UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 85077407
MARK: MALIBU
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
GENERAL TRADEMARK INFORMATION: http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm
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APPLICANT: J. Baxter Brinkmann International Corpor ETC.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: 042N-155736
CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
DATABASE SEARCH: The trademark examining attorney has searched the USPTO’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
APPLICATION HAS BEEN AMENDED: In accordance with the authorization granted by Susan Hwang on November 14, 2011, the trademark examining attorney has amended the application as indicated below. Please advise the undersigned immediately of any objections. Otherwise, no response is necessary. TMEP §707. Any amendments to the identification of goods and/or services may clarify or limit the goods and/or services, but may not add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq.
AMENDMENT OF IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
The identification of goods is amended to read as follows:
Electric lighting fixtures, namely, ceiling lights, electric light decorative strings, decorative lights for use near or under water, rope lights for trees, shrubs and bushes, tree landscape lighting, and lights that drape or hang from outdoor patio umbrellas; filters, heaters and pumps sold in combination for use in swimming pools and decorative water fountains and ponds in outdoor landscape gardens; misting systems and mats for outdoor cooling for use alone or with outdoor chairs and lounges; misting systems and mats with electric lighting; outdoor automated mist systems for insect and pest control comprising portable lights, repellent, sensors and timers; portable lighting products, namely, flashlights, fluorescent lamps and tubes, floodlights, hand-held combination spotlights and flashlights, headlamps, lanterns, search lights, spot lights, and tactical flashlights; accessories for portable lighting products, namely, fiber optic attachments for use with flashlights in the nature of a flexible attachment fitted on flashlights to concentrate light from the flashlight, specially adapted holsters in the nature of carry cases for flashlights, and carrying cases specially adapted for carrying portable lighting products, namely, carrying cases for lanterns, spotlights and flashlights; portable electric fans, ceiling fans, portable electric and gas heaters, electric space heaters, and patio heaters; LED underwater lights used for fishing; optical lens covers, namely, specially adapted covers to fit on flashlights containing lens filters for the purpose of changing light color output from flashlights; light reflectors; electric bulbs; electric lamps; electric outlet boxes; electric outlet box covers; electric outlets; trailer lights for grills; metal structural and replacement parts for electric lighting fixtures, namely, light posts with electrical sources in protective covers, decorative rods, and decorative hooks and knobs; non-metal replacement parts which are structural components for electric lighting fixtures, namely, caps, decorative hooks, decorative rods and plastic and wood knobs; grilling products, namely, barbecue grills, charcoal grills, electric grills, gas grills, cooking ovens, gas cooking ovens, folding portable ovens, electric roasters, rotisseries, barbecue smokers, ceramic stoves, electric stoves, gas stoves, portable heavy duty barbecue grills and barbecue smokers for use with a hitch trailer, folding portable charcoal, propane and gas grills, gas and electric deep fat cookers and fryers; replacement parts for barbecue charcoal, electric and gas grills, namely, air vent dampers, air vents, ash collector boxes, ash pans, ash trays, axles, axle caps, bezels, gas burners, canopies, canopy grommets, cart brackets, casters, ceramic briquettes, ceramic tile inlays in the nature of ceramic countertop plates for use in grills, charcoal ash cups, charcoal lighters, charcoal pans, conduits, conduit connectors, convection ovens, cooking grids, cotter pins, crossover channels for enabling flames to move from burner to burner, domes, doors, base door stops, drawers, drip pans, end caps, fireboxes, grate adjusters for raising or lowering grates, grates, grease cups, grease cup brackets, grease trays, grill basket guides, grill basket hangers, grill baskets, grill covers, grill lights, handle stops, handles, heat shield plates, heat shields, heating elements, hinge pins, hood bumper stops, hood liner inserts, hoods, igniter rubber caps, kick plates, lava rocks, legs, lids, meat racks, name plates, pan brackets, panel bases, panel frames, panel supports, panels, pans, pivots, power cords, rails, regulators, shelves, side tables, spark igniters, springs, support rings, tables designed to hold grills, warming trays, water pans, charcoal water pans, natural gas conversion kits comprising tools for hook-up for grills, namely, regulators, valves, caps, control knob, rubber hoses and igniter cap bezels, packaged kits containing grill assembly components and tools comprising bolts, nuts, washers, cotter pins, screwdrivers, wrenches or batteries, grill door kits comprising doors, door handles, door hinges and door stop magnets, and grill drawer kits comprising handles, latches, magnets, screws and brackets.
See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).
/Brendan D. McCauley/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 114
571-272-9459
Brendan.McCauley@uspto.gov
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 Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/. Please keep a copy of the complete TARR screen. If TARR shows no change for more than six months, call 1-800-786-9199. For more information on checking status, see http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/process/status/.
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