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NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            88088168

DATE:                                12/10/2018

NAME:                               jfickes

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Dear Examiner Fickes,

 

Thank you for your email.  The changes below are acceptable.

 

We appreciate your quick review of the application.

 

Happy Holidays.

 

Matthew J. Himich
mhimich@thompsoncoburn.com
P: 314.552.6299
F: 314.667.3633
M: 314.602.6299

Thompson Coburn LLP
One US Bank Plaza
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
www.thompsoncoburn.com

 

From: Fickes, Jeri [mailto:Jeri.Fickes@uspto.gov]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 9:11 AM
To: IPDOCKET Clerks
Subject: Re: Trademark Application Serial No. 88/088168 for N2

 

Dear Mr. Himich:

 

I am the examining attorney assigned to review the above application.  Before the application can proceed in the registration process, the following issue must be addressed.

 

Some items in the identification of goods requires clarification.  Shown below are suggested amendments (if accurate):

 

Electrically powered industrial vibrating machines for inducing the flow of bulk material in bulk material transfer chutes and in bulk material storage hoppers; bulk material conveyor belt cleaners attached to conveyor belts, namely, conveyor belt scrapers and liquid sprayers for flushing conveyor belts with liquid; sonic vibrating machines and pneumatic powered air cannons for inducing the flow of bulk material in bulk material transfer chutes and in bulk material storage hoppers; bulk material unloading machines for unloading bulk materials from bulk material storage and transfer hoppers and silos; mechanical seals in the nature of machine parts, namely, skirt seals for bulk material discharge chutes and bulk material conveyor belt systems; bulk material conveyor belt components, namely, idler rollers, edge support members, mounting frames, scraper tensioners, and air discharge machines for supporting a conveyor belt via a layer of air; bulk material transfer chutes for transferring bulk material via gravity, being parts of machines; dust suppression devices for bulk material transfer equipment, namely, power-operated industrial atomizers for spraying liquids for dust suppression; dust collection devices for bulk material transfer equipment, namely, vacuum cleaning pumps for dust collection for industrial purposes.

 

Please let me know if I may enter the above clarifications by examiner’s amendment.  The application is otherwise ready for publication.  As a courtesy, applicant is advised that, upon consideration of an allegation of use, registration may be refused on the ground that the applied-for mark, as used on the specimen of record, merely identifies a model designation and does not also function as a trademark to identify and distinguish applicant’s goods from those of others and to indicate the source of applicant’s goods.  Trademark Act Sections 1, 2, and 45, 15 U.S.C. §§1051-1052, 1127; see In re Dana Corp., 12 USPQ2d 1748 (TTAB 1989) (holding that the applied-for marks, comprised of various alphanumeric designations such as 5-469X and 5-438X, served merely as model designations for vehicle parts); TMEP §§904.07(b), 1202.16(c)(v)(A).

 

I appreciate your help in resolving this issue.

 

Jeri Fickes

Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 107

USPTO

571/272-9157

 

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