Application

PTO- 1478

Approved for use through 02/28/2021. OMB 0651-0009

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number

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PTO- 1478

Approved for use through 02/28/2021. OMB 0651-0009

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it contains a valid OMB control number

Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register

Serial Number: 90509847

Filing Date: 02/04/2021

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: PAPER FILTER (stylized and/or with design, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of PAPER FILTER. The color(s) black, gold, green and white is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the words PAPER FILTER appearing over the depiction of a cigarette filter.
The applicant, British American Tobacco (Brands) Inc., a corporation of Delaware, having an address of
      Suite 100
      251 Little Falls Drive
      Wilmington, Delaware 19808-1674
      United States
      XXXX

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 034:  Cigarettes; tobacco, raw or manufactured; roll your own tobacco; pipe tobacco; tobacco products, namely, smoking tobacco, cut tobacco, leaf tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, snus tobacco, pipe tobacco, and hand rolling tobacco; tobacco substitutes not for medical purposes; cigars; cigarillos; cigarette lighters; cigar lighters; matches; smokers' articles; namely, filter tubes, cigar relighting liquid solution; cigarette paper; cigarette tubes; cigarette filters; pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes; hand held machines for injecting tobacco into paper cigarette tubes; electronic cigarettes; liquids for electronic cigarettes, namely, electronic cigarette liquid (e-liquid) not comprised of essential oils; tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, namely, sticks of tobacco or sticks of tobacco substitutes that are designed to be heated but not burned
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 Jamaica application number 081110, filed 08/04/2020.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant has another basis for registration (Section 1(a) or Section 1(b)) and does NOT intend to rely on Section 44(e) as the basis for registration, but is only asserting a valid claim of priority. The application should not be suspended to await the submission of the foreign registration.





The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: William M. Bryner. Other appointed attorneys are all the attorneys of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. William M. Bryner of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton 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
      1001 W. Fourth Street
      Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
      United States
      336-607-7300(phone)
      336-607-7500(fax)
      tmadmin@kilpatricktownsend.com
The docket/reference number is 1235857.
William M. Bryner submitted the following statement: The attorney of record is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or any U.S. Commonwealth or territory.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

William M. Bryner

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: tmadmin@kilpatricktownsend.com        SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): wstrademarks@kilpatricktownsend.com Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the applicant owner/holder and the applicant owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).

A fee payment in the amount of $350 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 and was in use in commerce as of the filing date of the application 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 was used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application as of the application filing date; 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 and had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce as of the application filing date 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: /Neha Ahuja/   Date: 02/04/2021
Signatory's Name: Neha Ahuja
Signatory's Position: Authorised Attorney
Signatory's Phone Number: 336-607-7300
Signature method: Sent to third party for signature
Payment Sale Number: 90509847
Payment Accounting Date: 02/04/2021

Serial Number: 90509847
Internet Transmission Date: Thu Feb 04 10:46:09 ET 2021
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XX.XXX.XX-20210204104609302
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