Examiners Amendment

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 10/30/2014

INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION NO. 1154350

 

PARTIAL ABANDONMENT – APPLICATION HAS BEEN AMENDED

 

The above-referenced application is abandoned in part because applicant withdrew or failed to prosecute an appeal and therefore the final partial refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) are maintained.  See TMEP §718.02(a).  See generally 15 U.S.C. §§1062(b), 1070-1071; 37 C.F.R. §§2.141-2.145; TBMP chs. 900, 1200.

 

The final refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) that applicant appealed applied to only a portion of the application; therefore, only that portion of the application is abandoned.  See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a); TMEP §718.02(a). 

 

The portion of the identification that was the subject of the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) will be deleted from the application.  The application will proceed with the following identification: 

 

 

International Class 001: “waterproofing chemical compositions, namely, epoxy coatings other than paint, polypropylene coatings other than paint, polyurethane coatings other than paint, polyolefin coatings other than paint and coatings not in the nature of paint for pipelines; polypropylene resins; polyurethane; polyolefin.”

 

International Class 002: “Coatings in the nature of paint for pipelines.”

 

International Class 006: “Pipelines of metal, namely, pipelines for use in the petro chemical, nuclear, refinery oil, liquid natural gas and compressed natural gas industry; high pressure pipelines of metal for use in the petro chemical, nuclear, refinery oil, liquid natural gas and compressed natural gas industry; manifolds of metal for pipelines; metal pipes for use in the petro chemical, nuclear, refinery oil, liquid natural gas and compressed natural gas industry; structural, component parts and fittings for pipes or for pipelines, namely, elbows, unions, tees, valves made of metal; metal joints for pipes.”

 

International Class 007: “Welding apparatus, welding machines, and apparatus and machines for use in welding, namely, internal pipeline welders, external pipeline welders; metal internal lineup clamps, metal internal pneumatic line-up and copper backup clamps, metal external welding clamps for supporting automatic external welding systems and vision controlled hydraulic, pneumatic and motorized inspection systems comprised of laser sensing or camera sensing components; metal motorized internal clamps; machines and machine tools for use in the laying of pipelines, namely, pipe bending machines in the nature of hydraulic or pneumatic or motorized bending machines, hydraulic and pneumatic and motorized mandrels; pipeline construction supports, namely, pipe transporting conveyors and rollers, bending sets and dies for accommodating various pipe sizes in a bender, air and gas compressors, motorized pipe endprep equipment for preparing the edges of pipe for fit-up and welding; machines and machine tools for use in manufacture of pipes or pipelines, namely, pipe conveying systems comprised of pipe support rollers, skew conveyors, pusher racks, motor control centers, kick-in and kick-out mechanisms, control systems and v-conveyors for supporting or transporting or reorienting pipe during manufacture, double jointing machines, automatic welding counterbore pipe facing machines, automatic pipe edge measurement apparatus, hydraulic power generating units, control systems for monitoring pipe routing sold as component parts of machines, control systems and equipment in the nature of electromechanical automatic controllers sold as component parts for machines for blast cleaning, coating removal, priming, coating, tape wrapping of pipe, and for pipe conveying using pipe ejectors for removing or introducing pipe from or into a pipe assembly path to be conveyed, motor control centers for operating motorized conveyor equipment, automatic pusher racks, wheeled skew conveyors, hydraulic, pneumatic, or motorized turning rollers for inspection cleaning or applying coatings, roller conveyors, and for pipe end prep support units in the nature of supports for machines that prep pipe ends for welding, pipe transfer carriages, pipe track type line-up modules for aligning new pipe segments to be welded; component parts, fittings and automatic controls for all of the aforesaid, namely, welding machines, welding clamps, weld inspection systems, pipe laying machines and tools, pipeline construction supports, pipe manufacturing machines and tools.”

 

International Class 037: “Construction of pipelines; installation of pipelines; laying of pipelines; installation of linings in pipelines; installation of insulation of pipelines; maintenance and repair of pipelines; maintenance and repair of pipeline systems; installation of pipeline insulation; application of protective coatings for pipes; application of protective coatings for pipelines.”

 

International Class 040: “Welding services.”

 

International Class 042: “Design of pipelines; pipeline inspection services, scientific research in the field of pipelines, namely, pipeline design efficiency, pipeline construction efficiency and computer aided pipeline design; scientific research in the field of welding, namely, welding quality control and welding inspection technology.”

 

 

/Shannon Twohig/

Attorney, USPTO

Law Office 105

shannon.twohig@uspto.gov

Phone: (571) 272-8855

Fax: (571) 273-9105

 

PERIODICALLY CHECK THE STATUS OF THE APPLICATION:  To ensure that applicant does not miss crucial deadlines or official notices, check the status of the application every three to four months using the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/.  Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen.  If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or call 1-800-786-9199.  For more information on checking status, see http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/process/status/.

 

TO UPDATE CORRESPONDENCE/E-MAIL ADDRESS:  Use the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.

 

 

 

 

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR

U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION

 

USPTO OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) HAS ISSUED

ON 10/30/2014 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO.79127811

 

Please follow the instructions below:

 

(1)  TO READ THE LETTER:  Click on this link or go to http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/, enter the U.S. application serial number, and click on “Documents.”

 

The Office action may not be immediately viewable, to allow for necessary system updates of the application, but will be available within 24 hours of this e-mail notification.

 

(2)  QUESTIONS:  For questions about the contents of the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney.  For technical assistance in accessing or viewing the Office action in the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system, please e-mail TSDR@uspto.gov.

 

WARNING

 

PRIVATE COMPANY SOLICITATIONS REGARDING YOUR APPLICATION:  Private companies not associated with the USPTO are using information provided in trademark applications to mail or e-mail trademark-related solicitations.  These companies often use names that closely resemble the USPTO and their solicitations may look like an official government document.  Many solicitations require that you pay “fees.” 

 

Please carefully review all correspondence you receive regarding this application to make sure that you are responding to an official document from the USPTO rather than a private company solicitation.  All official USPTO correspondence will be mailed only from the “United States Patent and Trademark Office” in Alexandria, VA; or sent by e-mail from the domain “@uspto.gov.”  For more information on how to handle private company solicitations, see http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/solicitation_warnings.jsp.