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`Panasonic Corporation (HLUSDocketing@hoganlovells.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 87811777 - SOCKETS - N/A
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`1/16/2019 9:57:45 AM
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`ECOM116@USPTO.GOV
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`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.   87811777
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`MARK: SOCKETS
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`      JAMES R. CADY
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`      HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
`         3 EMBARCADERO CENTER,
`SUITE 1500
`         SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111
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`APPLICANT: Panasonic
`Corporation
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`*87811777*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND
`TO THIS LETTER:
`http://teasroa.uspto.gov/rsi/rsi
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`VIEW YOUR APPLICATION
`FILE
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`REFERENCE/DOCKET NO:      
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`CORRESPONDENT’S
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`CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL
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`ADDRESS:     
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`HLUSDocketing@hoganlovells.com
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`SUSPENSION INQUIRY:  RESPONSE REQUIRED
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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.   A RESPONSE
`TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE TRADEMARK ELECTRONIC APPLICATION SYSTEM (TEAS) MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE
`MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME OF THE LAST DAY OF THE RESPONSE PERIOD.
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`ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 1/16/2019
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`FOREIGN REGISTRATION:  The trademark examining attorney previously suspended action on this application pending receipt of a true
`copy, a photocopy, a certification, or a certified copy of a foreign registration from applicant’s country of origin or proof of renewal of the
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`foreign registration.        Applicant must specify the status of the relevant foreign application or registration renewal.  TMEP §§716.02(b), 716.05, 1003.04(c); see 15
`U.S.C. §1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii)-(iii).        Applicant must respond to this inquiry to avoid abandonment and may do so by (1) stating that the foreign application or renewal is still
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`pending or (2) submitting a true copy, a photocopy, a certification, or a certified copy of the foreign registration or renewal document. 
`TMEP §§716.05, 1003.04(c), 1004.01(a).  If the foreign registration or renewal document is not in English, applicant must provide an
`English translation.  37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii)-(iii); TMEP §1004.01(b).
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`TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL
`REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE:  Applicants who filed their application
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`online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to
`Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address;
`and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b),
`2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820.  TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of
`$125 per class of goods and/or services.  37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04.  However, in certain situations,
`TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone or e-mail without
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`incurring this additional fee.    
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`ADVISORY REGARDING DISCLAIMER
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`The application includes a disclaimer of the following matter in the applied-for mark:  “SOCKETS.”   An applicant may voluntarily disclaim
`matter in a mark regardless of whether the matter is registrable.  TMEP §1213.01(c); see 15 U.S.C. §1056(a).  However, a disclaimer of this
`matter is not required because the wording “SOCKETS” is unitary with the Greek letter mu.
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`Therefore, applicant may request to withdraw this disclaimer from the application.  If applicant does not expressly request its withdrawal, the
`disclaimer will remain in the application and will be printed on the registration certificate.
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`/Kristina Morris/
`Examining Attorney
`Law Office 116
`571-272-5895
`kristina.morris@uspto.gov (informal queries only)
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`TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:   Go to http://teasroa.uspto.gov/rsi/rsi.  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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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent:
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`Attachments:
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`Panasonic Corporation (HLUSDocketing@hoganlovells.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 87811777 - SOCKETS - N/A
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`1/16/2019 9:57:46 AM
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`ECOM116@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR
`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`USPTO OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) HAS ISSUED
`ON 1/16/2019 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 87811777
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`Please follow the instructions below:
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`(1)  TO READ THE LETTER:  Click on this link or go to http://tsdr.uspto.gov, enter the U.S. application serial number, and click on
`“Documents.”
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`The Office action may not be immediately viewable, to allow for necessary system updates of the application, but will be available within 24
`hours of this e-mail notification.
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`(2)  TIMELY RESPONSE IS REQUIRED:  Please 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 1/16/2019 (or sooner if specified in the Office action).  A response
`transmitted through the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) must be received before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the
`response period.   For information regarding response time periods, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/responsetime.jsp.
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`Do NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise e-mail your response because the USPTO does NOT accept e-mails as
`responses to Office actions. 
`Instead,
`the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the TEAS response form located at
`http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp.
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`(3)  QUESTIONS:  For questions about the contents of the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney.  For
`technical assistance in accessing or viewing the Office action in the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system, please e-mail
`TSDR@uspto.gov.
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`WARNING
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`Failure to file the required response by the applicable response deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your application.  For
`more information regarding abandonment, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/basics/abandon.jsp.
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`PRIVATE COMPANY SOLICITATIONS REGARDING YOUR APPLICATION:  Private companies not associated with the USPTO are
`using information provided in trademark applications to mail or e-mail trademark-related solicitations.  These companies often use names that
`closely resemble the USPTO and their solicitations may look like an official government document.  Many solicitations require that you pay
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`“fees.”   
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`Please carefully review all correspondence you receive regarding this application to make sure that you are responding to an official document
`from the USPTO rather than a private company solicitation.  All official USPTO correspondence will be mailed only from the “United States
`Patent and Trademark Office” in Alexandria, VA; or sent by e-mail from the domain “@uspto.gov.”   For more information on how to handle
`private company solicitations, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/solicitation_warnings.jsp.
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