`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO: 76/567020
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`(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 Industrial Co., Ltd.
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`*76567020*
`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`2900 Crystal Drive
`Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CURTIS B. HAMRE
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MERCHANT & GOULD P.C.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) P.O. BOX 2910
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-0910
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`TALKING CALLER ID
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK:(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) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160) 8279.712US01
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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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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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Serial Number(cid:160) 76/567020
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`he assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`EARCH
`The 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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`ISCLAIMER
`The applicant must disclaim the descriptive wording "TALKING CALLER ID" apart from the mark as shown. Trademark Act Section 6, 15
`U.S.C. Section 1056; TMEP sections 1213 and 1213.02(a).(cid:160) The wording is merely descriptive for the goods.
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` properly worded disclaimer should read as follows:
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`No claim is made to the exclusive right to use "TALKING CALLER ID" apart from the mark as shown.
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`WNERSHIP OF PRIOR REGISTRATION
`If the applicant is the owner of Registration No. 2684405, the applicant must submit a claim of ownership.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.36; TMEP §812.
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`INING STATEMENT
`Applicant must submit a statement that the lining shown in the drawing is a feature of the mark.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.37; TMEP §807.09(e).
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`Scott Baldwin /sb/
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 112
`703-308-9112 x124
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`How to respond to this Office Action:
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`To 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 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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