To: | Venture Programs, Inc. (nel@bfmllaw.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 76563148 - INVENTURE - N/A |
Sent: | 8/20/04 10:37:57 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM113@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/563148
APPLICANT: Venture Programs, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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MARK: INVENTURE
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: N/A
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.
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Serial Number 76/563148
This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on August 13, 2004.
Resolved Issues:
Unresolved Issues:
In the first Office Action, the Examining Attorney requested that applicant amend the application to include a definite and not over broad recitation of services. In addition, the Office Action required that applicant amend the recitation within the scope of the application. The recitation of services remains unacceptable as indefinite. In addition, some wording includes products/services that are beyond the scope of the application. For these reasons, the requirements to amend the application to include definite wording within the scope of the application are MAINTAINED and is made FINAL. Applicant may amend to the following, if accurate:
Insurance agencies in the fields of industrial property and casualty and workers’ compensation insurance, exclusive of life insurance and annuities (International Class 36).
Please note that, while the identification of services may be amended to clarify or limit the services, adding to the services or broadening the scope of the services is not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include services that are not within the scope of the services set forth in the present identification.
If applicant fails to respond to this final action within six months of the mailing date, the application will be abandoned. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a). Applicant may respond to this final action by:
(1) submitting a response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements, if feasible (37 C.F.R. §2.64(a)); and/or
(2) filing an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with an appeal fee of $100 per class (37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(18) and 2.64(a); TMEP §§715.01 and 1501 et seq.; TBMP Chapter 1200).
In certain circumstances, a petition to the Director may be filed to review a final action that is limited to procedural issues, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2). 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a). See 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b), TMEP §1704, and TBMP Chapter 1201.05 for an explanation of petitionable matter. The petition fee is $100. 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).
NOTICE: TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2004
The Trademark Operation is relocating to Alexandria, Virginia, in October and November 2004. Effective October 4, 2004, all Trademark-related paper mail (except documents sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, certain documents filed under the Madrid Protocol, and requests for copies of trademark documents) must be sent to:
Commissioner for Trademarks
P.O. Box 1451
Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
Applicants, registration owners, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), at www.uspto.gov.
My Law Office will move on October 27, 2004. To reach me by phone after that date call (703) 285-1184 or (571) 272-9240.
To submit a fax response to this Office action after that date, send your response to the Law Office fax number, namely (571) 273-9113.
If the applicant has any questions concerning this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/ELIZABETH J. WINTER/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 113
(703) 285-1184; (703) 308-9113, ext. 480
(703) 746-6228 (FAX)
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.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.