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  76/350323

 

This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on February 11, 2003.  The submitted information is acceptable.  However, it has come to the attention of the examining attorney that two of the applicant’s foreign registrations have expired.  Therefore, the final refusal is withdrawn so that the applicant may respond to the issue of the foreign registrations.  The examining attorney apologizes for any inconvenience to the applicant.

 

Foreign Registrations Expired

 

Two of the foreign registrations on which this application is based have expired.  Specifically, Registration No. 2,424,220 expired on June 30, 2002 and Registration No. 2,433,194 expired on July 31, 2002.  The applicant must submit evidence that the foreign registration will be in force at the time of issuance of the United States registration.  The evidence must consist of an official certification or a true copy, a photocopy, a certification, or a certified copy of the certificate of registration showing that the foreign registration has been renewed.  37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(iii); TMEP §1004.01(a).

 

The remaining two foreign registrations, Registration Nos. 2,680,672 and 2,694,531 will expire on June 29, 2004 and September 30, 2004, respectively.

 

Applicant may respond to this Office action using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) at <http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html>.  When using TEAS the data the applicant submits is directly uploaded into the Office’s database, which reduces processing time and eliminates the possibility of data entry errors by the Office.  Applicants are strongly encouraged to use TEAS to respond to Office actions.  Applicants using TEAS should not submit a duplicate paper copy of the response.

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

/Karen Bracey/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 116

703-306-7914; 703-746-8116 (fax)

ecom116@uspto.gov (formal response only)

 

 

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.