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`ADDRESS:
`Commissioner of Patents
`""1 Tfldfmlrks
`Washington. D.C. 20231
`It no fees are enclosed, the address
`should Include the words “Box 51..
`Please provide in all correspondence:
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`1. Filing date, serial number, mark, and
`applicant's name.
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`2. Mailing date of this Oflice action.
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`FORM PTO-1525 (5-90)
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`3. Your telephone number and ZIP code.
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`4. Examining nttomey's name and law omce
`number.
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`A proper response to this Office Action must be received within six months of the
`mailing date of the Office Action in order to avoid ABANDONMENT. For your
`convenience and to ensure proper handling ofyour response, a label has been enclosed.
`Please attach it to the upper right comer ofyour response. If the label is not enclosed, print
`or type the Trademark L#a_w_0gfice ]jo_.,_Serial IQ, and IQ]; in the upper right corner of
`your response.
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`The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the
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`LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION
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`The examining attorney refuses registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C.
`Section 1052(d), because the applicant's mark, when used on the identified goods, is likely to
`be confused with the registered mark in U.S. Registration No. 1,769,783. TIVIEP section
`1207. See the enclosed registration.
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`Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act bars registration where a mark so resembles a registered
`mark, that it is likely, when applied to the goods, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake or
`to deceive. TMEP section 1207.01. The Court in In re E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 476
`F.2d 1357, 177 USPQ 563 (CCPA 1973), listed the principal factors to consider in
`determining whether there is a likelihood of confusion. Among these factors are the
`similarity of the marks as to appearance, sound, meaning and commercialimpression and the
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`similarity of the goods. The overriding concern is to prevent buyer confusion as to the source
`of the goods. Miss Universe, Inc. v. Miss Teen U'.S.A., Inc., 209 USPQ 698 (N.D. Ga. 1980).
`Therefore, any doubt as to the existence of a likelihood of confusion must be resolved in
`favor of the registrant. Lone Star Mfg. Co. v. Bill Beasley, Inc., 498 F.2d 906, 182 USPQ
`368 (CCPA 1974).
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`"VECTOR," the dominant word in the applicant's proposed mark, comprises the entire
`registered mark. Since both marks are applied to computer programs for use in the banking
`industry, confusion as to source is likely.
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`If the applicant chooses to respond to the refusal to register, the applicant must also respond
`to the following informality.
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`DRAWING
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`The drawing is not acceptable because the mark is not typed entirely in capital letters. 37
`C.F.R. Section 2.51(e); TMEP section 807.08. The applicant must submit a new drawing.
`the applicant wishes to register the typed version of the mark, the applicant must submit a
`drawing on which the mark is typed entirely in capital letters.
`If the applicant intends to
`show the mark in special form, the applicant must submit an acceptable special-form drawing.
`37 C.F.R. Sections 2.51 and 2.52.
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`If
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`The requirements for a special-form drawing, in addition to the heading, are as follows.
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`. (1) The drawing must appear in black and white; no color is permitted.
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`(2) Every line and letter must be black and clear.
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`(3) The use of gray to indicate shading is ‘unacceptable.
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`(4) The lining must not be too fine or too close together.
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`(5) The preferred size of the area in which the mark is displayed is 2 1/2 inches (6.1
`cm.) high and 2 1/2 inches (6.1 cm.) wide.
`In no case may it be larger than 4 inches
`(10.3 cm.) high or 4 inches (10.3 cm.) wide.
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`(6) If the reduction of the mark to the required size renders any details illegible, the
`applicant may insert a statement in the application to describe the mark and these
`details.
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`37 C.F.R. ‘Sections 2.51 and 2.52; TMEP section 807.05. The Office will enforce these
`drawing requirements strictly. TMEP section 807.
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`Sue Carruthers
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`Trademark Attorney
`Law Office 7
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`703-308-9107, ext. 32
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`*** User: EX415369 *** Serial Number: 74205219 ***
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`Word Mark
`VECTOR
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`Goods/Services
`IC 009; US 038; G & S: computer programs for use in the banking industry
`and instruction and user manuals sold therewith; FIRST USE: 1976.06.00;
`FIRST USE IN COMERCE: 1976.06.00
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`Mark Drawing Code
`(1) TYPED DRAWING
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`Serial Number
`74—205219
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`Filing Date
`1991.09.20
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`Registration Number
`1769783
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`Registration Date
`1993.05.11
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`Owner Name/Address
`INC. CORPORATION DELAWARE 15301 North Dallas
`(REGISTRANT) DIRECTIONS,
`Parkway Suite 400-LB 23 Dallas TEXAS 752484689
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`Type of Mark
`TRADEMARK
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`Register
`PRINCIPAL
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