VEHICLE
`ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS, NAMELY, ____” [specify, eg amplifiers, speakers].(cid:160) If there is no common commercial name for the product,
`the applicant must describe the product and its intended uses. TMEP §1402.01.
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`anual: The applicant should consult the online Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services, available free of charge at
`www.uspto.gov.
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`lease note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.(cid:160) Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods or services that are not within the scope of the
`goods and services recited in the present identification.
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`f the applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple‑class, application, the applicant must comply with each of the following.
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`(1)(cid:160) The applicant must list the goods/services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order.(cid:160) TMEP
`§1403.01.
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`2)(cid:160) The applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods/services not covered by the fee already paid.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R.
`§§2.6(a)(1) and 2.86(a); TMEP §§810.01 and 1403.01.(cid:160) Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing a trademark application is $335 for
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`each class.(cid:160) This applies to classes added to pending applications as well as to new applications filed on or after that date.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`CONSENT STATEMENT
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`he applicant submitted a consent statement.(cid:160) However, because the mark does not constitute the name of an individual, the consent statement
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`appears to be unnecessary and will not be printed on the registration which issues from this application.
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`he examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under
`Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).(cid:160) TMEP §704.02.
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`uthorities:
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`n all correspondence to the Patent and Trademark Office, the applicant should list the name and law office of the examining attorney, the serial
`number of this application, the mailing date of this Office action, and the applicant’s telephone number.
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`he following authorities govern the processing of trademark and service mark applications:(cid:160) The Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1051 et seq., the
`Trademark Rules of Practice, 37 C.F.R. Part 2, and the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP).
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`/JMBK/Jennifer M.B. Krisp
`Attorney, Law Office 112
`703-308-9112 x146
`Email: ecom112@uspto.gov
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`How to respond to this Office Action:
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`o respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html and
`follow the instructions.
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`o respond formally via E-mail, visit http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/tmelecresp.htm and follow the instructions.
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`o respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law
`office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.
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`o check the status of your application at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at
`http://tarr.uspto.gov/
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`OR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING
`ATTORNEY.
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