Application

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PTO- 1478

Approved for use through 10/31/2024. 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: 97791986

Filing Date: 02/13/2023

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: BTBH (Standard Characters, see mark)
The literal element of the mark consists of BTBH. The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
The applicant, IDEC CORPORATION, a corporation of Japan, having an address of
      6-64, Nishi Miyahara 2-chome
      Yodogawa-ku, Osaka-shi
      Osaka 532-0004
      Japan
      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 009:  Terminal blocks; terminals (electricity); resistances, electric; distribution boards (electricity); distribution boxes(electricity); distribution consoles (electricity); connectors (electricity); electric plugs; Plugs, sockets and other contacts (electric connections); relays, electric; power distribution or control machines and apparatus; rotary converters; phase modifiers; batteries, electric; electrical cells and batteries; ammeters; electric or magnetic meters and testers; wires, electric; cables, electric; connections for electric lines; conductors, electric; electric buzzers; buzzers; coils, electric; telecommunication machines and apparatus; electronic machines, apparatus and their parts; magnets; Graphite electrodes; magnetic cores; resistance wires; electrodes

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 Japan application number 2022-098838, filed 08/26/2022.
INTENT TO PERFECT 44(d) : At this time, the applicant intends to rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration. If ultimately the applicant does not rely on Section 44(e) as a basis for registration, a valid claim of priority may be retained.

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 6661636, and/or proof of renewal, registered 01/12/2023 with a renewal date of __________ and an expiration date of 01/12/2033, and translation thereof, if appropriate.



The owner's/holder's proposed attorney information: M. Scott Alprin. Other appointed attorneys are Yuka Kobayashi. M. Scott Alprin, is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, and the attorney(s) is located at
      5 Pinehurst Circle, N.W.
      Washington, District of Columbia 20015
      United States
      202-659-8225(phone)
      202-659-0441(fax)
      trademarks@alprinlaw.com
The docket/reference number is 0020413.
M. Scott Alprin 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 hereby appoints M. Scott Alprin
      5 Pinehurst Circle, N.W.
      Washington District of Columbia 20015
      United States
      202-659-8225(phone)
      202-659-0441(fax)
      trademarks@alprinlaw.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:

M. Scott Alprin

PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: trademarks@alprinlaw.com       SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): NOT PROVIDED 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: /Yuka Kobayashi/   Date: 02/13/2023
Signatory's Name: Yuka Kobayashi
Signatory's Position: Attorney of record, Virginia Bar member
Signatory's Phone Number: 202-659-8225
Signature method: Signed directly within the form
Payment Sale Number: 97791986
Payment Accounting Date: 02/13/2023

Serial Number: 97791986
Internet Transmission Date: Mon Feb 13 12:21:27 ET 2023
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/BAS-XX.XXX.XXX.XXX-202302131221284
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