UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 76/419726
APPLICANT: Luftschiffau Zeppelin GmbH
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: WILLIAM B. PATTERSON MOSER, PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, L.L.P. 3040 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 1500 HOUSTON, TEXAS 77056
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3513 ecom114@uspto.gov
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MARK: ZEPPELIN
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: GRUN/T011
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 76/419726
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d). TMEP section 1105.01.
The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
Class 6: Bulk solid material handling equipment, namely, metal storage silos and metal blending silos
Class 7: Pneumatic conveying systems for bulk solid materials handling comprised of rotary feeders, diverter valves, separators and horizontal rotary feeders
TMEP section 804.
Please note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted. 37 C.F.R. Section 2.71(a); TMEP section 804.09. Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods or services that are not within the scope of the goods and services recited in the present identification.
The application identifies goods that may be classified in several international classes. Therefore, the applicant must either: (1) restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fee already paid, or (2) pay the required fee for each additional class. 37 C.F.R. Section 2.86(a)(2); TMEP sections 810.01 and 1113.01.
The fee for filing a trademark application is $325 for each class. 37 C.F.R. Section 2.6(a)(1).
If the applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple‑class, application, the applicant must comply with each of the following:
(1) The applicant must specifically identify the goods in each class and list the goods by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order. TMEP section 1113.01.
(2) The applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods not covered by the fee already paid. 37 C.F.R. Sections 2.6(a)(1) and 2.86(b); TMEP sections 810.01 and 1113.01. The fee for filing a trademark application is $325 for each class.
(3) The applicant must submit:
(a) dates of first use and first use in commerce and one specimen for each class that includes goods or services based on use in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(a). The dates of use must be at least as early as the filing date of this application. 37 C.F.R. Sections 2.34(a)(1) and 2.86(a), and the specimen(s) must have been in use in commerce at least as early as the filing date of the application, and/or
(b) a statement of a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with all the goods or services specified in each class that includes goods or services based on a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b).
(4) The applicant must submit an affidavit or a declaration under 37 C.F.R. Section 2.20 signed by the applicant to verify (3) above. 37 C.F.R. Sections 2.59(a) and 2.71(c).
The application must be signed, and verified or supported by a declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20. 37 C.F.R. §2.33. No signed verification or declaration was provided. Therefore, the applicant must provide a signed verification or signed declaration attesting to the facts set forth in the application.
If the application is based on use in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(a), 15 U.S.C. §1051(a), the verified statement must include an allegation that the mark is in use in commerce and was in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods or services listed in the application as of the application filing date. 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(1)(i); TMEP §§804.02, 806.01(a) and 901.
If the application is based on Trademark Act Section 1(b) or 44, 15 U.S.C. §1051(b) or 1126, the verified statement must include an allegation that the applicant had a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods or services listed in the application as of the application filing date. 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(2)(i), 2.34(a)(3)(i) and 2.34(a)(4)(ii); TMEP §§804.02, 806.01(b), 806.01(c), 806.01(d) and 1101.
The applicant must indicate the date the application declaration was signed. TMEP §804.01(b).
For your convenience, the Trademark Status Line, (703) 305-8747, has been established for immediate case status inquiries, and is available Monday through Friday, from 6:30 a.m. until
Midnight, Eastern Standard Time.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this letter, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/Ann K. Linnehan/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 114
703/308-9114 ext. 127
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.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.