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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT REGISTRANT’S TRADEMARK REGISTRATION

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:

http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/reg_maintain.jsp

 POST REGISTRATION OFFICE ACTION

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 8/10/2015

U.S. Registration Number  2920513

The Combined Section 8 Affidavit & Section 9 Renewal Application submitted on July 17, 2015, cannot be accepted for the reasons set forth below.

The Combined Section 8 Affidavit & Section 9 Renewal Application, filed on July 17, 2015, is considered a duplicate and will not be reviewed.  A Combined Affidavit was submitted previously on June 19, 2014, and accepted.  However, to avoid cancellation and expiration of your registration, you must submit a newly executed Section 8 Affidavit of Use and Section 9 Renewal Application on or between January 25, 2024 and January 25, 2025, or during the grace period that ends on July 25, 2025.  15 U.S.C. §§1058(a), 1059(a); 37 C.F.R. §§2.160, 2.182.  To ensure timely submission, you are encouraged to file your Section 8 Affidavit of Use and Section 9 Renewal Application via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) online at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html.

The duplicate Combined Affidavit documentation will remain in the record; i.e., it will not be returned to you and will not be processed or reviewed.  See TMEP §1604.04(a).  Fees submitted with the duplicate Combined Affidavit will be refunded in due course and cannot be applied to any subsequent submissions.

Please contact the undersigned with any questions

/Rosalind Howard/

Rosalind Howard

Trademark Specialist

Post Registration

Phone 571-272-9363

Fax 571-273-9363

Rosalind.Howard@uspt.gov

TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER:  Use the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Post-Registration Office action form number 11 at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/reg_maintain.jsp.  Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using TEAS, to allow for necessary system updates of the registration.  For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.

WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE:  It must be personally signed by (1) the individual owner; (2) someone with legal authority to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner); or (3) an authorized attorney, if one is appointed to represent the owner.  If the owner is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.

CHECK THE STATUS OF THE REGISTRATION:  To check the status of your registration at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/.  Please keep a copy of the complete status screen.  For more information on checking status, see http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/process/status/.

TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:  Use the TEAS form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED SPECIALIST.