To:
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`Subject:
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`Attachments:
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`Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (tmdocket@oblon.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78555865 - PYXION - Matsush197
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`8/27/05 3:35:15 PM
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`ECOM114@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)
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`(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)
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`Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
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`78/555865
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`*78555865*
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160) Carol L.B. Matthews
`(cid:160) Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neust
`(cid:160) 1940 Duke Street
`(cid:160) Alexandria VA 22314
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`PYXION
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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) Matsush197
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) tmdocket@oblon.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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`ESPONSE TIME LIMIT:(cid:160) TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Serial Number(cid:160) 78/555865
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`The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`NO CONFLICTING REGISTRATIONS
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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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`HE GOODS DESCRIPTION IS IMPROPERLY INDEFINITE
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`he wording "Multi-function peripherals" in the identification of goods needs clarification because it is indefinite and overbroad.(cid:160) Applicant
`must amend the identification of goods to specify the common commercial or generic name for the goods.(cid:160) If there is no common commercial or
`generic name for the product, then applicant must describe the product and intended consumer as well as its main purpose and intended uses.(cid:160)
`TMEP §1402.01.
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`pplicant may amend as follows, if accurate: “Multi-function computer peripherals, namely, (specify.)
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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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`XPEDITED COMMUNICATIONS
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`he examining attorney’s personal contact (cid:160) numbers are:
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`el. (571) 272-9444
`Fax: (571) 273-9444
`E-Mail:(cid:160) jill.alt@uspto.gov
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`n order to submit formal responses by E-Mail, applicant must give written consent to be an electronic correspondent and set forth its E-Mail
`address. The signature, to be valid, must be typed between two forward slashes, as below.
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`/Jill C. Alt/
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 114
`Tel. (571) 272-9444
`Fax: (571)273-9444
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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 has been issued via
`email, you 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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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at
`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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