UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 78/779570
APPLICANT: Germa Products, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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MARK: GERMA
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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.
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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 78/779570
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
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.
Applicant must specify whether “GERMA” has any significance in the relevant trade or industry, or any meaning in a foreign language. 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b).
Applicant must submit an English translation of the mark. 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §809. The following translation statement is suggested: “The English translation of GERMA is ________.”
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.
If the applicant has any questions or requires assistance in responding to this Office Action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/Richard F. White/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 109
Telephone: (571) 272-9442
Fax: (571) 273-9109
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.
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