UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

    SERIAL NO: 76/457329

 

    APPLICANT:                          DESA International Inc.

 

 

        

 

    CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

    LINDA HEBAN

    JONES DAY REAVIS POQUE

    77 W WACKER DR STE 3500

    CHICAGO IL 60601-1692

   

RETURN ADDRESS: 

Commissioner for Trademarks

2900 Crystal Drive

Arlington, VA 22202-3514

ecom115@uspto.gov

 

 

 

    MARK:          TWO YEAR WARRANTY 2

 

 

 

    CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO:   N/A

 

    CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS: 

 

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.

 

 

 

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  76/457329

 

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.   Nevertheless, the applicant must respond to the following issues. 

 

DISCLAIMER

 

The applicant must insert a disclaimer of TWO YEAR WARRNATY 2 in the application.  Trademark Act Section 6, 15 U.S.C. §1056; TMEP §§1213 and 1213.08(a)(i).   The wording is merely descriptive because it provides purely informational matter that the applicant’s goods have a two year warranty.

 

A properly worded disclaimer should read as follows:

 

No claim is made to the exclusive right to use TWO YEAR WARRNATY 2  apart from the mark as shown.

 

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

 

Please feel free to contact the undersigned attorney if you wish to discuss this application.

 

 

 

 

 

John S. Yard

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 115

(703) 308-9115 x209

 

 

How to respond to this Office Action:

 

To respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.

 

To respond formally via E-mail, visit http://www.uspto.gov/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.uspto.gov/

 

For general and other useful information about trademarks, you are encouraged to visit the Office’s web site at http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm

 

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.