Offc Action Outgoing

TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW.

ISSUE/MAILING DATE:

INTRODUCTION

The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.

Summary of Issues: (*) Indicates Issues Applicant Must Address:

* Identification of goods

SEARCH OF OFFICE RECORDS

The Office records have been searched and there are no similar registered or pending marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.

However, applicant must respond to each refusal and/or requirement set forth below.

IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS

Applicant has identified the goods in the application as: (CLASS 9) surveillance camera support devices for housing and protecting cameras, namely, tilt heads, pan and tilt heads and camera housings; motorized camera positioning equipment, namely, pan/tilts, tv cameras and tv monitors, and electronic controls therefor; and tripods, pedestals and brackets for lasers, thermal imaging devices, telescopes, transits, theodolites, bore scopes, microwave, radar and radio antennas; electrical controllers, control systems comprising electrical controllers, gears and housings for tripods and pan and tilts, integrated camera positioning systems comprising, unitary photographic cameras and pan and tilts, internal pan and tilt electrical controllers, and camera control systems, comprising electrical controllers, gears and housings for pan and tilts.

The identification of goods as presently worded is indefinite and/or requires clarification. See TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must amend the identification using the common commercial or generic name for the goods whenever possible. Suggested wording for amending the identification is provided in CAPS below.

The wording pan/tilts positioning equipment requires clarification. Applicant may adopt the following PAN AND TILT MOUNTS. See example below.

The wording tripods, pedestals and brackets for lasers, thermal imaging devices, telescopes, transits, theodolites, bore scopes, microwave, radar and radio antennas is too broad and indefinite. Applicant must specify the nature or type of laser(s), e.g., NON-MEDICAL LASER (Class 9). In addition, applicant must indicate that the thermal imaging devices are NON-MEDICAL THERMAL IMAGING DEVICES. Applicant must also indicate that the “transits” are TRANSIT TELESCOPES, if accurate, and the “bore scopes” are NON-MEDICAL BORESCOPES; and that “microwave” refers to MICROWAVE ANTENNA, if accurate. And, “radar” refers to RADAR DETECTORS, if accurate. If accurate, applicant may adopt the following MOUNTS AND SUPPORTS IN THE NATURE OF tripods, pedestals and brackets for NON-MEDICAL lasers, NON-MEDICAL thermal imaging, telescopes, transit TELESCOPES, theodolites, NON-MEDICAL borescope OPTICAL DEVICES, microwave ANTENNA, radar DETECTORS and radio antennas. See example below.

The wording control systems is indefinite. Applicant must indicate the purpose or use of the control systems, e.g., CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS.

The wording gears and housings for tripods and pan and tilts, requires clarification for proper understanding of the nature of these goods. Specifically, if the gears and housings are electronic and/or electrical in nature, applicant must so specify. See example below. The same applies to the wording gears and housings for pan and tilts. See example below.

The wording pan and tilts must be clarified to indicate that these are types of MOUNTS AND/OR SUPPORTS where the preamble of the identification does not so indicate. See example below.

Applicant may adopt the following, if accurate:

CLASS 9 Surveillance camera support devices for housing and protecting cameras, namely, tilt heads, pan and tilt heads and camera housings; motorized camera positioning equipment, namely, pan AND tilt MOUNTS AND SUPPORTS, TV cameras and TV monitors, and electronic controls therefor; MOUNTS AND SUPPORTS IN THE NATURE OF tripods, pedestals and brackets for NON-MEDICAL lasers, NON-MEDICAL thermal imaging devices, telescopes, transit TELESCOPES, theodolites, NON-MEDICAL borescopes, microwave ANTENNA, radar DETECTORS and radio antennas; electrical controllers, control systems FOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS comprising electrical controllers, ELECTRONIC CONTROL gears and ELECTRICAL housings for tripods and pan and tilts, integrated camera positioning systems comprising, unitary photographic cameras and pan and tilt MOUNTS AND SUPPORTS, internal pan and tilt electrical controllers, and camera control systems, comprising electrical controllers, ELECTRONIC CONTROL gears and housings for pan and tilt MOUNTS AND SUPPORTS.

An applicant may amend an identification of services only to clarify or limit the services; adding to or broadening the scope of the services is not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07 et seq.

For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html. See TMEP §1402.04.

TELEPHONE RESPONSE SUGGESTED

Applicant is encouraged to telephone the assigned trademark examining attorney to resolve the issues raised in this Office action by examiner’s amendment in order to expedite the application. See TMEP §707. Applicant may leave a voice mail, or send an email, authorizing entry of the proposed amendments by examiner’s amendment.

PLEASE NOTE: E-mail communications will not be accepted as a response to this Office action and will not extend the deadline for filing a proper response. See 37 C.F.R. §2.191; TMEP §§709.04-.05. However, any informal e-mail communication received in connection with this application will be made part of the official application and become public record.

/deborah lobo/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 109

Tel: (571) 272-3263

deborah.lobo@uspto.gov

TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: Go to http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), to allow for necessary system updates of the application. For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney. E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.

All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.

WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE: It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants). If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.

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 TEAS form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.