UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 9/11/2007

 

This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on August 28, 2007.  The applicant’s amended identification of services for International Classes 6, 20, and 21 is acceptable.  However, the proposed wording for International Class 11is unacceptable.  Accordingly, the refusal to register based upon an unacceptable identification of goods for International Class 11 is hereby maintained.  See below.

 

SUSPENSION PROCEDURE:  This suspension notice serves to suspend action on the application for the reason(s) specified below.  No response is needed.  37 C.F.R. §2.67.  However, periodic status checks will be conducted and the examining attorney may issue inquiries at 6 month intervals from the mailing date of this notice.  TMEP §716.05.  If a status inquiry Office action issues, applicant will have 6 months from the mailing of the status inquiry to respond.  15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.62.

 

Action on this application is suspended pending receipt of a true copy, a photocopy, a certification, or a certified copy of a foreign registration from applicant's country of origin.  If the registration is in a foreign language, an English translation must also be submitted.  15 U.S.C. §1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(3)(ii); TMEP §§716.02(b), 1004 et seq.  Please note that applicant must notify the examining attorney if the foreign application abandons.

 

 

 

Identification of Goods International Class 11

Firstly, the proposed wording is indefinite and redundant.  Secondly, the identification of goods and/or services contains parentheses.  Generally, parentheses and brackets should not be used in identifications.  Parenthetical information is permitted in identifications only if it serves to explain or translate the matter immediately preceding the parenthetical phrase in such a way that it does not affect the clarity of the identification, e.g., “obi (Japanese sash).”  TMEP §1402.12. 

 

Therefore, applicant must remove the parentheses from the identification of goods and/or services and incorporate the parenthetical information into the description.  The applicant may amend the wording to the following. 

 

Apparatus for water supply and sanitary purposes, namely, showers; plumbing fittings and fixtures, namely,  shower control valves, bathtub control valves, shower sprayers, shower mixers, shower heads; faucets, mixer faucets for water pipes, tap water facets, sink spigots, bathtub spigots, basin mixer faucets; sink parts, namely, sink overflows; bathtub mixer faucets; tub parts, namely, bathtub overflows and replacement parts for all the aforesaid goods in International Class 11.

 

The applicant should note that the above suggested recitation of services is acceptable as written.  Any alteration may render it unacceptable.  Accordingly, if the applicant wishes to amend the services differently, or if the applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney. 

 

Please further note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the recitation, additions to the recitation are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. Section 2.71(a); TMEP § 1402.06.  Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any services that are not within the scope of services set forth in the original recitation. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/Geoffrey Fosdick/

Geoffrey Fosdick

Trademark Attorney

Trademark Office 111

(571) 272-9161

 

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.

 

                                                                

IMPORTANT NOTICE

USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 9/11/2007 FOR

APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 77111658

 

Please follow the instructions below to continue the prosecution of your application:

  

VIEW OFFICE ACTION: Click on this link http://portal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow?DDA=Y&serial_number=77111658&doc_type=SUL&mail_date=20070911 (or copy and paste this URL into the address field of your browser), or visit http://portal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow and enter the application serial number to access the Office action.

 

PLEASE NOTE: The Office action may not be immediately available but will be viewable within 24 hours of this notification.

 

RESPONSE MAY BE REQUIRED: You should carefully review the Office action to determine (1) if a response is required; (2) how to respond; and (3) the applicable response time period. Your response deadline will be calculated from 9/11/2007.

 

Do NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise attempt to e-mail your response, as the USPTO does NOT accept e-mailed responses.  Instead, the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System response form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm.

 

HELP: For technical assistance in accessing the Office action, please e-mail

TDR@uspto.gov.  Please contact the assigned examining attorney with questions about the Office action. 

 

        WARNING

1. The USPTO will NOT send a separate e-mail with the Office action attached.

 

2. Failure to file any required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your application.