UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/305455
APPLICANT: Qiagen GmbH
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: LAWRENCE E ABELMAN ABELMAN FRAYNE & SCHWAB 150 E 42ND ST NEW YORK NY 10017-5612
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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MARK: RNAPROTECT
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 867493
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 76/305455
In the statement of use, applicant has described the goods and/or services more narrowly than those described in the notice of allowance and it is not clear whether applicant intended to restrict the identification. Applicant must either confirm that the identification of goods and/or services indicated in the statement of use is proper or submit an amended identification of goods and/or services. TMEP §§1109.11(b) and 1109.13.
It appears that the applicant has deleted Class 9 from the application.
If applicant amends the statement of use to add the omitted goods and/or services, then applicant must also include a statement that “the applicant used the mark on or in connection with the additional goods and/or services in commerce before expiration of the time period for filing a statement of use,” properly verified with a notarized affidavit or a signed declaration in accordance with 37 C F R §2 20. 37 C.F.R. §2.88(i)(2); TMEP §1109. 13. The applicant must also submit an acceptable specimen and dates of use for the Class 9 goods and the fee for filing the statement of use for the additional class.
The goods and/or services specified in the amended identification may not exceed the scope of those set forth in the notice of allowance. Also, if the application has been expressly amended to delete from the identification any goods and/or services set forth in the notice of allowance, those items may not be re-inserted in the identification. See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).
/Kelley L. Wells/
Kelley L. Wells
Examining Attorney
Law Office 105
(703) 308-9105x124
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