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COMPENSATION DATA EXCHANGE, LLC

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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SERIAL NO: 76/466792

APPLICANT: American Cooperative Council on Compensa ETC.

CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

GLEN E. SCHUMANN

MOSS & BARNETT

4800 WELLS FARGO CENTER

90 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET

MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-4129

RETURN ADDRESS:

Commissioner for Trademarks

2900 Crystal Drive

Arlington, VA 22202-3514

ecom110@uspto.gov

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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 67583.5

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 76/466792

The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.

Office Records

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.

However, the following informality must be addressed by the applicant.

Joint Venture

The application of a joint venture should set forth the names, legal entities, and national citizenship (or the state or country of organization) of all general partners or active members that compose the joint venture. 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(3)(iii).

The following format should be used:

"American Cooperative Council on Compensation Technology, a joint venture organized under the laws of Minnesota, composed of ______________.” TMEP §803.03(b)

If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.

/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.