Offc Action Outgoing

ANDOVER

Holland USA, Inc.

TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78392152 - ANDOVER - 97422-US-001

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

To:	Holland USA, Inc. (trademark@gpmlaw.com)
Subject:	TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78392152 - ANDOVER - 97422-US-001
Sent:	10/14/04 9:54:29 AM
Sent As:	ECOM111@USPTO.GOV
Attachments:	Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SERIAL NO: 78/392152

APPLICANT: Holland USA, Inc.

*78392152*

CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

Laura J. Hein

Gray Plant Mooty Mooty & Bennett

P.O. Box 2906

Minneapolis, MN 55402-0906

RETURN ADDRESS:

Commissioner for Trademarks

P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

MARK: ANDOVER

CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 97422-US-001

CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:

trademark@gpmlaw.com

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.

OFFICE ACTION

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, WE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF OUR MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE.

Serial Number 78/392152

Prior Pending Application

The examining attorney encloses information regarding pending Application Serial No.78-379139. The filing date of the referenced application precedes the applicant’s filing date. There may be a likelihood of confusion between the marks under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d). If the referenced application matures into a registration, the examining attorney may refuse registration in the case under Section 2(d). 37 C.F.R. Sec. 2.83; TMEP Sec.1208.01.

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.

To reach the undersigned attorney by telephone after October 26, 2004, please call (571) 272 - 9379. Thank you.

/Inga Ervin/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 111

703 308-9111x 226

703 746-8111 (fax)

How to respond to this Office Action:

You may respond formally using the Office's Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form (visit http://eteas.gov.uspto.report/V2.0/oa242/WIZARD.htm and follow the instructions therein, but you must wait until at least 72 hours after receipt if the office action issued via e-mail). PLEASE NOTE: Responses to Office Actions on applications filed under the Madrid Protocol (Section 66(a)) CANNOT currently be filed via TEAS.

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.

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 general and other useful information about trademarks, you are encouraged to visit the Office’s web site at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

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