Examiners Amendment

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 3/30/2013

 

APPLICATION HAS BEEN AMENDED:  The trademark examining attorney is amending the application as follows.  No prior approval or authorization from applicant or applicant’s attorney is required.  TMEP §707.02.  Please advise the undersigned immediately of any objections.  Otherwise, no response is necessary.  TMEP §707. 

 

First, it is noted for applicant that the response of March 25, 2013 has been received, accepted and the amendments made of record.  That is, the refusal of registration under Section 2(e)(4) of the Trademark Act is withdrawn in view of the amendment to seek registration pursuant to Section 2(f) based on ownership of prior Registration No. 3741509.  Moreover, the substitute specimen for Class 1 and the verification thereof are also accepted and made of record, and the refusal under Sections 1 and 45 are also accordingly withdrawn.

 

However – for clarification of the record, the trademark examining attorney makes the following clerical corrections:

 

In the application itself, in the section for specifying the “Literal Element” of the mark, applicant mistakenly wrote “DuPont inside an oval”.  In that this section asks only for the literal, or written, portion of the mark, this is amended to read merely “DUPONT”.

 

It is noted that the description of the mark remains unchanged – namely, “The mark consists of the word DuPont inside an oval.”

 

 

                                                                                                                                           

 

 

 

/Martha Santomartino/

Trademark Examining Attorney

U.S. PTO, Law Office 112

(571) 272-9416

Martha.Santomartino@USPTO.gov (for questions)

 

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 3/30/2013 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO.85653083

 

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.