UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`78/837882
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) SERIAL NO:(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) APPLICANT:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`The Coca-Cola Company
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`(cid:160) DOLORES A. MORO
`(cid:160) THE COCA-COLA COMPANY
`(cid:160) ONE COCA-COLA PLAZA
`(cid:160) ATLANTA, GA 30313
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`DIET COKE PLUS
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO :(cid:160) 12600.104088
`(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)
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`*78837882*
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`RETURN ADDRESS:(cid:160)
`Commissioner for Trademarks
`P.O. Box 1451
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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`If no fees are enclosed, the address should include the
`words "Box Responses - No Fee."
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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.(cid:160) Your telephone number and e-mail
`address.
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`Serial Number(cid:160)(cid:160) 78/837882(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)
`NOTICE OF SUSPENSION
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`SUSPENSION PROCEDURE:(cid:160) This suspension notice serves to suspend action on the application for the reason(s) specified below.(cid:160) No
`response is needed.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.67.(cid:160) However, the examining attorney will conduct periodic status checks and may issue inquiries at 6 month
`intervals from the mailing date of this notice.(cid:160) TMEP §716.05.(cid:160) If a status inquiry Office action issues, applicant will have 6 months from the
`mailing or e-mailing date of the status inquiry to respond.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.62.
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`AILING/E-MAILING DATE INFORMATION:(cid:160)
`If the mailing or e-mailing date of this Office action does not appear above, this
`information can be obtained by visiting the USPTO website at http://tarr.uspto.gov/, inserting the application serial number, and viewing the
`prosecution history for the mailing date of the most recently issued Office communication.
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`his Action responds to the applicant’s correspondence filed May 16, 2006, in this Office.
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`he claim of prior registrations and disclaimer are entered.
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`uspension
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`he applicant amended the basis to add §44(d).(cid:160) Therefore, action on this application is suspended pending receipt of a true copy, a photocopy, a
`certification, or a certified copy of a foreign registration from applicant's country of origin.(cid:160) If the registration is in a foreign language, an English
`translation must also be submitted.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C. §1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(3)(ii); TMEP §§716.02(b), 1004 et seq.(cid:160) Please note that applicant
`must notify the examining attorney if the foreign application abandons.
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`f applicant intends to rely on the registration issuing from the identified foreign application as its basis for registration, then applicant must
`provide evidence that Great Britain is a “country of origin,” i.e., that applicant has a bona fide and effective industrial or commercial
`establishment in Great Britain.(cid:160) Trademark Act Section 44(c), 15 U.S.C. §1126(c); TMEP §§1002.01, 1002.02 and 1002.04.
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`he application record shows that applicant is domiciled in the United States, but the foreign application on which applicant relies for priority
`was filed in Great Britain.(cid:160) To obtain a priority filing date under §44(d), the foreign application does not have to be filed in applicant’s country
`of origin.(cid:160) However, to obtain registration under §44(e) based on the foreign registration that will issue from the application on which applicant
`relies for priority, applicant must establish that the country in which the application was filed is its country of origin, i.e., that applicant has a
`bona fide and effective industrial or commercial establishment in that country.
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`If applicant cannot establish that the country in which the foreign application was filed is the applicant’s country of origin, registration under
`§44(e) will be refused.(cid:160)
`In such case, applicant may amend the application to rely on its §1(b) as a basis.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §2.35 and TMEP
`§§806.03 et seq. regarding amendment of the basis.(cid:160) Where an applicant meets the requirements of §44(d) as of the filing date of the United
`States application, the applicant may retain the priority filing date without perfecting the §44(e) basis.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §§2.35(b)(4); TMEP
`§806.04(b).
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`lease note that while §44(d) provides a basis for filing and a priority filing date, it does not provide a basis for publication or registration.(cid:160) A
`party who files under §44(d) must establish a basis for registration.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(4)(iii); TMEP §§1002.02 and 1003.03.
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`Action on this application is now suspended
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`/Robert H. Coggins/
`Attorney-Advisor
`Law Office 115
`robert.coggins@uspto.gov
`571-272-9467
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