To:BioTechPlex Corporation (info@biotechplex.com)
Subject:TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 76457496 - MAPR - N/A
Sent:4/5/03 8:08:43 PM
Sent As:ECom105
Attachments:

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

    SERIAL NO: 76/457496

 

    APPLICANT:                          BioTechPlex Corporation

 

 

        

 

    CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

    BIOTECHPLEX CORPORATION

    755 NICHOLAS BLVD

    ELK GROVE VILLAGE IL 60007-2508

   

   

RETURN ADDRESS: 

Commissioner for Trademarks

2900 Crystal Drive

Arlington, VA 22202-3513

ecom105@uspto.gov

 

 

 

    MARK:          MAPR

 

 

 

    CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO:   N/A

 

    CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS: 

 info@biotechplex.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.

 

 

 

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  76/457496

 

This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on February 28, 2003.

 

Applicant’s statement as to the mark’s significance is accepted.  As the following informality remains outstanding, however, the refusal to register is continued and made FINAL.

 

The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite.  The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:  Multifluoro acousto-optical plate reader, namely, pharmaceutical device for measuring multiple simultaneous optical signals, comprised of a two-dimensional scanner, a discriminator to separate the signals, and a reader, all for use in high speed data retrieval for cell-based drug discovery, toxicology, and colorimetric diagnosis, for scientific or research use, in International Class 9.  TMEP §1402.01.  If, on the other hand, the goods are for clinical or medical laboratory use, the appropriate classification is International Class 10.

 

Please note that the only appropriate responses to a final action are (1) compliance with the outstanding requirements, if feasible, (2) filing of an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or (3) filing of a petition to the Director if permitted by 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b). 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §715.01.  Regarding petitions to the Director, see 37 C.F.R. §2.146 and TMEP Chapter 1700.  If the applicant fails to respond within six months of the mailing date of this refusal, this Office will declare the application abandoned.  37 C.F.R. §2.65(a). 

 

 

 

/Barney L. Charlon/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 105

(703) 308-9105 ext. 130

 

 

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.