Examiners Amendment

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 6/27/2013

 

 

PARTIAL ABANDONMENT – APPLICATION HAS BEEN AMENDED

 

The above-referenced application is abandoned in part because applicant failed to file a response to the Office action dated November 29, 2013.  See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a); TMEP §718.02(a).  A response was due within six months from the date of issuance of the previous Office action in order to avoid partial abandonment of the application; however, no response was received within this time period.

 

The outstanding Office action included a requirement that 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 requirement will be deleted from the application.  The application will proceed with the following identification: 

 

Carrying cases for cell phones; Carrying cases for electronic equipment, namely, tablet PCs, cellphones, smartphones, electronic reading devices, digital cameras, MP3 players and personal digital assistants; Cases for electronic diaries; Cases for mobile phones; Cases for music, audio and related electronic equipment, namely, cases for audio tuners, audio receivers, amplifiers, tape players, compact disc players, MP3 controllers/players, audio mixers, audio speakers in the nature of music studio monitors, microphones, audio speakers, compact discs, audio tapes, antennas, phonographic record players, audio recording equipment, and the cables associated with all of the foregoing equipment; Cases for photographic apparatus; Cases for telephones; Cell phone cases; Cell phone covers; Clear protective covers specially adapted for personal electronic devices; Fitted plastic films known as skins for covering and protecting electronic apparatus, namely, tablet PCs, cellphones, smartphones, electronic reading devices, digital cameras, MP3 players and personal digital assistants; Fitted plastic films known as skins for covering and providing a scratch proof barrier or protection for electronic devices, namely, MP3 players, mobile telephones, smart telephones, digital cameras, global positioning systems and personal digital assistants; Protective carrying cases specially adapted for personal digital assistants (PDA); Protective covers and cases for cell phones and portable media players; Protective covers for electronic reading devices, in Class 9.

 

If applicant’s failure to respond was unintentional, applicant may file a petition to revive the portion of the application that abandoned.  37 C.F.R. §2.66(a); TMEP §§718.02(a), 1714.01(d).  The petition must be filed within two months of the date of issuance of this letter and may be filed online at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/petition_forms.jsp.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.66(a)(1); TMEP §§718.02(a), 1714.01(a), (d).  A $100 fee for such a petition is required.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(15).

 

 

 

 

/Kim Teresa Moninghoff/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 113

Phone: 571-272-4738

Fax: 571-273-9113

Email: kim.moninghoff@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 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 6/27/2013 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO.85390600

 

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.