UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO: 76/591942
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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 Works, Ltd.
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`*76591942*
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) ARTHUR S. GARRETT
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 1300 I STREET, N.W.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005-3315
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`HIPER
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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) 4676.0141
`(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) 76/591942
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`The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`IKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION – SECTION 2(d)
`The examining attorney refuses registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d), because the applicant’s mark, when used
`on or in connection with the identified goods/services, so resembles the marks in U.S. Registration Nos. 1951375, 2280463, and 2315601 as to
`be likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive.(cid:160) TMEP §§1207.01 et seq.(cid:160) See the enclosed registrations.
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`he examining attorney must analyze each case in two steps to determine whether there is a likelihood of confusion.(cid:160) First, the examining
`attorney must look at the marks themselves for similarities in appearance, sound, connotation and commercial impression. (cid:160) In re E. I. DuPont de
`Nemours & Co., 476 F.2d 1357, 177 USPQ 563 (C.C.P.A. 1973).(cid:160) Second, the examining attorney must compare the goods or services to
`determine if they are related or if the activities surrounding their marketing are such that confusion as to origin is likely.(cid:160) In re August Storck KG,
`218 USPQ 823 (TTAB 1983); In re International Telephone and Telegraph Corp., 197 USPQ 910 (TTAB 1978); Guardian Products Co., v.
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`Scott Paper Co., 200 USPQ 738 (TTAB 1978).(cid:160) TMEP §§1207.01 et seq.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`In this case, the marks are confusingly similar because they contain the term HIPER or its phonetic equivalent HYPER.(cid:160) The applicant simply
`deletes the other elements from the registrants’ marks.(cid:160) The mere addition of a term to a registered mark is not sufficient to overcome a
`likelihood of confusion under Section 2(d).(cid:160) Coca‑ColaBottling Co. v. Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc., 526 F.2d 556, 188 USPQ 105 (C.C.P.A.
`1975) (“BENGAL” and “BENGAL LANCER”); Lilly Pulitzer, Inc. v. Lilli Ann Corp., 376 F.2d 324, 153 USPQ 406 (C.C.P.A. 1967) (“THE
`LILLY” and “LILLI ANN”); In re El Torito Restaurants Inc., 9(cid:160)USPQ2d 2002 (TTAB 1988) (“MACHO” and “MACHO COMBOS”); In re
`United States Shoe Corp., 229 USPQ 707 (TTAB 1985) (“CAREER IMAGE” and “CREST CAREER IMAGES”); In re Corning Glass Works,
`229 USPQ 65 (TTAB 1985) (“CONFIRM” and “CONFIRMCELLS”);
`In re Riddle, 225 USPQ 630 (TTAB 1985) (“ACCUTUNE” and
`“RICHARD PETTY’S ACCU TUNE”); In re Cosvetic Laboratories, Inc., 202 USPQ 842 (TTAB 1979) (“HEAD START” and “HEAD
`START COSVETIC”). (cid:160) TMEP §1207.01(b)(iii).(cid:160) Similarly, the deletion of terms from a registered mark is not sufficient to overcome a
`likelihood of confusion.
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`urthermore, the goods and/or services are highly related because they encompass electrical and electronic devices.(cid:160) The applicant’s broad
`identification of goods/services encompasses the goods/services of the registrants.(cid:160) The examining attorney must consider any goods or services
`in the registrant’s normal fields of expansion to determine whether the registrant’s goods or services are related to the applicant’s identified
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`goods or services under Section 2(d).(cid:160) In re General Motors Corp., 196 USPQ 574 (TTAB 1977).(cid:160) TMEP §1207.01(a)(v).(cid:160)(cid:160) Potential customers
`may mistakenly perceive that the goods/services are provided by the same entity.
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`ending clarification of the applicant’s identification of goods/services, the examining attorney concludes that the goods and/or services are
`sufficiently related that they may be encountered by the same prospective purchasers in the same channels of trade under circumstances such that
`there is a likelihood of confusion, mistake, or deception as to their source due to the similarity of the marks.
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`PPLICANT MAY RESPOND
`Although the examining attorney has refused registration, the applicant may respond to the refusal to register by submitting evidence and
`arguments in support of registration.
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`NFORMALITIES
`If the applicant chooses to respond to the refusal to register, the applicant must also respond to the following informalities.
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`lease note that the following issues are being raised in this letter in order to address every problem with the application.(cid:160) However, this does not
`obviate the original determination of non-registrability by the examining attorney.(cid:160) Applicant must still respond to the refusal by submitting
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`arguments in support of registration.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`Identification/Classification of Goods/Services
`The identification/classification of goods/services is unacceptable in its present form and must be amended to read as follows,(cid:160) if accurate:(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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`“Multi-layer printed circuit boards.”
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`International Class 9.
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`composite
`namely,
`products,
`semi-worked
`plastic
`materials;
`insulating
`“Electrical
`http://atlas.uspto.gov/netacgi/ - h14http://atlas.uspto.gov/netacgi/ - h16material in the form of profiles, boards, sheets, blocks, rods,
`powder, and pellets for use in manufacturing; multi-layer copper-clad laminate foil with internal-layer circuit for application to a
`substrate; copper foiled resin sheets for use in further manufacture; copper-clad laminate foils for application to a substrate; resin coated
`copper
`foil
`for
`use
`in
`further manufacture; multi-layer
`polymer
`film used
`for manufacturing
`electronic
`http://atlas.uspto.gov/netacgi/ - h52http://atlas.uspto.gov/netacgi/ - h54circuits.”
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`International Class 17.
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`or assistance regarding an acceptable listing of goods and/or services, please see the on‑linesearchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of
`Goods and Services, at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/.(cid:160) Please 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/services that are not within the scope of goods/services set forth 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)
`Drawing
`Applicant must submit a color drawing that agrees with the color claim and description.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1).(cid:160) The drawing and
`color claim and description must all agree.
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`n the present case, the drawing shows the mark in the color(s) black and white, however the color description specifies blue, orange, red and
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`white.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Applicant must specify the colors that are claimed as a feature of the mark using the following format:(cid:160) “The color(s) blue, orange, red and white
`are claimed as a feature of the mark.” (cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1).(cid:160) Common color names should be used to describe the colors in the mark, e.g., red,
`yellow, blue.(cid:160) Exam Guide 01-03, section I.B.1.
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`pplicant must submit a statement that the stippling 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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`f the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
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`OTICE:(cid:160) TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATION
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`he Trademark Operation has relocated to Alexandria, Virginia.(cid:160) Effective October 4, 2004, all Trademark-related paper mail (except documents
`sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, certain documents filed under the Madrid Protocol, and requests for copies of
`trademark documents) must be sent to:
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`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA(cid:160) 22313-1451
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`pplicants, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the Trademark
`Electronic Application System (TEAS), at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html.
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`Examining Attorney
`Law Office 103
`Phone:(cid:160)(cid:160) (571) 272-9271
`Fax:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(571) 273-9103
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`How to respond to this Office Action:
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`ou may respond formally using the Office's Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form (visit
`http://eteas.uspto.gov/V2.0/oa242/WIZARD.htm and follow the instructions therein, but you must wait until at least 72 hours after receipt if the
`office action issued via e-mail).(cid:160) PLEASE NOTE: Responses to Office Actions on applications filed under the Madrid Protocol (Section 66(a))
`CANNOT currently be filed via TEAS.
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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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`trademarks,
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`information
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`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`OR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING
`ATTORNEY.
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`Print: Dec 12, 21104
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`?-I-6-I-I-I-57
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`DESIGN MARK
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`Serial Number
`T464445?
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`Status
`SECTION 3 & 15-HCCEPTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED
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`Word Mark
`HYPERTECH
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`Standard Character Mark
`No
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`Registration NI.II"I'IhBf
`1951375
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`Date Registered
`1996fO1f23
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`Type of Mark
`TRFLDEIVLFARK
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`Register
`PRINCIPAL
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`Mark Drawing Code
`[3] DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS ANDJOR NUMBERS
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`U'WI1Bf
`Hyperteoh, Inc. CORPORATION TENNESSEE 1910 Thomas Road Memphis
`TENNESSEE 381346315
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`Goodslse-wines
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
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`IC 009.
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`US
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`021 O23 O26 O36 038.
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`G & s:
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`automotive computer ohips. First Use:
`Commerce:
`lfiafifllflo.
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`l986Hl1f10. First Use In
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`Lininglstippling Statement
`The lining is a feature of the mark and does not indicate oolor.
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`Filing Date
`19S5!O3H10
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`Examlnlng Attomay
`DONINGER, CHRIS
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`Attnmey of Record
`Donald L. Bartels
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`Print: Dec 12, 21104
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`TYPED DRAWING
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`Serial Number
`15366748
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`Status
`REGISTERED
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`Word Marl:
`HYPER PC
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`Standard Character Mark
`No
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`Registration NI.II"I'IhBf
`2280463
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`Date Registered
`l999fO9f28
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`Type of Mark
`TRADEMARK
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`Register
`PRINCIPAL
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`Mark Drawing Code
`[1] TYPED DRAWING
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`DBVHBT
`INC. CORPORATION DELAWARE 103 FOULK ROAD
`CORNING CABLE SYSTEMS BRANDS,
`SUITE 27813 WILMINGTON DELAWARE 19803
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`Goodslservices
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
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`IC 009.
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`US
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`021 O23 O26 O36 038.
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`s & 3:
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`Optical fiber connectors sold as part of a fiber optic cable assembly.
`First Use: 1996flZfO2. First Use In Commerce:
`l996f12f02.
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`Disclaimer Statement
`NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "PC" APART FROM THE
`MARI-C AS SHOWN.
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`Filing Date
`199%-’lOHO2
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`Examining Attorney
`KARGER, WILLIAM
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`Attorney of Record
`RITA M 1-: PURUT
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`Print: Dec 12, 21104
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`DESIGN MARK
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`Serial Number
`15480626
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`Status
`REGISTERED
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`Word Marl:
`HIPER
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`Standard Character Mark
`No
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`Registration NI.II"I'IhBf
`2315601
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`Date Registered
`2000fO2fOS
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`Type of Mark
`TRADEMARI-C; SERVICE MARK
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`Register
`PRINCIPAL
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`Mark Drawing Code
`[I] TYPED DRAWING
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`D"NI‘IBf
`RICHARD HIRSCI-[MANN GI‘-‘IEH & CO. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FED REE’
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`GERMANY Stuttgarter Str. 45-51 D-72654, Neckartenzlingen FED REP
`GERMANY
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`Goodsiservices
`G & S:
`O21 O23 O26 O36 038.
`US
`IC 009.
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
`ELECTRICAL CONTROL CABLES WITH AND WITHOUT PLUG ANDKOR SOCKET
`CONNECTORS, FOR SENSORS AND ACTUATORS.
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`Goodsfservioes
`G & S: TECHNICAL
`IDD 101.
`US
`IC 042.
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
`CONSULTATION IN THE FIELD OF ELECTRICAL CABLES WITH AND WITHOUT
`ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS.
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`Foreign country Name
`FED REP GERMANY
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`Foreign Priority
`FOREIGN PRIORITY CLAIMED
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`Foreign Application Number
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`Print: Dec 12, 21104
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`DE398l8U8fi.5
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`Foreign Filing Date
`l998!O3!31
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`Foreign Registration Number
`39818086
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`Foreign Registration Date
`1998/05/22
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`Foreign Expiration Date
`2008HO3H3l
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`Filing Date
`1998/05/06
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`Examining Attorney
`SHANAHAN, WILLIAM E‘.
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`Attorney of Record
`STEWHRT J BELLUS
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`HIPER