PR-Section 8 and 9

PTO Form 1963 (Rev 5/2006)

OMB No. 0651-0055 (Exp 10/31/2008)

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PTO Form 1963 (Rev 5/2006)

OMB No. 0651-0055 (Exp 10/31/2008)

Combined Declaration of Use In Commerce & Application For Renewal of Registration of A Mark Under Sections 8 & 9

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

REGISTRATION NUMBER: 2093197
REGISTRATION DATE: 09/02/1997

MARK:  NATURE'S SPECIALTIES

The owner, MEEKS, MARY GROSSMAN, having an address of 325 NORTH JOY, #102, CORONA, California US 91719, is filing a Combined Declaration of Use In Commerce & Application For Renewal of Registration of A Mark Under Sections 8 & 9.

For International Class 005, the owner, or its related company, is using the mark in commerce on or in connection with all goods or services listed in the existing registration for this class; or, the owner is claiming excusable non-use for this entire class.

The owner is submitting one specimen showing the mark as used in commerce on or in connection with any item in this class, consisting of a(n) scanned label.
Specimen-1

The registrant hereby appoints Linda H. Liu and Louis J. Knobbe, Don W. Martens, Darrell L. Olson, William B. Bunker, Arthur S. Rose, Ned A. Israelsen, Drew S. Hamilton, John B. Sganga, Jr., Edward A. Schlatter, Gerard von Hoffmann, Joseph R. Re, Catherine J. Holland, John M. Carson, Karen Vogel Weil, Andrew H. Simpson, Jeffrey L. Van Hoosear, Daniel E. Altman, Vito A. Canuso, Lynda J. Zadra-Symes, William H. Shreve, Stephen C. Jensen, Steven J. Nataupsky, Paul A. Stewart, Joseph F. Jennings, Craig S. Summers, AnneMarie Kaiser, Brenton R. Babcock, Michael H. Trenholm, Diane M. Reed, Ronald J. Schoenbaum, John R. King, Frederick S. Berretta, Nancy Ways Vensko, John P. Giezentanner, Adeel S. Akhtar, Thomas R. Arno, David N. Weiss, Dan Hart, Douglas G. Muehlhauser, Lori Lee Yamato, Michael K. Friedland, Stacey R. Halpern, Lee W. Henderson, Mark M. Abumeri, Jon W. Gurka, John W. Holcomb, Joseph M. Reisman, Michael L. Fuller, Eric M. Nelson, Mark R. Benedict, Paul N. Conover, Robert J. Roby, Sabing H. Lee, Karoline A. Delaney, Joseph S. Cianfrani, William R. Zimmerman, Paul C. Steinhardt, Eric S. Furman, Susan M. Natland, Rose M. Thiessen, Michael A. Guiliana, Rabinder N. Narula, Bruce S. Itchkawitz, John M. Grover, Mallary K. de Merlier, Irfan A. Lateef, Amy Christensen Chun, Mark J. Gallagher, David G. Jankowski, Brian C. Horne, Payson LeMeilleur, Sheila N. Swaroop, Benjamin A. Katzenellenbogen, Andrew N. Merickel, Thomas P. Krzeminski, Glen L. Nuttall, Sanjivpal S. Gill, Michael S. Okamoto, Linda H. Liu, James F. Herkenhoff, Andrew M. Douglas, Marc T. Morley, Salima A. Merani, Jonathan A. Hyman, Curtiss C. Dosier, Joseph J. Mallon, Sean M. Murray, Christy G. Lea, J. David Evered, Perry D. Oldham, Jerry L. Hefner, Russell M. Jeide, Abraham W. Chuang, Kyle F. Schlueter, Zi Y. Wong, Matthew S. Bellinger, Mincheol Kim, Boris Zelkind, Deborah S. Shepherd, Tirzah Abé Lowe, Sharon S. Ng, Elenore Niu, Pui Tong Ho, Erik T. Anderson, Jesse A. Rothwell, Gregory A. Hermanson, John N. Kandara, Lauren J. Keller, Ted M. Cannon, Carol Pitzel Cruz, Josué A. Villalta, Andrew I. Kimmel, Curtis R. Huffmire, Tina Chen, Brenden S. Gingrich, Christopher L. Ross, Don W. Anthony, John G. Rickenbrode, Christian A. Fox, Eli A. Loots, Ryan E. Melnick, Yanna S. Bouris, Philip M. Nelson, Walter S. Wu, Katsuhiro Arai, C. Philip Poirier, Marko R. Zoretic, Derek C. Dailey, Kathleen R. Mekjian, Christopher T. Sweeney, John F. Heal, Kerry S. Taylor, Jennifer M. Pascua, Daniel C. Higgs, Stephen R. Jenkins, Jarom D. Kessler, Steven P. Ruden, S. Michael Yoon, Colin B. Heideman, Theodore G. Papagiannis, Nicholas M. Zovko, Azadeh Agahi, Nicholas D. Atchison, Adam J. Gilbert, Kimberly J. Miller, David A. Petrini, Bryan W. Wahl, Thomas Y. Yee, Phillip A. Bennett, Kenny Q. Wang, Michael K. Erickson, Agnes Juang, Ashley M. Schneider, Nathan S. Smith, Michael E. Hall, Justin L. Sovich, Soyoung Jung, Jonathan E. Bachand, Jared C. Bunker, Andrew J. Hall, Joseph M. Kobzeff, Ali S. Razai, Lance D. Smemoe, Jeremy R. Pierce, Terry K. Tullis, Susan J. Wang, Ph.D., Timothy J. Goodson, Frances L. Pai, Joshua J. Stowell, Douglas B. Espenschied, Derek R. Bayles, Kregg A. Koch, and Michael T. Richmond of  Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP, 2040 Main Street, 14th Floor, Irvine, California United States 92614 to file this Combined Declaration of Use In Commerce & Application For Renewal of Registration of A Mark Under Sections 8 & 9 on behalf of the registrant.  The attorney docket/reference number is NATSPEC.042T.

A fee payment in the amount of $500 will be submitted with the form, representing payment for 1 class(es), plus any additional grace period fee, if necessary.

Declaration


Section 8: Declaration of Use in Commerce
Unless the owner has specifically claimed excusable non-use, the owner, or its related company, is using the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods and/or services identified above, as evidenced by the attached specimen(s) showing the mark as used in commerce.

Section 9: Application for Renewal
The registrant requests that the registration be renewed for the goods and/or services identified above.

The undersigned being hereby warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. Section 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of this document, declares that he/she is properly authorized to execute this document on behalf of the Owner; and all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.


Signature: /LHL/      Date: 06/19/2007
Signatory's Name: Linda H. Liu
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record

Mailing Address:
   Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP
   2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
   Irvine, California 92614

Serial Number: 75171366
Internet Transmission Date: Tue Jun 19 18:34:07 EDT 2007
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/S08N09-XX.XXX.XXX.XXX-200706191834
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