How to respond to
a “Notification of Provisional Refusal”
issued by the JPO under the Madrid System
The JPO does not accept the indications of goods and services in the left column of the following table. Because The JPO thinks that the scope of the indication of goods and services is too vague.
The indications in the right column of the following table are examples of acceptable indications proposed by the JPO.
|
Class |
Unacceptable indications of the class headings |
Examples of acceptable indications of goods and services |
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17 |
Rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica and goods made from these materials and not included in other classes |
Raw or semi-worked rubber; gutta-percha; raw or partly processed gum; asbestos; raw or partly processed mica |
