UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO.   79199129
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`MARK: EVOLTA NEO
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`*79199129*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`       SAMEJIMA Mutsumi,; AOYAMA & PARTNERS
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`       Umeda Hankyu Bldg. Office Tower,
`         8-1, Kakuda-cho, Kita-ku,
`           Osaka 530-0017
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`    JAPAN
`APPLICANT: Panasonic Corporation
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`CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :       
`CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:   
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION NO. 1325611
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS NOTIFICATION:  TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF THE REQUEST FOR
`EXTENSION OF PROTECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE A COMPLETE RESPONSE
`TO THIS PROVISIONAL FULL REFUSAL NOTIFICATION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE “DATE ON WHICH THE NOTIFICATION
`WAS SENT TO WIPO (MAILING DATE)” LOCATED ON THE WIPO COVER LETTER ACCOMPANYING THIS NOTIFICATION.
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`In addition to the Mailing Date appearing on the WIPO cover letter, a holder (hereafter “applicant”) may confirm this Mailing Date using the
`USPTO’s Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.uspto.gov/.  To do so, enter the U.S. application serial
`number for this application and then select “Documents.”   The Mailing Date used to calculate the response deadline for this provisional full
`refusal is the “Create/Mail Date” of the “IB-1rst Refusal Note.”
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`This is a PROVISIONAL FULL REFUSAL of the request for extension of protection of the mark in the above-referenced U.S. application. 
`See 15 U.S.C. §1141h(c).  See below in this notification (hereafter “Office action”) for details regarding the provisional full refusal.
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`SEARCH OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
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`The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that
`would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
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`SIGNIFICANCE OF WORDING IN THE MARK
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`Applicant must specify whether the wording “EVOLTA NEO” has any meaning in a foreign language, any geographic significance or any
`significance in the trade or industry or as applied to the goods and/or services described in the application, or if such wording is a “term of art”
`within applicant’s industry.   See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §814.
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`In attached registration serial no. 3651275, applicant translated “EVOLTA” as developed.
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`Failure to respond to a request for information is an additional ground for refusing registration.  See In re Cheezwhse.com, Inc., 85 USPQ2d 1917,
`1919 (TTAB 2008); In re DTI P’ship LLP , 67 USPQ2d 1699, 1701 (TTAB 2003); TMEP §814.
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`IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS MUST BE AMENDED
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`The wording “parts and fittings” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because it does not sufficiently indicate the
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`specific parts and fittings.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01.  Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:  
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`Batteries; dry cells; alkaline dry batteries; alkaline zinc manganese dioxide batteries; lithium batteries; rechargeable batteries; battery
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`chargers; parts for all the aforesaid goods included in this class
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`Applicant may amend the identification to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, but not to broaden or expand the goods and/or services
`beyond those in the original application or as acceptably amended.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Generally, any deleted goods
`and/or services may not later be reinserted.  See TMEP §1402.07(e).
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`For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S.
`Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual.  See TMEP §1402.04.
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`In a Trademark Act Section 66(a) application, classification of goods and/or services may not be changed from that assigned by the International
`Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization.  37 C.F.R. §2.85(d); TMEP §§1401.03(d), 1904.02(b).  Additionally, classes may not be
`added or goods and/or services transferred from one class to another in a multiple-class Section 66(a) application.  37 C.F.R. §2.85(d); TMEP
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`§1401.03(d).  
`WHO IS PERMITTED TO RESPOND TO THIS PROVISIONAL FULL REFUSAL:  Any response to this provisional refusal must be
`personally signed by an individual applicant, all joint applicants, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic applicant (e.g., a corporate
`officer or general partner).  37 C.F.R. §§2.62(b), 2.193(e)(2)(ii); TMEP §712.01.  If applicant hires a qualified U.S. attorney to respond on his or
`her behalf, then the attorney must sign the response.  37 C.F.R. §§2.193(e)(2)(i), 11.18(a); TMEP §§611.03(b), 712.01.  Qualified U.S. attorneys
`include those in good standing with a bar of the highest court of any U.S. state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other U.S.
`commonwealths or U.S. territories.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.17(a), 2.62(b), 11.1, 11.14(a); TMEP §§602, 712.01.  Additionally, for all responses, the
`proper signatory must personally sign the document or personally enter his or her electronic signature on the electronic filing.  See 37 C.F.R.
`§2.193(a); TMEP §§611.01(b), 611.02.  The name of the signatory must also be printed or typed immediately below or adjacent to the signature,
`or identified elsewhere in the filing.  37 C.F.R. §2.193(d); TMEP §611.01(b).
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`In general, foreign attorneys are not permitted to represent applicants before the USPTO (e.g., file written communications, authorize an
`amendment to an application, or submit legal arguments in response to a requirement or refusal).  See 37 C.F.R. §11.14(c), (e); TMEP §§602.03-
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`.03(b), 608.01.  
`DESIGNATION OF DOMESTIC REPRESENTATIVE:  The USPTO encourages applicants who do not reside in the United States to
`designate a domestic representative upon whom any notice or process may be served.  TMEP §610; see 15 U.S.C. §§1051(e), 1141h(d); 37
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`C.F.R. §2.24(a)(1)-(2).  Such designations may be filed online at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.     
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`/Mark Sparacino/
`Trademark Attorney
`US Patent and Trademark Office
`Law Office 103
`571-272-9708
`Mark.Sparacino@uspto.gov
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`TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:   Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp.   Please wait 48-72 hours from the
`issue/mailing date before using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), to allow for necessary system updates of the application. 
`For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.  For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned
`trademark examining attorney.  E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to
`this Office action by e-mail.
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`All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
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`WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:  It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an
`applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants).  If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
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`response.  
`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION:   To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official
`notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at
`http://tsdr.uspto.gov/.   Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen.   If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the
`Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or call 1-800-786-9199.   For more information on checking
`status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.
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`TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:  Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.
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`Print: Jan 20, 2017
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`79050487
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`DESIGN MARK
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`Serial Number
`T905048?
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`Status
`SECTION 71 & I5—ACCERTED AND ACKNCWLEDGED
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`Word Mark
`EVCLTA
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`Standard Character Mark
`Yes
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`Registration Number
`3651215
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`Date Registered
`zoogxotxet
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`Type of Mark
`TRADEMARK
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`Register
`PRINCIPAL
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`Mark Drawing Code
`[4]
`STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
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`Owner
`Panasonic Corporation UNKNOWN 1006, Oaza Kadoma, Kadoma—shi Osaka
`JAPAN 5118501
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`GoodsfServioes
`Class Statue —— ACTIVE.
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`10 009.
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`US
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`021 023 026 036 038.
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`G a 8:
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`Batteries; dry cells; Alkaline dry batteries; Alkaline zinC manganese
`dioxide batteries;
`lithium batteries;
`rechargeable batteries.
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`Priority»r Date
`EOOTHOBHlB
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`Translation Statement
`The English translation of the word "EVOLTA"
`" DEVE LOPE D . "
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`in the mark is
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`Filing Date
`ZOOBHUlHlO
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`Examining Attorney
`BURCH. APRIL
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`Print: Jan 20, 2017
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`79050487
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`Attorney of Record
`Mainak H. Mehta
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`EV. LTA
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