Examiners Amendment

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT - EA

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 6/11/2014

 

 

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 Kenneth L. Mitchell on June 11, 2014, 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.

 

Identification of Goods and Services

The identification of goods and services is amended to read as follows.  [Changes are noted in bold type.] 

 

“Renewable energy, namely, solar energy” [in International Class 004]

 

“Apparatus that employs light concentrating optics to concentrate sunlight and to aid in the conversion of sunlight into electric and thermal energy; Electric control devices for heating and energy management; Electricity router for managing and optimizing energy loads within a building; Electronic devices, namely, energy meters for tracking and monitoring energy usage; Electronic devices, namely, energy submeters for tracking and monitoring energy usage; Electronic devices, namely, handhelds for exchanging data in energy meters or submeters; Electronic devices, namely, radio frequency repeaters used in long range communication for tracking and monitoring energy usage; Photovoltaic systems that convert sunlight into electric and thermal energy; Off-grid power and deep cycle battery storage systems comprised of batteries, charge controllers and inverters with integrated LED bulbs and LED light fixtures for solar, thin-film solar (TFS), and vertical axis wind turbine installations; Photovoltaic cells also including a solar thermal collector sold as a unit; Photovoltaic installation apparatus, namely, solar modules for production of electricity, solar thermal and electric receivers, tracking mechanisms and concentrating optics, and control algorithms; Photovoltaic solar modules for production of electricity; Solar batteries; Solar cells; uninterruptible electrical power supplies” [in International Class 009]

 

“Solar Collectors; Solar reactors; Energy storage plants; Hybrid energy generation power plants and storage plants; Refrigerating appliances for residential, commercial and industrial facilities; Solar energy receivers” [in International Class 011]

 

“Brokerage of energy, namely, gas and electricity; Energy brokerage services; Providing energy arbitrage services to residential, commercial and industrial energy consumers; Financial services, namely, providing loans, providing mortgage lending, originating loans for residential, commercial and industrial energy consumers” [in International Class 036].

 

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

 

 

 

/Nelson B. Snyder III/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 107

(571) 272-9284

nelson.snyder@uspto.gov (Informal comms only Include Serial No.)

 

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 6/11/2014 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO.85857326

 

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.