To: | Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (trademarkdocket@jmbm.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 77132482 - CLEAR CHOICE - 60837-1028 |
Sent: | 6/25/07 7:48:57 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM110@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 77/132482
MARK: CLEAR CHOICE
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm
GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm
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APPLICANT: Commerce Energy Group, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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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: 6/25/2007
A search of the Office records and a review of the merits of the application are both deferred until applicant responds to this Office action by satisfying one of the following:
(1) specifying the number of classes for which registration is sought and providing the filing fees for all such classes; or
(2) deleting class(es) from the application not covered by the fee(s) already submitted.
TMEP §§704.02 and 810.01. Class designations must be determined and fees provided before a trademark examining attorney will conduct an extensive search of a mark with a large number of classes. TMEP §§810.01 and 1401.04.
The application was filed via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) and therefore the filing fee per class was $325. 37 C.F.R. §2.6. The application identifies goods and/or services in at least 9 classes, which would have required a total of fees in the amount of $2925. Applicant submitted $375 with the application. The fee submitted is sufficient for only 1 class.
The fee for adding classes to the application is as follows: (1) $325 if the fee(s) are submitted electronically via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html; or (2) $375 if the fee(s) are submitted with a paper-filed response. See 37 C.F.R. §2.6.
If the applicant prosecutes this application as a combined, or multiple‑class, application, the applicant must comply with each of the following.
(1) The applicant must list the goods/services by international class with the classes listed in ascending numerical order. TMEP §1403.01.
(2) The applicant must submit a filing fee for each international class of goods/services not covered by the fee already paid. 37 C.F.R. 2.86(a)(2); TMEP §§810.01 and 1403.01. Although the fee information below is believed to be accurate, current fee information should be confirmed at http://www.uspto.gov.:
(i) $325 per class, for a TEAS Application, when the fees are submitted with a response filed online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html;
(ii) $275 per class, for a TEAS Plus Application, when the fees are submitted with a response filed online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html; and
(iii) $375 per class, when the fees are submitted with a paper response.
Sara N. Thomas
/Sara Thomas/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 110
571.272.8847
fax (formal response only) 571.273.9110
RESPOND TO THIS ACTION: If there are any questions about the Office action, please contact the assigned examining attorney. A response to this Office Action should be filed using the Office’s Response to Office action form available at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm. If notification of this Office action was received via e-mail, no response using this form may be filed for 72 hours after receipt of the notification. Do not attempt to respond by e-mail as 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.