UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 76/532989
APPLICANT: Marine Foods Kabushiki Kaisha
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: JEFFREY H. KAUFMAN OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND, MAIER FOURTH FLOOR 1755 JEFFERSON DAVIS HIGHWAY ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22202 |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514 ecom112@uspto.gov
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MARK:
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 240596US33
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 76/532989
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 mark which bars registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d). TMEP section 1105.01. However, the examining attorney will defer a further search the Office records and decide on the merits of the application when the applicant responds. 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §704.02.
The applicant must provide a response resolving the following informalities.
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE MARK:
The applicant must submit a concise description of the mark. 37 C.F.R. §2.37; TMEP §§808 et seq. The statement may be in the following form:
The mark consists of ^.
The mark consists ^.
2. TRANSLATION AND/OR TRANSLITERATION OF NON-LATIN CHARACTERS:
The applicant must provide a translation and/or transliteration of the non-Latin characters. Additionally, the applicant must indicate whether the non-Latin characters have any significance in the relevant trade or industry or as applied to the ^. 37 C.F.R. Section 2.61(b). The applicant may use the following format:
The English translation of _____________ in the mark is _____________. And/or The non-Latin characters in the mark transliterate to ________________ and this means _____________ in English. OR
The applicant must provide transliteration of the non-Latin characters even if the characters have no English translation.
Please note that a disclaimer is required if any of the wording contained in the mark is descriptive of the goods in some manner (geographical, characteristic, purpose, field, ingredient, quality).
Darryl M. Spruill
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 112
(703) 308-9112, Ext. 203
darryl.spruill@uspto.gov
/Darryl M. Spruill/
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.