UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
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`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`U.S. APPLICATION
`SERIAL NO.   79255582
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`MARK: TAKINOS
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`CORRESPONDENT
`ADDRESS:
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`       YAMAO Norihito
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`       AOYAMA &
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`PARTNERS,
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`         Umeda Hankyu Bldg.
`Office Tower,
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`           Osaka 530-0017
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`    JAPAN
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`APPLICANT: Panasonic
`Corporation
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`*79255582*
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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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`CORRESPONDENT’S
`REFERENCE/DOCKET
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`CORRESPONDENT E-
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`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. 1458877
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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
`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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`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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`ENGLISH TRANSLATION REQUIRED
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`To permit proper examination of the application, applicant must submit an English translation of the foreign wording in the mark TAKINOS.  37
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`C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(9), 2.61(b); see TMEP §809.  The following English translation is suggested:  
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`The English translation of “TAKINOS” in the mark is “waterfall”.   TMEP §809.03.  See attached translation evidence.
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`IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS AND/OR SERVICES
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`The wording in the identification of goods and/or services needs clarification in the following respect(s):
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`The wording “seals in the form of films and sheets for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices” in the identification of goods/services
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`is indefinite and must be clarified because the material of the seals must be indicated.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01.  
`Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:  
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`017:  Synthetic resins, semi-processed; synthetic resins in the form of films and sheets; epoxy resins in the form of films and sheets;
`synthetic resins in the form of films and sheets for use in the manufacture of circuit boards; non-metal seals in the form of films and
`sheets for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices; epoxy resin films and sheets for insulation
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`Applicant’s goods and/or services may be clarified or limited, but may not be expanded beyond those originally itemized in the application or
`as acceptably narrowed.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §§1402.06, 1904.02(c)(iv).  Applicant may clarify or limit the identification by inserting
`qualifying language or deleting items to result in a more specific identification; however, applicant may not substitute different goods and/or
`services or add goods and/or services not found or encompassed by those in the original application or as acceptably narrowed.  See TMEP
`§1402.06(a)-(b).  The scope of the goods and/or services sets the outer limit for any changes to the identification and is generally determined by
`the ordinary meaning of the wording in the identification.  TMEP §§1402.06(b), 1402.07(a)-(b).  Any acceptable changes to the goods and/or
`services will further limit scope, and once goods and/or services are deleted, they are not permitted to be reinserted.  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/or 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/or 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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`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.
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`§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.  
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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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`/Fong Hsu/
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`Trademark Examining Attorney
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`Law Office 117
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`(571) 272-2001
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`fong.hsu@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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