Offc Action Outgoing

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.

ISSUE/MAILING DATE:

THIS IS A FINAL ACTION.

This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on June 20, 2011. The substitute drawing and the response to the inquiry are all acceptable.

The examining attorney has carefully reviewed the applicant’s response and has found that the following requirement remains outstanding and is now made FINAL.

Goods

The wording “for use with video game machines for use at home” in the identification of goods must be clarified because it is too broad and could include goods in other international classes. “Stand alone video game machines are in International Class 28. However “video game machines for use with television” are in International Class 9. See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.

Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:

Video game machines for home use with an external display screen or monitor; video game programs for use with video game machines for television use at home; video game programs prerecorded on CDs, video tapes, laser disks and electronic circuit cards, all for use at home; downloadable video game programs for use with video game machines for television use at home; computer game software and video game software. International Class 9.

THIS PARTIAL REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO THE GOODS SPECIFIED THEREIN.

If applicant does not respond within six months of the date of issuance of this final Office action, the following goods to which the final refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) apply will be deleted from the application by Examiner’s Amendment: video game programs for use with video game machines for use at home; downloadable video game programs for use with video game machines for use at home.

The application will then proceed for the following goods: Video game machines for home use with an external display screen or monitor; video game programs prerecorded on CDs, video tapes, laser disks and electronic circuit cards, all for use at home; computer game software and video game software. . 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).

Applicant may respond to this final Office action by:

(1) Submitting a response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements, if feasible; and/or

(2) Filing an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with an appeal fee of $100 per class.

37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(18), 2.64(a); TBMP ch. 1200; TMEP §714.04.

In certain rare circumstances, a petition to the Director may be filed pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2) to review a final Office action that is limited to procedural issues. 37 C.F.R. §2.64(a); TMEP §714.04; see 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b); TBMP §1201.05; TMEP §1704 (explaining petitionable matters). The petition fee is $100. 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).

/D. Beryl Gardner/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 112

571-272-9162 (office)

571-273-9162 (fax)

beryl.gardner@uspto.gov

TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: Go to http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using TEAS, to allow for necessary system updates of the application. For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney. E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.

All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.

WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE: It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants). If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.

PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION: To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/. Please keep a copy of the complete TARR screen. If TARR shows no change for more than six months, call 1-800-786-9199. For more information on checking status, see http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/process/status/.

TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS: Use the TEAS form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageE.htm.