UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

NOTICE OF SUSPENSION

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 2/29/2008

SUSPENSION PROCEDURE: This suspension notice serves to suspend action on the application for the reason(s) specified below.  No response is needed.  However, if you wish to respond to this notice, you should use the “Response to Letter of Suspension” form found at http://teasroa.gov.uspto.report/rsi/rsi.  The Office will conduct periodic status checks to determine if suspension remains appropriate.

Registration has been refused under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §1052(d), based on the cited registration, Reg. No. 3051906.  Action on this application is suspended for 6 months until the examining attorney can determine whether the cited registration will be canceled under §8 or expire under §9.  37 C.F.R §2.67; TMEP §716.02(e).

Entity

Applicant must specify its state of incorporation.  37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(3)(ii); TMEP §§803.03(c) and 803.04.

If applicant has questions about its application or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned trademark examining attorney directly at the number below.

Steven W. Jackson

/Steven W. Jackson/

Trademark Attorney

Law Office 107

Phone: 571-272-9409

Fax: 571-273-9107

STATUS CHECK: Check the status of the application at least once every six months from the initial filing date using the USPTO Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) online system at http://tarr.uspto.gov.  When conducting an online status check, print and maintain a copy of the complete TARR screen.  If the status of your application has not changed for more than six months, please contact the assigned examining attorney.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

USPTO OFFICE ACTION HAS ISSUED ON 2/29/2008 FOR

APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 78979903

Please follow the instructions below to continue the prosecution of your application:

VIEW OFFICE ACTION: Click on this link http://tmportal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow?DDA=Y&serial_number=78979903&doc_type=SUL&mail_date=20080229 (or copy and paste this URL into the address field of your browser), or visit http://tmportal.gov.uspto.report/external/portal/tow and enter the application serial number to access the Office action.

PLEASE NOTE: The Office action may not be immediately available but will be viewable within 24 hours of this notification.

RESPONSE MAY BE REQUIRED: You should carefully review the Office action to determine (1) if a response is required; (2) how to respond; and (3) the applicable response time period. Your response deadline will be calculated from 2/29/2008.

Do NOT hit “Reply” to this e-mail notification, or otherwise attempt to e-mail your response, as the USPTO does NOT accept e-mailed responses.  Instead, the USPTO recommends that you respond online using the Trademark Electronic Application System response form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eTEASpageD.htm.

HELP: For technical assistance in accessing the Office action, please e-mail

TDR@uspto.gov.  Please contact the assigned examining attorney with questions about the Office action. 

        WARNING

1. The USPTO will NOT send a separate e-mail with the Office action attached.

2. Failure to file any required response by the applicable deadline will result in the ABANDONMENT of your application.