Suspension Letter

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION

ISSUE/MAILING DATE:

SUSPENSION PROCEDURE: This suspension notice serves to suspend action on the application for the reason(s) specified below.  No response is needed.  However, if you wish to respond to this notice, you should use the “Response to Letter of Suspension” form found at http://teasroa.gov.uspto.report/rsi/rsi.  The Office will conduct periodic status checks to determine if suspension remains appropriate.

This letter responds to applicant’s communication filed on May 15, 2008.  Applicant indicated that on May 8, 2008, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board issued an order entering judgment for applicant cancelling cited U.S. Registration No. 2787696.  The examining attorney notes the Office records indicate this judgment.  However, as of June 5, 2008 the Office records have not been updated to reflect the cancellation. 

Thus, action on this application is suspended pending the full disposition and cancellation of U.S. Registration No. 2787696 in the Office records as a result of:

            - Cancellation No(s). 92043522

The proceeding(s) above pertains to one or more of the following:  (1) a registration cited as a bar to applicant's registration under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act, (2) a pending application(s) that could present a future bar to registration under Section 2(d) if it matured into a registration, and/or (3) the registrability of applicant's mark.  15 U.S.C. §1052.  Therefore, action is suspended pending the final disposition of this proceeding(s).  See 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§716.02(a), (c) and (d), 1208 et seq.  Any refusal(s) made under Section 2 is herein maintained.

If applicant becomes aware of actual cancellation in the Office records of U.S. Registration No. 2787696 before the examining attorney, applicant is encouraged to contact the examining attorney to facilitate the approval of the application for registration. 

/Brendan D. McCauley/

Brendan D. McCauley

Examining Attorney

Law Office 114

571-272-9459

STATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.  When conducting an online status check, print and maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen.  If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the assigned examining attorney.