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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78659650 - 55210/544
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`1/30/2006 1:51:12 PM
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`ECOM115@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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`Panasonic Corporation of North America
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`78/659650
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160) MORTON AMSTER, ESQ.
`(cid:160) AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP
`(cid:160) 90 PARK AVE
`(cid:160) NEW YORK, NY 10016-1301
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`*78659650*
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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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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`(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) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160)(cid:160) 55210/544
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) ptodocket@arelaw.com
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`ESPONSE TIME LIMIT:(cid:160) TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE
`ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`MAILING/E-MAILING DATE INFORMATION:(cid:160) If the mailing or e-mailing date of this Office action does not appear above, this
`information can be obtained by visiting the USPTO website at http://tarr.uspto.gov/, inserting the application serial number, and viewing the
`prosecution history for the mailing date of the most recently issued Office communication.
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`erial Number(cid:160) 78/659650
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`The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`o Conflicting Marks Noted
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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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`lassification and Identification of Goods(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The wording in the identification of goods is unacceptable because “printing machine” identifies goods that may be classified in another classes. (cid:160)
`The applicant may amend the identification to the following, if accurate:
`International Class 009:(cid:160) Multi-function machines for use as a photocopier, scanner, printer and facsimile machine, and color laser
`printers.(cid:160) (cid:160)
`TMEP section 1402.01.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`Please note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. Section 2.71(b); TMEP Section 1402.01.(cid:160) Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods that are not within the scope of
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`goods set forth in the present identification.
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`esponse Guidelines
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`LEASE NOTE:(cid:160) All of the issues raised can be resolved by telephone.(cid:160) The applicant may telephone the examining attorney, instead of
`submitting a written response, to expedite the application.
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`o set form is required for response to this Office action.(cid:160) However, Applicant’s response should adhere to the following general guidelines: (cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Applicant must respond to each point raised;(cid:160)
`Applicant should set forth the required changes and request entry by the Office; and(cid:160)
`Applicant must sign the response.(cid:160)
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`pplicant should include the following information on all correspondence with the Office:
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`the name and law office number of the trademark examining attorney;(cid:160)
`the serial number of this application;
`the mailing date of this Office action; and,
`Applicant's telephone number.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.194(b)(1); TMEP §302.03(a).
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`/Toni Y. Hickey/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 115
`(571) 272-9475 phone
`(571) 273-9115 fax
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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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