UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

RESPONSE TIME LIMIT:  TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE. 

 

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.

 

TELEPHONE RESPONSE:  Applicant is encouraged to telephone the trademark examining attorney to resolve the issue raised below.

 

Serial Number  77/010174

 

The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following:

Search Results

The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d).  TMEP section 704.02.

 

Nevertheless, the applicant’s mark cannot be approved for publication unless and until the following issue is satisfactorily addressed:

 

Identification of Services

The identification of services is not acceptable because it contains indefinite and broad language.  TMEP §1402.01.  The applicant must amend the identification to list the specific educational services provided, to clarify that the examination services are “educational examination” services, and to describe the particular “certification” services.  Generally, certification services are classified in International Class 42.  If the applicant awards certificates for completion of its educational services, this must be clarified. 

 

The applicant must amend the application to adopt an acceptable identification and classification of services.  The applicant may amend to adopt the following identification, if accurate:

 

Educational services, namely, conducting seminars, courses, workshops and certification courses in the fields of networking equipment and computer systems and providing examinations in conjunction therewith.

 

Please note that, while the identification of services may be amended to clarify or limit the services, adding to the services or broadening the scope of the services is not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include services that are not within the scope of the services set forth in the present identification.

 

The applicant may wish to consult the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html  for assistance in identifying and classifying the services.

 

If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office Action, please contact the assigned examining attorney.

 

 

 

/Kimberly Frye/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 113

(571) 272-9430 (Phone)

(571) 273-9430 (Fax)

 

 

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:

• ONLINE RESPONSE:  You may respond using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office action form available on our website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html.  If the Office action issued via e-mail, you must wait 72 hours after receipt of the Office action to respond via TEAS.  NOTE:  Do not respond by e-mail.  THE USPTO WILL NOT ACCEPT AN E-MAILED RESPONSE.
• REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE:  To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above, and include the serial number, law office number, and examining attorney’s name.  NOTE:  The filing date of the response will be the date of receipt in the Office, not the postmarked date.  To ensure your response is timely, use a certificate of mailing.  37 C.F.R. §2.197.

 

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.