To: | QSC AUDIO PRODUCTS, INC. (mdscott@perkinscoie.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 76455722 - QSC - N/A |
Sent: | 3/5/03 7:47:26 PM |
Sent As: | ECom113 |
Attachments: |
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/455722
APPLICANT: QSC AUDIO PRODUCTS, INC.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: MICHAEL D. SCOTT PERKINS COIE LLP 1620 - 26TH STREET - 6TH FLOOR SANTA MONICA CA 90404
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks2900 Crystal DriveArlington, VA 22202-3513ecom113@uspto.gov
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MARK: QSC
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: N/A
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS: mdscott@perkinscoie.com |
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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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT/PRIORITY ACTION
OFFICE SEARCH: 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 704.02.
TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE. This case will be given priority as an amended case if you respond to the requirements stated below within two months.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.
Serial Number 76/455722
In accordance with the authorization granted by Michael Scott on March 5, 2003, the application has been AMENDED as indicated below. If the identification of goods or services has been amended, please note that any future amendments must be in accordance with 37 C.F.R. 2.71(a); TMEP section 1402.07(e). Please advise the undersigned if there is an objection to the amendment.
Delete the identification of goods as set forth in the application and insert the following:
Analog and digital equipment used to amplify, modify, combine, process and transport audio signals, namely, amplifiers, power amplifiers, analog and digital audio signal processors, mixers, and crossovers; audio speakers; audio networking controllers and audio transport networking apparatus, which enable the routing of audio and audio control data using a variety of network protocols via network hardware and cabling between and among audio equipment; audio control and processing software and audio control network operating systems (International Class 9).
This case will be given priority as an amended case if you respond to the requirements stated below within two months.
The drawing is not acceptable because it will not reproduce satisfactorily. Specifically, applicant’s drawing is grainy and the letters are not sharp enough (“fuzzy”). The applicant must submit a new drawing showing the mark clearly and conforming to 37 C.F.R. §2.52. TMEP §807.07(a).
The requirements for a special‑form drawing are as follows:
(1) The drawing must appear in black and white; no color is permitted.
(2) Every line and letter must be black and clear.
(3) The use of gray to indicate shading is unacceptable.
(4) The lining must not be too fine or too close together.
(5) The preferred size of the area in which the mark is displayed is 2½ inches (6.1 cm.) high and 2½ inches (6.1 cm.) wide. It should not be larger than 4 inches (10.3 cm.) high or 4 inches (10.3 cm.) wide.
(6) If the reduction of the mark to the required size renders any details illegible, the applicant may insert a statement in the application to describe the mark and these details.
37 C.F.R. §2.52; TMEP §§807.01(b) and 807.07(a). The Office will enforce these drawing requirements strictly.
The Office prefers that the drawing be depicted on a separate sheet of smooth, nonshiny, white paper 8 to 8½ inches (20.3 to 21.6 cm.) wide and 11 inches (27.9 cm.) long, and that the sheet contain a heading listing, on separate lines, the applicant’s complete name; the applicant’s address; the goods or services recited in the application; and, if the application is filed under Section 1(a) of the Act, the dates of first use of the mark and of first use of the mark in commerce; or, if the application is filed under Section 44(d), the priority filing date of the foreign application. 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b); TMEP §§807.01(a), 807.01(b), 807.01(c) and 807.07(a).
If the applicant has any questions concerning this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/ELIZABETH J. WINTER/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 113
(703) 308-9113 ext. 480; FAX (703) 746-6228
(703) 285-1184 (M, T, W, F)
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 E-mail, follow these instructions:
To respond to this Office action electronically, the applicant must:
o send the response to ecom113@uspto.gov. Responses sent to any other address will NOT be processed, and may result in ABANDONMENT of the application;
o submit specimens and/or evidence as scanned images or digital photographs in .GIF or .JPG format only. NO OTHER FORMATS WILL BE PROCESSED (TMEP §304.01);
o respond within six-months from the Office action mailing date, or within the period stated in the Office action;
o respond in English; and
o sign the response electronically, e.g. /john smith/. See 37 CFR §1.4(d)(1)(iii); TMEP §§304.08 and 804.05.
If the applicant wishes to receive future office actions by e-mail, the applicant must state in the response that “The applicant authorizes the USPTO to communicate with the applicant electronically at the following e-mail address: ____________.” Note: only one e-mail address may be used for correspondence. TMEP §804.07.
The examining attorney will send correspondence only to the e-mail address listed in the application. A request to change an e-mail address may be submitted by signed e-mail to one of the above e-mail addresses.
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 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