Priority Action

SUCKERS

Buoy, Roger

Priority Action

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SERIAL NO: 76/638344

APPLICANT: Buoy, Roger

*76638344*

CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

ANDREW D. PRICE

VENABLE LLP

P.O. BOX 34385

WASHINGTON, DC 20043-9998

RETURN ADDRESS:

Commissioner for Trademarks

P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

MARK: SUCKERS

CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 39895-218365

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.

PRIORITY ACTION

RESPONSE TIME LIMIT: To avoid abandonment, the Office must receive a proper response to this Office action within six-months of the mailing or e-mailing date. If applicant responds to the issues below within two months of the above mailing or e-mailing date, this case will be given priority handling. TMEP §708.01.

OFFICE RECORDS SEARCH: The Office records have been searched and no similar registered or pending mark has been found that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.

QUESTIONS: Please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney with any questions.

Serial Number 76/638344

The following were discussed in communication with Andrew Price on December 8, 2005. Applicant must respond to each refusal and/or requirement raised below.

CITIZENSHIP

The applicant must indicate his national citizenship for the record. Trademark Act Section 1, 15 U.S.C. §1051; 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(3)(i); TMEP §803.04.

PLEASE NOTE: All of the issues raised can be resolved by telephone. The applicant may telephone the examining attorney, instead of submitting a written response, to expedite the application.

/Kelley L. Wells/

Kelley L. Wells

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 105

571-272-9312

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