Offc Action Outgoing

EXPEDITE

Applied Materials, Inc.

Offc Action Outgoing

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SERIAL NO: 76/515949

APPLICANT: Applied Materials, Inc.

CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

ROBERT W. MULCAHY

APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.

2881 SCOTT BOULEVARD, M/S 2061

SANTA CLARA, CA 95054

RETURN ADDRESS:

Commissioner for Trademarks

2900 Crystal Drive

Arlington, VA 22202-3514

ecom112@uspto.gov

MARK: EXPEDITE

CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: TM0408/PDC/L

CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:

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.

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 76/515949

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

NO CONFLICTING MARKS FOUND

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.

IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS

The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:

International Class 009: Computer operating software for diagnostic and metrology equipment used for inspecting, reviewing and measuring semiconductor elements in the nature of wafers, reticles, and flat panel displays.

TMEP section 804

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 goods that are not within the scope of goods set forth in the present identification.

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Karen Marie Strzyz

Senior Trademark Attorney

Law Office 112

703-308-9112 ext. 106

fax 703-746-6334

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.