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  76/367594

 

This letter responds to the allegation of use filed on July 3, 2003.  The allegation of use is refused for the reasons set forth below.

 

Specimen

The specimen is unacceptable as evidence of actual trademark use for goods because it does not show acceptable use of the mark in commerce and does not qualify for any exception.  Examples of acceptable specimens for goods are tags, labels, instruction manuals, containers, or photographs that show the mark on the goods or packaging.  TMEP §904.04 et seq.  The applicant must submit a specimen showing the mark as used in commerce.  37 C.F.R. §2.56.  Therefore, the applicant must comply with each of the following requirements:

 

1.  The applicant must submit an acceptable specimen showing the mark as used in commerce for each class of goods and/or services.  37 C.F.R. §§2.56 and 2.88(b)(2).

 

2.  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.  Jim Dandy Co. v. Siler City Mills, Inc., 209 USPQ 764 (TTAB 1981); 37 C.F.R. §2.59(b); TMEP §§904.09 and 1109.09(b).  An acceptable substitute declaration follows below.  A person properly authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant must sign the substitute declaration.  37 C.F.R. §2.33(a); TMEP §804.04. 

 

The undersigned, being hereby warned that willful false statements

and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under

18 U.S.C. §1001, and that such willful false statements may jeopardize

the validity of the application or document or any registration resulting

therefrom, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge

are true; and that all statements made on information and belief are

believed to be true and that the substitute specimen was in use in commerce

prior to the expiration of the time allowed to the applicant for filing the

statement of use.

                                                                        ___________________________

                                                                                                  (Signature of Authorized Person)

                                                                                         ___________________________

                                                                                         (Print or Type Name and Position)

                                                                                         ___________________________

                                                                                                    (Date)

 

Identification

The mark appears to identify a component of the final product rather than the final product itself.  If this is true, the applicant must amend the identification of goods to identify the component by its purpose or function and to describe it as “sold as an integral component of mattresses,” naming the final product.  TMEP §1402.05(a).  The proper international class is that of the final product.  The applicant must amend the international class, if appropriate.

 

Status Check

To check status information, please use either http://tarr.uspto.gov, or call 703-305-8747 (Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 12 midnight, EST).  If additional information regarding the status of an application or registration is required, callers may telephone the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC) at (703) 308-9000 or (800) 786-9199 and request a status check.  TAC is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday, except on holidays. 

 

Questions About This Action

If the applicant has any questions regarding this Office action, please call the examining attorney.

 

 

/Brian J. Pino/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 114

301.604.0916

703.746.8114 Facsimile

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.