Apple's deadline was June 29, 2006.
Apple's official response
On June 22, the patent office published Apple's "Response to Office Action." The following are the relevant excerpts from Apple's document.
To the Commissioner for Trademarks:
Application serial no. 78646677 has been amended as follows: Classification and Listing of Goods/Services
Applicant hereby amends the following class of goods/services in the application as follows:
Current: Class 009 for computer software
Original Filing Basis: 1(b); and/or 44(d).
Proposed: Class 009 for computer software for home, education, business, and developer use.
Section 44(d) Priority based on foreign filing: Applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services, and asserts a claim of priority based on [Malaysia application number 05000127 filed 01/04/2005]. 15 U.S.C.Section 1126(d), as amended.
Additional statements
"NUMBERS appearing in the mark has no significance in the relevant trade or industry or as applied to the goods/services listed in the application, no geographical significance, nor any meaning in a foreign language."
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It's alive!
That was certainly a close call! Though you must admit, at the end of the day, that it's great to read that Apple "has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods and/or services..."
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