Examiners Amendment

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 10/2/2014

 

APPLICATION HAS BEEN AMENDED:  In accordance with the authorization granted by Randi Singer on October 2, 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:

 

“Magnetically encoded private label credit cards and general purpose credit cards” in International Class 9;

 

“Non-magnetically encoded private label credit cards and general purpose credit cards” in International Class 16; and

 

“Financial services, namely, credit card services, including private label credit cards and dual credit cards that serve as both private label credit cards and general purpose credit cards; Electronic credit card transaction services; Point of sale and point of transaction services, namely, credit application processing, payment transaction and account authorization services; Facilitating credit services through electronic means and mobile devices, namely, processing of credit card applications, authorizations, payments and account management services; Credit card and multi-tender loyalty programs, namely, programs that allow businesses to offer payments and/or rewards to customers; Promotional financing for purchases including through the use of private label, dual and general purpose credit cards and installment loans; Line of credit loans; Banking services, including retail and consumer deposit account services, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, direct and mobile banking services, savings accounts and brokered deposits, IRAs, small business deposit accounts, checking, overdraft protection, debit, credit and ATM cards and offers of preferred pricing to certain defined groups; Providing financial information and financial data analysis services regarding credit card and merchant customer performance; Financing for elective healthcare procedures or services, such as dental, veterinary, cosmetic, vision and audiology procedures or services; Providing services for processing credit card transactions for merchants” in International Class 36.

 

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

 

 

 

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Sung In

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Phone: (571) 272-9097

Fax: (571) 272-9103

Email: sung.in@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 10/2/2014 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO.86180679

 

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.