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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

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  76/560741

 

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

 

SEARCH RESULTS

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 1105.01.  However, applicant must address the following issue(s).

 

IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS

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

 

IC 28

Toys, games, and playthings, namely [specify using common commercial names, e.g. toy robots]

 

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 or services that are not within the scope of the services recited in the present identification.

The applicant may wish to consult the on-line identification manual on the PTO homepage for a searchable database of acceptable identifications for goods and services.  The manual is available at http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual.

 

MULTIPLE CLASSES

The application identifies goods that may be classified in several international classes.   For example some types of electronic games fall in Class 9.  Therefore, the applicant must either:  (1) restrict the application to the number of class(es) covered by the fee already paid, or (2) pay the required fee for each additional class(es).  37 C.F.R. Section 2.86(a)(2); TMEP sections 810.01 and 1113.01. 

 

Additional information pertaining to trademark application requirements is available on-line at the Patent and Trademark Office web-site at www.uspto.gov. Current status and status date information is available, via touch-tone telephone, for all federal trademark registration and application records maintained in the automated Trademark Reporting and Monitoring (TRAM) system.  The information may be accessed by calling (703) 305-8747 from 6:30 a.m. until midnight, Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

 

/john.hwang/

John C. Hwang

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 114

T) 703-308-9114 ext 206

F) 703-746-6282

 

 

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 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.