Priority Action

FIAT

FCA GROUP MARKETING S.P.A.

Priority Action

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SERIAL NO: 76/555874

APPLICANT: FIAT S.p.A.

*76555874*

CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

G. FRANKLIN ROTHWELL

ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.

1425 K STREET, N.W. SUITE 800

WASHINGTON, DC 20005

RETURN ADDRESS:

Commissioner for Trademarks

P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

MARK: FIAT

CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 1228-220

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.

PRIORITY ACTION

RESPONSE TIME LIMIT: To avoid abandonment, the Office must receive a proper response to this Office action within six-months of the mailing or e-mailing date. If applicant responds to the issues below within two months of the above mailing or e-mailing date, this case will be given priority handling. TMEP §708.01.

QUESTIONS: Please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney with any questions.

Serial Number 76/555874

The following were discussed in communication with G. Franklin Rothwell on 11/16/05. Applicant must respond to each refusal and/or requirement raised below.

The foreign registration on which this application is based will expire on January 20, 2006. Applicant must submit evidence that the foreign registration will be in force at the time of issuance of the United States registration. This evidence must consist of a true copy, photocopy, certification or certified copy of the certificate of registration showing that the foreign registration has been renewed, accompanied by an English translation of such documents. 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(iii); TMEP §1004.01(a).

NOTE: The previous approval for publication has been withdrawn pending submission of the proof of renewal required above. The undersigned sincerely regrets the delay in clerical processing since 2/2005, which made the above supplemental requirement necessary.

/David H. Stine/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 114

(571)272-9229

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:

ONLINE RESPONSE: You may respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form (visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions, but if the Office Action has been issued via email, you must wait 72 hours after receipt of the Office Action to respond via TEAS).
REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE: To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above and include the serial number, law office number and examining attorney’s name in your response.

STATUS OF APPLICATION: To check the status of your application, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.

VIEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending applications can be viewed and downloaded online at http://portal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow.

GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm