Offc Action Outgoing

ESTEEM

ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION

TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78835911 - ESTEEM - N/A

To:	ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION (felicia.holland@cardinal.com)
Subject:	TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 78835911 - ESTEEM - N/A
Sent:	8/31/2006 6:46:01 PM
Sent As:	ECOM101@USPTO.GOV
Attachments:

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

SERIAL NO: 78/835911

APPLICANT: ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION

*78835911*

CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS:

ALLEGIANCE CORPORATION

1430 WAUKEGAN ROAD, KB-1A

MCGAW PARK, IL 60085

RETURN ADDRESS:

Commissioner for Trademarks

P.O. Box 1451

Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

MARK: ESTEEM

CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: N/A

CORRESPONDENT EMAIL ADDRESS:

felicia.holland@cardinal.com

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.

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.

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 78/835911

In addition to all of the substantive issues and informalities raised in the Office Action dated AUGUST 28, 2006, which are incorporated by reference herein, applicant must also correct the following issue. Please note that applicant must respond to all issues raised in this Office Action, as well as the previous Office Action of AUGUST 28, 2006, within six (6) months of the mailing date of this letter. If applicant does not respond within this time limit, the application will be abandoned.

CLAIM OF ACQUIRED DISTINCTIVENESS NOT NEEDED

Applicant must either delete the statement of acquired distinctiveness from the application or explain why it believes that a claim of distinctiveness is necessary, because the mark appears to be inherently distinctive. Trademark Act Section 2(f), 15 U.S.C. §1052(f); TMEP §1212.02(d). A claim of distinctiveness is not needed in this case.

/Aisha Clarke/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 101

571-272-9295 Phone

571-273-9295 Fax

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS OFFICE ACTION:

ONLINE RESPONSE: You may respond using the Office’s Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Response to Office action form available on our website at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/index.html. If the Office action issued via e-mail, you must wait 72 hours after receipt of the Office action to respond via TEAS. NOTE: Do not respond by e-mail. THE USPTO WILL NOT ACCEPT AN E-MAILED RESPONSE.
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. NOTE: The filing date of the response will be the date of receipt in the Office, not the postmarked date. To ensure your response is timely, use a certificate of mailing. 37 C.F.R. §2.197.

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.