To: | Drab, Francis, P. (frank@bubblechocolate.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77004968 - BUBBLE CHOCOLATE BUBBLES - N/A |
Sent: | 2/16/2007 9:37:29 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM106@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 77/004968
APPLICANT: Drab, Francis, P.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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MARK: BUBBLE CHOCOLATE BUBBLES
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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 77/004968
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
Search
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.
$50 Additional Fee Required – Application Requirement(s) Not Met
Applicant must submit an additional application processing fee of $50 per class because the application as filed does not meet the TEAS Plus application requirements in 37 C.F.R. §2.22(a). 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(iv) and 2.22(b). The following application requirement(s) were not met: AMENDMENT OF THE IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS – an identification of goods and/or services taken wholly from the Office’s Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual.
The applicant entered a miscellaneous statement that amended the identification of goods to “chocolate; chocolate bars; chocolate candies, chocolate truffles; filled chocolate; milk chocolate, all of he foregoing excluding bubble gum.” This identification is not taken wholly from the Office’ Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual.
If applicant is the owner of U.S. Registration No. 3172444, then applicant must submit a claim of ownership. 37 C.F.R. §2.36; TMEP §812. The following standard format is suggested:
Applicant is the owner of U.S. Registration No. 3172444.
Communication
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.
/Sophia S. Kim/
Sophia S. Kim
Examining Attorney
USPTO Law 106
571-272-9178
571-273-9106 fax
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.