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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77488771 - CORDLESS TOOLS - 55210/602
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`12/5/2008 9:46:26 AM
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`ECOM113@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) MARK: CORDLESS TOOLS(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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`MORTON AMSTER(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)
`AMSTER ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP(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)
`NEW YORK, NY 10016-1301(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)
`America(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) 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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`55210/602(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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`*77488771*
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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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`77/488771
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`90 PARK AVE
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`(cid:160) Panasonic Corporation of North
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`ptodocket@arelaw.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: 12/5/2008
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`HIS IS A FINAL ACTION.
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`This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on November 19, 2008.
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`ection 2(a) Refusal – Obviated by Applicant’s Amendment of Identification of Goods
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`egistration of the applied-for mark, CORDLESS TOOLS combined with design elements, was previously refused as deceptive because the
`term CORDLESS was found to be deceptive as applied to applicant’s goods, “Power tools, namely, electric drills, impact tools, percussion
`tools, power saws, electric screwdrivers, kits containing combinations of saws, screwdrivers, drills and flashlights,” in Class 7. (cid:160) Trademark Act
`Section 2(a), 15 U.S.C. §1052(a); see In re Budge Mfg. Co., 857 F.2d 773, 8 USPQ2d 1259 (Fed. Cir. 1988); In re Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., 63
`USPQ2d 1047 (TTAB 2002); In re Organik Techs., Inc., 41 USPQ2d 1690 (TTAB 1997); TMEP §1203.02.(cid:160) The applicant has responded to this
`refusal by amending the identification of goods to indicate that all of the identified power tools are “cordless.” (cid:160) Because the identification of
`goods no longer includes non-cordless tools, the Section 2(a) Refusal is Obviated.
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`INAL Identification of Goods Requirement
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`he requirement for an acceptable identification of goods is now made FINAL for the reasons set forth below.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); see TMEP
`§1402.01..
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`pplicant’s goods were originally identified as:
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`Power tools, namely, electric drills, impact tools, percussion tools, power saws, electric screwdrivers, kits containing combinations of
`saws, screwdrivers, drills and flashlights, in Class 7.
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`s discussed above, to overcome the Section 2(a) refusal, applicant was advised to amend the wording to specify the tools are “cordless.” (cid:160) The
`applicant has done so.
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`he applicant was also required to amend the wording “impact tools” and “percussion tools” because these terms were found to be indefinite.
`See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) The applicant was also advised that kits are classified according to the international class of the majority of the items.(cid:160)
`Therefore, applicant was required to amend the wording “kits containing combinations of saws, screwdrivers, drills, and flashlights,” to specify
`that the tools in the kit are power tools.(cid:160) See TMEP §§1401.05, 1402.01, 1402.03.
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`pplicant has responded with the following proposed identification of goods:
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`Cordless power tools, namely, screwdrivers, drill/drivers, hammerdrill/drivers, multi-impact/drill drivers, impact drivers, impact
`wrenches, rotary hammers, circular saws, reciprocating saws, jig saws, angle grinders and flashlights; and kits containing combinations of
`cordless power tools, namely, drill/drivers, hammerdrill/drivers, impact drivers, compact wrenches, circular saws, reciprocating saws, jig
`saws, angle grinders and flashlights, in Class 7.
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`he proposed amendment to the identification cannot be accepted because the following wording refers to goods that are not within the scope of
`the identification that was set forth in the application at the time of filing:(cid:160) “angle grinders and flashlights,” identified as individual power tools
`and “drivers, impact drivers, compact wrenches, and angle grinders,” identified as parts of the kits. (cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).(cid:160) The wording
`“angle grinders and flashlights” is beyond the scope of the original wording because the original list of power tools did not include any items
`broad enough to include these items.(cid:160) Additionally, “flashlights” are classified in Class 11; applicant may only include “flashlights” in the list
`of kit items because the majority of goods in the kit are power tools properly classified in Class 7.(cid:160) The various types of “drivers” “angle
`grinders,” and “compact wrenches” identified as parts of the kits are beyond the scope of the original wording for the kits because the kits did
`not include “impact tools” or “percussion tools” or any other wording broad enough to include “drivers.”
`(cid:160) Similarly, none of the items in the
`original list of goods in the kits was broad enough to include “angle grinders” or “compact wrenches.”
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`dentifications can be amended only to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, adding to or broadening the scope of the goods and/or services
`is not permitted.(cid:160) Id.; see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07(a).(cid:160) Therefore, this wording should be deleted from the identification.
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`dditionally, the various items identified as “drill/drivers” in the list of power tools are indefinite. (cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) If each of these items
`is a compound tool that performs as both a drill and a driver, applicant may amend these terms to “drill-driver.” (cid:160) If they are separate items,
`applicant should replace the slash with the term “and.”
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`o summarize, applicant may amend its identifications of goods to the following, if accurate:
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`Cordless power tools, namely, screwdrivers, drills and drivers, hammerdrills and drivers, multi-impact drills and drivers, impact drivers,
`impact wrenches, rotary hammers, circular saws, reciprocating saws, and jig saws; kits containing combinations of cordless power tools,
`namely, drills, hammerdrills, circular saws, reciprocating saws, jig saws, and flashlights, in Class 7.
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`ee TMEP §1402.01.
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`or assistance with identifying and classifying 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.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.04.
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`dentifications of goods can be amended only to clarify or limit the goods; adding to or broadening the scope of the goods is not permitted.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07.(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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`roper classification of goods and services is a purely administrative matter within the sole discretion of the United States Patent and Trademark
`Office.(cid:160) In re Tee-Pak, Inc., 164 USPQ 88, 89 (TTAB 1969).
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`onclusion
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`n view of the foregoing, the requirement for an acceptable identification of goods is continued and made final.
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`DVISORY – Failure to Respond – Abandonment of Specific Goods
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`f applicant should fail to respond to this Office action within the six-month period for response, then the following goods will be deleted from
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`the application:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Cordless power tools, namely, drill/drivers, hammerdrill/drivers, multi-impact/drill drivers, angle grinders and flashlights; kits containing
`combinations of cordless power tools, namely, drill/drivers, hammerdrill/drivers, impact drivers, compact wrenches, and angle grinders,
`in Class 7.
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`he application will then proceed with the following goods only:
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`Cordless power tools, namely, screwdrivers, impact drivers, impact wrenches, rotary hammers, circular saws, reciprocating saws, and jig
`saws; kits containing combinations of cordless power tools, namely, circular saws, reciprocating saws, jig saws, and flashlights, in Class
`7.
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`5 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).
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`esponse Options
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`f applicant does not respond within six months of the mailing date of this final Office action, the application will be abandoned.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C.
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`§1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).(cid:160) Applicant may respond to this final Office action by:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Submitting a response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements, if feasible; and/or
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Filing an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with an appeal fee of $100 per class.
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`37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(18), 2.64(a); TBMP ch. 1200; TMEP §714.04.
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`n certain rare circumstances, a petition to the Director may be filed pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2) to review a final Office action that is
`limited to procedural issues.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b); TBMP §1201.05; TMEP §1704 (explaining
`petitionable matters).(cid:160) The petition fee is $100.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).
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`ecause the issue raised above may potentially be resolved by telephone, the applicant may telephone the assigned trademark examining attorney
`to resolve the requirement raised in this Office action.
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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.
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`/Kim T. Moninghoff/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 113
`Phone:(cid:160) 571-272-4738
`Fax: 571-273-9113
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:(cid:160)Applicant should file a response to this Office action(cid:160)online using the form at
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm, waiting 48-72 hours if applicant received notification of the Office action via e-mail.(cid:160)(cid:160)For
`technical assistance with the form, please e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160) For(cid:160)questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`examining attorney.(cid:160)(cid:160) Do not respond to this Office action by e-mail;(cid:160)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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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77488771 - CORDLESS TOOLS - 55210/602
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`12/5/2008 9:46:28 AM
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`ECOM113@USPTO.GOV
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE
`USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 12/5/2008 FOR
`APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 77488771
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