Examiners Amendment

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

Serial Number  77/115285

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

OFFICE RECORDS 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.

 

ADVISORY – AMENDMENTS TO GOODS/SERVICES:  If the identification of goods and/or services has been amended below, any future amendments must be in accordance with 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a) and TMEP §1402.07(e).

 

AMENDMENT(S) AUTHORIZED:  As authorized by TMEP section 707.02[1], the application is amended as noted below.  If applicant disagrees with or objects to any of the amendments below, please notify the undersigned trademark examining attorney immediately.  Otherwise, no response is necessary.  TMEP §707. 

 

CLARIFICATION OF DESCRIPTION OF MARK:  The applicant has filed a TEAS Plus application.  TEAS Plus applications require that the applicant provide a formal description of the mark for all special from drawings (i.e., any mark not in standard characters).  In this case, the applicant has provided the following description for its special form drawing: “The mark consists of stylized text.”  The applicant’s proposed description requires clarification, as it fails to indicate what the wording is that appears in stylized text.  Consequently, the application has been amended to add the following formal description:

 

“The mark consists of the wording “JIMJIM” in stylized letters.”

 

 

/Sonya B. Stephens/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 109

(571) 272-9352 phone

(571) 273-9109 fax*

*fax no. for official responses only

 

 

FOR INFORMATION ONLY – TEAS PLUS APPLICANTS: TEAS Plus applicants should submit the following documents using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) at <http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index/html>:  (1) responses to Office actions; (2) preliminary amendments; (3) changes of correspondence address; (4) changes of owner’s address; (5) appointments and revocations of attorney; (6) amendments to allege use; (7) statements of use; (8) requests for extension of time to file a statement of use, and (9) requests to delete a §1(b) basis.  If any of these documents are filed on paper, they must be accompanied by a $50 per class fee.  37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(iv) and 2.23(a)(i).  NOTE:  In addition to the above, applicant must also continue to accept correspondence from the Office via e-mail throughout the examination process in order to avoid the additional fee.  37 C.F.R. §2.23(a)(2).

 

 

NOTICE OF NEW PROCEDURE FOR E-MAILED OFFICE ACTIONS:  In late spring 2007, for any applicant who authorizes e-mail communication with the USPTO, the USPTO will no longer directly e-mail the actual Office action to the applicant.  Instead, upon issuance of an Office action, the USPTO will e-mail the applicant a notice with a link/web address to access the Office action using Trademark Document Retrieval (TDR), which is located on the USPTO website at http://portal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow.  The Office action will not be attached to the e-mail notice.  Upon receipt of the notice, the applicant can then view and print the actual Office action and any evidentiary attachments using the provided link/web address.  TDR is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays and weekends.  This new process is intended to eliminate problems associated with e-mailed Office actions that contain numerous attachments.