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OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2018)

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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1478 (Rev 09/2006)

OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2018)

Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register

Serial Number: 87554490

Filing Date: 08/03/2017

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: Standard (stylized and/or with design, see mark)

The literal element of the mark consists of Standard.
The applicant is not claiming color as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the word STANDARD and to the left of the word is an open crest design and inside the crest is an image of a flag design.
The applicant, THE STANDARD BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED, a company organized under the laws of South Africa, having an address of
      5 Simmons Street
      Johannesburg, Gauteng
      South Africa
      +27-(phone)
      XXXX (not authorized)

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, for the following:

       International Class 009:  Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signaling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; electric and electronic apparatus and hardware, equipment for the storage and transmission of data and information for use in relation to banking, financial, insurance and general commercial transactions, including those conducted online via the Internet or a computer network, or by telephone or cellular telephone; software, systems, devices and platforms used to enable and facilitate electronic banking, financial, insurance or other commercial transactions, including those via the Internet or a computer network, or by telephone or cellular telephone; including data processing equipment and software for use in relation to banking and financial services including data processing equipment and software; downloadable electronic publications; apparatus and equipment for the electronic transfer of and/or financial data; telecommunication equipment; automated teller machines; money dispensing machines, electronic fund transfer, payment or point of sale apparatus, machines and terminals; card and bar code scanners; magnetic and magnetically encoded cards; programmable cards; smart cards; cards bearing coded data in magnetic form; cards bearing data for use in computers; cards bearing coded data in punched-out form; cards bearing data for use in data processing apparatus; cards bearing data for use in data storage apparatus; cards bearing electronically recorded data; cards bearing integrated circuits; cards bearing magnetic or encoded data for input; cards bearing micro-chips and computer cards containing chips; credit, charge, debit and/or cash cards; prepayment cards; loyalty or gift cards, readers, scanners, parts and fittings for the aforementioned goods
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.

       International Class 038:  Telecommunications and communications services; providing user access to computer networks or the Internet for purposes of facilitating commercial, banking or financial transactions and electronic payments; providing telecommunications connections to the Internet or data bases for purposes of facilitating commercial, banking or financial transactions and electronic payments services ancillary and related to all of the aforegoing
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.



The applicant's current Attorney Information:
      MATTHEW D. ASBELL and Dennis S. Prahl, Lanning G. Bryer, Bharati Bakshani, Ralph H. Cathcart, Michael A. Cornman, Jay A. Bondell, Scott J. Lebson and Sebastian Lovera Riso of LADAS & PARRY LLP      1040 Avenue of the Americas
      New York, New York 10018
      United States
      212-708-3463(phone)
      212.246.8959(fax)
      nyustmp@ladas.com (authorized)
The attorney docket/reference number is 1T17695625.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

MATTHEW D. ASBELL

LADAS & PARRY LLP

1040 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10018

212-708-3463(phone)

212.246.8959(fax)

nyustmp@ladas.com (authorized) E-mail Authorization: I authorize the USPTO to send e-mail correspondence concerning the application to the applicant, the applicant's attorney, or the applicant's domestic representative at the e-mail address provided in this application. I understand that a valid e-mail address must be maintained and that the applicant or the applicant's attorney must file the relevant subsequent application-related submissions via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). Failure to do so will result in the loss of TEAS Reduced Fee status and a requirement to submit an additional processing fee of $125 per international class of goods/services.

A fee payment in the amount of $550 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 2 class(es).

Declaration

	Basis: If the applicant is filing the application based on use in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a): The signatory believes that the applicant is the owner of the trademark/service mark sought to be registered; The mark is in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; The specimen(s) shows the mark as used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate. And/Or If the applicant is filing the application based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(b), § 1126(d), and/or § 1126(e): The signatory believes that the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce; The applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, concurrent users, have the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.
	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 the application or submission or any registration resulting therefrom, 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.

Declaration Signature

Signature: Not Provided    Date: Not Provided
Signatory's Name: Not Provided
Signatory's Position: Not Provided
Payment Sale Number: 87554490
Payment Accounting Date: 08/03/2017

Serial Number: 87554490
Internet Transmission Date: Thu Aug 03 11:34:35 EDT 2017
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XX.X.XXX-201708031134353525
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