UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/188192
APPLICANT: Aichi Steel Corporation
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: BRIAN D ANDERSON OBLON SPIVAK MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT 1940 DUKE ST ALEXANDRIA VA 22314
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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MARK: SUSCON
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 201496US13
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
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Please provide in all correspondence:
1. Filing date, serial number, mark and applicant's name. 2. Date of this Office Action. 3. Examining Attorney's name and Law Office number. 4. Your telephone number and e-mail address.
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Serial Number 76/188192
PLEASE NOTE: The Office has reassigned this application to the undersigned examining attorney.
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the statement of use filed on February 3, 2004 and has determined the following:
The specimen is unacceptable as evidence of actual trademark use because it is an advertising brochure for the goods. Invoices, announcements, order forms, bills of lading, leaflets, brochures, publicity releases and other printed advertising material generally are not acceptable specimens. In re Bright of America, Inc., 205 USPQ 63 (TTAB 1979); TMEP §§904.05 and 904.07. See In re Ultraflight Inc., 221 USPQ 903 (TTAB 1984).
Accordingly, the applicant must submit a specimen showing the mark as it is used in commerce. 37 C.F.R. §§2.56 and 2.88(b)(2). Examples of acceptable specimens are tags, labels, instruction manuals, containers, and photographs that show the mark on the goods or packaging. TMEP §§904.04 et seq. The applicant must verify, with an affidavit or a declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20, that the substitute specimen was in use in commerce prior to the expiration of the time allowed to the applicant for filing a statement of use. 37 C.F.R. §2.59(b); TMEP §§904.09 and 1109.09(b). The statement supporting use of the substitute specimen must read as follows:
The substitute specimen was in use in commerce prior to the expiration of the time allowed to the applicant for filing a statement of use.
If an amendment of the dates‑of‑use clause is necessary in order to state the correct dates of first use, the applicant must verify the amendment with an affidavit or a declaration in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §2.20. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(c); TMEP §§903.05 and 1109.09(a).
A prompt response to this Office action will expedite the handling of this matter.
/Barbara A. Gaynor/
Barbara A. Gaynor
Examining Attorney
Law Office 115
(703) 308-9115 ext. 123
How to respond to this Office Action:
To respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.
To 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.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.