To: | TECORE, Inc. (marketing@tecore.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78507664 - SOFTMSC - N/A |
Sent: | 6/3/2005 11:31:38 AM |
Sent As: | ECOM111@USPTO.GOV |
Attachments: |
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 78/507664 APPLICANT: TECORE, Inc. | |
CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: | RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 |
MARK: SOFTMSC | |
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. |
Serial Number 78/507664
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
SEARCH CLAUSE
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. Section 1052(d). TMEP section 1105.01.
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite because applicant must identify the goods by their common commercial names. The applicant may adopt the following recitation, if accurate. TMEP section 1401.05. For assistance with identifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/.
Class 9: Wireless network infrastructure, namely, _____[state the common commercial names for the goods, e.g., transmitters, receivers, antennas, amplifiers, etc.]
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. Section 2.71(b); TMEP section 804.09. Therefore, the applicant may not amend to include any services that are not within the scope of the services recited in the present identification.
RESPONSE
PLEASE NOTE: All of the issues raised can be resolved by telephone or email. The applicant may telephone the examining attorney, instead of submitting a written response, to expedite the application.
Effective January 31, 2005 and pursuant to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, Pub. L. 108-447, the following are the fees that will be charged for filing a trademark application:
(1) $325 per international class if filed electronically using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS); or
(2) $375 per international class if filed on paper
These fees will be charged not only when a new application is filed, but also when payments are made to add classes to an existing application. If such payments are submitted with a TEAS response, the fee will be $325 per class, and if such payments are made with a paper response, the fee will be $375 per class.
The new fee requirements will apply to any fees filed on or after January 31, 2005.
NOTICE: TRADEMARK OPERATION RELOCATION
The Trademark Operation has relocated to Alexandria, Virginia. 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, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), at http://www.uspto.gov/teas/index.html.
/Margery A. Tierney/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 111
Phone: 571-272-9234
margery.tierney@uspto.gov
Fax: 571-273-9111
HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:
STATUS OF APPLICATION: To check the status of your application, visit the Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.
VIEW APPLICATION DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Documents in the electronic file for pending applications can be viewed and downloaded online at http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow.
GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm
FOR INQUIRIES OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS OFFICE ACTION, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSIGNED EXAMINING ATTORNEY SPECIFIED ABOVE.