UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

RESPONSE TIME LIMIT:  TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE. 

 

 

Serial Number  76/585681

 

This letter responds to the applicant’s communication.

 

The previously cited application under Section 2(d) is withdrawn.

 

Applicant should note the following:

 

Recitation of Services

 

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

 

airline passenger services, namely, providing information regarding airline flight schedules, airline flight fares, airline flight reservations, airline flight bookings and airline frequent flyer and customer loyalty programs via the internet, in class 39. 

 

TMEP §1402.11.

 

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

 

More Information

 

The nature of the service is not clear from the present record.  In order to allow proper examination of the application, the applicant must submit samples of advertisements or promotional materials for services of the same type.  If such materials are not available, the applicant must describe the nature, purpose and channels of trade of the services with which the applicant has asserted a bona fide intent to use the mark.  37 C.F.R. Section 2.61(b); TMEP sections 1103.04 and 1105.02.

 

If further information or assistance is needed in responding to this Office Action, please feel free to contact the trademark attorney listed below.

 

 

 

/Shari L. Sheffield/

Shari Sheffield

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 110

571-272-9373

 

 

 

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:

• ONLINE RESPONSE:  You may respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form (visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions, but if the Office Action has been issued via email, you must wait 72 hours after receipt of the Office Action to respond via TEAS).
• REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE:  To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above and include the serial number, law office number and examining attorney’s name in your response.

 

STATUS OF APPLICATION: To check the status of your application, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.

 

VIEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending applications can be viewed and downloaded online at http://portal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow.

 

GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

 

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY SPECIFIED ABOVE.