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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85108500 - JETSPIN CYCLONE - 55210/680
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`12/6/11 1:31:34 PM
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`ECOM111@USPTO.GOV
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`Attachment - 1
`Attachment - 2
`Attachment - 3
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`Attachment - 5
`Attachment - 6
`Attachment - 7
`Attachment - 8
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`85108500
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`*85108500*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICATION SERIAL NO.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK: JETSPIN CYCLONE(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)(cid:160)
`(cid:160) (cid:160)
`(cid:160)(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)
`America(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) 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)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`55210/680(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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`MORTON AMSTER(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)
`AMSTER ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`NEW YORK, NY 10016-1301(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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`90 PARK AVE
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(cid:160) Panasonic Corporation of North
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`ptodocket@arelaw.com
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
`TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE
`RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.
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`(cid:160)I
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 12/6/2011
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`The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160) Applicant must respond timely and completely to
`the issue(s) below.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62, 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
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`(cid:160)L
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`ikelihood of Confusion
`Registration of the applied-for mark is refused because of a likelihood of confusion with the mark in U.S. Registration No. 4029309.(cid:160) Trademark
`Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); see TMEP §§1207.01 et seq.(cid:160) See the enclosed registration.
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`he applicant has applied to register JETSPIN CYCLONE and design for, “machinery for building construction, restoration, mold remediation,
`and abatement of asbestos and lead paint, namely, air suction machines.” The registered mark is SYCLONE for, “vacuum cleaners.”
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`(cid:160)T
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`rademark Act Section 2(d) bars registration of an applied-for mark that so resembles a registered mark that it is likely that a potential consumer
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`would be confused or mistaken or deceived as to the source of the goods and/or services of the applicant and registrant.(cid:160) See 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).(cid:160)
`The court in In re E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 476 F.2d 1357, 177 USPQ 563 (C.C.P.A. 1973) listed the principal factors to be considered
`when determining whether there is a likelihood of confusion under Section 2(d).(cid:160) See TMEP §1207.01.(cid:160) However, not all the factors are
`necessarily relevant or of equal weight, and any one factor may be dominant in a given case, depending upon the evidence of record.(cid:160) Citigroup
`Inc. v. Capital City Bank Grp., Inc., 637 F.3d 1344, 1355, 98 USPQ2d 1253, 1260 (Fed. Cir. 2011); In re Majestic Distilling Co., 315 F.3d 1311,
`1315, 65 USPQ2d 1201, 1204 (Fed. Cir. 2003); see In re E. I. du Pont, 476 F.2d at 1361-62, 177 USPQ at 567.
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`(cid:160)I
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`n this case, the following factors are the most relevant:(cid:160) similarity of the marks, similarity of the goods and/or services, and similarity of trade
`channels of the goods and/or services.(cid:160) See In re Dakin’s Miniatures Inc. , 59 USPQ2d 1593 (TTAB 1999); TMEP §§1207.01 et seq.
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`(cid:160)C
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`OMPARISON OF THE MARKS
`In a likelihood of confusion determination, the marks are compared for similarities in their appearance, sound, meaning or connotation, and
`commercial impression.(cid:160) In re E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 476 F.2d 1357, 1361, 177 USPQ 563, 567 (C.C.P.A. 1973); TMEP §1207.01(b)-
`(b)(v).(cid:160) Similarity in any one of these elements may be sufficient to find the marks confusingly similar.(cid:160) In re White Swan Ltd., 8 USPQ2d 1534,
`1535 (TTAB 1988); see In re 1st USA Realty Prof’ls, Inc. , 84 USPQ2d 1581, 1586 (TTAB 2007); TMEP §1207.01(b).
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`(cid:160)I
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`n the present case, applicant’s mark JETSPIN CYCLONE is similar to the registered mark SYCLONE in sound and appearance because of the
`common use of the word CYCLONE in both marks. Although SYCLONE is spelled differently in the registrant’s mark, it is the phonetic
`equivalent of the correct spelling of CYCLONE in the applicant’s mark, and therefore sounds the same when spoken. As such, the addition of
`the word JETSPIN to the applicant’s mark is not enough to lessen the likelihood of confusion in this case. CYCLONE (SYCLONE) is what
`consumers will recall when remembering both of the marks. As such, a likelihood of confusion exists in this case.
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`(cid:160)C
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`OMPARISON OF THE GOODS
`The goods and/or services of the parties need not be identical or directly competitive to find a likelihood of confusion.(cid:160) See Safety-Kleen Corp. v.
`Dresser Indus., Inc., 518 F.2d 1399, 1404, 186 USPQ 476, 480 (C.C.P.A. 1975); TMEP §1207.01(a)(i).(cid:160) Rather, it is sufficient to show that
`because of the conditions surrounding their marketing, or because they are otherwise related in some manner, the goods and/or services would be
`encountered by the same consumers under circumstances such that offering the goods and/or services under confusingly similar marks would
`lead to the mistaken belief that they come from, or are in some way associated with, the same source.(cid:160) In re Iolo Techs., LLC, 95 USPQ2d 1498,
`1499 (TTAB 2010); see In re Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc. , 748 F.2d 1565, 1566-68, 223 USPQ 1289, 1290 (Fed. Cir. 1984); TMEP
`§1207.01(a)(i).
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`pplicant’s “machinery for building construction, restoration, mold remediation, and abatement of asbestos and lead paint, namely, air suction
`machines” is related to the registrant’s “vacuum cleaners” because both air suction machines and vacuum cleaners are machines that use air,
`and the process of(cid:160) drawing in or sucking air to clean. As such, the goods would be used by the same class of purchasers and encountered under
`circumstances leading one to mistakenly believe the goods originate from the same source.
`The trademark examining attorney has attached evidence from the USPTO’s X-Search database consisting of a number of third-party marks
`registered for use in connection with the same or similar goods and/or services as those of both applicant and registrant in this case.(cid:160) This
`evidence shows that the goods and/or services listed therein, namely “machinery for building construction, restoration, mold remediation, and
`abatement of asbestos and lead paint, namely, air suction machines” and “vacuum cleaners,” are of a kind that may emanate from a single
`source under a single mark.(cid:160) See In re Davey Prods. Pty Ltd., 92 USPQ2d 1198, 1203 (TTAB 2009); In re Albert Trostel & Sons Co., 29 USPQ2d
`1783, 1785-86 (TTAB 1993); In re Mucky Duck Mustard Co., 6 USPQ2d 1467, 1470 n.6 (TTAB 1988); TMEP §1207.01(d)(iii).
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`(cid:160)S
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`ince the marks are similar and the goods are related, there is a likelihood of confusion as to the source of the applicant’s goods. Therefore,
`applicant’s mark is not entitled to registration.
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`lthough applicant’s mark has been refused registration, applicant may respond to the refusal(s) by submitting evidence and arguments in
`support of registration.
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`/Inga Ervin/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`United States Patent & Trademark Office
`Law Office 111
`571 272-9379
`Inga.Ervin@uspto.gov
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`O RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: (cid:160) Go to http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. (cid:160) Please wait 48-72 hours from the
`issue/mailing date before using TEAS, to allow for necessary system updates of the application.(cid:160) For technical assistance with online forms, e-
`mail TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160) For(cid:160)questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney.(cid:160)(cid:160) 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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`(cid:160)(cid:160)
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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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`(cid:160)W
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`HO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:(cid:160) It must be personally signed by(cid:160)an individual applicant or(cid:160)someone with legal authority to bind an
`applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants).(cid:160)(cid:160)If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
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`response.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: (cid:160) To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official
`notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) at
`http://tarr.uspto.gov/. (cid:160) Please keep a copy of the complete TARR screen. (cid:160) If TARR shows no change for more than six months, call
`1-800-786-9199. (cid:160) For more information on checking status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.
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`O UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160) Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageE.htm.
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Print: Dec 5, 2011
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`?7119535
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`DESIGN MARK
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`Serial Number
`T?ll9535
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`Status
`REGISTERED
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`Word Mark
`HARDING
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`Standard Character Mark
`Yes
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`Registration NI.II"I'IhBf
`3384229
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`Date Registered
`2008fO2fl9
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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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`U'WI1Bf
`HPI Inc. CORPORATION NEW YORK 77? South Street PO Box 2310 Newburgh
`NEW YORK 12550
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`Goodslse-wines
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
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`IC 003.
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`US
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`O01 O04 O06 O50 O51 052.
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`G & S:
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`Floor finish stripper; All purpose cleaner; Floor cleaning
`preparations for use with floor scrubbing machines; Carpet shampoo;
`Floor finish for vinyl tile, vinyl asbestos, asphalt tile,
`linoleum,
`rubber tile, terrazzo and quarry tile; Carpet rinse; Carpet extraction
`cleaning preparation; Dust mop treatment cleaning preparation; Liquid
`hand soap. First Use:
`l993fOlfZT. First Use In Commerce: 1993fOl!2?.
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`Goodsfservices
`O13 O19 O21 O23 O31 O34 035.
`US
`IC 00?.
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
`& S: Carpet extraction devices, accessories and supplies, namely,
`carpet cleaning machines and structural parts therefor; Vacuum
`cleaners; Central vacuum cleaning systems comprising blowers, cleaning
`nozzles, and hoses sold as a unit; Disposable vacuum cleaners; Vacuum
`cleaner filters; Floor buffers; Power operated floor burnisners;
`Carpet cleaning machines; Steam and vacuum cleaning machines; Floor
`grinding machines; Multi—purpose high pressure washers; Floor
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`?7119535
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`road sweepers;
`scrubbing machines; Floor sweeping devices, namely,
`Street sweepers; Floor drying machines; Air mover, namely, air suction
`machines; Carpet drying machines; Floor edge grinding machines; Floor
`polishing machines; Power operated abrasive tools for surface cutting,
`grinding and polishing, namely, power operated grinders and polishers;
`Dust filtration devices, namely, air filters for mechanical purposes,
`filters for floor care, and vacuum cleaner machines. First Use:
`l993fOlf2?. First Use In Commerce: 1993301/2?.
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`Guudsiserviues
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
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`IC 005.
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`US
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`O06 O18 O44 O46 O51 052.
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`G & 8:
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`Carpet deodorizer; and odor neutralizers. First Use:
`First Use In Commerce:
`l993fOlf27.
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`l993fOlf2?.
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`Goodslservices
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
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`IC 008.
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`US
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`O23 O28 044.
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`G & S: Abrasive
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`tools for surface cutting, grinding and polishing, namely, hand
`operated saws, manually operated grinding wheels. First Use:
`l993fOlf27. First Use In Commerce: 1993101/2?.
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`Goodsiservices
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
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`IC 011.
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`US
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`O13 O21 O23 O31 034.
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`G & S:
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`Water filtration devices, namely, water treatment equipment, namely,
`cartridge filtration units and reverse osmosis filtration units and
`filters made of fiber for water filtration; Air filters for domestic
`USE and fOI‘ commercial installations and industrial air filter
`machines. First Use:
`l993fOlf2?. First Use In Commerce:
`l993{Ol{2?.
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`Goodaiservices
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
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`Ic 021.
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`US
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`002 013 023 029 030 033 040 050.
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`G & S: Non-electric carpet sweepers and Floor brushes. First Use:
`l993fOlf2T. First Use In Commerce:
`l993fOl!2T.
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`Section 2|‘ Statement
`2 [F] ENTIRE MARK
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`Filing Date
`20o7x03x01
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`Examining Attnmey
`COLEMAN, CIMERIAN
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`Print: Dec 5, 2011
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`??2-I-T681
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`DESIGN MARK
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`Serial Number
`11241681
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`Status
`REGISTERED
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`Word Marl:
`STEEL CITY
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`Standard Character Mark
`Yes
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`Registration NI.II"I'IhBf
`3455963
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`Date Registered
`2008fO6f24
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`Type of Mark
`TRADEMARK
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`Register
`SUPPLEMENTAL
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`Mark Drawing Code
`[4]
`STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
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`U'WI1Bf
`Steel City Tool Works, LLC LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY PENNSYLVANIA E‘.O.
`Box 10529 Murfreesboro TENNESSEE 31129
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`Goodslse-wines
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
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`IC 001.
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`US
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`O13 O19 O21 O23 O31 O34 035.
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`G
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`& S: Power—operated table saws, power—operated band saws,
`thickness
`power-operated jointers and wood joining machines, namely,
`planers, wood planing machines, 15-inch and 20-inch electric planers,
`power—operated planers, power operated planer—jointers, drill presses
`with 11-inch swing and grinders with 8 inch and l0 inch diameter
`wheels, namely, pcwer—-operated grinding wheels, power—operatecl tools
`in the nature of grinders and mortisers, namely, wood-working machines
`in the nature of hollow chisel mortisers: dust collectors, namely,
`vacuum cleaners for industrial wood—working chip removal purposes,
`dust collectors as structural parts of wood-working machines and other
`dust producing power tools, power-operated lathes, shapers, namely,
`wood—working machines in the nature of spindle shapers, wood—working
`machines in the nature of wood turning lathes, abrasive machines,
`namely, oscillating spindle sanders, oscillating edge sanders, powered
`dual drum sanders, nonclamping accessories for use with wood-working
`machinery, namely, carbide tipped saw blades for use with
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`??2-I-T681
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`power—operated table saws, power saw blades, air suction machines in
`the nature of dust and chip extractors specifically designed for
`wood-working machines. First Use: 2UD6fD8{3l. First Use In Commerce:
`EOOEHOBHB1.
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`Gnndsiservices
`Class Status -- ACTIVE.
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`IC 009.
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`US
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`O21 O23 O26 O36 038.
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`G & S:
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`Ncn—clamping accessories for use with wocd—wcrking machinery, namely,
`laser devices for projecting a visible line on a work piece to be
`drilled by a drill press. First Use: 200fifU8f3l. First Use In
`Commerce: 2006fO8f31.
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`Goodeiservices
`Class Status -- HCTIVE.
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`IC 011.
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`US
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`O13 O21 O23 O31 034.
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`G & 8:
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`Dust collectors and air cleaners, namely, ambient air cleaning units,
`air filtering installations, air purifying apparatus and machines, air
`filters for industrial applications. First Use: 2006HO8H3l. First
`Use In Commerce: 2006HO8f3l.
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`Filing Date
`ZOUTHOBHUE
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`Amended Register Date
`ZOOBXOEXIS
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`Examining Attorney
`TANNER, MICHAEL
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`Attorney of Record
`Debra M. Parrish
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`STEEL CITY
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`Print: Dec 5, 2011
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`85273255
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`DESIGN MARK
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`Serial Number
`85273255
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`Status
`REGISTERED
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`Word Marl:
`CADILLAC
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`Standard Character Mark
`Yes
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`Registration NI.II"I'IhBf
`4041987
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`Date Registered
`20llflOfl8
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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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`U'WI1Bf
`Clements National Company CORPORATION ILLINOIS 2150 West Parkes Dr
`Broadview ILLINOIS 60155
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`Goodslse-wines
`Class Status —— ACTIVE.
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`IC 007.
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`US
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`O13 O19 O21 O23 O31 O34 035.
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`G
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`& 8: Air suction machines; Conveying system equipment, namely,
`blowers: Electric vacuum cleaners: Electric vacuum cleaners and their
`components; Vacuum cleaners for industrial purposes. First Use:
`i9ilfO6fOl. First Use In Commerce:
`l9llfO6!Oi.
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`Flllng Date
`2oI1xo3x22
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`Examining Attorney
`POWERS ,
`JESSICA A.
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`Attorney of Record
`Dennis A. Gross
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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent:
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`Sent As:
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`Attachments:
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`Panasonic Corporation of North America (ptodocket@arelaw.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 85108500 - JETSPIN CYCLONE - 55210/680
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`12/6/11 1:31:35 PM
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`ECOM111@USPTO.GOV
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR
`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 12/6/2011 FOR
`SERIAL NO. 85108500
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`lease follow the instructions below to continue the prosecution of your application:
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`(cid:160)P
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`TO READ OFFICE ACTION: Click on this link or go to http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow and enter the application serial
`number to access the Office action.
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`(cid:160)P
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`LEASE NOTE: The Office action may not be immediately available but will be viewable within 24 hours of this e-mail notification.
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`(cid:160)R
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`ESPONSE(cid:160)IS REQUIRED: You should carefully review the Office action to determine (1) how to respond; and (2) the applicable response
`time period. Your response deadline will be calculated from 12/6/2011 (or sooner if specified in the office action).
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`(cid:160)D
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`o NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise attempt to e-mail your response, as the USPTO does NOT accept e-mailed
`responses.(cid:160) Instead, the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System Response
`Form.
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`(cid:160)H
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`ELP: For technical assistance in accessing the Office action, please e-mail
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`TDR@uspto.gov.(cid:160) Please contact the assigned examining attorney with questions about the Office action.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) WARNING
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`ailure to file the required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your
`application.
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