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  76/484475

 

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

 

NO CONFLICTING MARKS NOTED

 

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 704.01.

 

RECITATION OF SERVICES

 

The recitation of services is unacceptable as indefinite because the precise nature of such services is not clear.  TMEP §1402.11.  The applicant may adopt the following recitation, if accurate.  Suggested supplemental language is in bold print.

 

“EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, NAMELY, PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ORGANIZING LOCAL EVENTS, NAMELY, [SPECIFIY, E.G., Educational demonstrations; Organizing exhibitions], ALL IN THE FIELD OF MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS” in International Class 41.

 

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 services that are not within the scope of the services recited in the present identification.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  All of the issues raised can be resolved by telephone.  The applicant may telephone the examining attorney, instead of submitting a written response, to expedite the application.

 

 

/Barbara Rutland/

Barbara Rutland

Examining Attorney

Law Office 105

(703) 308-9105 ext. 184

(703) 872-9825 fax

ecom105@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.