Offc Action Outgoing

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  76/179115

 

This letter responds to the applicant’s Statement of Use filed on November 4, 2002.  The applicant submitted a specimen which is accepted for the goods in Class 08 only.

 

Specimen Unacceptable to Show Use on Goods in International Class 07

 

The specimen does not show use of the mark for any goods in International Class 07 as identified in the statement of use.  The goods in the specimen are clearly “hand operated tools”.  Moreover, the flap cover warns that this tool is “not designed for use with air tools or power tools”.  Therefore, the applicant must submit a substitute specimen showing use of the mark for the goods in International Class 07 specified.  37 C.F.R. §§2.56 and 2.88(b)(2); TMEP §1109.09(b).  The applicant must verify, with an affidavit or a declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20, that the substitute specimen was in use in commerce prior to the expiration of the time allowed to the applicant for filing a statement of use.  37 C.F.R. §2.59(b); TMEP §904.09.

 

If an amendment of the dates-of-use clause is necessary in order to state the correct dates of first use, the applicant must verify the amendment with an affidavit or a declaration in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §2.20.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(c); TMEP §§903.05 and 1109.09(a).

 

 

 

 

 

/William T. Verhosek/

Examining Atty/LO 114

703-308-9114x142

(Off fax) 703-746-8114

(Off email) ecom114@uspto.gov

 

 

 

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 E-mail, visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/trademarks/tmelecresp.htm 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.