NOTE TO THE FILE
SERIAL NUMBER: 88293053
DATE: 07/26/2019
NAME: skunkleman
NOTE:
Discussed file with
Attorney via:
X phoneX Issued Examiner’s Amendment and entered changes in TRADEUPS
From: Kunkleman, Sarah
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2019 5:52 PM
To: Hofstatter, Rachel <rhofstatter@steptoe.com>
Subject: RE: CORIAN & Design - 88293053
Thank you for the email. I will review the file and respond this week.
Sincerely,
/Sarah E. Kunkleman/
Trademark Examining Attorney
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law Office 105
(571) 272-6151
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From: Hofstatter, Rachel [mailto:rhofstatter@steptoe.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2019 3:19 PM
To: Kunkleman, Sarah <Sarah.Kunkleman@USPTO.GOV>
Subject: CORIAN & Design - 88293053
Hi Sarah,
The CORIAN & Design mark has an office action that issued in April with a prior pending application notice and a requirement to amend the description of the mark.
Would you be able to enter an examiner’s amendment to update the description of the mark as you proposed in the office action and then suspend the application while we wait to see whether the applicant for the prior pending application responds (or not) to its own office action?
I am also curious to know what in the VINCORION application led to the notification in this application and the suspension for the CORIAN word mark application (Serial No. 88293051). The marks look different, sound different and do not have the same meaning (I am not aware of a meaning ascribed to either mark). The VINCORION mark seems to be in the area of mechatronic engineering, whereas CORIAN products are different kinds of devices that are meant to detect remote controlled aircraft like drones. Given that both entities are in the defense area, their customers are about the most sophisticated there are out there, and confusion between these marks would be highly unlikely, if they were even encountered by the same customers. It would be even better if we could move forward to publication, but if there are particular goods in the VINCORION application that are concerning and that you would like to discuss, I’d be happy to do so (though I note that there are extensive changes required to the description of the VINCORION mark if the applicant there does timely respond to its office action).
Thanks,
Rachel
Rachel M. Hofstatter
Of Counsel
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