To:
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`Subject:
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`Sent:
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`Apple Computer, Inc. (laperle@apple.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78146716 - N/A
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`2/7/03 4:56:21 PM
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`Sent As:
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`ECom103
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`Attachments:
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO: 78/146716
`(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)(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)
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`(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 ADDRESS:
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`Apple Computer, Inc.
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`2900 Crystal Drive
`Arlington, VA 22202-3513
`ecom103@uspto.gov
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Thomas R. La Perle
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Apple Computer, Inc.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 1 Infinite Loop MS: 3TM
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Cupertino CA 95014
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK:(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) N/A
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) laperle@apple.com
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`Please provide in all correspondence:
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`.(cid:160) Filing date, serial number, mark
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`applicant's name.
`2.(cid:160) Date of this Office Action.
`3.(cid:160) Examining Attorney's name and
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Law Office number.
`4. Your telephone number and e-
`mail address.
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`O AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Serial Number(cid:160) 78/146716
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`his letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on January 23, 2003.
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`he applicant’s amended recitation of services has been made of record and is acceptable with the
`following exceptions.
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`he applicant must clarify the recitation of services by inserting the wording “computer consultation,
`namely” before the wording “analyzing data to detect, eradicate, and prevent the occurrence of computer
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`viruses.” (cid:160) TMEP §1402.11.
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`he applicant must clarify the recitation of services by inserting the wording “computer consultation,
`namely” before the wording “services relating to the protection of computer hardware, computer software
`computer networks and computer systems against computer viruses, attacks or failures.” (cid:160) TMEP
`§1402.11.
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`he applicant must clarify the recitation of services by inserting the wording “computer consultation,
`namely” before the wording “services for optimizing the performance and functionality of computer
`software and communications networks.” (cid:160) TMEP §1402.11
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`he applicant has classified “association services” in International Class 42.(cid:160) As noted in the first Office
`action, the correct classification as of January 1, 2002 is International Class 35.(cid:160) The applicant must either
`delete those services or add International Class 35 to the application.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7) and 2.85;
`TMEP §1401.04(b).
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`lease note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the
`identification are not permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.(cid:160) Therefore, the applicant may not
`amend to include any services that are not within the scope of the services recited in the present
`identification.
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`f the applicant wishes to add International Class 35 to this application, the applicant is referred to the
`previous Office action for the requirements for a combined application.
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`he requirement for an acceptable recitation of services is maintained and made FINAL.
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`lease note that the only appropriate responses to a final action are either (1) compliance with the
`outstanding requirements, if feasible, or (2) filing of an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.(cid:160)
`37 C.F.R. §2.64(a).(cid:160) If the applicant fails to respond within six months of the mailing date of this refusal,
`this Office will declare the application abandoned.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).
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`/James A. Rauen/
`Trademark Examining Attorney
`Law Office 103
`(703) 308-9103 ext. 157
`Fax (703) 746-6297
`ecom103@uspto.gov
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`How to respond to this Office Action:
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`o respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.
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`o respond formally via E-mail, visit http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/tmelecresp.htm and
`follow the instructions.
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`To respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed
`above and include the serial number, law office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner
`of each page of your response.
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`o check the status of your application at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and
`Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov/
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`or general and other useful information about trademarks, you are encouraged to visit the Office’s web
`site at http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
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`OR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE
`ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.
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`Fee increase effective January 1, 2003
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`Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing an application for trademark registration will be increased to
`$335.00 per International Class.(cid:160) The USPTO will not accord a filing date to applications that are filed on
`or after that date that are not accompanied by a minimum of $335.00.(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`the fee for amending an existing application to add an additional class or classes of
`Additionally,
`goods/services will be $335.00 per class for classes added on or after January 1, 2003.
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