Offc Action Outgoing

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE.

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE:

 

 

The applicant or applicant’s counsel is encouraged to contact the trademark examining attorney at  kyle.peete@uspto.gov to resolve the issues below via an Examiner’s Amendment.

 

 

Search Results

 

The Office records have been searched and there are no similar registered or pending marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.

 

Recitation of Services

 

The applicant’s services are listed:

 

International Class 036:  Insurance underwriting services, insurance claims services and administration, insurance claims processing, insurance claims adjusting, insurance agency and brokerage, providing information in insurance matters, risk management and risk management consultation

 

 

The recitation of services is unacceptable and must be clarified because portions are too broad.  See TMEP §1402.01.  Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate, changes in italics:

 

International Class 036:  Insurance underwriting services for all types of insurance [or specify field on insurance]; insurance claims services, namely, insurance claim administration, claims processing and insurance claims adjusting; insurance agency and brokerage, providing information in insurance matters, financial risk management and financial risk management consultation [only financial risk mgmt is in class 036]

 

 

Identifications of goods and/or services can be amended only to clarify or limit the goods and/or services; adding to or broadening the scope of the goods and/or services is not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07.  Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include goods and/or services that are not within the scope of the goods and/or services set forth in the present identification.

 

 

If applicant should fail to respond to this Office action within the six-month period for response, then the portions of the services which required clarification (italics) will be deleted.  The application will then proceed with the remaining services only.  37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).

 

 

 

 

 

/Kyle C. Peete/

Trademark Examining Attorney

United States Patent & Trademark Office

kyle.peete@uspto.gov (Preferred)

571-272-8275

571-273-8275 (Fax)

 

 

RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: Applicant should file a response to this Office action online using the form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm, waiting 48-72 hours if applicant received notification of the Office action via e-mail.  For technical assistance with the form, please e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov.  For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned examining attorney.  Do not respond to this Office action by e-mail; 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.