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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: 88580803

Filing Date: 08/15/2019

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: SL MINING (stylized and/or with design, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of SL MINING. The applicant is not claiming color as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the term SL MINING and Design.
The applicant, Gerald International Limited, a private limited company legally organized under the laws of United Kingdom, having an address of
      Third Floor, One Strand
      Grand Buildings, Trafalgar Square
      London WC2N5HR
      United Kingdom

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 006:  Common metals and their alloys; metal ores; unprocessed and semi-processed materials of metal, not specified for use; common metals, unwrought and semi-worked, for further manufacture; ferrous metals; non-ferrous metals; unwrought or semi-wrought copper, aluminum and alumina, tin, iron, steel, cobalt; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; welding and soldering materials, namely, metal welding rods and welding wire; metal containers for storage or transport; iron ores
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 18080183, filed 06/07/2019.
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 036:  Financial services, namely, financial consultancy; commodity trading services for others; brokerage of hard commodities, namely, metals, precious metals, and associated raw materials; trading of financial derivatives; financial risk management; investment risk assessment services; hedge fund management and investment services; valuation of precious metals; safe deposit services for precious metals; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to the aforesaid services
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 18080183, filed 06/07/2019.
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 037:  Extraction of natural resources, namely, mining, drilling, excavating, and quarrying services; mining of metal, precious metals and associated raw materials; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to the aforesaid services
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 18080183, filed 06/07/2019.
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 hereby appoints Stacey Halpern. Other appointed attorneys are John B. Sganga, Jr., Edward A. Schlatter, Gerard von Hoffmann, Joseph R. Re, Catherine J. Holland, John M. Carson, Karen Vogel Weil, Jeffrey L. Van Hoosear, Daniel E. Altman, Lynda J. Zadra-Symes, William H. Shreve, Stephen C. Jensen, Steven J. Nataupsky, Paul A. Stewart, Joseph F. Jennings, Craig S. Summers, Diane M. Reed, Ronald J. Schoenbaum, John R. King, Adeel S. Akhtar, David N. Weiss, Douglas G. Muehlhauser, Lori Lee Yamato, Michael K. Friedland, Mark M. Abumeri, Jon W. Gurka, Joseph M. Reisman, Michael L. Fuller, Mark R. Benedict, Paul N. Conover, Robert J. Roby, Sabing H. Lee, Karoline A. Delaney, Joseph S. Cianfrani, William R. Zimmerman, Eric S. Furman, Susan M. Natland, Rose M. Thiessen, Michael A. Guiliana, Rabinder N. Narula, Bruce S. Itchkawitz, John M. Grover, Irfan A. Lateef, Amy Christensen Chun, Mark J. Gallagher, David G. Jankowski, Brian C. Horne, Payson LeMeilleur, Sheila N. Swaroop, Benjamin A. Katzenellenbogen, Andrew N. Merickel, Thomas P. Krzeminski, Linda H. Liu, James F. Herkenhoff, Andrew M. Douglas, Salima A. Merani, Jonathan A. Hyman, Curtiss C. Dosier, Joseph J. Mallon, Sean M. Murray, Christy G. Lea, Perry D. Oldham, Russell M. Jeide, Zi Y. Wong, Matthew S. Bellinger, Mincheol Kim, Gregory A. Hermanson, Lauren Keller Katzenellenbogen, Ted M. Cannon, Carol Pitzel Cruz, Josué A. Villalta, Andrew I. Kimmel, Brenden Gingrich, Maria Culic Anderson, Melanie J. Seelig, Mauricio A. Uribe, Curtis R. Huffmire, Christopher L. Ross, Eli A. Loots, Ryan E. Melnick, Yanna S. Bouris, Philip M. Nelson, Marko R. Zoretic, Kerry S. Taylor, Derek C. Dailey, Jarom D. Kesler, Steven P. Ruden, Colin B. Heideman, Theodore G. Papagiannis, Nicholas M. Zovko, Adam J. Gilbert, Kimberly J. Miller, Bryan W. Wahl, Thomas Y. Yee, Agnes Juang, Jason J. Jardine, Jared C. Bunker, Lance D. Smemoe, Joshua J. Stowell, Jonathan E. Bachand, Ali S. Razai, Terry K. Tullis, Derek R. Bayles, Cheryl T. Burgess, Gregory B. Phillips, Brian C. Claassen, Mark Lezama, Sean Ambrosius, Stephen W. Larson, John L. Paik, Bridget O'L. Smith, Michael R. Christensen, Benjamin J. Everton, Jason A. Gersting, Baraa Kahf, Alan G. Laquer, Vlad Teplitskiy, Jeffery L. Hallstrom, Maria V. Stout, William O. Adams, Ian W. Gillies, Andrew W. Lloyd, Mark D. Kachner, Lincoln S. Essig, David R. Trossen, Aaron M. Davis, Jason R. Swartz, Benjamin B. Anger, Jason A. Champion, Daniel V. Gibson, Jeremy J. Carney, Karen M. Cassidy, Adam B. Powell, Karen J. Lenker, Bryan G. McWhorter, Nathanael R. Luman, Andrea L. Cheek, Damien J. Howard, Jane Q. Dai, Shannon Lam, Peter Law, Mark Metzke, Scott G. Siera, Jacob Peterson, Christie R.W. Matthaei, Vladimir S. Lozan, Paul S. Stellman, Heungsoo Choi, Nicole Rossi Townes, Vikas Bhargava, Daniel J. Fischer, Jeremy A. Anapol, Scott A. Cromar, Kendall M. Loebbaka, David R. Schmidt, Harnik Shukla, Charlene A. Azema, Morgan R. Coates, Jessica L. Achtsam, Jonathan A. Menkes, Rosaleen H. Chou, Deborah S. Shepherd, Mark D. Marsden, Joan Y. Chan, Loni L. Morrow, Kyu S. Min, Chang Sik Lim, Thomas S.H. Cowan, Devanie A. DuFour, Alexander J. Martinez, Hans L. Mayer, Jessica C. Sganga, Nicholas A. Belair, Ryan S. Furtado, Angela K. Dremann, Justin J. Gillett, M. Scott Forbes, Brian M. Graham, Brian J. Flynn, Mitchell B. Hadley, Qi Peter Tong, Elenore Niu, Michael P. Burns, David M. Cohen, Mark E. Davis, Jordan Gottdank, Kim A. Kennedy, Daniel C. Kiang, Keith M. Lim, Ashley C. Morales, Nathan D. Reeves, Brandon G. Smith, Xiaoyan Sabrina Wang, Jun Hyuk (Zach) Hong, Jordan M. Cox, Albert J. Sueiras, Mark Rubinshtein, David J. Grant, Clayton R. Henson, Daniel A. Kamkar, Lesley Y. Kim, Nathan J. Lee, Josepher Li, Jacob R. Rosenbaum, James F. Smith, Douglas B. Wentzel, Aryeh N. Feinstein, Noorean I. Gill, Aaron S. Johnson, Bryan J. Johnson, Chanell Khosrowabadi, Lindsay A. Laddaran, Forrest M. McClellen, Janet M. Allendorph, Alexander Zeng, Sean S. Kim, Benjamin Ho, Adam R. Aquino, Samuel I. Cockriel, Serah R. Friedman, Bita Kianian, Yinan Lin, Eric R. Malmgren, Brian M.Z. Reece, Derk A. Westermeyer, Suyoung Jang, Show Xiaoyu Wang, Justin E. Culbertson, Andrew E. Morrell, Victoria E. Ellis, Yasmin L. Amin-Reimer, Kendrick S. Hsu, Catherine R. Gourash, Marissa M. Rosenbaum, Jeremiah S. Helm, Hironori Kubota, Kregg A. Koch, Andrew D. Lee, and Yusuke Hirai. Stacey Halpern of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, and the attorney(s) is located at
      2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
      Irvine, California 92614
      United States
      949-760-0404(phone)
      (949) 760-9502(fax)
      efiling@knobbe.com (authorized).
The attorney docket/reference number is FFWAT65.005T.
Stacey Halpern submitted the following statement: I attest that I am an attorney who is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state (including the District of Columbia and any U.S. Commonwealth or territory).

The applicant hereby appoints Stacey Halpern of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
      2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
      Irvine California 92614
      United States
      949-760-0404(phone)
      (949) 760-9502(fax)
      efiling@knobbe.com
as applicant's representative upon whom notice or process in the proceedings affecting the mark may be served.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

Stacey Halpern

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

2040 Main Street, 14th Floor

Irvine, California 92614

949-760-0404(phone)

(949) 760-9502(fax)

efiling@knobbe.com (authorized). Email Authorization: I authorize the USPTO to send email correspondence concerning the application to the applicant, the applicant's attorney, or the applicant's domestic representative at the email address provided in this application. I understand that a valid email 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: Not Provided    Date: Not Provided
Signatory's Name: Not Provided
Signatory's Position: Not Provided
Payment Sale Number: 88580803
Payment Accounting Date: 08/15/2019

Serial Number: 88580803
Internet Transmission Date: Thu Aug 15 17:55:56 EDT 2019
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XX.XXX.XX-20190815175556187
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