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`Subject: U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 87278358 - COMFORT ZONE - A_TM1180 - Request for
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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. 87278358
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`MARK: COMFORT ZONE
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`CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
` RAYMOND R MOSER JR
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` MOSER TABOADA
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`APPLICANT: Ansell Limited
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`CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO:
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`CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:
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`REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED
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`ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 3/16/2018
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`The trademark examining attorney has carefully reviewed applicant’s request for reconsideration and is
`denying the request for the reasons stated below. See 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(3); TMEP §§715.03(a)(ii)(B),
`715.04(a). The Trademark act Section 2(d) refusal made final in the Office action dated September 14,
`2017 is maintained and continues to be final. See TMEP §§715.03(a)(ii)(B), 715.04(a). All previous
`arguments and evidence, where applicable, are incorporated by reference herein.
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`In the present case, applicant’s request has not resolved the outstanding issue, nor does it raise a new
`issue or provide any new or compelling evidence with regard to the outstanding issue in the final Office
`action. In addition, applicant’s analysis and arguments are not persuasive nor do they shed new light on
`the issues. Accordingly, the request is denied.
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`In its February 20, 2018 Request for Reconsideration, applicant amended its identification. However, this
`amendment does resolve the Section 2(d) refusal. Applicant contends that its goods “are sold exclusively
`within the personal protective equipment sector.” See Request at 1. Applicant states that this sector is
`“highly regulated by the United State Occupational Safety and Health Administration.” See Request at 2.
`However, the attached article demonstrates that “personal protective equipment” refers to “protective
`clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer’s body from
`injury or infection.” See Wikipedia, attached. There are no limits as to what can be “personal protective
`equipment” except that it must protect the wearer. As such, the attached and previously attached
`evidence of gloves demonstrates that these gloves protect the wearers from injury or infection. See,
`e.g., 5.11, Blauer, Propper, Tact Squad, Galls, Rothco (attached), HW1 Tactical & Duty Designs
`(attached). As such these gloves are “personal protective equipment.” Consequently, applicant’s
`amendment narrowing the sector of use does not resolve the Section 2(d) refusal.
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`Applicant also contends that the goods of applicant and registrant are “very dissimilar.” See Request at
`2. Applicant contends that its gloves are “sold to industrial purchasers seeking to protect employees
`from industrial cuts or abrasive accidents, and are worn exclusively in industrial settings, such as
`factories or construction sites.” See Request at 2. However, this is not what applicant’s identification
`states. Applicant’s amended identification says “Specialized protective work gloves for use within the
`personal protective equipment (PPE) sector; specialized protective gloves for industrial use within the
`personal protective equipment (PPE) sector.” The only mention of “industrial” is in the second clause of
`the identification. Further, the attached evidence demonstrates that entities that provide law
`enforcement uniforms also provide industrial gloves. See e.g., Dickies, 221B Tactical (attached),
`TurtleSkin (attached), Radians (attached), and OccuNomix (attached). As such, this argument is not
`persuasive.
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`Applicant also contends that its purchasers are sophisticated because of the standards imposed by OSHA
`for personal protective equipment. See Request at 2-3. Applicant also argues that its goods “are not
`mass-market items …[t]hese are expensive and sophisticated PPE goods, regulated by the federal
`government through OSHA, that are only marketed to and purchased by manufacturers for use in
`industrial settings.” See Request at 3. However, applicant has not provided evidence of the cost of its
`gloves. Further, applicant’s identification does not refer exclusively to industrial settings or to being
`regulated by OSHA. Therefore, applicant’s attempts to narrow its identification are not persuasive.
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`Even if consumers of the compared goods could be considered sophisticated and discriminating, it is
`settled that “even sophisticated purchasers are not immune from source confusion, especially in cases
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`such as the present one involving identical marks and related goods.” In re i.am.symbolic, llc, 116
`USPQ2d 1406, 1413 (TTAB 2015) (citing In re Research & Trading Corp., 793 F.2d 1276, 1279, 230 USPQ
`49, 50 (Fed. Cir. 1986)), aff’d, 866 F.3d 1315, 123 USPQ2d 1744 (Fed. Cir. 2017); see also In re Shell Oil
`Co., 992 F.2d 1204, 1208, 26 USPQ2d 1687, 1690 (Fed. Cir. 1993). The identity of the marks and the
`relatedness of the goods “outweigh any presumed sophisticated purchasing decision.” In re
`i.am.symbolic, llc, 116 USPQ2d at 1413 (citing HRL Assocs., Inc. v. Weiss Assocs., Inc., 12 USPQ2d 1819,
`1823 (TTAB 1989), aff'd, 902 F.2d 1546, 14 USPQ2d 1840 (Fed. Cir. 1990)); see also Stone Lion Capital
`Partners, LP v. Lion Capital LLP, 746 F.3d 1317, 1325, 110 USPQ2d 1157, 1163-64 (Fed. Cir. 2014).
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`Applicant’s arguments have been considered and found unpersuasive for the reasons set forth above. As
`such, the Trademark Act Section 2(d) refusal is continued and maintained.
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`If applicant has already filed a timely notice of appeal with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the
`Board will be notified to resume the appeal. See TMEP §715.04(a).
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`If no appeal has been filed and time remains in the six-month response period to the final Office action,
`applicant has the remainder of the response period to (1) comply with and/or overcome any
`outstanding final requirement(s) and/or refusal(s), and/or (2) file a notice of appeal to the Board. TMEP
`§715.03(a)(ii)(B); see 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(1)-(3). The filing of a request for reconsideration does not stay
`or extend the time for filing an appeal. 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(3); see TMEP §§715.03, 715.03(a)(ii)(B), (c).
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`Personal protective equipment [FPE] refers to protective clothing, heirnets. pogpiesi or ether garments or equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or
`inreelran, The hazards addressed by prolecllve equipment include physicist electricat, heal, chemicals hidhazards, and aimeme panieuiale matter, Protective equipment may
`tie worn tar jmrrelaled mnupetinrial serety and health purposes, as well as rnr spans and other renreelianel enlivities ‘Pmlectilie clothing" is applied to tredttidnel categories or
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`the purpose at personal protective equipment is t5 reduce employee exposure to hazards when engineering controis and administrative controls are not feasible or attentive to
`reduce Ihese risks it: acceptable levels FF'E IS needed when Ihsre are hazards presenl FPE has Ihe serious Ilm'llalron Ural it does not eliminate Ihs hazard at lire salute and
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`extreme circumstances death. Good Ergonomic design can helD to minimise these barriers and can therefore halo tn ensure sale and heaflhy working conditions through the
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`Practices 01 occupational satetv and health can use hazard controls and interventions lu infiltrate workplace hazards. Wl‘llUl'l lapse a threat tn the Salem and uuallltl at life of
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`Respirators serve to protect the user from breathing Ill contaminants In the air. thus preserving the health of one‘s respiratory tract, There are two
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`users by providing clean. resoireble eir lrom another source This type includes airline respirators and sell-eontained breathing apparatus (SCBA) 1:) in work environments
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`gloves For sports and other reureetionol BllllleleS, many dilierenl gloves are used tor proleollnn, generally against mechanical lreume,
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`means, Most eye inrunes ocour when solid particles such as metal slivers, wood clllps‘ sand or cement chips get into the eye ”1 Smaller
`Danlolee ln srnolces ano larger panleles such as broken glass also account rctr oantouiale mener-caustng eye inlunes uiunt force trauma can
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`lnciusinal noise is otten overlooked as an uoouoallunal hazard as it is not visible to Ihe eve Oil-emit, about 22 million workers in the United states are exposed to potentially damagtng noise levels each yearm
`Dneupattonal hearing loss accounted tor 14% at all occupational illnesses in Zuu‘r erh about 23am] cases significant enough to cause permanent nearing impairment M Aoout £296: or occupational hearing loss
`cases occurred to workers in the manufacturing sector lit The Occupational Safety and Health Administration establishes oocueellonal noise exposure standards "m NlOSH recommends that worker exposures
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`PFE for hearing protection conslsls or earplugs eno earmufls, Workers who are regularly exposed to noise levels above the NIDSH recommendation should be furnished hearing pmleollorl ov the employers as
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`This furm of PFE I5 allflncampasslng and refers In [he varluus Shuts and unrfDrms worn to prmeet Iris! user fmm harm Lab coals wnm by Sclarll‘lsls and ballrshc Vests worn by law
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`Belnw are some examples or ensemotes orpersoriol protective equipment wont together tor 2i spoornc occupation or task to protiioe maximum proteonon torttre user
`. Chainsaw protection (especially a helmet with face guard. hearing prolecliarl, kevlai‘ chaps, anll-vlbtnltan gloves and chainsaw salety boots)
`r Bee-Keepers wear various levels of protection depending on the temperament at their bees and the reaction or me bees to nectar availability At minimum most bee keepers weer
`El orirnrned hot am e veil made or fine mesh netting The next level or protection involves leather gloves wlih lung gountiers one some way at keeping boas tronr crawling up une's
`trouser legs, in extreme cases, specially taoncaleo shirts and lmusers can serve as oarriers to the peer: stingers
`. Diving eoorpment, for underwater owing, constitutes equipment susri as a timing helmet or doing mask, an underwater oreaitorrg apparatus and a dIVrFIg suit
`. Firefighters weer PF'E designed to provide proleclton ageinst files and various tomes and gases F'PE worn by firefighlets include bunker goon self contained oreothrng apparatus
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`market and free movement within the EU single market
`and safety hazards "5’ the directive was adoutsd ori 2i Januarv1989 and came into force on l July 1992. The EuroDearl Commission additionally allowed tor a transition Dariod
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`Article 1 of Directive EQIGSBIEEC defines personal protective equipment as any device oreppliance designed to be worn or held by an individual for protection against one or more
`heaith and salety hazards PPE which lalls urider ths scape cl the Directive lS divided intc three categenes
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