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`MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. (mail@hsml.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78687868 - NM STAGE - 8279.895US01
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`3/1/2006 6:23:27 AM
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`ECOM111@USPTO.GOV
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`Attachment - 1
`Attachment - 2
`Attachment - 3
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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)(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)
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`MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
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`78/687868
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`*78687868*
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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.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`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) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160) KRISTINA M. FOUDRAY
`(cid:160) HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C.
`(cid:160) P.O. BOX 2902-0902
`(cid:160) MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402
`(cid:160)
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`NM STAGE
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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) 8279.895US01
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) mail@hsml.com
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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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) 78/687868
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`The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`SEARCH RESULTS
`The Office records have been searched and no similar registered 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.(cid:160) However, please be advised that a potentially conflicting mark in prior-filed pending application may
`present a bar to registration.
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`PRIOR PENDING APPLICATION
`Information regarding pending Application Serial No. 78/470167 is enclosed.(cid:160) The filing date of the referenced application precedes applicant’s
`filing date.(cid:160) There may be a likelihood of confusion under Trademark Act Section 2(d) between applicant’s mark and the referenced mark. (cid:160) If
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`the referenced application registers, registration may be refused in this case under Section 2(d).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208 et seq.(cid:160)
`Therefore, upon entry of a response to this Office action, action on this case may be suspended pending final disposition of the earlier-filed
`application.
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`If applicant believes that there is no potential conflict between this application and the earlier-filed application, then applicant may present
`arguments relevant to the issue in a response to this Office action.(cid:160) The election not to submit arguments at this time in no way limits applicant’s
`right to address this issue at a later point.
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`IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
`The term "system" in the identification of goods is unclear and requires clarification.(cid:160) Applicant must rewrite the goods by listing the major parts
`or components of the system and describing the nature, purpose and use of the system.(cid:160) Applicant should use common generic terms when
`specifying the parts and/or components of the system.(cid:160) TMEP §1402.03.(cid:160) In addition, applicant must clarify the identification of goods to specify
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`the common commercial or generic name for the goods Applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`International Class 9:(cid:160) computer operating systems, namely, personal computers, computer terminals, multimedia projectors and
`computer software for managing, storing, distributing, reproducing and displaying visual, audio and textual data via a global computer
`network; Computer software for input, processing, storing, managing and distributing of digital data {if program is field specific, please
`specify the field}; Computer software for managing data distribution systems and data display systems {if program is field specific, please
`specify the field}; and Computer software for controlling data display on display terminals {if program is field specific, please specify the
`field}
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`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. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.(cid:160) Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods that are not within the scope of goods set forth
`in the present identification.
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`For 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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`MEANING OF THE MARK
`Applicant must specify whether the wording “NM STAGE” has any significance in the computer trade or industry or as applied to the goods
`described in the application.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b).
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`COLOR CLAIM AND COLOR DESCRIPTION INCOMPLETE
`The color claim and color description do not list all the colors appearing in the drawing of the mark.(cid:160) Applicant must submit a complete color
`claim and color description of the mark that reference all the colors appearing in the drawing of the mark.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); TMEP
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`§807.07(a)(ii).(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The following color claim and color description are suggested:(cid:160) The colors blue, white and black are claimed as a feature of the mark.(cid:160) The color
`blue appears in the stripe design in the wording NM STAGE.(cid:160) The color white appears in the stripe design in the wording NM STAGE.(cid:160) The
`color black appears in the outline of the wording NM STAGE.
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`If applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark
`examining attorney directly at the number below.
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`/lindaorndorff/
`Linda Orndorff
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`Examining Attorney
`Law Office 111
`(571)272-5496
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`HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:
`ONLINE RESPONSE:(cid:160) You may respond using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office action
`form available on our website at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html.(cid:160) If the Office action issued via e-mail, you must wait 72 hours
`after receipt of the Office action to respond via TEAS.(cid:160) NOTE:(cid:160) Do not respond by e-mail.(cid:160) THE USPTO WILL NOT ACCEPT AN
`E-MAILED RESPONSE.
`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. (cid:160) NOTE:(cid:160) The filing date of the response will be the date
`of receipt in the Office, not the postmarked date.(cid:160) To ensure your response is timely, use a certificate of mailing.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.197.
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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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`(cid:160)G
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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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`Print: Feb 27, 2006
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`?8Il-T0167
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`Issue: Mar 28, 2006
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`DESIGN MARK
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`Serial Number
`T847016?
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`Shus
`PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
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`Word Marl:
`NM
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`Standard Character Mark
`NO
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`Type of Marl:
`TRADEMARK
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`Register
`PRI NCI PAL
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`Mark Drawing Code
`[3] DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS ANDJOR NUMBERS
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`Ehnner
`MINEBEA-MATSUSHITA MOTOR CORPORATION CORPORATION JAPAN 1-8-1;
`SHIMO—MEGURO, MEGURO-KU TOKYO JAPAN
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`G
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`Goodsfservices
`O13 O19 O21 O23 O31 O34 035.
`US
`IC 007.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`& S: FAN MOTORS EOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINES, NOT EOR COOLING CONTROL
`APPARATUS; FAN MOTORS EOR COPY MACHINES; EAN MOTORS FOR GAME MACHINES,
`NAMELY,
`JAPANESE PACHINKO MACHINES, FAN MOTORS FOR SLOT MACHINES; FAN
`MOTORS FOR GAME MACHINES ADAPTED FOR USE WITH TELEVISIONS OR
`COMPUTERS, FAN MOTORS EOR COIN—OPERATED GAME MACHINES; FAN MOTORS EOR
`LIQUID CRYSTAL PROJECTORS; FAN MOTORS EOR PLASMA DISPLAYS; FAN MOTORS
`FOR CT SCAN FOR LABORATORY USE: FAN MOTORS FOR PERSONAL COMPUTERS: EAN
`MOTORS FOR OFFICE AUTOMATION APPARATUS; FAN MOTORS FOR DIGITAL HOME
`APPLIANCES; EAN MOTORS EOR INDUSTRIAL MACHINES, EOR COOLING CONTROL
`APPARATUS; FAN MOTORS EOR AIR CONDITIONERS; EAN MOTORS FOR
`REERIGERATORS; FAN MOTORS FOR VENTILATING FANS; EAN MOTORS FOR HOME
`APPLIANCES; ELECTRIC STEPPING MOTORS, NOT FOR USE IN LAND VEHICLES;
`STEPPING MOTORS EOR EACTORY AUTOMATION MACHINES; STEPPING MOTORS EOR
`LOOMS; STEPPING MOTORS EOR SEWING MACHINES; STEPPING MOTORS EOR LASER
`BEAM PRINTERS; STEPPING MOTORS FOR DIGITAL VIDEO CASSETTES; STEPPING
`MOTORS FOR FACSIMILE MACHINES: STEPPING MOTORS FOR OPTICAL DISC DRIVES
`FOR DVD PLAYERS; STEPPING MOTORS FOR DIGITAL CAMERAS; STEPPING MOTORS
`EOR DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS; STEPPING MOTORS EOR CAR METERS, CAR LIGHT
`AXIS ALIGNMENT, AND AUTOMOTIVE SENSORS; STEPPING MOTORS FOR PRINTERS;
`STEPPING MOTORS FOR COPY MACHINES; STEPPING MOTORS FOR DIGITAL COPY
`MACHINES; STEPPING MOTORS EOR AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES; STEPPING
`MOTORS EOR GAME MACHINES, NAMELY,
`JAPANESE PACHINKO MACHINES, STEPPING
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`Print: Feb 27, 2006
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`?8Il-T0167
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`Issue: Mar 28, 2006
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`MOTORS FOR GAME MACHINES ADAPTED FOR USE WITH TELEVISIONS OR
`COMPUTERS; STEPPING MOTORS FOR COIN-OPERATED GAME MACHINES; STEPPING
`MOTORS FOR VENDING MACHINES; STEPPING MOTORS FOR MAGNETIC DISC DRIVES;
`STEPPING MOTORS FOR GAS COOKING STOVESE STEPPING MOTORS FOR AIR
`CONDITIONERS FOR VEHICLES; STEPPING MOTORS FOR TOILETS: STEPPING
`MOTORS FOR HOME APPLIANCES: DIRECT CURRENT, OR DC, BRUSH MOTORS; DC
`BRUSH MOTORS FOR DVD PLAYERS; DC BRUSH MOTORS FOR VIDEO TAPE
`RECORDERS; DC BRUSH MOTORS FOR CD PLAYERS; DC BRUSH MOTORS FOR CAR
`NAVIGATION SYSTEM; DC BRUSH MOTORS FOR CAR AUDIO SYSTEM; VIBRATION
`MOTORS FOR MOBILE PHONES; VIBRATION MOTORS FOR GAME MACHINES, NAMELY,
`JAPANESE PACHINKO MACHINES, VIBRATION MOTORS FOR GAME MACHINES ADAPTED
`FOR USE WITH THLHV S ONS OR COMPUTERS, VIBRATION MOTORS FOR
`COIN-OPERATED GAME MACHINES: ELECTRIC MOTORS FOR MACHINES; CLOTHES AND
`DISHWASHING MACHINES, VACUUM CLEANERS; AND STRUCTURAL AND REPLACEMENT
`PARTS FOR ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED GOODS.
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`Goodsfservices
`G & S:
`O21 O23 O26 O36 038.
`US
`IC 009.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`SLOT MACHINES; VIDEO GAME MACHINES FOR USE WITH TELEVISIONS OR
`COMPUTERS; PHOTOCOPY MACHINES; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAX PROJECTORS;
`PLASMA DISPLAY PANELS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; OFFICE AUTOMATION
`APPARATUS, NAMELY, PRINTERS, FAX MACHINES, SCANNERS, AND COMPUTER
`WHITE SOARDS FOR OFFICE AND HOME USE; DIGITAL VIDEO PLAIERS AND
`RECORDERS; OPTICAL D SC IR VES FOR DVD PLAYHRS;
`1 GITAL CAMERAS;
`DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERAS; AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES; VENDING MACHINES;
`MAGNETIC DISC DRIVES; DVJ PLAYERS; VIDEO TAPE RECORDERS: CD PLAYERS:
`CAR METERS, NAMELY, SPEEDOMETERS, ODOMETERS AND FUEL METERS, HEADLIGHT
`CONTROLS THAT ADJUST CAR LIGHT AXIS OF HEADLIGHTS AND PARTS THEREFOR;
`CAR NAVIGATION COMPUTERS; CAR AUDIO SYSTEM COMPRISED OF AMPLIFIERS, CD
`PLAYERS, DVD PLAYERS AND CD CHANGERS; MOBILE TELEPHONES; AND
`STRUCTURAL AND REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED GOODS.
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`Goodsfservices
`G & S:
`O13 D2; 023 031 034.
`US
`IC 011.
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
`INDUSTRIAL COOLERS FOR COOLING CONTROL UNITS OF MACHINES; DIGITAL HOME
`APPLIANCES, NAMELY, REFRIGERATORS, AIR COND T ONERS, COOKING OVENS,
`MICROWAVE OVENS AND AIR PURIFIERS, AND DISPENSING UNITS FOR AIR
`FRESHENERS;
`INDUSTRIAL MACHINES, NAMELY, COOLING EVAPORATORS; AIR
`CONDITIONERS; REFRIGERATORS; VENTILATING EXHAUST FANS; GAS COOKING
`STOVES; AIR CONDITIONERS FOR VEHICLES; TOILETS; AND STRUCTURAL AND
`REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED GOODS.
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`Fmnglna
`2004fO8f19
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`Examining Attorney
`DUSOIS, SUSAN LESLIE
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`Attorney of Record
`MARK I. PEROFF