IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Application Serial No.: 77/674,425

Filed: February 20, 2009

Mark: the color green applied to milking liners

Applicant: Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.

DECLARATION of RICHARD CARPENTER

1. I am the General Manager for Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd, the Applicant in the above-identified
application. I have held this position since 2005 and worked in the dairy equipment business for six
years prior to working for Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd. | make this declaration in support of the Applicant’s
response to the current office action and have personal knowledge of all facts stated herein.

2. Applicant’s product is a silicone milking liner that is colored green in order to distinguish the product
from existing milking liners. Most milking liners sold in the marketplace are black.

3. To my knowledge, there are no other companies which sell green milking liners. To my knowledge,
Applicant is the only company that has sold green milking liners since at least as early as December 31,
2004, which is the date of first use recited in the registration application.

4. The primary purpose of the color green for Applicant’s milking liners is to inform purchasers and
others that the product originated from Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd. The color is used to distinguish our
liners from others in the marketplace.

5. Exemplary advertising materials are attached to this declaration as Exhibit A. These materials
prominently feature the green color of Applicant’s liners and describe the liner as “the green liner.” The
advertisements promote the association of the color green with Applicant’s liner.
6. The Applicant uses the word “green” in the title of its newsletter, “The Green Liner File,” which is
used to promote Applicant’s products to existing customers, dealers, and potential customers.
Examples of these newsletters are attached as Exhibit B.

7. The Applicant has sold its green-colored milking liners to roughly 1900 dairies in the US and to
roughly 700 dairies in Canada. The following information is a summary of our sales and our advertising
expenditures.

US Sales Advertising ($) and (%)

% of advertising budget related to promoting the color green
for liners

2004 $(93,000) $5,000

%100

2005 $562,000 $13,000

%100

2006 $689,000 $40,000

%95

2007 $1,870,000 $60,000

%95

2008 $2,931,000 $60,000

%90

2009 $2,553,000 $52,000

%80

2010 $681,000 YTD $28,000 YTD

%80

8. The green liners sold by Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd. are recognized by dairy equipment dealers and
customers to be sourced from Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd. Customers and dealers refer to our product as
“the green liner.” In my experience, customers and dealers recognize green-colored liners as originating
from Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.

The undersigned 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 document 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.

Signature:

Richard Carpenter, General Manager, Lauren AgriSystems, Ltd.

Date; 3.12:4?)—
EXHIBIT A
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performance. Like the other handheld applications, the audits are downloaded – Previous scores can be manually
to the database and made available in a finished report. entered or uploaded to the database

Pulsator Analysis Squawk Counter
Pulsation is a key component in the milking system and the force which drives – Runs simultaneously with iTeat
the interaction between your cows and the milking machine. So it‘s important to
– Simple one-button application
have the ability to recognize when your pulsation system is running correctly or
when improvements need to be made. ParlorProTM has created a spreadsheet
– Information easily uploaded from the
that allows the user to easily identify where a pulsation system stands overall, handheld to the database
and where each pulsator is performing within it. Pulsation recordings can
be manually entered or uploaded from certain devices to the spreadsheet. iPrep
Malfunctioning pulsators are then flagged which makes them easily identifiable – Minimizes time spent calculating
and simplifies the process of diagnosing a pulsation system. The tedious work prep procedures
of looking over individual pulsator recordings one at a time and the uncertainty – Can be used for multiple milkers
of which pulsators are good or bad is virtually eliminated. – Provides instant results
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Lauren AgriSystems at 330-339-3373. – Automatic analysis performed which
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Understanding Liner Compression
When you are involved with liners the topic of Liner Compression comes about. How much
compression do we need? Can I just take my system vacuum and subtract the Touch Point of
the liner to figure the liner compression? Which theory is correct: Over-Pressure or Residual
Vacuum available for Massage? The most common mistakes made while trying to understand liner
compression are with the definitions or preconceived ideas. Liner compression in its simplest form
is the force exerted on a teat by a liner through the pulsation cycle.

Pulsation is defined as the cyclic opening and closing of the liner in ISO 3918-2007, or in other words – pulsation
is Liner Wall Movement (LWM). The liner walls move as a result of the pressure change in the pulsation
chamber, and this movement is what applies the force on the teat during milking. Other dynamics that affect LWM
are vacuum levels, liner barrel shape, wall thickness, and durometer. It is a combination of these factors that
determine the liner compression on the teat.

Liner Compression begins when the liner comes into contact with the teat during liner closure. The pressure
applied at the beginning of liner closure is normally minimal, but can be of concern if the liner is moving too fast.
A liner moving within a pulsation cycle that has a c phase of 120 milliseconds or less can create a pressure
spike within the teat causing discomfort to the cow (1). During the initial closing of the liner there is no contact
between the teat end and the liner. Teat end contact is created when the liner has collapsed to the point where
it starts to bend around the teat. This is the point where most people believe that the significant portion of Liner
Compression begins.

Key events happen when the teat end
Figure 1 : Relationship of Touch Point and Over-Pressure Starts to absorb force First, the Touch
Point (TP) of the liner is reached. The
Touch Point in Comparison to Over-Pressure TP is the point at which the opposing
walls of the liner touch (3). TP is a useful
measurement and is most accurate when
comparing liners of the same barrel shape
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properties that affect TP are the same as
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to figure the milk-to-rest ratio. This is
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Touch Point (ian) in this theory is assuming that milk stops
flowing when the TP is reached, which is
not true for most liners.

Many believe that the pressure when milk stops flowing is sufficient enough to evaluate the compression of
a liner. The term used to describe the load the liner applies to the teat from this point through the d phase of
pulsation is Over-Pressure (OP) (2). While OP and TP are different in practice, there is a correlation between
them, at least for the current liner designs commercially available today (see Figure1.)

Recommendations have been published suggesting the amount of OP that is optimal. Liners operating in the
2.5-3.5 ian range of OP have shown favorable results on teat end health and prove to provide enough relief
from milking vacuum to overcome teat congestion and edema (2). The Lauren Tri-Circle® Liner operates at a 3.5

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ian OP. The unique barrel design and _
material used in Lauren Tri-Circle® Liners Key Pomts:
enable it to operate at this level. Other _ _ _
commonly used liners operate in the 5.5-7.0 ‘ PUisatlon IS Llner Wail Movement
ian OP range. In order for these liners to
decrease their OP values, they would need ‘ A faSt C phase may cause discomfort to COWS
to increase wall thickness or durometer during milking
or decrease milking vacuum. The results
of these actions could lead to operating – Liner Compression starts when the liner
parameters that would be less than optimal contacts the teat during Closure
or liner compression that never reaches the
teat end- – The significant stage of liner compression
Achieving the correct liner compression starts when milk stops ?owing and continues
within a milking system is a balance unti| starts again
between liner design characteristics and
machine settings. Monitoring teat health, – Over—Pressure starts in the 0 phase and
COW behaV’O“ and m”k’“9 performance
indicators that can be used to judge how
are reaches its maximum value during the d phase
effective a liner is operating. High rates of pulsation
of hyperkeratosis can mean that there is
excessive liner compression, and slow – Touch Point and Over-Pressure are correlated
milking can be an indicator of insufficient . T h P int i d t I t Wh n
liner compression. If you have questions on OUC O S a goo 00 0 use 6
liner compression, or would like to know the comparing similarly designed liners
Touch Point or Over-Pressure values for
the liner you are currently using, send your
questions to [email protected]

1. Kochman, A.K., F. Saho, B. Costello. 2008. Initial Pressure Application to the Teat by Various 0 Phases. NMC 47th Annual Meeting Proceedings, New Orleans, LA, pp 186-187.
2. Mein, G.A., D.M. Williams & D.J. Reinemann. 2003 Mechanical forces applied by the teatcup liner and responses of the teat. 42nd Annual Meeting Proceedings, Ft Worth, Texas, pp 114—123.
3. Nordegren, SA. 1980. Cyclic Vacuum Fluctuations in Milking Machines. (Doctoral Dissertation, University of Hohenheim, Germany), p 144.

Figure 2 : A representation of how Low and High Touch Point Liners affect the Over-Pressure on the teat along with
the results that can be associated with different levels of over-pressure.

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