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  76/466132

 

This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on November 12, 2003, and December 9, 2003.

 

The applicant has submitted an acceptable identification of goods, and submitted a drawing within the size requirements which does not contain color.  However, the drawing remains unacceptable for other reasons, stated below.  As such, the FINAL refusal is withdrawn, but the refusal to register the mark is maintained. 

 

Amended Drawing – Lining Pattern

Applicant must clarify whether the lining pattern in the drawing of the mark is intended to indicate color.

 

If the lining is intended to indicate color, then applicant must do one of the following:

 

(1)   submit a statement that “the color(s) RED, BLUE, BROWN, GREEN, YELLOW are claimed as a feature of the mark,” and a separate statement describing where the colors appear in the mark, i.e., “the color(s) [specify name of color(s)] appear in [specify portion of the mark on which color(s) appear];” or

(2)   submit a color drawing with a statement that “the color(s) RED, BLUE, BROWN, GREEN, YELLOW are claimed as a feature of the mark,” and a separate statement describing where the colors appear in the mark, i.e., “the color(s) RED, BLUE, BROWN, GREEN, YELLOW appear in [specify portion of the mark on which color(s) appear].”  37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); Exam Guide 01-03, section I.B.1.; See TMEP §807.09(e).

 

If the lining does not indicate color, please state so for the record.

 

Please note:

Description of Color Linings:

·         RED or PINK - vertical black lines on white ground

·         BROWN - diagonal lower left to upper right black lines on white ground

·         BLUE - horizontal black lines on white ground

·         GRAY or SILVER - horizontal brick pattern white lines on black ground

·         VIOLET or PURPLE - vertical brick pattern white lines on black ground

·         GREEN - diagonal upper left to lower right black lines on white ground

·         ORANGE - diagonal hatch (crossed) black lines on white ground

·         YELLOW or GOLD - horizontal hatch (crossed) black lines on white ground

TMEP § 807.09(b).   

 

Moreover, the ™ is not part of the mark, and the applicant should delete this from the drawing.  TMEP §§807.04 and 807.15.

 

 

 

 

 

/George M Lorenzo/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 110

Phone: (703) 308-9110, ext 143

Fax: (703) 746-8110

E-mail: ECOM110@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.