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`MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. (trademark@sughrue.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77179143 - S11850
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`9/3/2007 2:09:46 PM
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`ECOM101@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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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: (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) WASHINGTON, DC 20037-3213(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)
`GARY D. KRUGMAN(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`SUGHRUE MION, PLLC(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)
`SUITE 800(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)
`WORKS, LTD.(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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`S11850(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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`*77179143*
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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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`77/179143
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`2100 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.
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`(cid:160) MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC
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`trademark@sughrue.com
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
`OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 9/3/2007
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`The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`O CONFLICTING MARKS
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`he Office records have been searched and no similar registered or pending mark has been found that would bar registration under Trademark
`Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).(cid:160) TMEP §704.02.(cid:160) However, the applicant must address the following informalities:
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`DENTIFICATION OF GOODS
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`he identification of goods contains wording which is unacceptable as indefinite or because it could encompass goods in more than one class.(cid:160)
`The applicant must amend the identification to specify the commercial name of the goods as indicated below.(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.(cid:160) In particular:
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`lass 7:
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`“Electric laundry dryers for household purposes” – The goods are classified incorrectly. (cid:160) Applicant must amend the application to classify
`the goods in International Class 11.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7) and 2.85; TMEP §§1401.02(a) and 1401.03(b).
`“Electric laundry dryers for industrial purposes” – The goods are classified incorrectly. (cid:160) Applicant must amend the application to classify
`the goods in International Class 11.(cid:160)
`“Dish washer for household purposes” and “dish washer for industrial purposes” – Applicant must clarify the nature of the “washers” to
`enable proper classification, e.g., “dishing washing machines,” in Class 7.
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`“Dish drying apparatus and instruments for household use” and “dish drying apparatus and instruments for industrial use” – The nature of
`the apparatus and instruments must be clearly stated to ensure proper classification, e.g., “dish drying machines” in Class 11; or “dish
`drying racks,” in Class 21; or “dish cloths” in Class 24.
`“Machines and machine tools” – The wording is generally unacceptable as indefinite and must be amended to state the common
`commercial names of the machines and tools and/or their specific use.
`“Machine coupling and transmission components except for land vehicles” - (cid:160) The nature/purpose of the goods must be clarified, e.g., shaft
`couplings, transmission gears.
`“Agricultural implements other than hand-operated” – The specific implements of interest must be stated, e.g., “mowers” or “plows.”
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`lass 11:
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`Lamps and other lighting apparatus” - (cid:160) The common commercial name of the “other lighting apparatus” must be stated, e.g., “candles,”
`in Class 4.
`“Electric toilet deodorizing apparatus for household purposes” – The general nature of the “apparatus” must be clarified, e.g., “electric
`toilet deodorizer dispensers for household purposes” in Class 11.
`“Electric, ultrasonic or steam facial apparatus for household purposes” and “electric, ultrasonic or steam facial apparatus for industrial
`purposes” - Applicant must further clarify the nature of the “facial apparatus,” e.g., “facial saunas” or “electronic facial steamers.”
`“Non-electric cooking heaters for household purposes” – The nature of the “cooking heaters” is indefinite and must be clarified, e.g.,
`“gas stoves.”
`“Kitchen worktops” – The goods are classified incorrectly. (cid:160) Applicant must amend the application to classify the goods in International
`Class 20.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7) and 2.85; TMEP §§1401.02(a) and 1401.03(b).
`“Machines and apparatus for use in beauty salons and barbers' shops not including "hairdressing chairs"” – The common commercial
`name of the “machines and apparatus” must be stated, e.g., “scissors,” in Class 8.
`“Dish drying apparatus and instruments for household use” and “dish drying apparatus and instruments for industrial use” - The nature of
`the apparatus and instruments must be clearly stated to ensure proper classification, e.g., “dish drying machines” in Class 11; or “dish
`drying racks,” in Class 21; or “dish cloths” in Class 24.
`“Set units of bathroom” – The wording is generally unacceptable as indefinite and must be amended to state the common commercial
`units and their specific use.(cid:160) If the goods consist of a “set,” the primary components of the sets must be specified to enable classification,
`e.g., “bathroom unit sets comprising sinks and faucets,” in Class 11.
`“Shower units” – The term “units” must be clarified, e.g., “shower enclosures,” in Class 11.
`“Bath heating apparatus” – The common commercial name of the apparatus must be specified, e.g., “hot water heaters for use with
`bathtubs,” in Class 11.
`“Cooking equipment for industrial purposes” - (cid:160) The nature of the equipment must be specified to enable proper classification, e.g.,
`“cooking ranges for industrial use,” in Class 11; or “stew pots for industrial use,” in Class 21.
`“Electric heating dryers of bath room for household purposes” – The purpose of the dryers must be stated, e.g., “hand-held electric hair
`dryers for household purposes,” in Class 11.
`“Bidets and/or toilets, or toilets with water squirting washers” – The use of “and/or” in this instance is ambiguous and should be clarified
`to indicate specific goods, e.g., “Bidets, toilets and toilets with water squirting washers.”
`“Gas hot-water heating dryers of bath room for household purposes” – The wording is generally indefinite and must be amended to
`clarify the nature and specific use of the goods.(cid:160) It is unclear, for instance, if the goods are used to heat water or dry some unnamed object.(cid:160)
`“Gas fan heaters” and “oil fan heaters” – The nature and purpose of the goods requires clarification, e.g., “gas powered heating fans.”
`“Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply and sanitary purposes” – The
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`apparatus must be identified by its common commercial name.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Class 12:
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`“Automobiles and their parts and fittings” – The nature of the “parts and fittings” must be specifically stated, e.g., “Automobiles and
`structural parts therefore,” in Class 12; or “automobile oil pans,” in Class 7.
`“Vehicles” – The common commercial names of the individual vehicles must be stated, e.g., “boats,” in Class 12.
`“Apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water” - (cid:160) The common commercial names of the individual apparatus must be stated, e.g.,
`“helicopters,” in Class 12.
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`or example, the identification may be amended in the following manner, if accurate:
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`“Washing machines for household purposes; electric washing machines for industrial purposes; dish washing machines
`for household purposes; dish washing machines for industrial purposes; vacuum cleaners for household purposes;
`vacuum cleaners for industrial purposes; machines and machine tools, namely, (specify); machine coupling and
`transmission components except for land vehicles, namely, (specify); agricultural implements other than hand-operated,
`namely, (specify); incubators for eggs,” in Class 7;
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`Electric lamps and other lighting apparatus, namely, ( specify); hair dryers for household purposes; air purifiers for
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`household purposes; negative ion generators for household air purifiers; air conditioners for household purposes; electric
`refrigerators for household purposes; electric laundry dryers for household purposes; electric toilet deodorizer dispensers
`for household purposes; electric, ultrasonic or steam facial saunas for household purposes; non-electric cooking heaters for
`household purposes, namely, (specify, e.g., gas stoves); kitchen sinks; household tap-water filters; industrial air purifiers;
`negative ion generators for industrial air purifiers; air conditioners for industrial purposes; air conditioners for vehicles;
`electric refrigerators for industrial purposes; ice machines for industrial purposes; refrigerating machines for industrial
`purposes; freezers for industrial purposes; electric laundry dryers for industrial purposes; electric, ultrasonic or steam
`facial saunas for commercial use; machines and apparatus for use in beauty salons and barbers' shops, namely, (specify);
`tap-water filters for industrial purposes; dish drying machines for household use; dish drying machines for industrial use;
`set units of toilet bowl and seat; bathroom set units comprising (specify, e.g., sinks and faucets); shower enclosures; bath
`heating apparatus, namely, hot water heaters for use with bathtubs; ventilation fans for industrial purposes; industrial
`humidifiers; cooking equipment for industrial purposes, namely, (specify); electric hot air hand dryers for household
`bathroom use; ventilation fans for household purposes; bath room ventilation fans for household purposes; household
`humidifiers; household dehumidifiers; bidets, toilets and toilets with water squirting washers; gas powered heating fans;
`oil powered heating fans; gas or oil or coal stoves and space heaters for household use; apparatus for lighting, heating,
`steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply and sanitary purposes, namely, (specify),” in Class 11;
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`Automobiles and structural parts therefore; vehicles, namely, ( specify); apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water,
`namely, (specify),” in Class 12;
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`Kitchen worktops,” in Class 20.
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`lease note that, while the identification of goods may be amended to clarify or limit the goods, adding to the goods or broadening the scope of
`the goods is not permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.(cid:160) Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include goods that are
`not within the scope of the goods set forth in the present identification.
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`or assistance with identifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable
`Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.uspto.gov/netahtml/tidm.html.
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`dvisory: Combined Application
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`f applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, then applicant must comply with each of the following for
`those goods/services based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b):
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`Applicant must list the goods by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order.(cid:160) TMEP § 1403.01; and
`Applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods/services not(cid:160) covered by the fee already paid.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R.
`§2.86(a)(2); TMEP §§810.01 and 1403.01.
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`he filing fee for adding classes to an application is as follows:
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`$325 per class, when the fees are submitted with a response filed online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) at
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html; and
`$375 per class, when the fees are submitted with a paper response.(cid:160)
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`7 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(i) and (ii); TMEP §810.
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`OLOR DESCRIPTION STATEMENT
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`pplicant has submitted a color drawing and color claim, but has not submitted the required color location statement.(cid:160) Applications for color
`marks must include both a list of the colors that are claimed as a feature of the mark and a description of where the colors appear in the mark.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); TMEP §807.07 et seq.(cid:160) Common color names should be used to describe the colors in the mark, e.g., magenta, yellow,
`turquoise.(cid:160) TMEP §807.07(a)(ii).
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`herefore, applicant must provide a description of where the colors appear in the mark.(cid:160) This may be done by modifying the current mark
`description statement as follows:
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`“The mark consists of a blue bean shaped device with a blue circle to the right.”
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`f the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please e-mail or telephone the assigned examining
`attorney.
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`/SMP/
`Steven M. Perez
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 101
`(571) 272-5888
`steven.perez@uspto.gov
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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 Office’s Response to Office action form available at
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm.(cid:160) 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.(cid:160) 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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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent:
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`Sent As:
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`Attachments:
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`MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD. (trademark@sughrue.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77179143 - S11850
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`9/3/2007 2:09:51 PM
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`ECOM101@USPTO.GOV
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`USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 9/3/2007 FOR
`APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 77179143
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