UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/457859
APPLICANT: Inventive & Creative Supplies bvba
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: WILLIAM M. LEE, JR. LEE MANN SMITH MCWILLIAMS SWEENEY PO BOX 2786 CHICAGO IL 60690-2786
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3513 ecom114@uspto.gov
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MARK: TRILINE
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 522-1812
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
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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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Serial Number 76/457859
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial name of the goods. If there is no common commercial name, the applicant must describe the product and its intended uses. TMEP §1402.01.
The applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate:
International Class 6; acceptable, except that applicant should indicate if the term “signposiing” in line 3 of the identification should be “signposting”; and,
International Class 9; electrical and electronic devices and instruments, namely, illuminated and mechanical sign boards and signage boards; illuminated and mechanical signage elements, namely, _______________ (the applicant must list the “elements” by their common commercial name), sign boards and signposting boards all for inside and outside signposting.
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.
Dual Filing Bases – Sections 44(d) and 1(b)
The applicant has filed asserting a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b), 15 U.S.C. §1051(b), and claiming priority under Section 44(d), 15 U.S.C. §1126(d), based on a foreign application. Under these circumstances, the applicant may rely solely on its intent to use the mark in commerce as the basis for registration and not the expected foreign registration, and still claim the benefit of the priority filing date. If the applicant chooses to do so, this Office will approve the case for publication without waiting for the applicant to submit the foreign registration. Of course, the application must be in condition for publication in all other respects. Moreover, while the application may be approved for publication, the mark will not be registered until an acceptable allegation of use has been filed.
If the applicant wishes to proceed relying on the applicant’s intent to use the mark in commerce as the sole basis for registration, with the claim of priority, the applicant should so advise the examining attorney. TMEP §§806.02(f) and 806.04(b).
If the applicant does not so indicate, this Office will presume that the applicant wishes to rely on the foreign registration as an additional basis for registration and will expect the applicant to submit a true copy, a photocopy, a certification, or a certified copy of the foreign registration and, if appropriate, an English translation. It is customary for the translator to sign the translation. TMEP §§1004.01 and 1004.01(b).
General Information
Search Clause
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.
Matthew C. Kline
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 114
(703) 308-9114
e-mail: ecom114@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.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.