UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE. 

 

 

Serial Number  76/076304

 

This letter responds to applicant’s communication filed on May 28, 2004.  The Canadian registration has been accepted. 

 

Identification

THIS REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO THE SERVICES SPECIFIED THEREIN

 

The wording “reporting services” in the identification of services needs clarification because it could include services that fall in more than one International Class.  Applicant must amend this wording to specify the common commercial or generic name for the services.  If there is no common commercial or generic name for the services, then applicant must describe the nature of the services as well as their main purpose, channels of trade, and the intended consumer(s).  TMEP §1402.01.   Applicant may adopt this wording in its place, if accurate:  preparing business reports.  TMEP §1402.01.

 

Please note that, while the identification of services may be amended to clarify or limit the services, adding to the services or broadening the scope of the services is not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include services that are not within the scope of the services set forth in the present identification.

 

The applicant may wish to consult the Trademark Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual which can be accessed at www.uspto.gov in order to determine if the amended identification/recitation of goods/services will be sufficiently definite and properly classified.

 

If applicant should fail to respond to this Office action within the six month time limit, then the following goods and/or services will be deleted from the application: “and reporting.”  The application will then proceed forward the remaining services in the identification only.  37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).

 

 

Response Guidelines

The following legal authorities govern the processing of trademark and service mark applications by the Office:  The Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1051 et seq., the Trademark Rules of Practice, 37 C.F.R. Part 2, and the Office’s Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) (3rd ed., Rev. 2, May 2003), available on the United States Patent and Trademark Office web site at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm.

 

 

If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.

 

 

 

 

 

/ Hellen M. Bryan-Johnson /

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 114

(703) 308-9114 ext 457

fax (703) 746-8114

 

 

How to respond to this Office Action:

 

To respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.

 

To respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.

 

To check the status of your application at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/

 

For general and other useful information about trademarks, you are encouraged to visit the Office’s web site at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

 

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.