To: | Miele & Cie. KG (trademark@leydig.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 79257245 - MIELE - 744466 |
Sent: | October 31, 2019 11:55:21 PM |
Sent As: | ecom115@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 79257245
Mark: MIELE
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Correspondence Address: 180 N. Stetson Ave. Suite 4900
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Applicant: Miele & Cie. KG
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Reference/Docket No. 744466
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The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this letter within six months of the issue date below or the application will be abandoned. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: October 31, 2019
International Registration No. 1462994
This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on October 2, 2019. The applicant (1) submitted the color description and (2) amended the identification of goods and services. No. 1 is acceptable. The application has been further reviewed and please note the following New requirement: Translation of the foreign wording. In addition, the previously-issued identification requirement for the identified goods below is continued and maintained. See 37 C.F.R. §2.63(b).
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IDENTIFICATION
International Class 11
In general, if the goods that precede “and parts and fittings therefor” would likely be classified in one class, the wording “and parts therefor” may be used. Applicant must amend this wording to specify the common commercial or generic name of the goods and incorporate the wording “parts and fittings therefor” in connection with definite goods. See TMEP §1402.01. If the goods have no common commercial or generic name, applicant must describe the product, its main purpose, and its intended uses. See id.
International Class 16
International Class 21
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
International Class 11: Apparatus for heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, freezing, ventilating and water supply, namely, electric, steam, convection, combi-steam, speed and gas cooking ovens, vacuum sealing warming drawers, cooking ranges, range hoods, ventilation hoods, extractor hoods for kitchens, downdraft range ventilator, ventilating exhaust fans, electric cooktops, cooking stoves, electric ___(specify type, e.g. pressure, egg) cookers, electric hobs, structural {specify material composition, e.g., metal, glass, ceramic, etc.} framework sold as parts of oven interiors for domestic and commercial applications, electric and gas grills, electric fryers, electric steam cookers, electric warming cabinets for food, cooker range hoods, extractor ventilators for use in kitchen ovens, refrigerators, freezers, wine coolers, namely, refrigerated cabinets containing racks for wine bottles and storage shelves; installations for freezing, namely, electric freezers, upright freezers, ice-making machines; drying installations, namely, machines for drying laundry, namely, electric tumble dryers, electric clothes drying cupboards and spin dryers, condenser dryers, washer dryer combination units; apparatus for ventilation and water supply, namely, electric and gas-powered cooking stoves; cooking rings; heating hot plates; microwave ovens; electric and gas-powered griddles and grills; electric hot-air cookers; electric deep fryers; electric roasting and grill plates; electric pressure cooking apparatus; electric steam cookers; electric deep fat fryers; electrically heated cabinets for food; vacuum furnaces; ventilation apparatus, and apparatus for improving air quality, namely, range hoods; scent dosing apparatus, electric dispensers for air fresheners; filters and filtering devices for air and gas conditioning; electric tea machines; electric coffee machines; electric espresso coffee machines; fully automated electric coffee machines; refrigerating cabinets; refrigerating show cases; refrigerated display cases; beverage cooling apparatus; fridge-freezers; mechanical tap faucets for dispensing chilled beverages for use with apparatus for chilling beverages; freezers; electric deep freezers; refrigerating chests for chilling foods; ice chests; ice machines and apparatus; electric laundry drying machines; electric laundry dryers; electrically operated drying cabinets for laundry; heat pumps; sterilizers; installations for baking, namely, baking ovens; bread making machines; deep fat fryers; and replacement parts and fittings for all aforesaid goods
International Class 16: Paper; cardboard; cardboard boxes; cardboard gift boxes; printed matter, namely, printed instruction manuals in the field of (__specify, e.g. cooking); books, namely, cookbooks; magazines in the field of cooking; plastic materials for packaging, namely, plastic bags for packaging; gift vouchers, namely, non-magnetically encoded gift cards; printed vouchers
International Class 21: Containers for household or kitchen use; frying pans; kitchen utensils namely, pouring and
straining spouts, baking trays, baking sheets, steam oven pans, casserole dishes and casserole dish lids, oven pans, carving boards, hot plates; earthenware, namely,
earthenware cooking pots, mugs, jars, saucepans; porcelain ware, namely, porcelain cooking pots, mugs, jars, saucepans; glass jars; coffee pots; coolers for wine; ironing boards with integrated
ventilator function and/or board heaters
NOTE: International Classes 35, 41 and 43 are acceptable as amended.
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
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/Josette M. Beverly/
Josette M. Beverly
Examining Attorney
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Josette.Beverly@uspto.gov
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