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  76/482855

 

This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on January 5, 2004.  The applicant has amended the identification to include goods that are not within the scope of  the goods set forth in the original application.  The requirement to amend to an acceptable identification of goods is made FINAL.

 

Identification of Goods – FINAL REQUIREMENT

The wording in the identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite because the exact nature of the goods is not clear and concise.  The identification of goods or services must be specific, definite, clear, accurate and concise.  See In re Societe Generale des Eaux Minerales de Vittel S.A., 1 USPQ2d 1296 (TTAB 1986), rev’d on other grounds, 824 F.2d 957, 3 USPQ2d 1450 (Fed. Cir. 1987); Procter & Gamble Co. v. Economics Laboratory, Inc., 175 USPQ 505 (TTAB 1972), modified without opinion, 498 F.2d 1406, 181 USPQ 722 (C.C.P.A. 1974); In re Cardinal Laboratories, Inc., 149 USPQ 709 (TTAB 1966); California Spray-Chemical Corp. v. Osmose Wood Preserving Co. of America, Inc., 102 USPQ 321 (Comm’r Pats. 1954); Ex parte A.C. Gilbert Co., 99 USPQ 344 (Comm’r Pats. 1953).  TMEP §1402.01.  It is the applicant’s duty and prerogative to identify the goods and services.  TMEP §1402.01(d).

 

The applicant may use the following suggested format as a guide if accurate:

 

ADVANCED MATERIALS, NAMELY, CERAMIC GLAZINGS [provide form, e.g., blanks, sheets and shapes, etc.] FOR USE IN DRILLING, GROOVING, MILLING, THREADING AND TURNING SYSTEMS, in International Class, 001. and/or

 

ADVANCED MATERIALS, NAMELY, CERMETS, PCD and CBN [identify all by common commercial names and provide form, e.g., blanks, sheets and shapes, etc., FOR USE IN DRILLING, GROOVING, MILLING, THREADING AND TURNING SYSTEMS.  Note: 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/main/trademarks.htm>.  Applicant is advised to consult the above-mentioned manual to ensure proper classification of all goods identified.

 

Please note, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification/recitation, additions to the identification/recitation are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(b).  Therefore, the applicant may not add any goods/services that are not within the scope of  the goods/services set forth in the original application.

 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 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 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

 

Please note that the only appropriate responses to a final action are (1) compliance with the outstanding requirements, if feasible, (2) filing of an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or (3) filing of a petition to the Director if permitted by 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b). 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §715.01.  Regarding petitions to the Director, see 37 C.F.R. §2.146 and TMEP Chapter 1700.  If the applicant fails to respond within six months of the mailing date of this refusal, this Office will declare the application abandoned.  37 C.F.R. §2.65(a). 

 

 

 

 

/David Elton/

Examining Attorney

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Phone: 703 308-9106 Ext. 271

Fax: 703 746-6190

 

 

 

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 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.