UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`77/096096
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`*77096096*
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO:(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) MARK: PANASONIC(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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`GREGORY A. STOBBS / GARRETT C. DONLEY(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)
`HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C.(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)
`TROY MI 48098-2683(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) 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) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(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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`9432-200408(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:(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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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`5445 CORPORATE DR STE 200
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160) Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
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`NOTICE OF INCOMPLETE RESPONSE
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`ISSUE/MAILING DATE:
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`The response filed on October 9, 2007 appears to have been signed by a person who does not have legal authority to bind or represent applicant.(cid:160)
`37 C.F.R. §10.18(a); TMEP §§602 and 712.(cid:160) The attorney who signed the response is different from the attorney designated in the application
`record.(cid:160) If applicant retains a new attorney, the new attorney cannot sign responses until applicant files a new power of attorney signed by
`the applicant.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §10.18(a); TMEP §602.(cid:160) Therefore the response is not accepted and the contents will not be reviewed.(cid:160) Therefore, the
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`response is not accepted and the contents will not be reviewed.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`To avoid abandonment of the application, applicant must submit a properly signed response or an explanation that the signer had legal
`authority to bind or represent applicant.(cid:160) This response or explanation must be received in the Office (1) within thirty days of the mailing
`date of this letter or (2) within the time remaining in the six-month period for responding to the previous Office action, whichever is longer.(cid:160)
`37 C.F.R. §§2.65(b) and 10.18; TMEP §§712, 712.02 and 718.03(b).(cid:160) Applicant is encouraged to submit a response via the Trademark
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`Electronic Application System (TEAS) online at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`An acceptable explanation must be in accordance with the guidelines below.
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`UIDELINES FOR SIGNING RESPONSES
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`esponses to Office actions must be properly signed.(cid:160) TMEP §712.(cid:160) If applicant has appointed an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.(cid:160)
`37 C.F.R. §10.18(a); TMEP §602.(cid:160) However, if an attorney previously represented applicant, and applicant later retains a different attorney, the
`newly retained attorney cannot sign responses until a new power of attorney signed by applicant is filed.(cid:160) Id.(cid:160) New powers of attorney can be filed
`online at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html.
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`f applicant retains an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §10.18(a); TMEP §602.(cid:160) However, the only attorneys who
`can practice before the USPTO in trademark matters are (1) attorneys in good standing with a bar of the highest court of any U.S. state or (2)
`Canadian agents/attorneys who have received reciprocal recognition by the USPTO under 37 C.F.R. §10.14(c).(cid:160) And Canadian attorneys can
`only represent Canadian applicants.(cid:160) Foreign attorneys (other than duly authorized Canadian attorneys) cannot sign responses or otherwise
`represent applicants before the USPTO.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§10.1(c) and 10.14.(cid:160) Paralegals and secretaries cannot sign responses for attorneys.
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`n addition to the two named attorneys, Gregory A. Stobbs and Geoffrey D. Aurini, applicant appointed a law firm to represent itself in this
`application.(cid:160) However, law firms may not practice before this Office as firms or by firm name.(cid:160) Only individual attorneys may practice and
`represent others before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.(cid:160) TMEP §§602 and 602.01.(cid:160) Therefore, applicant must list names of the
`attorneys in the firm who represent applicant in this application.
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`Advisory Regarding Timely Response
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`pplicant must respond to this Notice of Incomplete Response within 30 days of the mailing or e-mailing date of this letter or the application will
`be deemed abandoned.
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`hen an application has been held abandoned for failure to file a complete response, applicant may not file a petition to revive under 37 C.F.R.
`§2.66, based on unintentional delay.(cid:160) TMEP §§715.03(a) and 1714.01(f)(ii).(cid:160) However, applicant may file a petition to the Director under 37
`C.F.R. §2.146 to request a reversal of the holding of abandonment.(cid:160) The Director will reverse the holding only if there has been clear error or
`abuse of discretion.(cid:160) TMEP §1713.
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`esponse
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`pplicant should include the following information on all correspondence with the Office:(cid:160) (1) the name and law office number of the trademark
`examining attorney; (2) the serial number of this application; (3) the mailing date of this Office action; and, (4) applicant's telephone number.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. §2.194(b)(1); TMEP §302.03(a).
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`f applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark
`examining attorney directly at the number below.
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`/AndreaRHack/
`Andrea R. Hack
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 108
`Ph: 571.272.5413
`Fax: 571.273.5413
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: If there are any questions about the Office action, please contact the assigned examining attorney. A response
`to this Office action should be filed using the form available at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm. If notification of this Office action
`was received via e-mail, no response using this form may be filed for 72 hours after receipt of the notification. Do not attempt to respond by e-
`mail as the USPTO does not accept e-mailed responses.
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`f responding by paper mail, please include the following information: the application serial number, the mark, the filing date and the name,
`title/position, telephone number and e-mail address of the person signing the response.(cid:160) Please use the following address: Commissioner for
`Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451.
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`TATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark
`Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.(cid:160) When conducting an online status check, print and
`maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen.(cid:160) If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the
`assigned examining attorney.
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