UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 76/657140
APPLICANT: JEBARA, TIM
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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MARK: NORA
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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 76/657140
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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.
Identification of Goods
International Class 22:
The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate: Ropes, string, cotton netting, sacks for the transportation or storage of materials in bulk, general utility bags for commercial use, padding and stuffing materials not of rubber, paper or plastic and raw fibrous textile materials. TMEP §1402.01.
International Class 25:
The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate: Clothing, namely, jeans, T-shirts and shirts; footwear and headgear, namely, hats and caps. TMEP §1402.01.
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 that are not within the scope of goods set forth in the present identification.
Applicant must rewrite the identification of goods in its entirety because of the nature and extent of the amendment. 37 C.F.R. §2.74(b).
Recitation of Services
International Class 39:
The wording “transport” in the recitation of services is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may amend this wording to “transport of goods by _____ {applicant is required to list the specific means, e.g. rail, air, truck, boat}” if accurate. TMEP §1402.11.
The wording “packaging and storage of goods” in the recitation of services is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant must amend the recitation to specify the common commercial name of the goods to be stored or to indicate their nature. TMEP §1402.11.
The wording “travel arrangement” in the recitation of services is unacceptable as indefinite. The applicant may amend this wording to “arranging for wrapping services for baggage protection during travel,” if accurate. 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. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any services that are not within the scope of the services recited in the present identification.
Applicant must rewrite the identification of services in its entirety because of the nature and extent of the amendment. 37 C.F.R. §2.74(b).
The following legal authorities govern the processing of trademark and service mark applications by the Office: The Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1051 et seq., the Trademark Rules of Practice, 37 C.F.R. Part 2, and the Office’s Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) (4th ed., 2005), available on the United States Patent and Trademark Office web site at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm.
Please note, there is no required format or form for responding to this Office action. The Office recommends applicants use the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) to respond to Office actions online at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html. However, if applicant responds on paper via regular mail, the response should include the following information: (1) the name and law office number of the examining attorney; (2) the serial number of this application; (3) the mailing date of this Office action; and, (4) applicant's telephone number.
When responding to this Office action, applicant must make sure to respond to each refusal and requirement raised. If there is a refusal to register the proposed mark, then applicant may wish to argue against the refusal, i.e., submit arguments and/or evidence as to why the refusal should be withdrawn and why the mark should register. If there are other requirements, then applicant should simply set forth in writing the required changes or statements and request that the Office enter them into the application record. Applicant must also sign and date its response.
If applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark examining attorney directly at the number below.
/Edward Nelson/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 106
(571) 272-9202
(fax) (571) 273-9106
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.