UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 76/471554
APPLICANT: SHANGHAI YUCHEN PLAYING CARDS INDUSTRY C ETC.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: JAMES M. SLATTERY BIRCH, STEWART, KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP P.O. BOX 747 FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA 22040-0747
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3513 ecom110@uspto.gov
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MARK: MOTOR
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 4394-0102T
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 76/471554
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
CURRENT IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS INDEFINITE
The current identification of goods is unacceptable because the term “cards” is indefinite. The applicant must indicate the specific nature of the goods. The applicant may amend the identification, if accurate, to:
1. Cards [indicate specific type of card, e.g., greeting, business, baseball, NOTE: except keno, bingo and playing cards - Cl. 028 and magnetically coded cards - Cl. 009]. (Class 16)
2. Playing cards. (Class 28)
TMEP §1402.01.
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.
For your assistance and convenience, the “Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services Manual” may be searched at the Office’s global network computer website address of http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/menu/tm.html.
If the applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple‑class, application, the applicant must comply with each of the following.
(1) The applicant must list the goods/services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order. TMEP §1403.01.
(2) The applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods/services not covered by the fee already paid. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1) and 2.86(a); TMEP §§810.01 and 1403.01. Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing a trademark application is $335 for each class. This applies to classes added to pending applications as well as to new applications filed on or after that date.
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. Section 1052(d). TMEP section 1105.01.
FEE INCREASE ADVISORY
Fee increase effective January 1, 2003
Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing an application for trademark registration will be increased to $335.00 per International Class. The USPTO will not accord a filing date to applications that are filed on or after that date that are not accompanied by a minimum of $335.00.
Additionally, the fee for amending an existing application to add an additional class or classes of goods/services will be $335.00 per class for classes added on or after January 1, 2003.
/Caroline E. Wood/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 110
Formal responses only: ecom110@uspto.gov
(703) 308-9110 x197
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