SHARP Family Convection Oven

The SHARP Family Convection Oven, or Famicon, was a released by SHARP in 1979. The appliance would be trademarked as "Famicon" by SHARP, preventing Nintendo from being able to use the term "Famicom" when referring to their home video game console the Family Computer. SHARP would eventually transfer the "Famicon" trademark to Nintendo, while also introducing their own Famicom consoles shortly after, including the SHARP C1, the Twin Famicom, and the Famicom Titler.

Trademark
The appliance was filed to be trademarked on March 30, 1981 as a “consumer electronic device” under the name “Famicon” by SHARP corporation. The first trademark would be granted on August 29, 1983. A few months after the launch of the Family Computer, SHARP would file a second trademark for "Famicon" under "entertainment purposes" on October 31, 1983. The second trademark would be granted on May 10, 1985. Due to the similarities in how the terms “Famicom” and “Famicon” are pronounced in Japanese, and the generic wording of the trademark, Nintendo was unable to officially refer to the Family Computer as the Famicom, until SHARP officially transferred the trademark to Nintendo on October 17, 1985.