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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: 88404069

Filing Date: 04/26/2019

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

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

The literal element of the mark consists of KIRIN.
The applicant is not claiming color as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the word KIRIN in stylized letters.
The applicant, Kirin Kabushiki Kaisha (also trading as KIRIN Company, Limited), a corporation of Japan, having an address of
      10-2, NAKANO 4-CHOME NAKANO-KU
      Tokyo 164-0001
      Japan

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 025:  clothing; coats; sweaters; shirts; nightwear; underwear; swimsuits; swimming caps; traditional Japanese clothing; aprons; collar protectors for wear; socks and stockings other than special sportswear; gaiters; artificial fur stoles; shawls; scarves; Japanese style socks (tabi); Japanese style socks covers (tabi covers); gloves and mittens being clothing; disposable diapers of paper for infants; neckties; neckerchiefs; bandanas, namely, neckerchiefs; thermal supporters being clothing; mufflers being clothing; earbands being clothing; cowls being clothing; sedge hats (suge-gasa); nightcaps; helmets; headwear; garters; sock suspenders; suspenders being braces; waistbands; belts for clothing; shoes and boots, other than shoe dowels, shoe pegs, tongues or pullstraps for shoes and boots, hobnails, protective members for shoes and boots; shoe dowels; shoe pegs; tongues or pullstraps for shoes and boots; hobnails; protective members for shoes and boots; Japanese style wooden clogs (geta); Japanese style sandals (zori); masquerade costumes; clothing for sports; special footwear for sports other than riding boots; riding boots
Based on Foreign Registration: 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, and will submit a copy of Japan registration number 4519507, and/or proof of renewal, registered __________ with a renewal date of __________ and an expiration date of __________, and translation thereof, if appropriate.



The applicant's current Attorney Information:
      William J. Utermohlen and James A. Oliff, Mario A. Costantino, Joel S. Armstrong, Christopher W. Brown, Gang Luo, Jesse O. Collier, Peter T. Ewald, Aaron L. Webb, Matthew C. Barthalow, John A. Radi, Ee Ming Bahk, R. Brian Drozd, Holly M. Ford Lewis and W. Scott Strickland of Oliff PLC      P.O. Box 320850
      Alexandria, Virginia 22320-4850
      United States
      703-836-6400(phone)
      703-836-2787(fax)
      trademarkgroup@oliff.com (authorized)
The attorney docket/reference number is 186473.

The applicant hereby appoints William J. Utermohlen of Oliff PLC
      P.O. Box 320850
      Alexandria Virginia 22320-4850
      United States
      703-836-6400(phone)
      703-836-2787(fax)
      trademarkgroup@oliff.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:

William J. Utermohlen

Oliff PLC

P.O. Box 320850

Alexandria, Virginia 22320-4850

703-836-6400(phone)

703-836-2787(fax)

trademarkgroup@oliff.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

	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: /William J. Utermohlen/   Date: 04/26/2019
Signatory's Name: William J. Utermohlen
Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record
Payment Sale Number: 88404069
Payment Accounting Date: 04/26/2019

Serial Number: 88404069
Internet Transmission Date: Fri Apr 26 13:32:10 EDT 2019
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