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`CORRESPONDENCE INFORMATION
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`NAME
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`Steven S. Fang
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`PRIMARY EMAIL ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE
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`sfang@hrllp.com
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`SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES)
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`trademarks@hrllp.com
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`DOCKET/REFERENCE NUMBER
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`Apptronik
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`PAYMENT SECTION
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`TOTAL FEES DUE
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`SIGNATURE SECTION
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`RESPONSE SIGNATURE
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`SIGNATORY'S NAME
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`SIGNATORY'S POSITION
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`DATE SIGNED
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`The undersigned has elected not to submit a fee payment for the class(es), believing
`no fee payment is required under the Trademark Rules of Practice. The undersigned
`acknowledges that the USPTO may, upon later review, require a fee payment.
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`/Steven S. Fang/
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`Steven S. Fang
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`Attorney of Record
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`04/18/2025
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`ROLE OF AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
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`Authorized U.S.-Licensed Attorney
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`SIGNATURE METHOD
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`Signed directly within the form
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`FILING INFORMATION SECTION
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`TEAS STAMP
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`PTO- 1957
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`Approved for use through 01/31/2027. OMB 0651-0050
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`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`Fri Apr 18 23:16:12 ET 2025
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`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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`To the Commissioner for Trademarks:
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`Response to Office Action
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`Application serial no. 98475814 ROBOTS FOR HUMANS(Standard Characters, see https://tmng-al.uspto.gov/resting2/api/img/98475814/large)
`has been amended as follows:
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`EVIDENCE
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`Original PDF file:
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`Correspondence Information
`      Steven S. Fang
`      PRIMARY EMAIL FOR CORRESPONDENCE: sfang@hrllp.com
`      SECONDARY EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) (COURTESY COPIES): trademarks@hrllp.com
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`The docket/reference number is Apptronik.
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`Requirement for Email and Electronic Filing: I understand that a valid email address must be maintained by the owner/holder and the
`owner's/holder's attorney, if appointed, and that all official trademark correspondence must be submitted via the Trademark Electronic
`Application System (TEAS).
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`The undersigned has elected not to submit a fee payment for the class(es), believing no fee payment is required under the Trademark Rules of
`Practice. The undersigned acknowledges that the USPTO may, upon later review, require a fee payment.
`SIGNATURE(S)
`Response Signature
`Signature: /Steven S. Fang/     Date: 04/18/2025
`Signatory's Name: Steven S. Fang
`Signatory's Position: Attorney of Record
`Signature method: Signed directly within the form
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`The signatory has confirmed that he/she is a U.S.-licensed 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); and he/she is currently the owner's/holder's attorney or
`an associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S.-licensed attorney not currently associated
`with his/her company/firm previously represented the owner/holder in this matter: the owner/holder has revoked their power of attorney by a
`signed revocation or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; the USPTO has granted that attorney's withdrawal request; the owner/holder
`has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or the owner's/holder's appointed U.S.-licensed attorney has filed a power of
`attorney appointing him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.
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`Mailing Address:    Steven S. Fang
`   Huggins Reddien LLP
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`      2208 Lake Austin Blvd, Suite 200
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`   Austin, Texas 78703
`Mailing Address:    Steven S. Fang
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`Serial Number: 98475814
`Internet Transmission Date: Fri Apr 18 23:16:12 ET 2025
`TEAS Stamp: USPTO/ROA-XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:
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`Mark: ROBOTS FOR HUMANS
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`Application Serial No.: 98475814
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`Applicant: Apptronik, Inc.
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`Filing Date: March 29, 2024
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`1. No Likelihood of Confusion
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`RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION
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`The Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) has cited a likelihood of confusion between Apptronik’s ROBOTS FOR
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`HUMANSmark(the “Apptronik Mark”) and Registration No. 6286996 for ROBOTS FOR EVERYONE, owned by Uchimura
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`Robotics (the “UchimuraMark”), and Registration No. 6137293 for HUMANS FOR ROBOTS, owned by Aosa Inc. (the
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`“Aosa Mark”). Apptronik believes that no likelihood of confusion exists.
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`a. Apptronik’s Mark Is Not Confusingly Similar to Aosa Mark
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`The Apptronik Mark is not confusingly similar to the Aosa Mark becausethey:(i) cover unrelated goods that travel in
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`entirely different trade channels; and(ii) convey entirely different overall commercial impressions.
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`(i)
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`Apptronik Mark and Aosa Mark Cover Unrelated Goodsin Different Channels
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`Aosa operates as a retail coffee shop in Huntington Beach, California. (See attached printout from Aosa’s homepage
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`at https://aosacoffee.com/.) Its menu consists of $5 lattes and $10 avocado toast. Given the specimen of use that Aosa
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`submitted, it is not clear that Aosa actually manufactures or sells robots of any sort under its own trademark. At best,
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`it appears that Aosaresells an inexpensivetoy robot kit suitable for child’s play.'
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`In contrast, Apptronik sells products and services that cost tens of thousands of lattes and avocado toasts to
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`sophisticated parties who exercise much due diligence in their purchasing decisions. Apptronik recently closed a
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`$403M round of Series A funding, and it has secured commercial engagements with industry leaders such as Mercedes-
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`Benz, GXO, and NVIDIA for them to leverage Apptronik’s robotics technology. In particular, Apptronik recently entered
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`into a strategic partnership agreement with the Google DeepMind robotics team, pursuant to which Apptronik and
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`Google will bring together best-in-class artificial intelligence with cutting-edge hardware and embodiedintelligence,
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`advancing humanoid robots that can be more helpful to people in dynamic environments. (Copies of media coverage
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`relating to the foregoing are attached.) No Aosa customer is likely to be confused that anything the customer purchases
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`from Aosa has anything to do with Apptronik, and no Apptronik customer is likely to be confused that anything the
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`customer purchases from Apptronik has anything to do with Aosa.
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`1 Query whether Aosa’s specimen should have been accepted by the PTO.
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`(ii)|Apptronik Mark and Aosa Mark ConveyEntirely Different Overall Commercial Impressions
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`Although the Apptronik Mark and the Aosa Mark consist of the same three words, the different ordering of those words
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`creates divergent overall commercialimpressions. “ROBOTS”is the subject in the Apptronik Mark whereas “HUMANS”
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`is the subject in the Aosa Mark. The Apptronik Mark is a play on words suggestive of robots with a softer touch that
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`makes them more human-like and human-friendly. In contrast, the Aosa Mark seems to suggest that the toy robotsit
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`sells are in search of humans to play with them. Accordingly, there is no likelihood of confusion between the Apptronik
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`Mark and the Aosa Mark.
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`b. Apptronik Mark ls Not Confusingly Similar to Uchimura Mark
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`The Apptronik Mark is not confusingly similar to the Uchimura Mark becausethey: (i) convey entirely different overall
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`commercial impressions; and (ii) cover different goods.
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`(i)
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`Apptronik Mark and Uchimura Mark ConveyEntirely Different Overall Commercial Impressions
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`As a threshold matter, we note that “robots” is disclaimed in the registration for the Uchimura Mark. By definition,
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`Uchimura has disclaimed exclusive rights to the component of its mark the PTO deemed as the dominant elementin
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`comparing the Uchimura Mark and the Apptronik Mark. Quiteliterally, Uchimura does not and cannot own a monopoly
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`on “ROBOTS FOR,”and there is no valid basis for the PTO to conclude thatthereis a likelihood of confusion where that
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`conclusion rests upon a disclaimed term.
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`The Apptronik Mark and the Uchimura Mark convey entirely different messages. According to the Uchimura website
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`at https://uchimurarobotics.com/, Uchimura does not manufactureor sell its own robots.? (Copy of the homepagefor
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`Uchimura’s website is attached.) Instead, Uchimura is a distributor and integrator of robots manufactured by others.
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`As such, ROBOTS FOR EVERYONE touts Uchimura’s apparent aptitude for delivering robots to everyone —i.e., the
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`Uchimura Mark means “robotsfor everyone”ina literal sense. As discussed above, Apptronik’s Mark delivers a much
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`more nuanced message suggestive of robots with a softer touch that makes them more human-like and human-
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`friendly. The Apptronik Mark and the Uchimura Mark stress and mean different things, conveying significantly different
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`overall commercial impressions that dispel any likelihood of confusion.
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`(ii)
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`Apptronik Mark and Uchimura Mark Cover Different Goods
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`The Apptronik Mark and Uchimura Mark cover different goods. Apptronik develops, builds, and distributes humanoid
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`robots under the Apptronik Mark. In contrast, Uchimura does not appear to manufacture or sell its own robots at all
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`and, instead, uses the Uchimura Mark in connection with distribution and integration services. The Uchimura Mark
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`covers mundane, lifeless industrial robots (or, more accurately, distribution and integration services relating to
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`? Query whether Uchimura’s specimen should have been accepted by the PTO, given that the specimen doesnot
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`show use of ROBOTS FOR EVERYONE onanyactual robot.
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`mundane, lifeless industrial robots), whereas the Apptronik Mark covers graceful, human-life robots. Accordingly,
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`there is no likelihood of confusion between the Apptronik Mark and the Uchimura Mark.*®
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`c. Coexistence of Uchimura Mark and Aosa Mark Leaves Room for Apptronik Mark
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`In addition to the foregoing, the fact that registrations for the Uchimura Mark and the Aosa Mark coexist on the
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`Principal Register demonstrates that the Apptronik Mark can similarly coexist with both on the Principal Register. Both
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`the Uchimura Mark and the Aosa Mark cover robots in some form —i.e., they cover what the PTO deems to berelated
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`goods. But because the PTO allowed registration of both marks on the Principal Register, it is evident that the PTO
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`concluded that ROBOTS FOR EVERYONE and HUMANS FOR ROBOTSconveyappreciably different overall commercial
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`impressions such that no likelihood of confusion exists.
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`If, as the PTO contends, the Apptronik Mark conveys a similar overall commercial impression as the Uchimura Mark,
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`then, as a matter of transitive logic, the PTO should treat the Apptronik Mark the same as it did when it assessed
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`whether the Uchimura Mark is confusingly similar to the Aosa Mark. Namely, the PTO should logically conclude that
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`Apptronik’s ROBOTS FOR HUMANS mark conveys an appreciablydifferent overall commercialimpression from Aosa’s
`HUMANS FOR ROBOTSmarksuch that no likelinood of confusion exists.
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`If, as the PTO contends,the Apptronik Mark conveys a similar overall commercial impression as the Aosa Mark, then,
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`as a matter of transitive logic, the PTO should treat the Apptronik Mark the sameas it did when it assessed whether the
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`Aosa Mark is confusingly similar to the Uchimura Mark. Namely, the PTO should logically conclude that Apptronik’s
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`ROBOTS FOR HUMANS mark conveys an appreciably different overall commercial impression from Uchimura’s
`ROBOTS FOR EVERYONE marksuch that no likelihood of confusion exists.
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`d.
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`PTO Has Allowed Cited Marks to Coexist with Other Similar Marks
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`The PTO has further allowed the Uchimura Mark and the Aosa Mark to coexist with other similar marks. For example,
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`the PTO has allowed registration for HUMAN ROBOTPOSSIBILITIES, Application No.: 98090736, for robots and robot-
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`related services in Classes 7, 9, and 42 — the same classes and sorts of goods and services as those specified in
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`Apptronik’s application.‘ If that combination of “human” and “robot” can coexist with the Uchimura Mark and the Aosa
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`Mark, then, as a matter of logical consistency, the same should betrue for the Apptronik Mark.
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`2. Apptronik Mark Is Not Merely Descriptive
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`Apptronik disagrees with the PTO’s conclusion that the Apptronik Mark is merely descriptive. The PTO, in support of
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`its position, cited articles posted on the Teague, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, and United Robotics Groups
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`3 lf the PTO maintains its refusal based uponalikelihood of confusion with the Uchimura Mark, then Apptronik may
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`consider deleting “industrial robots” from the specification for Class 7 in its application, provided that such deletion
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`would dispel the PTO’s concerns regarding a likelihood of confusion.
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`‘The applicant for HUMAN ROBOT POSSIBILITIES submitted a statement of use on February 28, 2025, which suggests
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`that this application will likely mature to registration soon.
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`websites that appear to use reference to “robots for humans.” The USC article has a dateline of November 7, 2023, and
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`the United Robotics Groups article has a dateline of April 18, 2024. The Teague article does not have a dateline, but the
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`Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive indicates that the article was first posted on or about March 1, 2024. (See
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`copy of page at https://web.archive.org/web/20240315000000*/https://teague.com/insights/designing-robots-for-
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`humansattached.) As specified in Apptronik’s application, Apptronik first used the Apptronik Mark at least as early as
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`May 19, 2018, long before any of the articles cited by the PTO were posted. There is no evidence to support the
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`conclusion that Apptronik adopted a descriptive industry phrase as its trademark, given that Apptronik’s use predates
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`the references cited by the PTO.
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`In any event, it is not the case that the Apptronik Mark merely describes a feature, characteristic, purpose, function,
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`or intended audience of the goods and services specified in Apptronik’s application. It is true that “robot” and “human”
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`(as is “for”) are dictionary words. But assessing the literal definition of each constituent word in a vacuum in relation to
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`the specified goods and services is not an appropriate way determine whether a mark is merely descriptive.
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`Per TMEP 1213.05(c), “a ‘double entendre’ is an expression that has a double connotation or significance as applied
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`to the goods or services. The mark that comprises the ‘double entendre’ will not be refused registration as merely
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`descriptive if one of its meanings is not merely descriptive in relation to the goods or services.” As discussed above,
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`Apptronik selected the Apptronik Mark to evoke thoughts of softer, gentler, more graceful humanoid robots - the
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`antithesis of the stereotypical image of the cold, lifeless, industrial machines associated with robots. The Apptronik
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`Mark does not merely communicate that Apptronik will provide humans with robots. It requires “imagination, thought,
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`or perception to reach a conclusion as to the nature of those goods or services.”In re N.C.Lottery, 866 F.3d 1363, 1367,
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`123 USPQ2d 1707, 1709 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (citing DuoProSS Meditech Corp.v. Inviro Med. Devices, Ltd., 695 F.3d 1247,
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`1251-52, 13 USPQ2d 1753, 1755 (Fed. Cir. 2012)); see In re Fallon, 2020 USPQ2d 11249, at *7 (TTAB 2020) (citing /n re
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`Fat Boys Water Sports LLC, 118 USPQ2d 1511, 1515 (TTAB 2016)). See, for example, In re Colonial Stores Inc. , 394 F.2d
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`549, 157 USPQ 382 (C.C.P.A. 1968), allowing registration of SUGAR & SPICE for bakery products even though sugar and
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`spice are typical ingredients for bakery products; and /n re Del. Punch Co., 186 USPQ 63 (TTAB 1975), allowing
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`registration of THE SOFT PUNCH for a noncarbonated soft drink.
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`In contrast, Uchimura’s ROBOTS FOR EVERYONE markis far more descriptive and literal in its meaning in that it
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`describes a company intent on providing robots suitable for everyone’s needs. Yet the PTO allowed registration of the
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`Uchimura Mark on the Principal Register. Given the PTO’s view that the Apptronik Mark and the Uchimura Mark are
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`similar, the PTO should accord the Apptronik Mark similar treatment and allow registration on the Principal Register.
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`The PTO has similarly allowed registration on the Principal Register for many common noun plus “FOR HUMANS”or
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`similar formulations where theliteral meaning of the words in the marks may describe a characteristic of the goods or
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`services but where the expression taken as a whole conjures a different meaning — namely, a softer, gentler, more
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`graceful wayto provide a particular good or service. Examples include:
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`Mark
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`Reg. No.
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`Goods and Services
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`TECH FOR HUMANS
`7089481
`Technology-related website services
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`BANKING FOR HUMANS 6489211 and 7043245=|Banking services
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`RESOURCES FOR HUMANS
`6183709
`Human resource services
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`A PHONE FOR HUMANS
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`6053813
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`Phones
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`HUMANS HELPING HUMANS|7553171 Moving services
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`The PTO should nottreat the Apptronik Mark any differently. It should allow registration of the Apptronik Mark on the
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`Principal Register.
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`3. No Disclaimer Should Be Required
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`The PTO did notonly allow registration on the Principal Register for the third-party marks cited above, each of which
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`employs the same noun plus “FOR HUMANS?” or similar formulation as the Apptronik Mark. The PTO did so in each
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`instance without requiring any disclaimer. Apptronik requests thatit be afforded the same treatment.
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`4.
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`Identification Previously Accepted by PTO
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`The PTO has determined that certain wording in Apptronik’s specification for goods in Class 9 is indefinite or overly
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`broad. However, the PTO accepted the same or largely the same wording in Apptronik’s recent registrations set forth
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`below:
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`Mark
`Reg. No.
`Goods and Services(Class 9)
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`APPTRONIK
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`5309335
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`Humanoid robotic components, namely, humanoid
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`robotics platforms in the nature of robots for personal,
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`educational and hobby use and structural parts
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`therefor; humanoid robotic components, namely,
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`robotic arms for laboratory purposes
`Apptronik Logo
`7167304
`Humanoid robotic components, namely, humanoid
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`robotics platforms in the nature of robots for personal,
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`educational and hobbyuseand structural parts
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`therefor; humanoid robotic components, namely,
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`robotic arms as structural parts of laboratory robots;
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`humanoid robots with artificial intelligence for use in
`scientific research
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`We welcome an opportunity to discuss with the PTO the reasons for its change in approach.
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`5. Specimen Describes Services in Class 42
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`The PTO has advised that Apptronik’s specimen does not show a direct association with the services specified in
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`Class 42. However, page 5 of the specimen displays ROBOTS FOR HUMANS prominently. Directly below appears the
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`following: “Humans are toolmakers. We build tools to help us do more with less. Apollo is a new tool that will
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`dramatically improve the way welive and work.”
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`APOLLO is the name of Apptronik’s flagship humanoid robot. As discussed above, Apptronik has entered into
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`commercial engagements with industry leaders such as Mercedes-Benz, GXO, and NVIDIA for them to leverage
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`Apptronik’s robotics technology. In particular, Apptronik recently entered into a strategic partnership agreement with
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`the Google DeepMind robotics team, pursuant to which Apptronik and Googlewill bring together best-in-class artificial
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`intelligence with cutting-edge hardware and embodied intelligence in the form of Apptronik’s APOLLO humanoid robot.
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`Accordingly, the specimen directly associates the Apptronik Mark with, inter alia, “Product design and developmentin
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`the field of robots and robotic systems; Scientific and technological services, namely, research and designin the field
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`of robots and robotic systems; Technical consulting in the field of monitoring technological functions of humanoid
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`robots with artificial intelligence” in Class 42.
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