UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 78/360604
APPLICANT: MATTEL, INC.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks 2900 Crystal Drive Arlington, VA 22202-3514
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MARK: LITTLE PEOPLE
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: N/A
CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS: |
Please provide in all correspondence:
1. Filing date, serial number, mark and applicant's name. 2. Date of this Office Action. 3. Examining Attorney's name and Law Office number. 4. Your telephone number and e-mail address.
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Serial Number 78/360604
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
Prior Registration
If the applicant is the owner of Registration No. 2,817,673, the applicant must submit a claim of ownership. 37 C.F.R. §2.36; TMEP §812.
Identification of Goods
The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite. TMEP §1402.01. The applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
Class 28: TOYS, GAMES, AND PLAYTHINGS, NAMELY, DOLLS, DOLL CLOTHING AND DOLL ACCESSORIES; TOY FIGURES AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; STUFFED TOYS; TOY AIRPLANES; BALLOONS; TOY BAKEWARE AND COOKWARE; SPORT BALLS; TOY BANKS; BATH TOYS; BEAN BAGS; TOY BUILDING BLOCKS; PLAY WANDS; MUSIC BOX TOYS; BUBBLE-MAKING WANDS AND SOLUTION SETS; CARD GAMES; CHILDREN'S PLAY COSMETICS; PARTY FAVORS IN THE NATURE OF CRACKERS OR NOISEMAKERS; TOY MOBILES; FLYING DISCS; PORCELAIN DOLLS; PAPER DOLLS; PARTY FAVORS IN THE NATURE OF SMALL TOYS; ICE SKATES; JIGSAW PUZZLES; JUMP ROPES; KITES; MUSICAL TOYS; PLAY SWIMMING POOLS; PLUSH TOYS; PUPPETS; RIDE-ON TOYS; MANIPULATIVE PUZZLES; ROLLER SKATES; WATER-SQUIRTING TOYS; YO-YOS; ADULTS' AND CHILDREN'S PARTY GAMES; COLLECTIBLE TOY FIGURES; DOLL HOUSES; DRAWING TOYS; IN-LINE SKATES; PLAY TENTS; PLAY HOUSES; RADIO-CONTROLLED TOY VEHICLES; SAND TOYS; SAND BOX TOYS; TALKING TOYS; SLIDE PUZZLES; PADDLE BALL GAMES; SWIM GOGGLES; SWIM VESTS; BOARD GAMES; PARLOR GAMES; ROLE-PLAYING GAMES; TOY VEHICLES AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; OUTDOOR PLAY EQUIPMENT, NAMELY, SLIDES, SWING SETS, CLIMBING EQUIPMENT, COIN-OPERATED ARCADE GAMES, ELECTRONIC HAND-HELD GAMES, PLASTIC TOY HOOPS, PINWHEELS; PLAYSETS, NAMELY, DOLL FURNITURE AND DOLL FURNITURE ACCESSORIES; TOY FURNITURE, SPECIFICALLY BEDS, WARDROBES, VANITIES AND CHESTS; DOLL CASES; COMPACT CASES CONTAINING PLAY ENVIRONMENTS SOLD WITH MINIATURE DOLLS, CRIB MOBILES.
Please note that, while an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any goods that are not within the scope of goods set forth in the present identification.
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. §§2.6(a)(1) and 2.86(a); TMEP §§810.01 and 1403.01. Effective January 1, 2003, the fee for filing a trademark application is $335 for each class. This applies to classes added to pending applications as well as to new applications filed on or after that date.
Search Statement
The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
Further action awaits response to the above.
To reach the undersigned attorney by telephone after October 21, 2004, please call (571) 272 -9448. Thank you.
NOTICE: TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER 2004
The Trademark Operation is relocating to Alexandria, Virginia, in October and November 2004. Effective October 4, 2004, all Trademark-related paper mail (except documents sent to the Assignment Services Division for recordation, certain documents filed under the Madrid Protocol, and requests for copies of trademark documents) must be sent to:
Commissioner for Trademarks
P.O. Box 1451
Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
Applicants, registration owners, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), at www.uspto.gov.
/Raul Cordova/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 114
703-308-9114 ext. 136
Rightfax 703-746-6429
How to respond to this Office Action:
To respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions.
To respond formally via regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing Return Address listed above and include the serial number, law office and examining attorney’s name on the upper right corner of each page of your response.
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY.