UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 76/572201
APPLICANT: MICROTEK MEDICAL, INC.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:
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Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514
If no fees are enclosed, the address should include the words "Box Responses - No Fee." |
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MARK: MICROTEK
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 017109.0393
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 email address.
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Serial Number 76/572201
Please note that if the identification of goods or services has been amended below, any future amendments must be in accordance with 37 C.F.R. 2.71(a); TMEP section 1402.07(e). No response is necessary unless there is an objection to the amendment. If there is an objection to the amendment, the applicant should notify the examining attorney immediately.
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. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
The following standard character drawing claim is added to the record:
The mark is presented in standard characters without claim to any particular font style, size, or color.
37 C.F.R. §2.52(a).
As a reminder, in a standard character drawing, the mark on the drawing consists of only words, letters or numbers, but does not include any designs or claims as to particular font style, size, or color. A registration for a mark using a standard character drawing affords protection not only for the standard character version of the mark, but for any possible renderings of the mark, as long as those renderings do not contain any design elements; i.e., a registered standard character drawing of the mark gives protection for display on the specimens in any lettering style. A special-form drawing, on the other hand, shows the mark in stylized letters and/or with a design element and provides protection for only that specific rendering. 37 C.F.R. §2.52; Exam Guide 01-03, section I; See TMEP §§807.06 et seq. and TMEP §807.07 et seq.
NOTE: The Trademark Rules pertaining to drawings were amended on November 2, 2003. For applications filed prior to November 2, 2003, applicants may follow either the new standard character drawing rules or the typed drawing rules in force prior to their amendment on November 2, 2003. Exam Guide 01-03, section I.A.9.
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.
To reach the undersigned attorney by telephone after October 27, 2004, please call (571) 272 – 9293. Thank you.
If the applicant has any questions or needs further assistance, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
BBrown
/Brian D. Brown/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 105
(703) 308-9105 ext. 178
(703) 746-9597 fax