UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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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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`79/030478
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`IPS Alpha Technology, Ltd.
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`*79030478*
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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) TAKEDA Masahiko
`(cid:160) Zexel Bldg. Akasaka 9F,
`(cid:160) 2-13-1, Nagata-cho,
`(cid:160) Chiyoda-ku
`(cid:160) Tokyo 100-0014 JAPAN
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`PS
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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) N/A
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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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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`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-
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`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) 79/030478
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`NTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION NO. 0902405(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`This is a PROVISIONAL PARTIAL REFUSAL of the trademark and/or service mark in the above-
`referenced U.S. application that applies to only the following goods in the application.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C.
`§1141h(c).(cid:160)(cid:160)
`WHO IS PERMITTED TO RESPOND TO THIS PROVISIONAL PARTIAL REFUSAL:
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`pplicant may respond directly to this provisional refusal Office action, or applicant’s attorney may
`respond on applicant’s behalf.(cid:160) However, the only attorneys who can practice before the USPTO in
`trademark matters are as follows:
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`(1)(cid:160)(cid:160) Attorneys in good standing with a bar of the highest court of any U.S. state, and
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`(2)(cid:160)(cid:160) Canadian attorneys who have applied for and received reciprocal recognition by the USPTO
`under 37 C.F.R. §10.14(c).(cid:160) Canadian attorneys can only represent Canadian applicants.
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`7 C.F.R. §10.14; TMEP §602.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Foreign attorneys are not permitted to practice before the USPTO, other than properly authorized
`Canadian attorneys.(cid:160) Preparing a paper, authorizing an amendment to an application, or submitting legal
`arguments in response to a requirement or refusal constitutes representation of a party in a trademark
`matter.(cid:160) A response signed by an unauthorized foreign attorney is considered an incomplete response.(cid:160)
`TMEP §§602, 602.03, 603.05.
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`HE APPLICATION HAS BEEN PROVISIONALLY PARTIALLY REFUSED AS FOLLOWS:
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`OTE:(cid:160) This is a partial refusal Office action.(cid:160) The refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action
`apply only to specified goods in the U.S. application.
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`he assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`SEARCH OF OFFICE RECORDS
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`he examining attorney has searched the Office records 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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`DENTIFICATION OF GOODS
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`he wording in the identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite.(cid:160) The applicant must amend the
`identification to specify the commercial name of the goods.(cid:160) If there is no common commercial name for
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`the product, the applicant must describe the product and its intended uses. TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`THIS REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO THE GOODS AND/OR SERVICES SPECIFIED HEREIN.
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`he identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite because the wording indicated below is overly
`broad.(cid:160) TMEP §1402.01.(cid:160) The applicant must specify the goods and/or services within their current
`classifications because the international classification of goods and/or services in applications filed under
`Trademark Act Section 66(a) cannot be changed from the classification given to the goods and/or services
`by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in the corresponding
`international registration.(cid:160) Guide to Implementation of Madrid Protocol in the United States, Exam Guide
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`02-03, section IV.B2.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The applicant may adopt the following, if accurate:
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`iquid crystal panels; liquid crystal television-sets; liquid crystal display panels; liquid crystal display
`monitors; mobile cell phones; digital cameras; video cameras; printers; electrostatic copiers; scanners;
`music players, namely, [specify, e.g., compact disc players]; handheld video players; DVD players;
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`radios; navigation apparatus for vehicles; navigation apparatus for ships;
`personal computers;
`interphones, namely, [specify, e.g., Internet phones]; electronic e-papers display terminal namely,
`[specify, e.g., computer monitors]; handheld personal computers; electronic desk calculators; electronic
`identification apparatus for personal biometrical identification; video phones; automated teller machines;
`cash registers; electronic agendas; electronic dictionaries; remote controls for radios, television-sets,
`stereos, DVD players, music players, digital cameras, video cameras and karaoke equipment,
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`International Class 009.
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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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`Cheryl Clayton
`Examining Attorney
`Law Office 102
`571-272-9254
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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 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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