To: | Abdo, Nasser Abo (oconnorb@mminternet.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 76478974 - 20'S - N/A |
Sent: | 1/13/04 10:22:32 AM |
Sent As: | ECom108 |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/478974
APPLICANT: Abdo, Nasser Abo
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: BERNARD E O'CONNOR JR. BERNARD E O'CONNOR, A LAW CORPORATION 21515 HAWTHORNE BLVD. #1150 TORRANCE CA 90503
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom108@uspto.gov
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MARK: 20'S
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: N/A
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS: oconnorb@mminternet.com |
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 76/478974
This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on October 13, 2003.
The amendments to identification of goods are noted. However, the proposed amendment of the identification is unacceptable because the wording “ woofers, tweeters, amplifiers, capacitors, enclosures for speakers and like components, DVD players, CD players, audio receivers, AM/FM tuners, DVD changers, CD changers, cable connectors, signal processors, audio sound equalizers, remote control devices controlling sound, volume, direction of sound, bass, and treble, electrical and power cables, adaptor changing voltage, digital volt meters, distribution blocks to distribute power to components, fuse distribution blocks to prevent systems from losing power, line drivers to boost the signal, phase shifters to delay the signal, electronic crossovers to change the frequency of sound, bass drivers to boost the signal at low frequencies, electrical wires, grills, amplifier installation kits, radios, “ designates goods that are not within the scope of the identification that was set forth in the application at the time of filing. 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 et seq. and 1402.07.
The identification of goods should read:
Mobile audio components, namely speakers and speaker grills.
The applicant must rewrite the identification of goods in its entirety because of the nature and extent of the amendment. 37 C.F.R. §2.74(b).
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 assistance with identifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/Amos T. Matthews/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 108
(703) 308-9108 ext. 293
(703) 746-8108 (fax)
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.