UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 77/005223
MARK: PLAY-N-SHOP
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm
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APPLICANT: Cash Systems, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.
This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on August 16, 2007.
The amended recitation of services contains the indefinite wording “cash dispensing” “debit and deposits” and “conducting financial transactions, namely, allowing the use of funds from customers’ casino accounts for use with retail, hotel, restaurant, golf and entertainment”. These indefinite services must be renamed and the following suggestions are noted. The “cash dispensing” must be specified by using the common specific names of the services. If the services are the same as the “automated teller machine services”, the services must be deleted. The debit may be amended to be “debit card services” and the deposits amended to be “safe deposit box services”. Finally the financial transactions may be amended to be “conducting financial transactions, namely, the transfer of money from one account to another at entertainment venues”.
The nature of the service is not clear from the present record. In order to allow proper identification and classification of the services on which the applicant intends to use the mark, the applicant must submit samples of advertisements or promotional materials for services of the same type. If such materials are not available, the applicant must describe the nature, purpose and channels of trade of the services with which the applicant has asserted a bona fide intent to use the mark. 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §§814 and 1402.01(d).
/David C. Reihner/, Examining Attorney
Law Office 111, 571-272-9392
571-273-9111 fax.
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.