Notation to File

NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            85561285

DATE:                                06/15/2012

NAME:                               AKean

NOTE:         

Searched:                                                             Discussed ID with:
     Google                                 Senior Atty
     Lexis/Nexis                            Managing Atty
     OneLook
     Wikipedia
     Acronym Finder                         Protest evidence reviewed
     Other:

Checked:                                                              Discussed Geo. Sig. with:
     Geographic significance                Senior Atty
     Surname                                Managing Atty 
     Translation
     ID with ID/CLASS mailbox

Discussed file with
Attorney/Applicant via:
        phone                               Left message with
        email                               Attorney/Applicant

     Requested Law Library search           Issued Examiner’s Amendment
     for:                                   and entered changes in TRADEUPS

        PRINT        DO NOT PRINT         Added design code in TRADEUPS
     Description of the mark
     Translation statement                  Re-imaged standard character
                                            drawing
     Negative translation statement             
     Consent of living individual           Contacted TM MADRID ID/CLASS
                                            about misclassified definite ID
     Changed TRADEUPS to:

 X   OTHER: E-mail correspondence to Applicant:

 

Mr. Matthew P. Hintz,

 

Upon review of the facts of record for this application I have found the following issues that must be corrected prior to approval of this application:

 

The identification of goods requires clarification

 

The word “kits” in the identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified.  See TMEP §§1401.05(a), 1402.01, 1402.03.  Kits consist of a group of items that either (1) share a common theme, or (2) are used to make a particular product.  The nature of the kit will determine its classification.  See TMEP §1401.05(a). 

 

For kits consisting of a group of items that share a common theme, the identification should specify the theme followed by the word “comprising” and a list of the items that make up the kit, setting forth the most dominant items first.  Generally, the international class of the kit will be determined by the international class of the majority of items in the kit. 

 

The applicant may clarify by amending to the following, if accurate:

 

 

Nucleic acid amplification kits comprising {specify kit components, e.g., reagents, magnetic beads} for scientific research purposes.

 

 

Please note that parentheses are not acceptable in the identification. TMEP §1402.12. Where indicated “{specify … },” the examining attorney has merely suggested ways to cure the indefiniteness of the identification. The applicant must list the goods without parentheses.

 

I can make the above correction to the file for this application by an Examiner's Amendment upon receipt of your authorization to amend the file for your client's application. You can authorize the Examiner's Amendment by responding to this e-mail or by calling the phone number listed below. If you do call and I am not in, please feel free to leave a voicemail with your authorization and I can issue the Examiner's Amendment from that. I need to hear from you by the no later than the close of business (5pm EST) on Tuesday June 19, 2012 or I will have to issue an Office action requiring clarification of these open issues at that time.

 

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

/Amy C. Kean/

Trademark Attorney

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

P.O. 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313

Amy.Kean@USPTO.gov

Phone: 571-272-8854