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`Cellex-C International Inc. (dsilverman@crblaw.com)
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`TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78386908 - CELLEX-C - N/A
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`9/28/04 9:58:11 PM
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`ECOM105@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO: 78/386908
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`(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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`Cellex-C International Inc.
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`*78386908*
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`2900 Crystal Drive
`Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) David M. Silverman, Esq.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Cole, Raywid & Braverman, L.L.P.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Suite 200
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) 1919 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) Washington, DC 20006
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`(cid:160) (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) dsilverman@crblaw.com
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`Please provide in all correspondence:
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`.(cid:160) Filing date, serial number, mark and
`applicant's name.
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`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 ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Serial Number(cid:160) 78/386908
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`The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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`NO LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION
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`he examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under
`Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d).(cid:160) TMEP section 704.01.
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`AMENDED IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED
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`he identification of goods is too broad because it could include items classified in other classes.(cid:160)(cid:160) For instance, non-medicated skin care
`preparations are classified in International Class 3.(cid:160) However, medicated skin care preparations are classified in International Class 5.(cid:160) The
`applicant must amend the identification to list each item by its common commercial name.(cid:160) TMEP §§1401.04(b), 1402.01 and 1402.03.
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`he applicant may adopt the following identification of goods in International Class 3, if accurate:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`Non-medicated skin care preparations for topical application to the skin.
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`Please note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted.(cid:160) 37
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`C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.(cid:160) Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods that are not within the scope of goods set forth
`in the present identification.
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`EQUIREMENTS FOR A COMBINED APPLICATION
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`f the applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple‑class,application based on use in commerce under Trademark Act Section
`1(a), 15 U.S.C. §1051(a), the applicant must comply with each of the following:
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`(1)(cid:160) The applicant must specifically identify the goods in each class and list the goods by international class with the classes listed in
`ascending numerical order.(cid:160) TMEP §1403.01.
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`2)(cid:160) The applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods/services not covered by the fee already paid.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R.
`§§2.6(a)(1) and 2.86(b); TMEP §§810.01 and 1403.01.(cid:160) The fee for filing a trademark application is $335 for each class.
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`3)(cid:160) The applicant must submit:(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`(a) dates of first use and first use in commerce and one specimen for each class that includes goods or services based on use in
`commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(a).(cid:160) The dates of use must be at least as early as the filing date of this application, 37
`C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(1) and 2.86(a), and the specimen(s) must have been in use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of the
`application, and/or
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`b) a statement of a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with all the goods or services specified in
`each class that includes goods or services based on a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act
`Section 1(b), where such statement was not included for the goods or services in the original application.
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`4)(cid:160) The applicant must submit an affidavit or a declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20 signed by the applicant to verify (3) above.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R.
`§§2.59(a) and 2.71(c).
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`STANDARD CHARACTER CLAIM MUST BE DELETED
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`pplicant has submitted a special form drawing and must delete the standard character claim from the application. (cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b).(cid:160) An
`applicant can make a standard character claim only if the mark on the drawing is presented without any claim to a particular font style, size or
`color.(cid:160) In the present case, the standard character claim is inappropriate because the drawing is presented in a stylized form and includes a design
`feature.
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`n a standard character drawing, the mark on the drawing consists of only words, letters or numbers, but does not include any designs or claims
`as to particular font style, size, or color.(cid:160) A registration for a mark using a standard character drawing affords protection not only for the standard
`character version of the mark, but for any possible renderings of the mark, as long as those renderings do not contain any design elements; i.e., a
`registered standard character drawing of the mark gives protection for display on the specimens in any lettering style.(cid:160) A special-form drawing,
`on the other hand, shows the mark in stylized letters and/or with a design element and provides protection for only that specific rendering.(cid:160) 37
`C.F.R. §2.52; Exam Guide 01-03, section I; See TMEP §§807.06 et seq. and TMEP §807.07 et seq.
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`RESPONSE GUIDELINES
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`o set form is required for response to this Office action.(cid:160) The applicant must respond to each point raised.(cid:160) The applicant should simply set
`forth the required changes or statements and request that the Office enter them.(cid:160) The applicant must sign the response.(cid:160) In addition to the
`identifying information required at the beginning of this letter, the applicant should provide a telephone number to speed up further processing.
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`f the applicant’s has questions regarding the status of the application, the Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) database
`on the USPTO website at http://tarr.uspto.gov provides detailed, up to the minute information about the status and prosecution history of
`trademark applications and registrations.(cid:160) Please note that an application serial number or registration number is needed to be able to access this
`database.(cid:160) TARR is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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`f the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
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`OTICE:(cid:160) TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER(cid:160) 2004
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`he Trademark Operation is relocating to Alexandria, Virginia, in October and November 2004.(cid:160) Effective October 4, 2004, all Trademark-
`related paper mail (except documents sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, certain documents filed under the Madrid
`Protocol, and requests for copies of trademark documents) must be sent to:
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`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA(cid:160) 22313-1451
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`pplicants, registration owners, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the
`Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), at www.uspto.gov.
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`/Verna Beth Ririe/
`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 105
`(703) 308-9105 ext. 176
`(703) 872-9825 (office fax)
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`How to respond to this Office Action:
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`ou may respond using the Office's Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) (visit http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html and follow
`the instructions therein), but you must wait until at least 72 hours after receipt of the e-mailed office action. PLEASE NOTE:(cid:160) For those with
`applications filed pursuant to Section 66(a) of the Trademark Act, all responses to Office actions that include amendments to the identifications
`of goods and/or services must be filed on paper, using regular mail (or hand delivery) to submit such response. TEAS cannot be used under these
`circumstances. If the response does not include an amendment to the goods and/or services, then TEAS can be used to respond to the Office
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`o 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 INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING
`ATTORNEY.
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`Change in USPTO Trademark Contact Information:
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`y Law Office will move on October 28, 2004.(cid:160) To reach me by phone after that date call (571) 272-9310.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`To submit a fax response to this Office action after that date, send your response to the Law Office fax number, namely (571) 273-9105.
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