Incomplete Divisional

THOMSON

Thomson Canada Limited

Incomplete Divisional

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SERIAL NO: 76/398432

APPLICANT: Thomson Canada Limited

*76398432*

May 10, 2006

CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

Alan Blum

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges

335 Madison Avenue, 17th Floor

New York NY 10017

RETURN ADDRESS:

Commissioner for Trademarks

P. O. Box 1451

Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

MARK: THOMSON

CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: N/A

CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:

Please provide in your correspondence:

1. Filing date, serial number, mark and

applicant's name.

2. Date of this Notice.

3. Attn: Intent to Use Unit

4. Your telephone number and e-mail address.

NOTICE OF INCOMPLETE DIVISIONAL REQUEST

TO AVOID THE DENIAL OF YOUR REQUEST TO DIVIDE THE APPLICATION, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE WITHIN THIRTY (30) OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.

Serial Number 76/398432

The request to divide application serial no. 76/398432, filed on February 24, 2006, is untimely and will not be processed. Any fees submitted with the request will be refunded in due course.

A request to divide cannot be filed during the time period between approval for publication and issuance of the notice of allowance. 37 C.F.R. §2.87(c); TMEP §1110.01. In the present case, the application was approved for publication on ^, and the notice of allowance has not yet issued.

Applicant can resubmit the request to divide the application with a statement of use (and a request for extension of time to file a statement of use, as appropriate) after the notice of allowance has issued. All divisional fees (and fees for any extension requests or statement of use submitted with the request to divide) must also be resubmitted at that time.

Please contact the undersigned with any questions.

Concetta A. Butler

Paralegal Specialist,

ITU/Divisional Unit

(571) 272 9494

(571) 273-9494

concetta.butler@uspto.gov

How to respond to this Office Action:

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 INTENT TO USE UNIT.