Petition to Director Granted

SALONPAS

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

Petition to Director Granted

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

U. S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION SERIAL NO: 86/491930

APPLICANT: Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

*86491930*

CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS:

SCOTT S. HAVLICK

HOLLAND & HART LLP

P.O. BOX 8749

DENVER, CO 80201

RETURN ADDRESS:

Commissioner for Trademarks

P. O. Box 1451

Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

ATTN : Petitions Office

MARK: SALONPAS

MAILING DATE

November 13, 2015

CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 41961.0178

CORRESPONDENT’S EMAIL ADDRESS:

docket@hollandhart.com

Please provide in your correspondence:

1. Filing date, serial number, mark and

applicant's name.

2. Date of this Notice.

3. Attn: Petitions Office

4. Your telephone number and e-mail address.

PETITION TO DIRECTOR GRANTED

U. S. Trademark Application Serial Number 86/491930

The petition to the Director filed on October 23, 2015 for the above-identified trademark application is GRANTED pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.146(a)(3).

The application will be returned to the assigned examining attorney to consider the request to amend the basis from Section 1(b) to Section 44(e) of the Trademark Act. If the amendment is accepted the application will be republished. If the amendment is refused, applicant will be notified of the refusal.

The examining attorney will notify the applicant by telephone or e-mail of the reasons why the amendment is unacceptable. The applicant may then (1) agree to delete the §1(b) basis so that an examiner's amendment and/or appropriate Office action regarding the requested basis amendment can be issued, (2) withdraw the request to amend the basis, or (3) request that the amendment remain pending until a statement of use is filed. See TMEP §806.03(j).

Please note that since you have requested to maintain the Section 1(b) basis pending consideration of the amendment to Section 44(e), the notice of allowance will not be cancelled and the Section 1(b) basis will not be deleted unless the amendment is accepted. Therefore, if prior to the acceptance by the Office of the amendment by the examining attorney, you fail to file either a statement of use or a request for an extension to file a statement of use when due, the application will be abandoned. 37 C.F.R. §2.89. See TMEP §806.03(j).

Please contact the assigned examining attorney directly to check on the status of the amendment to the basis.

Sincerely,

/Lisa Wallace/

Paralegal Specialist

Office of the Deputy Commissioner

for Trademark Examination Policy

(571) 272-9582

To check the status of your application at any time, visit the USPTO’s Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/.

For general and other useful information about trademarks, you are encouraged to visit the USPTO web site at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm.