| To: | Manpower Inc. (mail@iphorgan.net) |
| Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78765979 - MANPOWER - MAN 1284 US |
| Sent: | 9/15/2006 12:18:31 PM |
| Sent As: | ECOM110@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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SERIAL NO: 78/765979
APPLICANT: Manpower Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
If no fees are enclosed, the address should include the words "Box Responses - No Fee." |
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MARK: MANPOWER
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: MAN 1284 US
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 78/765979
NOTICE OF SUSPENSION
SUSPENSION PROCEDURE: This suspension notice serves to suspend action on the application for the reason(s) specified below. No response is needed. 37 C.F.R. §2.67. However, the examining attorney will conduct periodic status checks and may issue inquiries at 6 month intervals from the mailing date of this notice. TMEP §716.05. If a status inquiry Office action issues, applicant will have 6 months from the mailing or e-mailing date of the status inquiry to respond. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.62.
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.
This letter responds to the applicant’s communication filed on August 31, 2006.
Action on this application is suspended pending receipt of a true copy, a photocopy, a certification, or a certified copy of a foreign registration from applicant's country of origin[1]. If the registration is in a foreign language, an English translation must also be submitted. 15 U.S.C. §1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §§2.34(a)(3)(ii); TMEP §§716.02(b), 1004 et seq. Please note that applicant must notify the examining attorney if the foreign application abandons.
IDENTIFICATION & CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS TMEP §1402.01.
Applicant has submitted the following amended identification of goods for International Class 009:
Computer database and computer software for inputting, storing, processing and retrieving information relating to the operation of a personnel staffing services business; software for evaluating and training employees and job candidates; Software in the field of human resource management; software in the field of employee procurement; Computer software for assessing job, business, contact center, customer service, clerical accounting, basic accounting, word processing, and office automation software skills; computer software for use in job, business, word processing, and office automation software training;
Computer database and computer software for inputting, storing, processing and retrieving information relating to the operation of a personnel staffing services business; software for evaluating and training employees and job candidates; Software in the field of human resource management; software in the field of employee procurement
The duplicate wording “software in the field of human resource management” and “software in the field of employee procurement” in the amended identification of goods remains unacceptable as indefinite.
Applicant must specify the function of the software not merely the field of use.
This requirement is maintained.
The applicant may wish to consult the on-line identification manual on the PTO homepage for
acceptable common names of goods and services.
http://www.gov.uspto.report/web/offices/tac/doc/gsmanual/
37 C.F.R. Section 2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06 While an application may be amended to clarify or limit the identification, additions to the identification are not permitted. Therefor, the applicant may not amend to include any goods/services that are not within the scope of the goods/services recited in the present identification.
The amended identification of goods for International Class 016 is accepted and made of record.
Recitations & Classifications of Services TMEP §1402.11.
The amended recitations of services for International Class 035 has been accepted and made of record.
The amended recitations of services for International Class 041 has been accepted and made of record.
International Class 042 has been added and made of record.
/Linda E. Blohm/ Trademark Examining Attorney
571.272.9129, Law Office 110