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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE:

 

 

The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.  Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below.  15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62, 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.

 

Search Results

 

Note:  This is merely an advisory paragraph and not a requirement.

 

The Office records have been searched and there are no similar registered or pending marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.

 

Significance Requirement

 

Applicant must explain whether “CALDERA” has any meaning or significance in the industry in which the goods are manufactured, or if such wording is a “term of art” within applicant’s industry.  Applicant must also explain whether this wording identifies a geographic place.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §814.

 

Failure to respond to this request for information can be grounds for refusing registration.  See In re DTI P’ship LLP, 67 USPQ2d 1699, 1701 (TTAB 2003); TMEP §814.

 

Translation Requirement

 

Applicant must submit an English translation of all foreign wording in the mark.  TMEP §809; see 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a), 2.61(b).  In the present case, the wording “CALDERA” requires translation.

 

The following translation statement is suggested:  “The English translation of CALDERA in the mark is “boiler”.”  TMEP §809.02.

 

Please see attached evidence.

 

Identification of Goods and/or Services Amendment Requirement

 

The Office requires a degree of particularity necessary to identify clearly goods and/or services covered by a mark.  See In re Omega SA, 494 F.3d 1362, 1365, 83 USPQ2d 1541, 1543-44 (Fed. Cir. 2007).  Descriptions of goods and services in applications must be specific, explicit, clear and concise.  TMEP §1402.01; see Cal. Spray-Chem. Corp. v. Osmose Wood Pres. Co. of Am., 102 USPQ 321, 322 (Comm’r Pats. 1954); In re Cardinal Labs., Inc., 149 USPQ 709, 711 (TTAB 1966). 

 

The wording “light emitting diodes modules” in the identification is indefinite.  See TMEP §1402.01.  Applicant must specify the common commercial or generic name for the goods.  If there is no common commercial or generic name, applicant must describe the product and/or services and intended consumer as well as its main purpose and intended uses.  Please see suggestion below.

 

The wording “liquid crystal display monitors” and “light emitting diodes lighting apparatuses and installations, lighting apparatuses and installations” in the identification are indefinite for not specifying the type or purpose of the monitors, apparatuses, and installations.  Please see suggestions below.

 

The goods “instrument panel for vehicles” are classified incorrectly.  Applicant must amend the application to classify the goods in International Class 12, not 9.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(7), 2.85; TMEP §§1401.02(a), 1401.03(b).  Proper classification of goods and services is a purely administrative matter within the sole discretion of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  In re Tee-Pak, Inc., 164 USPQ 88, 89 (TTAB 1969).  Please see suggestion below.

 

The current identification reads as follows:

 

            International Class 9: Light emitting diodes, light emitting diodes modules, television receivers, mobile phones, personal digital assistants, liquid crystal display monitors, navigation apparatus for vehicles, instrument panel for vehicles

 

            International Class 11: Electric lamps, light emitting diodes lighting apparatuses and installations, lighting apparatuses and installations

 

The following wording in the current identification is acceptable, because it is sufficiently definite and properly classified:

 

            International Class 9: Light emitting diodes, television receivers, mobile phones, personal digital assistants, navigation apparatus for vehicles

 

            International Class 11: Electric lamps

 

Applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate:

 

            International Class 9: Light emitting diodes, light emitting diodes modules namely displays, television receivers, mobile phones, personal digital assistants, liquid crystal display {insert type(s) or purpose(s) of monitors, e.g., “video”, and/or “TV”} monitors, navigation apparatus for vehicles

 

            International Class 11: Electric lamps, light emitting diodes lighting apparatuses for vehicles and landscape light emitting diodes lighting installations, lighting apparatuses for vehicles and landscape lighting installations

 

            International Class 12: instrument panel for vehicles

 

See TMEP §1402.01.

 

            Amendment Guidelines

 

If applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple-class application, then applicant must comply with each of the following for those goods and/or services based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(b):

 

(1)     Applicant must list the goods and/or services by international class; and

 

(2)     Applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods and/or services not covered by the fee already paid, i.e., International Class 12 (current fee information should be confirmed at http://www.uspto.gov).

 

See 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(2)-(3), 2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).

 

Although identifications of goods may be amended to clarify or limit the goods, adding to or broadening the scope of the goods is not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07.  Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include goods that are not within the scope of the goods set forth in the present identification.

 

For assistance with identifying and classifying 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.  See TMEP §1402.04.

 

The filing fee for adding classes to an application is as follows:

 

         (1)     $325 per class, when the fees are submitted with a response filed online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html; or

 

         (2)     $375 per class, when the fees are submitted with a paper response. 

 

37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(1)(i)-(a)(1)(ii); TMEP §810.

 

Tina M. Kuan

/Tina M. Kuan/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 108

Phone Number: 571-272-4110

Fax Number: 571-273-4110

 

 

RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: If there are any questions about the Office action, please contact the assigned examining attorney. A response to this Office action should be filed using the form available at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm. If notification of this Office action was received via e-mail, no response using this form may be filed for 72 hours after receipt of the notification. Do not attempt to respond by e-mail as the USPTO does not accept e-mailed responses.

 

If responding by paper mail, please include the following information: the application serial number, the mark, the filing date and the name, title/position, telephone number and e-mail address of the person signing the response.  Please use the following address: Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451.

 

STATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.  When conducting an online status check, print and maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen.  If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the assigned examining attorney.