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OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2021)

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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 02/28/2021)

Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register

Serial Number: 88341254

Filing Date: 03/15/2019

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: (Stylized and/or Design, see below )

The applicant is not claiming color as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the three-dimensional configuration of a wood cutting device. The matter depicted in broken lines is not part of the mark.
The applicant, VAUGHAN JOHN HUTCHINSON, a citizen of New Zealand, having an address of
      175 Surrey Road, RD 8, Tariki Inglewood
      Taranaki 4388
      New Zealand

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 008:  Hand-operated tools and implements, namely, hand-operated cutters and cutting tools for wood and kindling; hand-operated tools and implements for splitting wood comprised of stationary axes or fixed blade knives, all with at least one sharpened cutting edge; hand-operated stationary metal device in the nature of a log splitter featuring a sharp wedge used to split wood when force is applied to the wood by another tool forcing it down upon this device; ironmongery, namely, a hand-operated, stationery wood cutter comprised of metal rods, solid metal rings, metal base plates, sharpened wedges of metal, and metal feet, all of cast iron, cast steel, cast stainless steel, and/or cut steel and assembled together

In International Class 008, the mark was first used by the applicant or the applicant's related company or licensee or predecessor in interest at least as early as 11/29/2013, and first used in commerce at least as early as 11/29/2013, and is now in use in such commerce. The applicant is submitting one(or more) specimen(s) showing the mark as used in commerce on or in connection with any item in the class of listed goods/services, consisting of a(n) photograph of the mark applied to the enumerated goods.

Original PDF file:
SPE0-5022798154-20190315093257013581_._specimen.pdf
Converted PDF file(s) (2 pages)
Specimen File1
Specimen File2



SECTION 2(f) Claim of Acquired Distinctiveness, based on Five or More Years' Use
The mark has become distinctive of the goods/services through the applicant's substantially exclusive and continuous use of the mark in commerce that the U.S. Congress may lawfully regulate for at least the five years immediately before the date of this statement.

The applicant's current Attorney Information:
      Jeffrey M. Goehring and Andrew J. Patch, Eric Jensen, Roland E. Long, Jr., Douglas V. Rigler, Jeremy G. Mereness, and Kari Footland of YOUNG & THOMPSON      209 Madison Street, Suite 500
      Alexandria, Virginia 22314
      United States
      703-521-2297(phone)
      703-685-0573(fax)
      trademarks@young-thompson.com (authorized)
The attorney docket/reference number is 4538-1010.

The applicant hereby appoints Jeffrey M. Goehring of YOUNG & THOMPSON
      209 Madison Street, Suite 500
      Alexandria Virginia 22314
      United States
      703-521-2297(phone)
      703-685-0573(fax)
      trademarks@young-thompson.com (authorized)
as applicant's representative upon whom notice or process in the proceedings affecting the mark may be served.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

Jeffrey M. Goehring

YOUNG & THOMPSON

209 Madison Street, Suite 500       209 Madison Street, Suite 500

Alexandria, Virginia 22314

703-521-2297(phone)

703-685-0573(fax)

trademarks@young-thompson.com;jgoehring@young-thompson.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 $275 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 1 class(es).

Declaration

Declaration Signature
The attached signature image file:
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Signatory's Name: Vaughan Hutchinson
Signatory's Position: Owner
Payment Sale Number: 88341254
Payment Accounting Date: 03/15/2019

Serial Number: 88341254
Internet Transmission Date: Fri Mar 15 09:38:30 EDT 2019
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XXX.XX.XXX-2019031509383072
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C-7690-20190315093257013581