PR-Teas-Response to Post Reg Office Act

PTO Form No Form Number (Rev 01/2012)

OMB No. 0651-0055 (Exp 10/31/2021)

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PTO Form No Form Number (Rev 01/2012)

OMB No. 0651-0055 (Exp 10/31/2021)

Response to Office Action for Post-Registration Matters

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

The following is submitted for registration number: 2614240

FORM TEXT:

Payment of filing fee for submitted Section 7 New Certificate Request.  As per the assignment filed on August 13, 2015, the owner of this registration should be listed as Merck KGaA.

The filer has elected to bypass the checkbox indicating that a substitute specimen was in use in commerce during the relevant period for filing the 6-year or 10-year Section 8/71.Warning: If you are providing a substitute specimen and do not provide the required statement verifying use, upon review of your response, if it is determined that verification is required, another Office action will issue requiring this statement to complete your response. The owner proposes to amend the following:
Current: Ares Trading S.A., having an address of
      Zone Industrielle de l'Ouriettaz
      Aubonne CH-1170,
      Switzerland

Proposed: Ares Trading S.A., having an address of
      Frankfurter Str. 250
      64293 Darmstadt, F128/002
      Germany
      Email Address: XXXX

The owner's/holder's current attorney information: William C. Wright. William C. Wright of Epstein Drangel LLP, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, is located at

      60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2520
      New York, New York 10165
      United States
The docket/reference number is 2239-1261.

The phone number is 2122925390.

The fax number is 2122925391.

The email address is mail@ipcounselors.com

The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: William C. Wright. Other appointed attorneys are Kimberly A. Klibert, Annmary Ittan, Dwana Dixon, Samuel T. Kilb, Jesse R. Bader. William C. Wright of Epstein Drangel LLP, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, and the attorney(s) is located at

      60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2520
      New York, New York 10165
      United States
The docket/reference number is 2239-1261.

The phone number is 2122925390.

The fax number is 2122925391.

The email address is mail@ipcounselors.com

William C. Wright submitted the following statement: The attorney of record is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or any U.S. Commonwealth or territory.Correspondence Information (current):
      William C. Wright
      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: mail@ipcounselors.com
      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): NOT PROVIDED

The docket/reference number is 2239-1261.
Correspondence Information (proposed):
      William C. Wright
      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: mail@ipcounselors.com
      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): mail@ipcounselors.com

The docket/reference number is 2239-1261.

Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the applicant owner/holder and the applicant owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).

FEE(S)
Fee(s) in the amount of $100 is being submitted.

SIGNATURE(S)
Declaration Signature
The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application, submission, or any registration resulting therefrom, declares that the facts set forth above are true; all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true; and all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.

Signature: /William C. Wright/      Date: 04/14/2020
Signatory's Name: William C. Wright
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record
Signatory's Phone Number: 2122925390

Submission Signature
Signature: /William C. Wright/     Date: 04/14/2020
Signatory's Name: William C. Wright
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record
Signatory's Phone Number: 2122925390

The signatory has confirmed that he/she is a U.S.-licensed attorney who is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state (including the District of Columbia and any U.S. Commonwealth or territory); and he/she is currently the owner's/holder's attorney or an associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if filed in conjunction with a pending post-registration filing, and if prior to his/her appointment another U.S.-licensed attorney not currently associated with his/her company/firm previously represented the owner/holder in this matter: the owner/holder has revoked their power of attorney by a signed revocation or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; the USPTO has granted that attorney's withdrawal request; the owner/holder has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or the owner's/holder's appointed U.S.-licensed attorney has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.

Mailing Address:    William C. Wright
   Epstein Drangel LLP
   
   60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2520
   New York, New York 10165
Mailing Address:    William C. Wright
   Epstein Drangel LLP
   
   60 East 42nd Street, Suite 2520
   New York, New York 10165
        
RAM Sale Number: 01259337
RAM Accounting Date: 04/14/2020
        
Serial Number: 76151946
Internet Transmission Date: Tue Apr 14 13:01:26 ET 2020
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/TRS-XX.XXX.XX.XX-20200414130126695
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