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  76/340263

 

Applicant’s application was been reinstated by the Assistant Commissioner’s Office on December 30, 2002. Please note the following Final refusal as to the recitation of goods.

 

FINAL REFUSAL

 

The wording “Computer programs and hardware comprising an expandable communications telephony system allowing for digital-based communication via telephones, fax machines, the Internet and all other forms of telephonic modalities” in the identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant must state the FUNCTION the software performs.  The applicant may amend the wording to “computer telephony systems, namely, computers, telephones, automated dialers, hardware, and software used in connection with interactive digitized, synthesized and/or audio recognition technology for use in delivering and/or receiving data, messages and/or programming commands,” if accurate.  TMEP §1402.01.

 

Please note that the only appropriate responses to a final action are (1) compliance with the outstanding requirements, if feasible, (2) filing of an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or (3) filing of a petition to the Director if permitted by 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b). 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §715.01.  Regarding petitions to the Director, see 37 C.F.R. §2.146 and TMEP Chapter 1700.  If the applicant fails to respond within six months of the mailing date of this refusal, this Office will declare the application abandoned.  37 C.F.R. §2.65(a). 

 

 

Lesley LaMothe

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 103

703-308-9103 ext. 186

fax- 703-746-8103

e-mail- lesley.lamothe@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.