Offc Action Outgoing

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  76/480770

 

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

 

No Signature

The application must include a statement that is signed and verified or supported by a declaration under Section 2.20 by a person properly authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant.  A person who is properly authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant is:  (1) a person with legal authority to bind the applicant; or (2) a person with firsthand knowledge of the facts and actual or implied authority to act on behalf of the applicant; or (3) an attorney as defined in 37 C.F.R. §10.1(c) who has an actual or implied written or verbal power of attorney from the applicant.  37 C.F.R. §2.33; TMEP §804.04.

Identification of Goods

The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate.  Please note that this Office’s Identification of Goods and Services Manual is accessible online at:  http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/manual.html. 

Please also 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. Section 2.71(a); TMEP section 804.09.  Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods or services that are not within the scope of the goods and services recited in the present identification.

 

International Class 9: ELECTRONIC CONTROL BOARDS, FOR ELECTRIC OVENS AND RANGES, GAS OVENS AND RANGES, LAUNDRY WASHERS, LAUNDRY DRYERS, DISHWASHERS, REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS, MICROWAVE OVENS AND RANGES

 

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

 

                                                                                 /tmm/

Theodore McBride

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 103

703-308-9103 x 129

Fax: 703-746-6498

Formal Responses: ecom103@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.