UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`(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)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`78/874122
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`OBLON SPIVAK MCCLELLAND MAIER &
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`CAROL L B MATTHEWS(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)
`NEUSTADT(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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`1940 DUKE ST
`ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314-3451(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`*78874122*
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`ESPOND TO THIS ACTION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
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`ENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION:
`http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`(cid:160) MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC
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`(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)
`INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.(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) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(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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`290775US(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:(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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`OFFICE ACTION
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
`OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE:
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`his application was filed with the Office on May 2, 2006.(cid:160) The undersigned trademark examining attorney approved the mark for publication
`on December 27, 2007.(cid:160) Subsequently, the mark was removed from the publication queue by the Official Gazette and returned to the examining
`attorney for clarification of an inconsistency between the color claim and the mark description.(cid:160) The following requirement is therefore now
`added.
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`Mark Drawing Description Identifies Color: Clarification Required
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`pplicant’s mark description identifies a color mark, but applicant has also stated that color is not claimed as a feature of the mark.(cid:160)
`Applications for color marks must include a list of the colors that are claimed as a feature of the mark.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); TMEP
`§807.07(a)-(a)(ii).(cid:160) In addition, the color claim and color location statement must identify all the colors in the mark.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1);
`TMEP §§807.07(a) et seq.
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`herefore, applicant must clarify whether color is claimed as a feature of the mark by satisfying one of the following:
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`(2)(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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`If color is not a feature of the proposed mark, then applicant must submit a substitute mark description that does not identify
`particular colors.(cid:160) The following substitute description of the mark is recommended:(cid:160) “The mark consists of an incomplete circle
`inside a square with rounded corners.(cid:160) Contained in the circle are two parallel lines resembling a quotation mark”; or
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`If color is a feature of the proposed mark, then applicant must submit a statement listing all of the colors that are claimed as a feature
`of the mark.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); TMEP §807.07(a).(cid:160) The following format is suggested:(cid:160) “ The colors black and white are
`claimed as a feature of the mark.”
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`ee TMEP §807.07(b).
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`Questions
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`f applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark
`examining attorney.
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`/Rebecca M. Eisinger/
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 102
`Phone (571) 272-8845
`Fax (571) 273-9102
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`RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: If there are any questions about the Office action, please contact the assigned examining attorney. A response
`to this Office action should be filed using the form available at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm. If notification of this Office action
`was received via e-mail, no response using this form may be filed for 72 hours after receipt of the notification. Do not attempt to respond by e-
`mail as the USPTO does not accept e-mailed responses.
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`f responding by paper mail, please include the following information: the application serial number, the mark, the filing date and the name,
`title/position, telephone number and e-mail address of the person signing the response.(cid:160) Please use the following address: Commissioner for
`Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451.
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`TATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark
`Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.(cid:160) When conducting an online status check, print and
`maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen.(cid:160) If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the
`assigned examining attorney.
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