To: | PINK GmbH Thermosysteme (pspies@dineff.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 79271502 - PINK - TM9612US00 |
Sent: | March 23, 2020 10:42:40 AM |
Sent As: | ecom110@uspto.gov |
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 79271502
Mark: PINK
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Applicant: PINK GmbH Thermosysteme
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Reference/Docket No. TM9612US00
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FINAL OFFICE ACTION
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) and/or Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form and/or to ESTTA for an appeal appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: March 23, 2020
International Registration No. 0940353
The trademark examining attorney notes that the following requirements have been satisfied:
Identification of goods
Entity requirement
See TMEP §§713.02, 714.04.
EXPLANATION OF MARK’S SIGNIFICANCE REQUIRED
To permit proper examination of the application, applicant must explain whether the wording in the mark “PINK” has any significance in the hardware trade or industry or as applied to applicant’s goods, or if such wording is a “term of art” within applicant’s industry. See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §814. Failure to comply with a request for information is grounds for refusing registration. In re Harley, 119 USPQ2d 1755, 1757-58 (TTAB 2016); TMEP §814.
To permit proper examination of the application, applicant must provide all the following information:
(1) Explain whether the wording in the mark “PINK” has any meaning or significance in the trade or industry in which applicant’s goods are manufactured or provided, any meaning or significance as applied to applicant’s goods, or if such wording is a term of art within applicant’s industry.
(2) Respond to the following questions:
Are applicant’s goods in the color pink?
See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §814.
Failure to comply with a request for information is grounds for refusing registration. In re Harley, 119 USPQ2d 1755, 1757-58 (TTAB 2016); TMEP §814.
How to respond. Click to file a request for reconsideration of this final Office action that fully resolves all outstanding requirements and refusals and/or click to file a timely appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) with the required filing fee(s).
/Khouri, Sani/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 110
United States Patent and Trademark Office
(571) 272-5884
sani.khouri@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE