To: | The Gates Corporation (rp5897@gates.com) |
Subject: | TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78817812 - POWERLINK - N/A |
Sent: | 7/6/06 10:15:23 AM |
Sent As: | ECOM104@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
SERIAL NO: 78/817812
APPLICANT: The Gates Corporation
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
RETURN ADDRESS: Commissioner for Trademarks P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
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MARK: POWERLINK
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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 78/817812
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. Before the application can proceed to publication, however, certain informalities must be addressed.
PLEASE NOTE: Applicant is encouraged to telephone the trademark-examining attorney to resolve the issues raised below.
The wording “including” in the identification of goods/recitation of services needs clarification because unspecific. Applicant may change this wording to “namely,” if accurate. TMEP §1402.01.
Please note that, while the identification of goods/recitation of services may be amended to clarify or limit the goods/services, adding to the goods/services or broadening the scope of the goods/services is not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Therefore, applicant may not amend the identification to include goods/services that are not within the scope of the goods set forth in the present identification.
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://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html.
If applicant should fail to respond to this Office action within the six month time limit, then the unacceptable goods and/or services will be deleted from the application and the application will then proceed forward with the currently acceptable goods and/or services only.
Response to Office Action
Applicant should include the following information on all correspondence with the Office: (1) the name and law office number of the trademark examining attorney; (2) the serial number of this application; (3) the mailing date of this Office action; and, (4) applicant's telephone number. 37 C.F.R. §2.194(b)(1); TMEP §302.03(a).
If the Applicant has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office Action, please telephone the assigned Examining Attorney.
/Timothy J. Finnegan/
Trademark Examiner
Law Office 104
(571) 272-9710
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.