UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/645296
APPLICANT: Mitchell, Baker A. Jr.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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MARK: FASTAR
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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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MAILING/E-MAILING DATE INFORMATION: If the mailing or e-mailing date of this Office action does not appear above, this information can be obtained by visiting the USPTO website at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/, inserting the application serial number, and viewing the prosecution history for the mailing date of the most recently issued Office communication.
Serial Number 76/645296
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
Recitation of Services
The current identification of services is indefinite. Inquiry is made regarding the activity of “practicing”; please define this activity with more specificity—is it directed to practice teaching techniques, or similar activities? If so , please amend the identification to so state,
The identification of services for the other activities should be clarified to read as follows, if accurate:
Educational services namely conducting instruction and teaching in the field of acquiring academic skills and knowledge; assessments of academic skills and knowledge; contests to encourage students and schools to set up and achieve goals in acquiring academic skills and knowledge in international class 41.
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.
Search Results
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.
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.
Henry S. Zak
/Henry S. Zak/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 108
(571) 272-9354
HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:
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