UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
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`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`*79228627*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS
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`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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`U.S. APPLICATION
`SERIAL NO.   79228627
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`MARK: DATANAVI
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`CORRESPONDENT
`ADDRESS:
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`       Fukami Patent Office,
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`       Nakanoshima
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`Central; 2-7, Nakanoshima
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`         Osaka 530-0005
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`    JAPAN
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`APPLICANT: Panasonic
`Corporation
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`CORRESPONDENT’S
`REFERENCE/DOCKET
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`CORRESPONDENT
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`E-MAIL ADDRESS:   
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
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`INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION NO. 1393439
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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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`The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.  Applicant must respond timely and completely to
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`the issue(s) below.  15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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`Summary of Issues
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`1)     Identification of Goods and Services
`2)     Color Claim and Mark Description
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`Search of Office Database
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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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`Identification of Goods and Services
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`Much of the wording in the identification of goods and services is indefinite and too broad.   This wording must be clarified because it is not clear
`what the goods and services are and could identify goods and services in more than one international class.   See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP
`§§1402.01, 1402.03, 1904.02(c), (c)(ii).   See below for further guidance.
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`In an application filed under Trademark Act Section 66(a), an applicant may not change the classification of goods and services from that
`assigned by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization in the corresponding international registration.   37 C.F.R.
`§2.85(d); TMEP §§1401.03(d), 1904.02(b).   Therefore, although the goods and services may be classified in several international classes, any
`modification to this wording must identify goods and services in International Classes 9, 11, 35, 37, and 42 only, the classes specified in the
`application for these goods and services.   See TMEP §1904.02(c), (c)(ii).
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`Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate:   
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`“Computer programs for {specify the function of the program, and, if program is content- or field-specific, the field of use};
`downloadable computer software applications for {specify the function of the software, and, if software is content- or field-specific, the
`field of use}; computer software for {specify the function of the software, and, if software is content- or field-specific, the field of use};
`application software for {specify the function of the software, and, if software is content- or field-specific, the field of use}; computer
`software to enable connection to databases, computer networks and the Internet; computer software for use in the field of VLC (visible
`light communications) for the transmission of electronic data, namely, video, music, image, text and sound” in International Class 9;
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`“Air-conditioning apparatus for industrial purposes; freezing machines and apparatus for industrial purposes; refrigerating machines for
`industrial purposes; refrigerating or freezing showcases; water heaters; electric water heaters; heating boilers, other than parts of non-
`electric prime movers or engines; air-conditioning apparatus for household purposes; electric refrigerators for household purposes; gas-
`fired water heaters; electric lamps and other lighting apparatus, namely, {indicate particular lighting apparatus in Class 11, e.g.,
`lighting installations}; light-emitting diode LED luminaires” in International Class 11;
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`“Business management analysis about reduction of electric power; business management analysis and business consultancy from a
`viewpoint of cost for electric power equipment; business management analysis and business consultancy; provision of information
`concerning commercial sales; collecting electric power data for achieving the aim of energy-saving” in International Class 35;
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`“Repair and maintenance of air conditioning apparatus, water heaters, freezing machines and apparatus and lighting apparatus, water
`heaters, freezing machines and apparatus and lighting apparatus [duplicative wording]” in International Class 37;
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`“Remote monitoring of communication network system for quality control purposes; computer software design, computer
`programming, and maintenance of computer software; energy auditing, namely, investigation in the nature of technical analysis and
`evaluation of electric power data for achieving the aim of energy-saving; advisory services relating to monitoring electric power
`consumption data for achieving the aim of energy-saving; consultancy in the field of energy measurement to improve energy
`efficiency; providing information relating to energy-saving, namely, {indicate specific topic of information in Class 42, e.g. research in
`the field of renewable energy}; energy auditing; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable computer programs on data
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`networks for {specify the function of the program, and, if program is content- or field-specific, the field of use}; cloud computing
`featuring software for {specify the function of the software, and, if software is content- or field-specific, the field of use}; hosting
`platforms on the Internet for {indicate purpose or intended user}; remote monitoring of the functioning and use of air conditioning
`installations, heating installations, water heating installations, freezing installations and lighting installations of buildings, and providing
`information relating thereto; remote monitoring of the functioning and use of air conditioning apparatus, water heaters, lighting
`apparatus and freezing machines and apparatus, and providing information relating thereto” in International Class 42.
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`Applicant may amend the identification to clarify or limit the goods and services, but not to broaden or expand the goods and 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 services
`may not later be reinserted.  See TMEP §1402.07(e).  Additionally, for applications filed under Trademark Act Section 66(a), the scope of the
`identification for purposes of permissible amendments is limited by the international class assigned by the International Bureau of the World
`Intellectual Property Organization (International Bureau); and the classification of goods and services may not be changed from that assigned by
`the International Bureau.  37 C.F.R. §2.85(d); TMEP §§1401.03(d), 1904.02(b).  Further, in a multiple-class Section 66(a) application, classes
`may not be added or goods and services transferred from one existing class to another.  37 C.F.R. §2.85(d); TMEP §1401.03(d).
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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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`Color Claim and Mark Description
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`Applicant must amend the color claim and mark description to identify all the colors in the mark drawing.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); TMEP
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`§807.07(a)-(a)(ii).  
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`A complete color claim must reference all the colors appearing in the drawing of the mark.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); TMEP §§807.07(a) et
`seq.  Similarly, a complete mark description for a mark depicted in color must identify all the literal and design elements in the mark and specify
`where the colors appear in those elements.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.37, 2.52(b)(1); TMEP §§807.07(a) et seq.  However, if black, white, and/or gray
`are not being claimed as a color feature of the mark, applicant must exclude them from the color claim and include in the mark description a
`statement that the colors black, white, and/or gray represent background, outlining, shading, and/or transparent areas and are not part of the
`mark.  See TMEP §807.07(d).
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`The following color claim and mark description are suggested, if accurate:
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`Color claim:  “ The colors light blue, dark blue, gray, and white are claimed as a feature of the mark.”
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`Mark description:  “ The colors light blue and dark blue appear in the design of curved lines with spheres on the end; the color
`gray appears in the stylized wording DATANAVI; the color white appears in the design of a sphere.”
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` prompt response to this Office action will expedite prosecution.
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`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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`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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`/Aisha Y. Salem/
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`Aisha Y. Salem
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`Trademark Examining Attorney
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`Law Office 102
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`571-272-8492
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`Aisha.Salem@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.  
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`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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