To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent:
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`Sent As:
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`Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (docket@oshaliang.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78730445 - LUXLIFT - 17234/002001
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`4/15/2006 1:12:15 PM
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`ECOM116@USPTO.GOV
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`Attachments:
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`Attachment - 1
`Attachment - 2
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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 Works, Ltd.
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`78/730445
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`*78730445*
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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) LESLIE L. RICHARDS
`(cid:160) OSHA LIANG LLP
`(cid:160) 1221 MCKINNEY ST STE 2800
`(cid:160) HOUSTON, TX 77010-2026
`(cid:160)
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`LUXLIFT
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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) 17234/002001
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) docket@oshaliang.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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`(cid:160)S
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`erial Number(cid:160) 78/730445
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`I.(cid:160) APPLICATION NOT ENTITLED TO REGISTER--ONE-EARLIER FILED PENDING APPLICATION
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`he examining attorney encloses information regarding pending Application Serial No. 78-718770.(cid:160) The filing date of the referenced application
`precedes the applicant's filing date.(cid:160) There may be a likelihood of confusion between the two marks under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15
`U.S.C. Section 1052(d).(cid:160) If the referenced application matures into a registration, the examining attorney may refuse registration in this case
`under Section 2(d).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. Section 2.83; TMEP section 1208.01.
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`II.(cid:160) AMENDMENT TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS REQUIRED
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`he identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite because the specific nature and/or purpose for the goods is unclear.(cid:160) The applicant may
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`(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`adopt the following identification, if accurate:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`“Power-operated lifting apparatus for moving and placing lighting fixtures; power-operated lifting apparatus for moving and placing light
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`fixtures and attached control panels therefor sold as a unit” in International Class 7.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`“Lighting fixtures for lifting apparatuses used for moving and placing lighting fixtures; lighting fixtures featuring built-in lifting apparatuses for
`placement purposes; lighting fixtures and structural component parts thereof, namely, brackets for use in installing lighting fixtures on inclined
`ceilings sold as a unit with said fixtures” in International Class 11.
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`(cid:160)T
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`MEP section 804.(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. §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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`III. (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) COMBINED CLASS APPLICATIONS(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`If applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, then applicant must comply with each of the following for
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`those goods based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b):(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160) Applicant must list the goods by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order.(cid:160) TMEP § 1403.01; and
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160) 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).(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a)(2); TMEP §§810 and 1403.01.
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`IV.(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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`(cid:160) BASIS(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The applicant has filed relying on its claim of a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b), 15 U.S.C.
`§1051(b), and on a foreign registration under Section 44(e), 15 U.S.C. §1126(e).(cid:160) The foreign registration alone may serve as the basis for
`obtaining a U.S. registration resulting from this application.(cid:160) The applicant must advise the examining attorney, however, if the applicant intends
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`to rely solely on the foreign registration as the basis for registration.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Unless the applicant indicates otherwise, this Office will presume that the applicant wishes to rely on Section 1(b) as well as on Section 44(e) as
`the bases for registration.(cid:160) In this case, although the application may be approved for publication, the mark will not be registered until an
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`acceptable allegation of use has been filed.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered mark which bars registration under Trademark Act
`Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d).(cid:160) TMEP section 1105.01.(cid:160) Please note that the examining attorney has found a potentially conflicting
`pending application.
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`/Zhaleh Delaney/
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 116
`(571) 272-9153
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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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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at
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`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: Apr 15, 2006
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`7B?1E7?IlI
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`DESIGN MARK
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`Serial Number
`18118770
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`Status
`NoN—EINAL ACTIoN — MAILED
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`Word Mark
`LIFTLUX
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`Standard Character Mark
`Yes
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`Type of Marl:
`TRADEMARK
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`Register
`PRINCIPAL
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`Mark Drawing Code
`[4]
`STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
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`Owner
`JLG Industries; Inc. CORPORATION PENNSYLVANIA l JLG Drive
`Mcconnellslourg PENNSYLVANIA 17 233 9533
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`Goodaiservices
`013 Ol9 O21 O23 O31 O34 035.
`US
`IC 007.
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
`& S: Construction and earth moving equipment; aerial work platforms;
`boom lifts; scissor lifts; vertical mass and personnel platforms;
`elevating work platforms;
`telehandlers;
`telescopic material handlers;
`and accessories and attachments for all the aforesaid goods.
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`G
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`Filing Date
`2005,/'CJ9:’22
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`Examining Attorney
`FRYE , KIMBERLY
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`Attomey of Record
`Donna J. Bunton
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`LIFTLUX