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  76/433918

 

The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.

 

NO CONFLICTING MARK FOUND

 

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. §1052(d).  TMEP §704.02.

 

INFORMALITIES

 

Before the application can be considered further, the following informal issues must be addressed.

 

IDENTIFICATION OF THE GOODS INDEFINITE

 

The wording "operating from a server" in the identification of the software goods is unacceptable as indefinite due to classification issues.  Based on the current language, it is unclear whether applicant’s goods are computer server software in Class 9 or online nondownloadable software which operates from a server on the Internet in Class 42.  The applicant must amend the identification to clarify the nature of the goods/services. TMEP §1402.01.  The applicant may amend this wording to any of the following, if accurate:

 

INTEGRATED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR COMPUTER SERVERS THAT OFFERS SIMPLIFIED ACCESS THROUGH A SINGLE INTERFACE TO FOUR MODULES INCLUDING ONE PARALLEL RESEARCH MODULE, AN INDEXATION MODULE, A SUMMARY MODULE AND A TECHNOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE MODULE

 

PROVIDING TEMPORARY USE OF ON-LINE NONDOWNLOADABLE INTEGRATED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT OFFERS SIMPLIFIED ACCESS THROUGH A SINGLE INTERFACE TO FOUR MODULES INCLUDING ONE PARALLEL RESEARCH MODULE, AN INDEXATION MODULE, A SUMMARY MODULE AND A TECHNOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE MODULE [in Class 42]

 

In the identification, the applicant must use the common commercial names for the goods, be as complete and specific as possible and avoid the use of indefinite words and phrases.  TMEP §§1402.01 and 1402.03(a).

 

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. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods that are not within the scope of goods set forth in the present identification.

 

PRIOR REGISTRATIONS

 

If the applicant is the owner of Registration Nos. 2623067 and 2313341, the applicant must submit a claim of ownership.  37 C.F.R. §2.36; TMEP §812.

 

RESPONSE

 

If the applicant has particular questions regarding any of the issues set forth in this Office action, the applicant may telephone the assigned trademark examining attorney.

 

 

/Douglas M. Lee/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 108

(703) 308-9108 ext. 198

fax: (703) 746-8108

ecom108@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.