To: | Motsenbocker, Donald M. (frank75@dctexas.net) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 76649472 - ATEC - N/A |
Sent: | 5/6/2006 8:22:55 AM |
Sent As: | ECOM101@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/649472
APPLICANT: Motsenbocker, Donald M.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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MARK: ATEC
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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 76/649472
The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and has determined the following.
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.
It appears that all of the goods in the Class 018 identification of goods are equipment used with horses. If accurate, the applicant should include the wording “horse equipment, namely” within the identification for clarification purposes.
The applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate:
“horse equipment, namely, saddles, bridles, headstalls, breast collars, reins, martingales, surcingles, flank girths, saddle girths, saddlepads, horse saddle blankets, horse blankets, horse sheets, horse boots, horse bits, harness straps, saddle stirrup pads, horse pack saddles, horse cruppers, horse breechings, in International Class 018.”
TMEP §1402.01.
For assistance with identifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html.
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. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods or services that are not within the scope of the goods or services recited in the present identification.
The applicant must specify whether the letters “ATEC” have any significance in the horse equipment or horse riding industry or as applied to the goods/services described in the application. 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b).
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.
In all correspondence to the Patent and Trademark Office, the applicant should list the name and law office of the examining attorney, the serial number of this application, the mailing date of this Office action, and the applicant’s telephone number.
PLEASE NOTE: In order to expedite processing, the applicant is encouraged to telephone the trademark examining attorney to resolve the issues raised above.
/Andrew Rhim/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 101
phone (571) 272-9711
fax (571) 273-9101
HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:
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.