Status Letter for Registration No.

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 POST REGISTRATION OFFICE ACTION

Registration Number  3,010,500

The Section 7 Amendment submitted on March 31, 2009 is not accepted for the reasons set forth below.

The proposed amendment to the identification of goods cannot be accepted because it is unclear as to what goods are to be deleted in the registration.

The owner seeks to change the goods from “nonlethal weapons that deliver an electrical current through muscle to cause pain and/or to interfere with operation of the muscle, namely, guns, pistols, rifles, grenades, mines, electric prods, and projectiles having circuitry that delivers the electrical current, all for independent operation or for mounting on accessory rails of firearms; remotely operated nonlethal weapons that issue an electrical current through muscle to cause pain and/or to interfere with operation of the muscle, namely, remotely operated guns, remotely operated launchers for any of probes and grenades, remotely activated mines; nonlethal hand-held weapons having terminals for coupling an electrical current through muscle proximate to the terminals to cause pain and/or to interfere with operation of the muscle; nonlethal weapons that launch tethered probes to muscle to conduct an electrical current from the weapon through the probes to cause pain and/or to interfere with operation of the muscle; nonlethal weapons that launch a projectile that carries an electrical circuit to conduct an electrical current from the circuit through muscle to cause pain and/or to interfere with operation of the muscle; cartridges and magazines for use with any of the aforementioned weapons; electronic modules for installation as a component part on or in any of the aforementioned weapons, namely modules including battery or data storage for operation of the weapon or recording operation of the weapon; and holsters for carrying any of the aforementioned weapons, cartridges, and modules” to “nonlethal weapons that deliver an electrical current through muscle to cause pain and/or to interfere with operation of the muscle, namely, guns, pistols, rifles, grenades, mines, electric prods, and projectiles having circuitry that delivers the electrical current, all for independent operation or for mounting on accessory rails of firearms; remotely operated nonlethal weapons that issue an electrical current through muscle to cause pain and/or to interfere with operation of the muscle, namely, remotely operated guns, remotely operated launchers for any of probes and grenades, remotely.” 

This amendment to change the nature of the goods is incomplete, therefore, the owner must clarify which goods are to be deleted.

The owner has six months from the issuance date of this letter to respond to all the issues raised in this letter.  In order to expedite the processing of your Section 7 Amendment, the early submission of a response to this letter is encouraged.  If a complete response is not received in the Office within this time period, then the Section 7 Amendment will be considered abandoned.  37 C.F.R. §2.176.  The fee for filing the Section 7 Amendment will not be refunded.

DNewton

Dana L. Newton

Trademark Specialist

Post Registration Division

571-272-9544

571-273-9544-fax

Dana.Newton@uspto.gov

How to respond to this Office Action:

To respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the registration number, the words 'Post Registration' and the examiner's name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.

To check the status of your application at any time, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/

FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINER.