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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)

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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: 88505192

Filing Date: 07/09/2019

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: DICHTOMATIK (Standard Characters, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of DICHTOMATIK.
The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.

The applicant, Carl Freudenberg KG, a kommanditgesellschaft (kg) legally organized under the laws of Germany, having an address of
      Hoehnerweg 2-4
      Weinheim 69469
      Germany

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 007:  Machines for processing metal, wood and plastic, machines for the chemical industry, agriculture, mining and the beverages industry, textile machines, construction machines, packaging machines and machine tools; Motors and engines (except for land vehicles); Machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); Agricultural implements other than hand-operated; Hydraulic accumulators for storing and providing pressure; Hydraulic accumulators, in particular diaphragm accumulators, piston accumulators, accumulators for axle suspension, wheel suspension and/or cab suspension; Belts for machines; Rollers for printing machines; pump and valve diaphragms; Antifriction bearings for machines; Ball bearings, roller bearings and plain bearings as machine parts; Self-lubricating bearings; Bearings for transmission shafts; Journal boxes (parts of machines); Gaskets being parts of machines or engines; Mechanical seals being parts of machines or engines, in particular being crankshaft seals; Mechanical seals being transmission seals, turbocharger seals or for sealing electric motors; Mechanical seals for hydrodynamic or pneumatic applications being parts of machines, engines or gearboxes; Rotary shaft seals being parts of machines or engines; Rod wipers and piston guide rings used in hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders; Guide and oil-removing elements for hydraulic and pneumocylinders; Intake manifolds for land, air and sea vehicles; Parts for motors and engines of air and water vehicles, namely shaft couplings, Transmission shafts, Journals; Piston rings, guide rings, valves and parts therefor, bearings and guides, shaped parts and moulded parts for mechanical and apparatus engineering, in particular of plastic or predominantly of plastic, in particular of fluorocarbon resin or elastomers; Machine belts; Bellows; Blow guns, In particular folding bellows of rubber, folding bellows of TPE; Elastic bearings for machines or engines as noise and vibration absorption parts; Pneumatic springs and spring legs with bellows of elastomeric material for supporting vibrating vehicle and machine parts; Elastic springs for damping noise, vibration and shock insulation as parts of machines; Multilayer springs for damping noise, vibration and shock insulation as parts of machines; Parts of motors for damping and vibroinsulation; Gas-distributing and valve-actuating machinery; Parts for motors and engines of land vehicles, namely bearing pins; Finished products of vulcanised perfluoroelastomers in the form of membranes for use in hydraulics, pneumatics and mechanical engineering
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.

Priority based on foreign filing: 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 asserts a claim of priority based on European Union Trademark - EUTM application number 018016745, filed 01/30/2019.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration and requests that the application be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on §44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.


       International Class 017:  Rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica; Plastics in extruded form for use in manufacture; Packing, stopping and insulating materials; Sealing and packing cord, Packing and stopping materials, Seals for sensors; Gasket support rings; Artificial resins, in particular fluorocarbon resins or elastomers, being semi-finished products in the form of plates, tubes, rods, blocks, flexible pipes, not of metal, fittings, expansion joints, films for sealing purposes, filling material for reaction columns, balls, filter material in the form of fibres or porous plates; Guide tubes, insulating tubes and insulating parts for electrical purposes, having springs with corrosion-resistant coatings for sealing purposes, in particular for mechanical seals, corrugated tubes for vacuum operation and being spring washers; All of the aforesaid goods being made of or predominantly of plastic, in particular of fluorocarbon resin or elastomers; Shaft seals of polytetrafluoroethylene, gum or highly elastic and thermoplastic plastics, including combined with metal or other plastics, in particular lip seals for moveable parts of machines; radial shaft seals, Shaft sealing rings, Cassette seals; Combination seals; Rotary seals; Packings for static seals; Valve stem seals; Hydraulic brake seals; O-ring seals; Support seals; Composite seals; fibrous gaskets; Butterfly valve seals; Sealing plugs being metal-elastomer composite parts (predominantly of elastomers); Seals for shock-absorbers and gas springs; Valve spindle seals; Seals for hydraulic braking systems; Seals for hydraulic and pneumocylinders; Sealing rings; O-rings; Flat seals; Profile seals; Axle seals; Sealing plates; Insulating foils; Sealing frames; Hydraulic and pneumatic seals, in particular rod seals; Piston seals; Rod wiper seals; Buffer seals; Wiper rings and guide rings for sealing against oil, grease or air in hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders; Plastics in extruded form for use in manufacture, being elastic rubber-like plastics, in particular including combined with metals and other plastics, in particular moulded parts, including boards, sheets and flaps, profiles, discs and washers; Screw seal rings, in particular USIT rings; Rotary pressure seals; Diaphragms, in particular accumulator and separator diaphragms, pump diaphragms, regulating and switching diaphragms; Partitions, being diaphragms, in particular being diaphragms of elastomers; Moulded parts of polytetrafluoroethylene; Solid silicone parts, in particular jet formers for showers, seals, diaphragms, housing parts, injection-moulded parts; Moulded parts for machine elements made of liquid silicon; Liquid silicone seals; Plastics in the form of sheets, blocks, spheres, rods and tubes; Moulded parts of PTFE; Grooved rings, in particular including grooved rings of PTFE; Static and dynamic seals; Static cylinder cover seals; V-packings as multiple lip (chevron) packing seals designed to seal static reciprocating and centrifugal applications, where the male and female adapters are used to complete a set of vees; Stuffing box packings (seals); Micro-parts of plastic or elastomeric material (semi-finished products); Non-metal seals, namely, oil seals, fluid seals, insulating seals, reinforced seals, elastomeric seals, seals for pistons and rods, namely, cups, rings, packings and gaskets, all the foregoing for sealing oil, grease or air in hydraulic and pneumatic applications; Packaging materials for moulded seals for sealing and insulation purposes; Plates of graphite-based materials for use as sealing rings, packing seals and heat insulation; Slide ring packings, Sliding ring seals and Gasket support rings; Glide ring packings, seals, and sealing support rings for sealing oil, grease or air in hydraulic and pneumatic applications; Guide elements for hydraulic and pneumatic applications, in particular guide rings and bearing rings for protecting cylinder rods and pistons; Damping elements, in particular for pneumatic applications; Sound insulating multilayered sheets and formed parts of foam and/or plastics for vehicle cabins, for the building industry and for industrial machines; Perfluoroelastomers being films, plates and rods (semi-finished products); Moulded semi-finished parts and finished products of vulcanised perfluoroelastomers, in particular in the form of seals and o-rings, for use in hydraulics, pneumatics and mechanical engineering; Barrier materials; Polymeric membranes, Polymeric porous membranes in hollow fibre form, Transfer membranes of polyamides, Waterproof membranes made of polymers, Insulating water proofing membranes, Waterproof membranes of vulcanised fibre
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.

Priority based on foreign filing: 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 asserts a claim of priority based on European Union Trademark - EUTM application number 018016745, filed 01/30/2019.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration and requests that the application be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on §44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.


       International Class 042:  Technical consultation in the field of industrial seals, development and design of seals
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.

Priority based on foreign filing: 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 asserts a claim of priority based on European Union Trademark - EUTM application number 018016745, filed 01/30/2019.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration and requests that the application be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on §44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.



The applicant's current Attorney Information:
      Jessica S. Sachs and Any and all attorneys associated with Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. of Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
      Suite 200
      5445 Corporate Drive
      Troy, Michigan 48098
      United States
      248-641-1600(phone)
      248-641-0270(fax)
      troymailroom@hdp.com (authorized)
The attorney docket/reference number is 8470TF200283.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

Jessica S. Sachs

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Suite 200       5445 Corporate Drive

Troy, Michigan 48098

248-641-1600(phone)

248-641-0270(fax)

troymailroom@hdp.com;jsachs@hdp.com; hrowe@hdp.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 $825 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 3 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: /jss/   Date: 07/09/2019
Signatory's Name: Jessica S. Sachs
Signatory's Position: Attorney for Applicant; Attorney with Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
Payment Sale Number: 88505192
Payment Accounting Date: 07/09/2019

Serial Number: 88505192
Internet Transmission Date: Tue Jul 09 08:32:25 EDT 2019
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XXX.XX.XXX-2019070908322589
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