UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/573278
APPLICANT: American Hi-Fi Industrial 26, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: LAW OFFICES OF MORLAND C. FISCHER
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Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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MARK: XPLORE
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: AHF-316
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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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PRIORITY ACTION
OFFICE SEARCH: 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 704.02.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.
Serial Number 76/573278
The following issues were discussed in communication with MORLAND C. FISCHER on August 24, 2004.
This Office action supplements the earlier action. Please provide a standard character statement that reads as follows.
The mark is presented in standard character format without claim to any particular font style, size or color.
No set form is required for response to this Office action. The applicant must respond to each point raised. The applicant should simply set forth the required changes or statements and request that the Office enter them. The applicant must sign the response. In addition to the identifying information required at the beginning of this letter, the applicant should provide a telephone number to speed up further processing.
Please note: If the applicant submits a response via electronically, an electronic signature is required. An applicant, registrant or attorney may sign an electronic communication by entering a “symbol” that he or she has adopted as a signature between two slashes. In addition, the Office will accept an electronic communication containing the “/s/” (“/(signature)/”) notation in lieu of a signature. A scanned image of a document signed in ink is also acceptable, as long as the image is attached in .jpg format. TMEP Section 304.08.
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 November 1, 2004. To reach me by phone after that date call (571) 272-9163.
To submit a fax response to this Office action after that date, send your response to the Law Office fax number, namely (571) 273-9106.
/Paul F. Gast/
Paul F. Gast
Examining Attorney, LO 106
(703) 435-3391 direct
(703) 308-9106 ext. 297 alt.
(703) 746-8106 LO 106 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.
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