UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

 

 

 

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  78/893195

 

THIS IS A FINAL ACTION

 

This letter responds to applicant’s communication filed on January 12, 2007 in which the applicant failed to amend its identification of goods for Class 009.  It is unacceptable.  (Also, the examiner has contacted ID/Class to confirm whether or not the applicant may classify disposable gloves in Class 010.)

 

The following requirements are now made FINAL: (1) submit an acceptable identification of goods for Class 009.  37 C.F.R. §2.64(a).

 

 

 

Identification of Goods/Recitation of Services-Indefinite Wording for Class 009

 

Although the identification of goods for Class 010 is acceptable, the wording in the identification of goods/recitation of services in Class 009 needs clarification because the applicant has failed to specify the composition of the gloves for laboratory use.  Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:

 

Disposable {specify latex or plastic} gloves for laboratory use in International Class 009.  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.

 

ID Manual Online

 

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.

 

Partial Abandonment

 

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.

 

Options

 

If applicant does not respond within six months of the mailing date of this final action, then the following goods to which the final refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) apply will be deleted from the application:  disposable gloves for laboratory use in Class 009.  The application will proceed forward for the remaining goods.  15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).

 

Applicant may respond to this final action by: 

 

(1)   submitting a response that fully satisfies all outstanding requirements, if feasible (37 C.F.R. §2.64(a)); and/or

 

(2)   filing an appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, with an appeal fee of $100 per class (37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(18) and 2.64(a); TMEP §§715.01 and 1501 et seq.; TBMP Chapter 1200).

 

In certain circumstances, a petition to the Director may be filed to review a final action that is limited to procedural issues, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b)(2).  37 C.F.R. §2.64(a).  See 37 C.F.R. §2.146(b), TMEP §1704, and TBMP Chapter 1201.05 for an explanation of petitionable matters.  The petition fee is $100.  37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).

 

 

 

 

 

/Timothy J. Finnegan/

Trademark Examining Attorney

LO 104

571-272-9710

 

 

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.