UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/488064
APPLICANT: Data Mobility Systems, LLC
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: CHARLES P. BACALL VERRILL & DANA LLP P.O. BOX 586 PORTLAND, MAINE 04112-0586
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom106@uspto.gov
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MARK: DATA MOBILITY SYSTEMS
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 31652-7467
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 76/488064
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
The applicant must disclaim the descriptive wording “data” and “systems” apart from the mark as shown. Trademark Act Section 6, 15 U.S.C. §1056; TMEP §§1213 and 1213.03(a). The wording is merely descriptive because it informs the public about two important features of the software.
The computerized printing format for the Trademark Official Gazette requires a standard form for a disclaimer. TMEP §1213.08(a)(i). A properly worded disclaimer should read as follows:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use data and systems apart from the mark as shown.
See In re Owatonna Tool Co., 231 USPQ 493 (Comm’r Pats. 1983).
A disclaimer does not remove the disclaimed matter from the mark. It is simply a statement that the applicant does not claim exclusive rights in the disclaimed wording or design apart from the mark as shown in the drawing. The following cases explain the disclaimer requirement more fully: In re Kraft, Inc., 218 USPQ 571 (TTAB 1983); In re EBS Data Processing, Inc., 212 USPQ 964 (TTAB 1981); In re National Presto Industries, Inc., 197 USPQ 188 (TTAB 1977); In re Pendleton Tool Industries, Inc., 157 USPQ 114 (TTAB 1968).
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.
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.
/dominick j. salemi/
Law Office 107
(703)308-9107 EX 164
ecomm107@uspto.gov
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