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  76/436078

 

This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on July 17, 2003.  The applicant provided an amended identification of goods and the foreign registration.  The foreign registration is accepted and , as per the applicant's request, the Section 1(b) basis is deleted.  Te following is advise:

 

Indefinite Identification of Goods – Final Refusal

The identification of goods is indefinite because the applicant uses the wording “etc.” in Class 9. The identification of goods must be specific.  The applicant must specify the goods or delete the term.  The applicant may amend to list only items that are within the scope of goods set forth in the identification.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §§1402.01 and 1402.03(a).

 

The applicant may adopt the following identification in Class 9, if accurate:    TMEP §1402.01.

 

Apparatuses and instruments for the storage of machine and system data, as well as specific process technology data of cocoa and chocolate products manufacture, control and adjustment of machines and systems, namely computer and control panels, software, monitoring means, and memories; apparatus and instruments for weak-current engineering and control engineering components of machines and systems, namely switches, panels, power packs, and control circuits for machines for processing cocoa and chocolate; apparatuses and systems for process monitoring, process control by intelligent software technologies, namely computers and software for milling, mixing and conching apparatuses

 

PLEASE NOTE:  All of the issues raised can be resolved by telephone.  The applicant may telephone the examining attorney, instead of submitting a written response, to expedite the application.

 

 

 

 

/Brian Neville/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 114

(703) 308-9114, ext.143

 

 

 

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.