To: | CARDINAL BRANDS, INC. (TRADEMARK@STINSONMOHECK.COM) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78765490 - ONESTEP - 000409-0214 |
Sent: | 5/31/06 10:03:22 AM |
Sent As: | ECOM106@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 78/765490
APPLICANT: CARDINAL BRANDS, INC.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: PENNY R. SLICER, REG. NO. 34,017 |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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MARK: ONESTEP
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 000409-0214
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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MAILING/E-MAILING DATE INFORMATION: If the mailing or e-mailing date of this Office action does not appear above, this information can be obtained by visiting the USPTO website at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/, inserting the application serial number, and viewing the prosecution history for the mailing date of the most recently issued Office communication.
Serial Number 78/765490
The assigned trademark examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and has determined the following:
Search Results
The Office records have been searched and no similar registered or pending mark has been found that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
Identification of Goods
The identification of goods needs clarification because applicant uses the wording “including.” The identification of goods must be specific and all-inclusive. Applicant should amend the identification to replace this wording with "namely." Further, use of the word “sets” is vague, and does not indicate what comprises the “sets.” Please note that applicant may amend the identification to list only those items that are within the scope of the goods set forth in the application. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §§1402.01 and 1402.03(a). Applicant may change this wording to “index dividers for use in ring binders,” if accurate. TMEP §1402.01.
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the online searchable Manual of Acceptable Identifications of Goods and Services at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html.
Please note that, while the identification of goods may be amended to clarify or limit the goods, adding to the goods or broadening the scope of the goods is not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include goods that are not within the scope of the goods set forth in the present identification.
The specimen shows use of the federal trademark registration symbol ® with the mark; however, Office records do not show that the mark is registered. Applicant may not use the federal registration symbol until a mark is registered in this Office. After registration of the mark, applicant may then use the symbol but only with the specific goods or services listed in the registration. TMEP §§906 and 906.02.
The above information is advisory. Applicant need not respond to this issue.
Ada Han
/Ada P. Han/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 106
(571) 272-5873
(571) 273-9106 (fax)
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.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.