Application

PTO Form 1478 (Rev 6/2005)

OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp xx/xx/xxxx)

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PTO Form 1478 (Rev 6/2005)

OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp xx/xx/xxxx)

Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register

Serial Number: 78706220
Filing Date: 09/02/2005

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: (Standard Characters, see mark)

The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font, style, size, or color.

The literal element of the mark consists of EASYPOD.

The applicant, Ares Trading S.A., a SOCIEDAD ANONIMA organized under the laws of Switzerland, residing at Zone Industrielle de L'Ouriettaz , Aubonne, Switzerland, CH-1170, requests registration of the trademark/service mark identified above in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the Principal Register established by the Act of July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. Section 1051 et seq.), as amended.

Priority based on foreign filing: Applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services and asserts a claim of priority based on Switzerland (CHX) application number, 200555988, filed 07/20/2005.15 U.S.C. Section 1126(d), as amended.

      International Class 010:Medical apparatus and instruments, namely, pen injection devices for administering growth hormones

Based on Foreign Registration: Applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services, and will submit a copy of Switzerland registration number 535956, registered 07/20/2005 with a renewal date of __________ and an expiration date of __________, and translation thereof, if appropriate. 15 U. S.C. Section 1126(e), as amended.

      International Class 010: Medical apparatus and instruments, namely, pen injection devices for administering growth hormones

The applicant hereby appoints Peter S. Sloane and Samuel H. Weiner, Robert C. Faber, Max Moskowitz, James A. Finder, William O. Gray, III, Louis C. Dujmich, Charles P. LaPolla, Douglas A. Miro and Peter S. Sloane of Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen, LLP, 7th Floor, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, United States, 10036 to submit this application on behalf of the applicant. The attorney docket/reference number is T/717-330.

The applicant hereby appoints Peter S. Sloane of  Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen, LLP, 7th Floor, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, USA 10036 as applicant's representative upon whom notice or process in the proceedings affecting the mark may be served.

A fee payment in the amount of $325 will be submitted with the application, representing payment for 1 class(es).

Declaration

The undersigned, being hereby warned that willful false statements and the like so made 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 the application or any resulting registration, declares that he/she is properly authorized to execute this application on behalf of the applicant; he/she believes the applicant to be the owner of the trademark/service mark sought to be registered, or, if the application is being filed under 15 U.S.C. Section 1051(b), he/she believes applicant to be entitled to use such mark in commerce; to the best of his/her knowledge and belief no other person, firm, corporation, or association has the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form thereof or in such near resemblance thereto as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services of such other person, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive; and that 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: /peter s sloane/   Date: 09/02/2005
Signatory's Name: Peter S. Sloane
Signatory's Position: Attorney for Applicant


Mailing Address:
     Peter S. Sloane
     7th Floor
     1180 Avenue of the Americas
     New York, New York 10036

RAM Sale Number: 22
RAM Accounting Date: 09/06/2005

Serial Number: 78706220
Internet Transmission Date: Fri Sep 02 14:53:49 EDT 2005
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XXXXXXXXXXX-200509021453497182
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ac46d2-DA-22-20050902145229145560