Suspension Letter

SUSPENSION PROCEDURE: This suspension notice serves to suspend action on the application for the reason(s) specified below. No response is needed. However, if you wish to respond to this notice, you should use the “Response to Letter of Suspension” form found at http://teasroa.gov.uspto.report/rsi/rsi. The Office will conduct periodic status checks to determine if suspension remains appropriate.

Action on this application is suspended pending the disposition of:

- Application Serial No(s). 77379552 and 77889423[1]

Since applicant's effective filing date is subsequent to the effective filing date of the above-identified application(s), the latter, if and when it registers, may be cited against this application in a refusal to register under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). See 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208 et seq. A copy of information relevant to this pending application(s) is attached.

Applicant may submit a request to remove the application from suspension to present arguments related to the potential conflict between the relevant application(s) or other arguments related to the ground for suspension. TMEP §716.03. Applicant's election not to present arguments during suspension will not affect the applicant's right to present arguments later should a refusal in fact issue. If a refusal does issue, applicant will be afforded 6 months from the mailing or e-mailing date of the Office action to submit a response. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.62.

Amendment to the Record

The amended identification of goods, claim of ownership of the applicant’s prior registration and deletion of Section 1(b) as a basis are accepted and have been made of record.

If applicant has questions about the application or this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark examining attorney at the telephone number below.

/Katherine Stoides/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 101

(571) 272-9230

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.

[1] As earlier-filed Application Serial Nos. 77456085 and 77456155 have been abandoned, reference to these applications as potential bars to registration is WITHDRAWN. Furthermore, as Application Serial No. 77889423 has a filing date after the applicant’s effective filing date of 10 July 2009, reference to this application as a potential bar to registration is also WITHDRAWN.