UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/504580
APPLICANT: Atofina
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: DAVID EHRLICH FROSS ZELNICK LEHRMAN & ZISSU, P.C. 866 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom110@uspto.gov
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MARK: FORANE
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: ATOF 0303404
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 76/504580
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and the preliminary amendment and determined the following. The substitute declaration is acceptable and made of record.
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.
The drawing is not acceptable because it will not reproduce satisfactorily. The use of gray will not reproduce clearly. The drawing must be in black and white. The applicant must submit a new drawing showing the mark clearly and conforming to 37 C.F.R. §2.52. TMEP §807.07(a). Please note that color drawings are not currently accepted.
The requirements for a special‑form drawing are as follows:
(1) The drawing must appear in black and white; no color is permitted.
(2) Every line and letter must be black and clear.
(3) The use of gray to indicate shading is unacceptable.
(4) The lining must not be too fine or too close together.
(5) The preferred size of the area in which the mark is displayed is 2½ inches (6.1 cm.) high and 2½ inches (6.1 cm.) wide. It should not be larger than 4 inches (10.3 cm.) high or 4 inches (10.3 cm.) wide.
(6) If the reduction of the mark to the required size renders any details illegible, the applicant may insert a statement in the application to describe the mark and these details.
37 C.F.R. §2.52; TMEP §§807.01(b) and 807.07(a). The Office will enforce these drawing requirements strictly.
The Office prefers that the drawing be depicted on a separate sheet of smooth, nonshiny, white paper 8 to 8½ inches (20.3 to 21.6 cm.) wide and 11 inches (27.9 cm.) long, and that the sheet contain a heading listing, on separate lines, the applicant’s complete name; the applicant’s address; the goods or services recited in the application; and, if the application is filed under Section 1(a) of the Act, the dates of first use of the mark and of first use of the mark in commerce; or, if the application is filed under Section 44(d), the priority filing date of the foreign application. 37 C.F.R. §2.52(b); TMEP §§807.01(a), 807.01(b), 807.01(c) and 807.07(a).
The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant must identify the goods with more specificity. The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
Chemical used in industry for __________[please specify use (e.g. farming, manufacture of glass)], namely, chlorofluorocarbons, hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons, in International Class 1.
The applicant may wish to consult the on-line identification manual on the PTO homepage for acceptable common names of goods and services.
http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/
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.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
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Tarah K. Hardy Ludlow
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 110
(703) 308-9110, x. 223
(703) 746-6493 fax
ecom110@uspto.gov (for formal responses)
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.