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`Obschestvo s ogranichennoi otvetstvennos ETC. (trademark@jhip.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 79085340 - THEORY - T38590US0
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`3/22/2011 12:04:57 PM
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`ECOM106@USPTO.GOV
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
`OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`79085340
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`*79085340*
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`CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:
`http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
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`(cid:160) (cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) APPLICATION SERIAL NO.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
`(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) MARK: THEORY(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)
`WASHINGTON DC 20004(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)
`Simor Moskowitz(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)
`Jacobson Holman PLLC(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) APPLICANT:(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) (cid:160)
`Obschestvo s ogranichennoi otvetstvennos ETC.(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)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`T38590US0(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS:(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) CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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`400 SEVENTH STREET, N.W.
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`trademark@jhip.com
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`STRICT DEADLINE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER
`TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE
`RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.
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`OFFICE ACTION
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`SSUE/MAILING DATE: 3/22/2011
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`HIS IS A FINAL ACTION.
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`NTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION NO. 1045759
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`The Office has reassigned this application to the undersigned trademark examining attorney.
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`(cid:160)(cid:160) This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on February 15, 2011.
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`he amendments in International Classes 35 and 43 and the entity type are accepted. The Section 2(d) refusal of registration is withdrawn.
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`Identification of Goods – FINAL Requirement
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`The requirement for an acceptable identification of goods in International Class 30 is now made FINAL for the reasons set forth below.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R
`§§ 2.61(b), 2.64(a); TMEP § 1402.01.
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`The following items are indefinite and must be clarified because they could include goods in other international classes:(cid:160) malt, preparations of
`cereal; ready to eat foods: See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.(cid:160) Applicant must indicate the purpose of the malt, the particular preparations of the
`cereal,(cid:160) and the particular type of ready to eat foods. This requirement is made FINAL.
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)In addition, the items fish and poultry are outside the scope of the original identification and should be deleted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP
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`§1402.06 et seq.(cid:160) PLEASE NOTE:(cid:160) The examining attorney failed to identify this issue in copending application 79085015.(cid:160) Applicant may wish
`to consider deleting these two items from that application as well.
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`he following is suggested (please note that the use of semicolons is suggested between items):
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`offee; tea; cocoa; sugar; tapioca; sago; artificial coffee; flour and preparations made from cereals, namely, muesli and pasta; malt for food
`purposes; preparations of cereal, namely, _______ (indicate specific items, such as processed cereals); ready to eat cereals; (or ready to eat
`foods, namely __________(indicate specific items)); bread; pastry and confectionary, namely, sweets, candies, marzipan, cookies, cakes and
`halva; frozen confectionary; confectionary made of sugar; ices, namely, fruit ices and flavored ices; treacle; yeast; baking powder; salt; mustard;
`vinegar; condiments, namely, sauces; seasoning for soups; pastry meat dishes; spices; and ice.
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`(cid:160)(cid:160)An applicant may amend an identification of goods only to clarify or limit the goods; adding to or broadening the scope of the goods is not
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`permitted.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §1402.06 et seq.(cid:160) In addition, for applications filed under Trademark Act Section 66(a), an applicant
`may amend the identification only to specify goods classified in the international class(es) designated in the application as filed.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R.
`§2.85(d); see TMEP §§1402.07(a), 1904.02(c).
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`Country of Organization Omitted – FINAL Requirement.
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`pplicant must specify its national citizenship or foreign country of organization or incorporation.(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(3)(i)-(ii), 7.25(a)-(b);
`TMEP §§803.03, 803.04, 1904.02(a).(cid:160) This information is required in all U.S. trademark applications, including those filed under Trademark Act
`Section 66(a) (also known as “requests for extension of protection of an international registration to the U.S.”).(cid:160) See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(3)(i)-
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`(ii), 7.25(a)-(b); TMEP §§803.03, 803.04, 1904.02(a).(cid:160)(cid:160)
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`If applicant’s entity type is a corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, or the foreign equivalent, applicant must set forth the foreign
`country under whose laws applicant is organized or incorporated.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(3)(ii); TMEP §§803.03(b)-(c), 803.04.(cid:160) For an association,
`applicant must also specify whether the association is incorporated or unincorporated.(cid:160) TMEP §803.03(c).
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`If applicant is organized under the laws of a foreign province or geographical region, applicant should specify both the foreign province or
`geographical region and the foreign country in which the province or region is located.(cid:160) See TMEP §803.04.(cid:160) To provide this information online
`via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) response form, applicant must (1) locate the “Entity Type” heading and select “Other;
`” (2) locate the “Specify Entity Type” heading and select “Other” under the Foreign Entity option, and enter in the free-text field below both
`applicant’s entity type and the foreign province or geographical region of its organization (e.g., partnership of Victoria); and (3) locate the “State
`or Country Where Legally Organized” heading and select the appropriate foreign country (e.g., Australia) under the Non-U.S. Entity option.(cid:160) See
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`Proper Response to a Final Action
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`If applicant does not respond within six months of the date of issuance of this final Office action, the application will be abandoned.(cid:160) 15 U.S.C.
`§1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).(cid:160) Applicant may respond to this final Office action by:
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`1)(cid:160) Submitting a response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements, if feasible; and/or
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`(2)(cid:160) Filing an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with an appeal fee of $100 per class.
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`7 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(18), 2.64(a); TBMP ch. 1200; TMEP §714.04.
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`n certain rare circumstances, a petition to the Director may be filed pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2) to review a final Office action that is
`limited to procedural issues.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b); TBMP §1201.05; TMEP §1704 (explaining
`petitionable matters).(cid:160) The petition fee is $100.(cid:160) 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).
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`/Mary I. Sparrow/
`Mary I. Sparrow
`Managing Attorney
`Law Office 106
`571-272-9332 (Phone)
`571-273-9106 (Fax)
`mary.sparrow@uspto.gov
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`TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: (cid:160)Go to http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageD.htm.(cid:160) Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date
`before using TEAS, to allow for necessary system updates of the application.(cid:160) For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail
`TEAS@uspto.gov.(cid:160) For(cid:160)questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned examining attorney.(cid:160)(cid:160) Do not respond to this Office
`action by e-mail;(cid:160)the USPTO does not accept e-mailed responses .
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`HO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:(cid:160) It must be personally signed by(cid:160)an individual applicant or(cid:160)someone with legal authority to bind an
`applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants).(cid:160)(cid:160)If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the
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`response.(cid:160)(cid:160)
`PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: (cid:160)To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official
`notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) at
`http://tarr.uspto.gov/. (cid:160)Please keep a copy of the complete TARR screen. (cid:160)If TARR shows no change for more than six months, call
`1-800-786-9199. (cid:160)For more information on checking status, see http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/status/.
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`O UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:(cid:160) Use the TEAS form at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/eTEASpageE.htm.
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`To:
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`Subject:
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`Obschestvo s ogranichennoi otvetstvennos ETC. (trademark@jhip.com)
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`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 79085340 - THEORY - T38590US0
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`3/22/2011 12:04:58 PM
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`ECOM106@USPTO.GOV
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`IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR
`U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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`USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 3/22/2011 FOR
`SERIAL NO. 79085340
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`lease follow the instructions below to continue the prosecution of your application:
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`TO READ OFFICE ACTION: Click on this link or go to http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow and enter the application serial
`number to access the Office action.
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`LEASE NOTE: The Office action may not be immediately available but will be viewable within 24 hours of this e-mail notification.
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`ESPONSE(cid:160)IS REQUIRED: You should carefully review the Office action to determine (1) how to respond; and (2) the applicable
`response time period. Your response deadline will be calculated from 3/22/2011 (or sooner if specified in the office action).
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`o NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise attempt to e-mail your response, as the USPTO does NOT accept e-mailed
`responses.(cid:160) Instead, the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System Response
`Form.
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`ELP: For technical assistance in accessing the Office action, please e-mail
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`TDR@uspto.gov.(cid:160) Please contact the assigned examining attorney with questions about the Office action.(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160)(cid:160) WARNING
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`ailure to file the required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your
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