UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/476166
APPLICANT: Renthal Limited
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: STEPHEN J. JEFFRIES HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP 2100 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W. SUITE 400 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20037 |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom114@uspto.gov
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MARK: FATBAR
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: N/A
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 76/476166
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
Search Result
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.
The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite and requires specification. The applicant must specify the use of the handlebars.
The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
Handlebars for (INDICATE types of vehicles, e.g., motorcycles, bicycles, etc.), in international class 12.
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.
Please restate the citizenship to that of Great Britain, if accurate.
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.
To respond to this Office action electronically, the applicant must:
o send the response to either mailto:ecom102@uspto.gov, mailto:ecom110@uspto.gov or mailto:ecom112@uspto.gov. E-mail sent to any other address will NOT be processed, and may result in ABANDONMENT of the application;
o submit specimens and/or evidence as scanned images or digital photographs in .GIF or .JPG format only. NO OTHER FORMATS WILL BE PROCESSED (TMEP §304.01);
o respond within six-months from the Office action mailing date, or within the period stated in the Office action;
o respond in English; and
o sign the response electronically, e.g. /john smith/. See 37 CFR §1.4(d)(1)(iii); TMEP §§304.08 and 804.05.
If the applicant wishes to receive future office actions by e-mail, the applicant must state in the response that “The applicant authorizes the USPTO to communicate with the applicant electronically at the following e-mail address: ____________.” Note: only one e-mail address may be used for correspondence. TMEP §804.07.
The examining attorney will send correspondence only to the e-mail address listed in the application. A request to change an e-mail address may be submitted by signed e-mail to one of the above e-mail addresses.
Send comments on the USPTO e-Commerce Law Office Pilot Program to Comments@uspto.gov.
STATUS: To check status information, please use either http://tarr.uspto.gov, or call 703-305-8747 (Monday-Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 12 midnight, EST).
/Alex S. Keam/
Attorney
Law Office 114
Phone: (703) 308-9114 ext. 140
Fax: (703) 746-8114
Email for Responses: 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.