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`MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (MGINTL@merchant-gould.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78449279 - SUPER DYNAMIC - 8279.761US01
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`2/15/2005 3:51:21 PM
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`ECOM112@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO: 78/449279
`(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 INDUSTRIAL CO.,
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`*78449279*
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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`LTD.
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CURTIS B. HAMRE
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MERCHANT & GOULD P.C.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 3200 IDS CENTER, 80 S. 8TH ST.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-0910
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`SUPER DYNAMIC
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160) 8279.761US01
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) MGINTL@merchant-gould.com
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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) 78/449279
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`The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and has determined the following.
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`earch Results
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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.
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`dentification of Goods
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`he current wording used to describe the goods needs clarification because the wording “systems” needs to be clarified using the common name
`for the goods. Applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate:(cid:160) “Access control and alarm monitoring systems comprised
`of [e.g., Electric and electronic video surveillance installations], International Class 9.
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) TMEP §1402.01.
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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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`f applicant should fail to respond to this Office action within the six month time limit, then the following goods and/or services will be deleted
`from the application:(cid:160) Access control and alarm monitoring systems.(cid:160) The application will then proceed forward for the following goods and/or
`services only:(cid:160) CCTV (Closed-Circuit Television) Cameras(cid:160)(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).
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`Disclaimers
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`pplicant must disclaim the descriptive wording “DYNAMIC” apart from the mark as shown because it merely describes the characteristics of
`the goods.(cid:160) Trademark Act Section 6, 15 U.S.C. §1056; TMEP §§1213 and 1213.03(a).
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`he computerized printing format for the Office’s Trademark Official Gazette requires a standardized format for a disclaimer.(cid:160) TMEP
`§1213.08(a)(i).(cid:160) The following is the standard format used by the Office:
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`No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “DYNAMIC” apart from the mark as shown.
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`ee In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).
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`NOTICE:(cid:160) FEE CHANGE(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)
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`Effective January 31, 2005 and pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub. L. 108-447, the following are the fees that will be
`charged for filing a trademark application:
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`(1) $325 per international class if filed electronically using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS); or(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160) $375 per international class if filed on paper
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`hese fees will be charged not only when a new application is filed, but also when payments are made to add classes to an existing application.
`If such payments are submitted with a TEAS response, the fee will be(cid:160) $325 per class, and if such payments are made with a paper response, the
`fee will be $375 per class.
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`he new fee requirements will apply to any fees filed on or after January 31, 2005.
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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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`USPTO
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`Aretha Somerville
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 112
`(571) 272-9414
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`HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:
`ONLINE RESPONSE:(cid:160) You may respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to
`Office Action form (visit http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html and follow the instructions, but if the Office Action issued via email you
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`must wait 72 hours after receipt of the Office Action to respond via TEAS).
`REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE:(cid:160) To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above and include
`the serial number, law office number and examining attorney’s name in your response.
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`TATUS OF APPLICATION: To check the status of your application, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval
`(TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.
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`IEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending applications can be viewed and downloaded online at
`http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow.
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`information about
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`trademarks, please visit
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`the Office’s website at
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general
`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 SPECIFIED ABOVE.
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