Offc Action Outgoing

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Office Action (Official Letter) About Owner’s Trademark Registration

OFFICE ACTION

The USPTO must receive the owner’s response to this letter within the time period specified below.  Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).  A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears below.

Issue date:  February 1, 2021

Your response to the outstanding Office action regarding the Section 8 Affidavit was timely received on DECEMBER 10, 2020.  After consideration of the response and the facts of record, the refusal to accept the Section 8 Affidavit is maintained for the reason(s) set forth below. 

THE REQUIRED ACCESS DATE NOT PROVIDED

The Section 8 Affidavit cannot be accepted because the URL access date not provided.

RESPONSE TIME DEADLINE:  A complete response must be received within 6 months from the issuance date of this Office action.  The owner must respond to all inquiries set forth in this Office action to avoid cancellation of the registration.  If a response is not received, the registration will be cancelled in its entirety.  37 C.F.R. §2.163(b)-(c); TMEP §1604.16.

How to respond.  Click to file a Response to Post-Registration Office action. 

Direct questions about this Office action to the Post Registration staff member below.

Henson, Everett

/Everett J. Henson/

Trademark Specialist Post Registration Branch

Phone: (571)-272-9529

e-mail: everett.henson@uspto.gov

RESPONSE GUIDANCE

• Response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  TEAS maintenance or unforeseen circumstances could affect an owner’s ability to timely respond.  

• Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted or processed.  If the owner does not have an attorney, the response must be signed by the individual owner, all joint owners, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic owner.  If the owner has an attorney, the response must be signed by the attorney.

• If needed, find contact information for the supervisor of the office or unit listed in the signature block.