PR-Section 8 and 9

PTO- 1963

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PTO- 1963

Approved for use through 01/31/2025. OMB 0651-0055

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number

Combined Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark under Sections 8 & 9

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

REGISTRATION NUMBER: 4254934
REGISTRATION DATE: 12/04/2012

MARK: CFE

Current: The owner, Hodgdon Powder Company, Inc., a corporation of Kansas, having an address of
      6430 Vista Drive
      Shawnee, Kansas 66218
      United States
      816-507-9544

Proposed: The owner, Hodgdon Powder Company, Inc., a corporation of Kansas, having an address of
      6430 Vista Drive
      Shawnee, Kansas 66218
      United States
      816-507-9544
      XXXX
is filing a Combined Declaration of Use and/or Excusable Nonuse/Application for Renewal of Registration of a Mark under Sections 8 & 9.

For International Class 013, the mark is in use in commerce on or in connection with all goods/services, or to indicate membership in the collective membership organization, listed in the existing registration for this specific class: Gunpowder ; or, the owner is making the listed excusable nonuse claim.

The owner is submitting one(or more) specimen(s) showing the mark as used in commerce on or in connection with any item in this class, consisting of a(n) digital photo of mark on the goods.
Specimen File1

Webpage URL: None Provided
Webpage Date of Access: None Provided
The owner's/holder's current attorney information: Kent R. Erickson. Kent R. Erickson of Erickson Kernell IP, LLC, is located at

      8900 State Line Road, Suite 500
      Leawood, Kansas 66206
      United States
The docket/reference number is 377.055.

The phone number is 913-549-4700.

The fax number is 913-549-4646.

The email address is ekdkdocket@kcpatentlaw.com

The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: Kent R. Erickson. Other appointed attorneys are James J. Kernell, Ginnie C. Derusseau, Blake E. Vande Garde. Kent R. Erickson of Erickson Kernell IP, LLC, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, and the attorney(s) is located at

      8900 State Line Road, Suite 500
      Leawood, Kansas 66206
      United States
The docket/reference number is 377.055.

The phone number is 913-549-4700.

The fax number is 913-549-4646.

The email address is ekdkdocket@kcpatentlaw.com

Kent R. Erickson 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):
      Kent R. Erickson
      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: ekdkdocket@kcpatentlaw.com
      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): kre@kcpatentlaw.com

The docket/reference number is 377.055.
Correspondence Information (proposed):
      Kent R. Erickson
      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: ekdkdocket@kcpatentlaw.com
      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): NOT PROVIDED

The docket/reference number is 377.055.

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

A fee payment in the amount of $525 will be submitted with the form, representing payment for 1 class(es), plus any additional grace period fee, if necessary.


Declaration

	Unless the owner has specifically claimed excusable nonuse, the mark is in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services or to indicate membership in the collective membership organization identified above, as evidenced by the attached specimen(s).
	Unless the owner has specifically claimed excusable nonuse, the specimen(s) shows the mark as currently used in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services/collective membership organization.
	The registrant requests that the registration be renewed for the goods/services/collective organization identified above.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, the allegations and other factual contentions made above have evidentiary support.
	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 this submission and the registration, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.

Signature: /t vaitekunas/    Date: 01/31/2022
Signatory's Name: Tim Vaitekunas
Signatory's Position: Vice President of Research & Development
Signature method: Sent to third party for signature


Mailing Address (current):
   Erickson Kernell IP, LLC
   8900 State Line Road, Suite 500
   Leawood, Kansas 66206

Mailing Address (proposed):
   Erickson Kernell IP, LLC
   8900 State Line Road, Suite 500
   Leawood, Kansas 66206

Serial Number: 85414827
Internet Transmission Date: Mon Jan 31 14:03:47 ET 2022
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/S08N09-XXX.XX.XXX.XXX-202201311403
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