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  76/461385

 

The Office has reassigned this application to the undersigned examining attorney.

 

This letter responds to applicant’s communication filed on December 4, 2003.  The examining attorney acknowledges and has entered into the record applicant’s substitute specimens.

 

Applicant’s amended identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite.  The requirement for an acceptable identification of goods is herein made FINAL.

 

THIS REFUSAL APPLIES ONLY TO THE GOODS SPECIFIED THEREIN

 

Applicant’s amended identification of goods uses indefinite wording that must be further clarified.  Applicant may adopt the following, if accurate: (suggestions are made in bold)

 

Class 28: paintball markers, components for paintball markers, namely [applicant must indicate the common commercial name of the goods, i.e. containers, fill adapters, regulators, barrels, fill adapters, open sights, telescopic sights]; paintball guns for firing tag cartridges; paintball accessories, namely tagging pellets and cartridges; paintball marker air systems comprised of [applicant must specify the primary components of the system];  paintball ammunition, namely, paintballs and pellets

 

Applicant may respond to this final action by either:  (1) submitting a timely response that fully satisfies any outstanding requirements, if feasible; (2) timely filing an appeal of this final action to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; or (3) timely filing 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 applicant fails to respond within six months of the mailing date of this final action, then the goods to which the final requirement apply will be deleted from the application.  The application will proceed forward for the remaining goods only: paintball markers; paintball ammunition, namely, paintballs and pellets.  37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).

 

 

 

/Won T. Oh/

Law Office 114

(703) 308 - 9114 x-176

email: 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.

 

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.