Offc Action Outgoing

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

OFFICE ACTION

 

RESPONSE TIME LIMIT:  TO AVOID ABANDONMENT, THE OFFICE MUST RECEIVE A PROPER RESPONSE TO THIS OFFICE ACTION WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE MAILING OR E-MAILING DATE. 

 

 

Serial Number  78/549417

 

The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.

 

Search Conducted

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.

 

Domestic Representative Advisory

Applicant may designate a domestic representative upon whom notices or process may be served.  Trademark Act Section 1(e), 15 U.S.C. §1051(e); 37 C.F.R. §2.24; TMEP §§604, 811 and 1013.  If applicant does not designate a domestic representative, notices or process in proceedings affecting the mark may be served on the Director of the USPTO.  Trademark Act Section 1(e), 15 U.S.C. §1051(e).

 

 

Identification of Goods

The identification of goods is unacceptable as indefinite.  The applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial name of the goods.  If there is no common commercial name, the applicant must describe the product and its intended uses.  TMEP §1402.01.

 

Applicant must indicate the purpose(s) or function(s) of the computer program(s). If the software is field-specific, then applicant must also specify the field of use.  TMEP §1402.03(d).  This additional information is necessary to permit proper examination of the application and to enable the Office to make appropriate decisions concerning possible conflicts between the applicant's mark and other marks.  See In re NA.D. Inc., 57 USPQ2d 1872 (TTAB 2000); In re Linkvest S.A., 24 USPQ2d 1716 (TTAB 1992).

 

The applicant may adopt the following identification of goods, if accurate: computer search engine software for retrieving information about people in order to facilitate communications in Class 9.

 

Please note that, while the identification of goods and/or services may be amended to clarify or limit the goods and/or services, adding to the goods and/or services or broadening the scope of the goods and/or services is not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include goods and/or services that are not within the scope of the goods and/or services set forth in the present identification.

 

 

 

 

/Montia Givens Pressey/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 111

Tel:   (571) 272-9717

Fax:   (571) 273-9717

Email:  montia.pressey@uspto.gov

 

 

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:

• ONLINE RESPONSE:  You may respond formally using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office Action form (visit http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html and follow the instructions, but if the Office Action has been issued via email, you must wait 72 hours after receipt of the Office Action to respond via TEAS).
• REGULAR MAIL RESPONSE:  To respond by regular mail, your response should be sent to the mailing return address above and include the serial number, law office number and examining attorney’s name in your response.

 

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.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow.

 

GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: For general information about trademarks, please visit the Office’s website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm

 

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