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`Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. (tm@sughrue.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77614508 - S13568
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`8/17/2009 4:16:12 PM
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`ECOM104@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)
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`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)(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)(cid:160)
`WASHINGTON, DC 20037-3202(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) APPLICANT:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160) Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.(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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`S13568(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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`tm@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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`(cid:160)I
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 8/17/2009
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`his Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on August 5, 2009, in which the applicant (1) amended the identification
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`and classification of goods; (2) amended the description of the mark.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The description of the mark has been accepted and added to the record.
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`he applicant’s amendment to the identification of goods is only partially acceptable, and certain words remain indefinite or otherwise
`unacceptable.(cid:160) For the reasons set forth below, the requirement for a clarification of the identification of the specified goods is maintained and
`continued.
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`pon further consideration, the assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.(cid:160) Every
`attempt is made to address all relevant issues in the first examination of trademark applications.(cid:160) The examining attorney regrets any
`inconvenience to the applicant at this time.
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`(cid:160)I
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`dentification and Classification of Goods
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`The following goods are acceptable as identified
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`Class 07: Electric arc welding machines; arc, gas, and plasma cutting machines for metalworking; electric welding machines
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`(cid:160)C
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`lass 09: Ozonisers; electrolysers; egg-candlers; cash registers; coin counting and sorting machines; electric signs for displaying target
`figures, current outputs and the like; photo-copying machines; hand-operated calculator; time and date stamping machines; time clocks;
`punched card office machines, namely, punch clocks; voting machines; automated billing machines for processing accounting
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`*77614508*
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
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`(cid:160)G
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`77/614508
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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 AVE NW
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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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`information; postage stamp checking apparatus, namely, postage stamp meters; vending machines; coin-operated gates for car parking
`facilities; fire extinguishers; fire hydrants; fire hose nozzles; sprinkler systems for fire protection; fire alarms; gas alarms, namely, alarms
`for the detection of inflammable gases; anti-theft warning alarms, not for vehicles; protective helmets; luminous and mechanical railway
`signals; vehicle breakdown warning triangles; luminous and mechanical road signs; amusement apparatus adapted for use with an
`external display screen or monitor; electric door openers; simulators for the steering and control of vehicles, namely, vehicle drive
`training simulators; measuring or testing machines and instruments, namely, photoelectric sensors; power distribution or control machines
`and apparatus, namely, electrical switches, electrical receptacles; rotary converters; phase modifiers, namely, electrical equipment for the
`genetic modification of cells for research purposes; electrical cells and batteries; electric wires and cables; electric flat irons; electric hair-
`curlers; electric buzzer; magnetic cores; resistance wires; electrodes; fire boats; fire engines; cigar lighters for automobiles; gloves for
`protection against accidents; dust masks; gas masks; welding masks; fireproof garments; spectacles; computer game consoles for use with
`an external display screen or monitor; electronic circuits; multimedia software recoded on CD-ROMS featuring computer games for use
`with hand-held games with liquid crystal displays; weight belts for diving; diving suits; inflatable swimming floats for safety purposes;
`protective helmets for sports; air tanks; regulators for use in scuba diving; metronomes; multimedia software recoded on CD-ROMS
`featuring automatic performance programs for electronic musical instruments; slide-rules; exposed cinematographic films; exposed slide
`films; slide film mounts; ion generator, namely, electrolysis cell for use in the manufacture of various ionic solutions; electric hair
`curling, and straightening irons
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`(cid:160)C
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`lass 11: Ionization apparatus, not for the treatment of air, namely, water ionizers
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`lass 12: Space vehicles, namely, rockets
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`lass 13: Signal rockets
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`lass 28: Electronic sports training simulators; toy rockets; swimming flutter boards
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`(cid:160)H
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`owever, the following goods are not acceptable:
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`Class 09: drawing and drafting instruments; telecommunication devices and apparatus, namely, remote multiplex transmission and
`lighting controls and parts thereof; electronic machines, apparatus and their parts, namely, programmable controllers; pre-recorded video
`discs and video tapes featuring sports, and operating guides and manuals for machines and apparatus equipped with ozonisers
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`(cid:160)C
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`lass 28: weight lifting belts
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`Clarification/Amendment Required
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`he following goods are classified incorrectly: drawing and drafting instruments.(cid:160) Applicant must amend the application to classify the goods in
`International Class 16 or delete the goods from the application.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7), 2.85; TMEP §§1401.02(a), 1401.03(b).
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`The wording “electrical table taps” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified. (cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) Applicant must
`amend the identification to specify the common commercial name of the goods.(cid:160) If there is no common commercial name, applicant must
`describe the product and its intended uses.(cid:160) See id.
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`he wording “telecommunication devices and apparatus, namely, remote multiplex transmission and lighting controls and parts thereof” in the
`identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) It is unclear whether applicant’s goods consist of remote
`controls.(cid:160) If applicant’s goods consist of remote controls, applicant must indicate the specific devices being controlled.
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`he wording “electronic machines, apparatus and their parts, namely, programmable controllers” in the identification of goods is indefinite and
`must be clarified.(cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) Applicant must specify the type of programmable controller.
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`he wording “pre-recorded video discs and video tapes featuring sports, and operating guides and manuals for machines and apparatus equipped
`with ozonisers” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified. (cid:160) See TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) It is unclear whether the pre-recorded
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`video discs and tapes are sold as a unit with the guides.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Unacceptable Amendment – Scope
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`The following wording in the identification of goods in the U.S. application is unacceptable because it exceeds the scope of the goods in the
`foreign application or registration:(cid:160) “weight lifting belts.” (cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6).
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`herefore, applicant must either:
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Amend the identification of goods in the U.S. application to correspond to the goods in the foreign application or registration, ensuring
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`that all goods beyond the scope of the foreign application or registration are deleted from the U.S. application; or(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Delete the Trademark Act Section 44 basis for the goods beyond the scope of the foreign application or registration and substitute a
`basis under Section 1(a) or 1(b) for those goods.
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`(cid:160)S
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`ee 15 U.S.C. §§1051(a)-(b), 1126; 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(6), 2.34(b), 2.35(b); Marmark Ltd. v. Nutrexpa S.A., 12 USPQ2d 1843, 1845 (TTAB
`1989); TMEP §§806.02, 806.03, 1402.01(b).
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`(cid:160)A
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`n applicant may assert more than one basis in an application, provided that the applicant satisfies all requirements for each basis claimed.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. §2.34(b)(1); TMEP §806.02(a).(cid:160) If applicant asserts different bases in the same application, applicant must clearly state that more than
`one basis is being claimed, and must separately list each basis, followed by the goods to which that basis applies.(cid:160) If some or all of the goods
`and/or services are covered by more than one basis, this must also be expressly stated.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(b)(2), 2.35(b)(6).
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`(cid:160)A
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`lthough multi-basis applications are permitted, applicant may not assert both use in commerce under Section 1(a) and intent to use under
`Section 1(b) for the same goods or services.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.34(b)(1); TMEP §806.02(b).
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`Advisory and Suggestions
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`he following is an amended version of applicant’s identification of goods that complies with the above-mentioned clarification requirements,
`with material alterations in bold type.
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`(cid:160)A
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`pplicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate:
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`Class 07: is definite
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`(cid:160)C
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`lass 09: Ozonisers; electrolysers; egg-candlers; cash registers; coin counting and sorting machines; electric signs for displaying target
`figures, current outputs and the like; photo-copying machines; hand-operated calculator; time and date stamping machines; time clocks;
`punched card office machines, namely, punch clocks; voting machines; automated billing machines for processing accounting
`information; postage stamp checking apparatus, namely, postage stamp meters; vending machines; coin-operated gates for car parking
`facilities; fire extinguishers; fire hydrants; fire hose nozzles; sprinkler systems for fire protection; fire alarms; gas alarms, namely, alarms
`for the detection of inflammable gases; anti-theft warning alarms, not for vehicles; protective helmets; luminous and mechanical railway
`signals; vehicle breakdown warning triangles; luminous and mechanical road signs; amusement apparatus adapted for use with an
`external display screen or monitor; electric door openers; simulators for the steering and control of vehicles, namely, vehicle drive
`training simulators; measuring or testing machines and instruments, namely, photoelectric sensors; power distribution or control machines
`and apparatus, namely, electrical switches, electrical receptacles, and {specify common commercial name of electrical table taps}; rotary
`converters; phase modifiers, namely, electrical equipment for the genetic modification of cells for research purposes; electrical cells and
`batteries; electric wires and cables; electric flat irons; electric hair-curlers; electric buzzer; telecommunication devices and apparatus and
`parts therefor, namely, remote controls for multiplex transmission apparatus; telecommunication devices and apparatus and parts
`therefor, namely, lighting controls for {specify common commercial name of the telecommunication device}; electronic machines,
`apparatus and their parts, namely, programmable logic controllers; magnetic cores; resistance wires; electrodes; fire boats; fire engines;
`cigar lighters for automobiles; gloves for protection against accidents; dust masks; gas masks; welding masks; fireproof garments;
`spectacles; computer game consoles for use with an external display screen or monitor; electronic circuits; multimedia software recoded
`on CD-ROMS featuring computer games for use with hand-held games with liquid crystal displays; weight belts for diving; diving suits;
`inflatable swimming floats for safety purposes; protective helmets for sports; air tanks; regulators for use in scuba diving; metronomes;
`multimedia software recoded on CD-ROMS featuring automatic performance programs for electronic musical instruments; slide-rules;
`exposed cinematographic films; exposed slide films; slide film mounts; pre-recorded video discs and video tapes featuring sports;
`electronic downloadable publications, namely, operating guides and manuals for machines and apparatus equipped with ozonisers; ion
`generator, namely, electrolysis cell for use in the manufacture of various ionic solutions; electric hair curling, and straightening irons
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`(cid:160)C
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`(cid:160)C
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`lass 11: is definite
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`lass 12: is definite
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`lass 13: is definite
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`(cid:160)C
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`lass 16: drawing and drafting instruments
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`(cid:160)C
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`lass 28: Electronic sports training simulators; toy rockets; swimming flutter boards
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`lthough identifications of goods may be amended to clarify or limit the goods, adding to or broadening the scope of the goods is not permitted.(cid:160)
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`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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`(cid:160)F
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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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`MULTIPLE – CLASS APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
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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 based on a foreign registration under Trademark Act Section 44(e):
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Applicant must list the goods by international class; and
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods not covered by the fee already paid (current fee information
`should be confirmed at http://www.uspto.gov).
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`(cid:160)S
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`ee 15 U.S.C. §§1051(b), 1112, 1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(2)-(3), 2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
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`bandonment Advisory
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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
`the application:
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`Class 09: drawing and drafting instruments; telecommunication devices and apparatus, namely, remote multiplex transmission and
`lighting controls and parts thereof; electronic machines, apparatus and their parts, namely, programmable controllers; pre-recorded video
`discs and video tapes featuring sports, and operating guides and manuals for machines and apparatus equipped with ozonisers
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`(cid:160)C
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`lass 28: weight lifting belts
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`(cid:160)T
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`he application will then proceed with the following goods only:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Class 07: Electric arc welding machines; arc, gas, and plasma cutting machines for metalworking; electric welding machines
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`(cid:160)C
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`lass 09: Ozonisers; electrolysers; egg-candlers; cash registers; coin counting and sorting machines; electric signs for displaying target
`figures, current outputs and the like; photo-copying machines; hand-operated calculator; time and date stamping machines; time clocks;
`punched card office machines, namely, punch clocks; voting machines; automated billing machines for processing accounting
`information; postage stamp checking apparatus, namely, postage stamp meters; vending machines; coin-operated gates for car parking
`facilities; fire extinguishers; fire hydrants; fire hose nozzles; sprinkler systems for fire protection; fire alarms; gas alarms, namely, alarms
`for the detection of inflammable gases; anti-theft warning alarms, not for vehicles; protective helmets; luminous and mechanical railway
`signals; vehicle breakdown warning triangles; luminous and mechanical road signs; amusement apparatus adapted for use with an
`external display screen or monitor; electric door openers; simulators for the steering and control of vehicles, namely, vehicle drive
`training simulators; measuring or testing machines and instruments, namely, photoelectric sensors; power distribution or control machines
`and apparatus, namely, electrical switches, electrical receptacles; rotary converters; phase modifiers, namely, electrical equipment for the
`genetic modification of cells for research purposes; electrical cells and batteries; electric wires and cables; electric flat irons; electric hair-
`curlers; electric buzzer; magnetic cores; resistance wires; electrodes; fire boats; fire engines; cigar lighters for automobiles; gloves for
`protection against accidents; dust masks; gas masks; welding masks; fireproof garments; spectacles; computer game consoles for use with
`an external display screen or monitor; electronic circuits; multimedia software recoded on CD-ROMS featuring computer games for use
`with hand-held games with liquid crystal displays; weight belts for diving; diving suits; inflatable swimming floats for safety purposes;
`protective helmets for sports; air tanks; regulators for use in scuba diving; metronomes; multimedia software recoded on CD-ROMS
`featuring automatic performance programs for electronic musical instruments; slide-rules; exposed cinematographic films; exposed slide
`films; slide film mounts; ion generator, namely, electrolysis cell for use in the manufacture of various ionic solutions; electric hair
`curling, and straightening irons
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`(cid:160)C
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`(cid:160)C
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`(cid:160)C
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`(cid:160)C
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`lass 11: Ionization apparatus, not for the treatment of air, namely, water ionizers
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`lass 12: Space vehicles, namely, rockets
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`lass 13: Signal rockets
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`lass 28: Electronic sports training simulators; toy rockets; swimming flutter boards
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`(cid:160)
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`37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).
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`ontact Information
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`f applicant has questions about its application or this Office action, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney at the telephone
`number below.
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`/Christine C. Blomquist/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 104
`Phone: 571-272-1630
`Fax: 571-273-9104
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)
`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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`(cid:160)I
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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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`(cid:160)S
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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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`(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd. (tm@sughrue.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77614508 - S13568
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`8/17/2009 4:16:14 PM
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`ECOM104@USPTO.GOV
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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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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`(cid:160)Y
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`our trademark application (Serial No. 77614508) has been reviewed.(cid:160)(cid:160) The examining attorney assigned by the
`United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has written a letter (an “Office action”) on 8/17/2009
`to which you must respond (unless the Office letter specifically states that no response is required).(cid:160) Please follow
`these steps:
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`(cid:160)1
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`link
`Read
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`clicking
`by
`letter
`Office
`the
`http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow?DDA=Y&serial_number=77614508&doc_type=OOA&mail_date=20090817 OR go to (cid:160)
`http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow and enter your serial number to access the Office letter.(cid:160) If you have difficulty accessing the
`Office letter, contact TDR@uspto.gov. (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)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`PLEASE NOTE: The(cid:160)Office letter may not be(cid:160)immediately available but will be(cid:160)viewable within(cid:160)24 hours of this e-mail notification.
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`(cid:160)2
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`. Contact the examining attorney who reviewed your application if you have any questions about the content of the Office letter (contact
`information appears at the end thereof).
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`(cid:160)3
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`. Respond within 6 months, calculated from 8/17/2009 (or sooner if specified in the Office letter), using the Trademark Electronic Application
`System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form. If you have difficulty using TEAS, contact TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`ALERT:
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`Failure to file any required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT (loss) of your application.
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`(cid:160)D
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`o NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise attempt to e-mail your response, as the USPTO does NOT accept e-mailed
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`responses.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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