UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/511189
APPLICANT: Mercer Management Consulting, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: DOREEN L. COSTA BAKER BOTTS LLP 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA NEW YORK, NY 10112
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom112@uspto.gov
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MARK: MERCER OLIVER WYMAN
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: L12433 07093
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 76/511189
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.
SERVICES INDEFINITE
The recitation of services is unacceptable as indefinite. TMEP section 1301.05. The applicant may adopt the following recitation, if accurate:
IC 035: Administrative consulting [specify, i.e. business administration consultation]; organization consulting [specify areas of consultation]; business management; business management consulting; personnel management; business consulting; business management consultancy; business marketing consultancy;
marketing services, namely, [specify]; marketing and business research; conducting marketing and business studies and opinion polls in the fields of financial services, banking, securities, asset management and insurance; business information [specify subject matter]; management consultancy, marketing consultancy, provided to the financial services, banking, securities, asset management and insurance industries
IC 036: Consultancy services relating to the financial services, banking, securities, asset management and insurance industries; financial modeling; risk management, namely, risk analytics and quantification of performance, risk and projected outcomes; actuarial services; insurance actuarial services
IC 042: Computer programming services, computer software development services; development of data processing programs in the fields of financial services, banking, securities, asset management and insurance; and advertising services
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. Section 2.71(b); TMEP section 804.09. Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any services that are not within the scope of the services recited in the present identification.
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 services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order. TMEP section 1113.01.
(2) The applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of services not covered by the fee already paid. The filing fee is $325.00 per class. 37 C.F.R. Sections 2.6(a)(1) and 2.86(b); TMEP sections 810.01 and 1113.01.
No set form is required for response to this Office action. The applicant may respond via fax, electronic mail or traditional mail. The applicant should simply set forth the required changes or statements and request that the Office enter them. The applicant must sign the response.
In all correspondence to the Patent and Trademark Office, the applicant should list the name and law office of the examining attorney, the serial number of this application, the mailing date of this Office action, and the applicant's telephone number to speed up further processing.
Any communications regarding pending applications sent via e-mail to any of the law office e-mail addresses must:
(1) be in English;
(2) include the entire response as e-mail text, not as an attachment;
(3) list the serial number in the "Subject" line; and
(4) include any specimens or evidence in jpg or gif format only.
For security and compatibility reasons, the Office will not accept communications that include any attachments, other than those in jpg or gif format. Thus, no attachments in WordPerfect®, Word, Adobe® PDF or any other format EXCEPT jpg or gif can be accepted.
Additionally, all such communications sent via e-mail should (1) be signed electronically (using the same format accepted for electronically-filed applications, namely, the signatory must enter any combination of alpha/numeric characters that has been specifically adopted to serve the function of the signature, preceded and followed by the forward slash (/) symbol. Acceptable "signatures" could include: /john doe/; /jd/; and /123-4567/. (See 64 FR 33056, 33062 (June 21, 1999))); and (2) address every issue raised. Failure to comply with these additional requirements will result in delays in prosecuting your application.
The statutory period for response to an Office action during examination is six months. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b). The examining attorney does not have any discretion to shorten or extend such period.
The crucial date for the response is the date it is received by the Office, not the date it is mailed by the applicant. The applicant should see 37 C.F.R. §§1.8 and 1.10; TMEP §§702.02, 702.03 and 702.04(f), regarding certificate of mailing, certificate of transmission and "Express Mail" procedures to avoid lateness.
Current status and status date information is available on-line at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/ or, via push button telephone, for all federal trademark registration and application records maintained in the automated Trademark Reporting and Monitoring (TRAM) system. The information may be accessed by calling (703) 305‑8747 from 6:30 a.m. until midnight, Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, and entering a seven‑digit registration number or eight‑digit application number, followed by the "#" symbol, after the welcoming message and tone. Callers may request information for up to five registration number or application number records per call.
David T. Taylor
2900 Crystal Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
Law Office 112
703-308-9112, ext. 164
703-746-8112
ecom112@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.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.