UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/511197
APPLICANT: America Online, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: DOUGLAS R. BUSH ARENT FOX KINTNER PLOTKIN & KAHN, PLLC 1050 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, DC 20036
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RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom102@uspto.gov
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MARK: KOL
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 019428-00000
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 76/511197
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
GENERAL INQUIRY ON SIGNIFICANCE
The applicant must indicate whether “KOL” has any significance in the relevant trade or any acronym significance. 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b).
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: Because it delays processing, submission of duplicate papers is discouraged. Unless specifically requested to do so by the Office, parties should not mail follow up copies of documents transmitted by fax. Cf. ITC Entertainment Group Ltd. V. Nintendo of America Inc. 45 USPQ2d 2021 (TTAB 1998).
Howard Smiga /HS/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 102
(703) 308-9102, x197
(703) 746-8102 Fax
Howard.Smiga@uspto.gov
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