UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/519172
MARK: FLOWLINE
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm
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APPLICANT: MTU AERO ENGINES GMBH
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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PRIORITY ACTION
TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.
OFFICE SEARCH: 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 704.02.
The following issues were discussed in communication with V T GIORDANO on July 18, 2008.
Upon further review, the following is noted.
Services Recitation
Identification of Services
Applicant’s attention is also called to the acceptable goods and services online manual at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html that applicant should use to craft further identifications.
If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
Current status and status date information is available on the United States Patent and Trademark Office web site at www.uspto.gov. In addition, all incoming responses and outgoing Office actions may be viewed on the web site.
No set form is required for response to this Office action. The applicant must respond to each point raised. 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 addition to the identifying information required at the beginning of this letter, the applicant should provide a telephone number to speed up further processing. The following legal authorities govern the processing of trademark and service mark applications by the Office: The Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1051 et seq., the Trademark Rules of Practice, 37 C.F.R. Part 2, and the Office’s Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) (4th ed., 2005), available on the United States Patent and Trademark Office web site at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm.
“TMEP” refers to the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (4th ed., 2005), available on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website at www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm. This is a detailed guidebook written by the Office to explain the laws and procedures that govern the trademark application, registration and post registration processes.
/Paul F. Gast/
Paul F. Gast
Trademark Attorney, Law Office 106
Phone: (571) 272-9163
Fax: (571) 273- 9106
RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: Applicant should file a response to this Office action online using the form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm, waiting 48-72 hours if applicant received notification of the Office action via e-mail. For technical assistance with the form, please e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned examining attorney. Do not respond to this Office action by e-mail; the USPTO does not accept e-mailed responses.
If responding by paper mail, please include the following information: the application serial number, the mark, the filing date and the name, title/position, telephone number and e-mail address of the person signing the response. Please use the following address: Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451.
STATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov. When conducting an online status check, print and maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen. If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the assigned examining attorney.