UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 76/296342
APPLICANT: BOC Gases Australia Limited
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: CHRISTOPHER B. SCHNEIDER SCHIFF HARDIN & WAITE 6600 SEARS TOWER CHICAGO IL 60606
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom108@uspto.gov
If no fees are enclosed, the address should include the words "Box Responses - No Fee." |
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MARK: OSCAR
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 27523-0001
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
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Please provide in all correspondence:
1. Filing date, serial number, mark and applicant's name. 2. Date of this Office Action. 3. Examining Attorney's name and Law Office number. 4. Your telephone number and e-mail address.
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Serial Number 76/296342
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION
The applicant’s response to the first Office action was filed on March 28, 2002 along with a request to divide the application. The request to divide was completed on June 15, 2002 (with the services in International Classes 37, 40 and 42 remaining in this parent application). Following the completion of the request to divide, the application was subsequently misfiled by this Office and was only recently returned to the examining attorney for review. The examining attorney regrets any inconvenience to the applicant.
The examining attorney has reviewed the applicant’s amendments and arguments in favor of registration. The amended recitations of services in International Classes 37, 40 and 42 have been accepted and entered into the record, and the applicant’s election to proceed on both its Section 1(b) and 44(d) priority bases has been noted. Further, the likelihood of confusion refusal has been withdrawn.
Action on this application is suspended pending receipt of a certification or certified copy of the registration in the country of origin of applicant. If the registration is in a foreign language, an English translation must be submitted. The certification or certified copy of the registration should be forwarded to the Examining Attorney as soon as possible. If the foreign application is abandoned, the Examining Attorney should be advised.
If the applicant has any questions, please telephone the undersigned examining attorney.
Sonya B. Stephens
/Sonya B. Stephens/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 108
(703) 308-9108 ext. 227 (phone)
(703) 746-8108 (fax)
ecom108@uspto.gov
FEE INCREASE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2003 (FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing an application for trademark registration will be increased to $335.00 per International Class. The USPTO will not accord a filing date to applications that are filed on or after that date that are not accompanied by a minimum of $335.00. Additionally, the fee for amending an existing application to add an additional class or classes of goods/services will be $335.00 per class for classes added on or after January 1, 2003.
CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR MAILING TRADEMARK CORRESPONDENCE (FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
To expedite processing, the Office encourages parties to file documents through the Trademark Electronic Application System, at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html, wherever possible.
Effective May 1, 2003, the mailing addresses for filing trademark-related documents on paper has changed. See notices at 68 FR 19371 (April 21, 2003) and 68 FR 14332 (March 25, 2003).
All trademark-related correspondence filed by mail, except for documents sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation and requests for copies of trademark documents, should be addressed to:
Commissioner for Trademarks
2900 Crystal Drive
Arlington, Virginia 22202-3514
The mail box designations previously listed in TMEP §305.01 are no longer in use.
Requests to record documents in the Assignment Services Division can be filed electronically at http://etas.gov.uspto.report/. Paper documents and cover sheets to be recorded in the Assignment Services Division should be sent to:
Mail Stop Assignment Recordation Services
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
P. O. Box 1450
Alexandria VA 22313-1450
Copies of trademark documents can be ordered through the Office’s website at http://www.uspto.gov. Requests for certified or uncertified copies of trademark documents filed on paper should be sent, with an authorization to charge the fee to a credit card or USPTO deposit account, to:
Mail Stop Document Services
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
P. O. Box 1450, Alexandria VA 22313-1450