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`RIND SNACKS, INC. (docket@nutter.com)
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`U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88286869 - RIND SNACKS - 119397-3
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`May 29, 2020 11:11:28 AM
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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.
`88286869
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`Mark:   RIND
`SNACKS
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`Correspondence
`Address: 
`PATRICK J
`CONCANNON
`NUTTER
`MCCLENNEN &
`FISH LLP
`155 SEAPORT
`BOULEVARD 
`SEAPORT WEST
`BOSTON, MA
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`Applicant:  
`RIND SNACKS,
`INC.
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`Reference/Docket
`No. 119397-3
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`Correspondence
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`Email Address:  
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`docket@nutter.com
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`SUBSEQUENT FINAL OFFICE ACTION
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`Issue date:  May 29, 2020
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`This FINAL Office action is responsive to applicant’s correspondence of April 20, 2020.
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`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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`SUMMARY OF ISSUES
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`The Section 2(e)(1) refusal, which was issued in the first Office action, is now re-issued and is made final.
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`The previous-issued specimen-based refusal is now moot in light of applicant’s amendment of the filing basis.
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`SECTION 2(e)(1) REFUSAL - MERELY DESCRIPTIVE
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`Registration was initially refused under Section 2(e)(1) because the applied-for mark merely describes a primary feature or ingredient of
`applicant’s goods.   In response, applicant amended the application to seek registration on the Supplemental Register, which resulted in
`withdrawal of the “merely descriptive” refusal.   Applicant subsequently amended the application again, to seek registration on the Principal
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`Register.  Accordingly, the Section 2(e)(1) refusal is now re-issued, and is made final.  
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`As previously noted, a mark is merely descriptive if it describes an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose, or use of an
`applicant’s goods and/or services.   TMEP §1209.01(b); see, e.g., DuoProSS Meditech Corp. v. Inviro Med. Devices, Ltd., 695 F.3d 1247, 1251,
`103 USPQ2d 1753, 1755 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (quoting In re Oppedahl & Larson LLP, 373 F.3d 1171, 1173, 71 USPQ2d 1370, 1371 (Fed. Cir.
`2004)); In re Steelbuilding.com, 415 F.3d 1293, 1297, 75 USPQ2d 1420, 1421 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (citing Estate of P.D. Beckwith, Inc. v. Comm’r
`of Patents, 252 U.S. 538, 543 (1920)).
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`Applicant seeks registration of the mark “RIND SNACKS” for   “ Dried fruit-based snacks; Snack mix consisting primarily of processed nuts,
`and also including dried fruit; Snack mix consisting primarily of processed nuts, seeds, dried fruit and also including chocolate; Nut- and dried
`fruit- based snack bars.”
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` “rind” is “a usually hard or tough outer layer,” and is synonymous with “peel.”   “Snack” means “a light meal,” “food eaten between
`regular meals” OR “food suitable for snacking.”   See previously-attached dictionary definitions.
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`Applicant’s goods, as identified, consist of “snacks.”   Furthermore, the goods contain, or feature, fruit rinds.  See attached evidence from
`rindsnacks.com.  Thus, the applied-for mark – RIND SNACKS – directly and unambiguously describes a feature or ingredient of the identified
`goods.
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`Applicant argues the term “RIND” has multiple possible meanings, and thus has multiple non-descriptive connotations in the mark.   However, d
`escriptiveness is considered in relation to the relevant goods and/or services.  DuoProSS Meditech Corp. v. Inviro Med. Devices, Ltd., 695 F.3d
`1247, 1254, 103 USPQ2d 1753, 1757 (Fed. Cir. 2012).  “That a term may have other meanings in different contexts is not controlling.”
`Robinson v. Hot Grabba Leaf, LLC, 2019 USPQ2d 149089, at *5 (TTAB 2019) (citing In re Canine Caviar Pet Foods, Inc., 126 USPQ2d 1590,
`1598 (TTAB 2018)); TMEP §1209.03(e).  “It is well settled that so long as any one of the meanings of a term is descriptive, the term may be
`considered to be merely descriptive.”   In re Mueller Sports Med., Inc., 126 USPQ2d 1584, 1590 (TTAB 2018) (quoting In re Chopper Indus.,
`222 USPQ 258, 259 (TTAB 1984)).
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`Similarly, applicant contends that rinds are normally considered inedible or undesirable as food items, and thus the term is incongruous with the
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`identified goods and should not be subject to a “merely descriptive” refusal.   
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`However, this argument is belied by applicant’s own promotional materials, which tout the health and environmental benefits of fruit snacks
`containing rinds.  See attached evidence from rindsnacks.com.  Furthermore, there exists a variety of foods consisting of, or containing, rinds. 
`See attached evidence from the following sources:
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`-        https://www.rindsnacks.com/    AND  https://www.rindsnacks.com/pages/peel-power (Applicant’s own website, touting the
`“vitamins, antioxidants, and fiber … found in the rind” of its snacks.
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`-        https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/dont-compost-those-citrus-peels-turn-them-into-tasty-snacks/  (Article
`describing a recipe for preserved citrus peels made “from the rinds of oranges, lemons and grapefruit”)
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`-        https://www.mountainfeed.com/blogs/learn/116942855-candied-citrus-rind-recipe    (recipe for candied citrus rind snacks)
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`-        https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/watermelon-rind-pickles/print/
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`The examiner notes that the various goods depicted in the evidence referenced above are encompassed by one or more items in the applicant’s
`broadly-recited identification of goods.  In addition, the evidence generally shows that consumers may be familiar with the use of rinds as an
`ingredient in food recipes.
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`In sum, the evidence in the record amply demonstrates that the applied-for mark actually describes a feature or ingredient of the applicant’s
`goods.  Furthermore, the descriptive significance is direct and unambiguous, and would be understood by prospective purchasers encountering
`the mark as it is used on or in connection with such goods.  Further still, processed edible fruit rinds are not novel as a food product or ingredient,
`and the mark itself does not create a double entendre, and does not create multiple simultaneous connotations.  As such the mark does not create
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`an incongruity or similar non-descriptive meaning that would justify withdrawal of the present refusal.     
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`Accordingly, the Section 2(e)(1) refusal must be maintained and is now made final.
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`How to respond.   Click to file a request for reconsideration of this final Office action that fully resolves all outstanding requirements and
`refusals and/or click to file a timely appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) with the required filing fee(s).
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`If the applicant has filed an appeal with the TTAB: The appeal will be resumed. When proceedings with respect to the appeal are resumed, the
`Board will take further appropriate action with regard to any additional ground of refusal.  See Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of
`Procedure (TBMP)  §1209.01.
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`/Lief Martin/
`Examining Attorney
`Law Office 112
`571-272-3434
`lief.martin@uspto.gov
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`Missing the response deadline to this letter will cause the application to abandon.   A response or notice of appeal must be received by
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`Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted and can cause the application to abandon.  If applicant does not have an
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`6. Drain rind, and spread on a baking sheet or screen to dry. (Save syrup in
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`YIELD: 4 puns,
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`ingredients
`3 cups sliced peeled wanennelun rind (2x1ein pieDes)
`6 cups water
`1 cup canning salt
`4 cups sugar
`2 cups while vinegar
`6 cinnamun sticks (3 inches), dunded
`1 laspuon whole cloves
`1 teaspoon whole peppercorns
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`Directions
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`uvemlghl Rinse and dram well
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