UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
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U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 76712824
MARK: µPLPETS
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/index.jsp
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APPLICANT: Genx International, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
DATABASE SEARCH: The trademark examining attorney has searched the USPTO’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
APPLICATION HAS BEEN AMENDED: In accordance with the authorization granted by William W. Jones, Esq. on March 15, 2013, the trademark examining attorney has amended the application as indicated below. Please advise the undersigned immediately of any objections. Otherwise, no response is necessary. TMEP §707. Any amendments to the identification of goods may clarify or limit the goods, but may not add to or broaden the scope of the goods. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq.
The identification of goods is amended to read as follows:
“Probes for medical purposes, injection needles for medical use and needles for medical purposes, namely, tools for manipulating, holding, transferring and denuding human gametes or embryos for assisted hatching, for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICS I) and for other assisted reproduction in-vitro fertilization procedures” in International Class 010.
See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).
The following description of the mark is added to the record:
The mark consists of the Greek lower case letter Mu “µ”, followed by the upper case Latin letter “P”, followed by the design of an upward pointing needle with the top tip bent leftward, followed by the lower case Latin letters “PETS”, from left to right; a single line appears under the lettering.
See 37 C.F.R. §2.37; TMEP §§808 et seq.
The following statement is added to the record:
The wording “µPLPETS” has no meaning other than trademark significance.
See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §808.01(a).
The following statement is added to the record:
The wording “µPLPETS” has no meaning in a foreign language.
See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §809.03.
With this Examiner's Amendment all requirements are met. Following this Examiner's Amendment, the application will be approved for publication.
/Gilbert M. Swift/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 109
Tel. 1+(571) 272-9028
Gilbert.Swift@uspto.gov
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 the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/. Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen. If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or 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 Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.