Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.
PTO Form 1957 (Rev 10/2011)
OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 07/31/2017)

Response to Office Action

The table below presents the data as entered.

Input Field
Entered
SERIAL NUMBER86807691
LAW OFFICE ASSIGNEDLAW OFFICE 105
MARK SECTION
MARK http://tmng-al.uspto.gov/resting2/api/img/86807691/large
LITERAL ELEMENT ADVANT-EDGE
STANDARD CHARACTERS YES
USPTO-GENERATED IMAGE YES
MARK STATEMENT The mark consists of standard characters, without claim to any particular font style, size or color.
ARGUMENT(S)
The Office Action refuses registration based on the application's duplication of U.S. Registration No. 3691263 which has since been surrendered for cancellation.  Accordingly, Applicant requests the registration refusal be withdrawn and the application permitted to proceed to publication.
EVIDENCE SECTION
        EVIDENCE FILE NAME(S)
       ORIGINAL PDF FILEevi_7414326132-20160316125001984677_._Surrender_of_Registration_3691263_for_Cancellation.pdf
       CONVERTED PDF FILE(S)
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DESCRIPTION OF EVIDENCE FILESurrender of Registration for Cancellation
SIGNATURE SECTION
RESPONSE SIGNATURE /christina i. ryan/
SIGNATORY'S NAME Christina I. Ryan
SIGNATORY'S POSITION Attorney of record, Kentucky bar member
SIGNATORY'S PHONE NUMBER (502) 855-3425
DATE SIGNED 03/16/2016
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY YES
FILING INFORMATION SECTION
SUBMIT DATE Wed Mar 16 13:00:02 EDT 2016
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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number.
PTO Form 1957 (Rev 10/2011)
OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 07/31/2017)

Response to Office Action

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

Application serial no. 86807691 ADVANT-EDGE(Standard Characters, see http://tmng-al.uspto.gov/resting2/api/img/86807691/large) has been amended as follows:

ARGUMENT(S)
In response to the substantive refusal(s), please note the following:

The Office Action refuses registration based on the application's duplication of U.S. Registration No. 3691263 which has since been surrendered for cancellation.  Accordingly, Applicant requests the registration refusal be withdrawn and the application permitted to proceed to publication.

EVIDENCE
Evidence in the nature of Surrender of Registration for Cancellation has been attached.
Original PDF file:
evi_7414326132-20160316125001984677_._Surrender_of_Registration_3691263_for_Cancellation.pdf
Converted PDF file(s) ( 2 pages)
Evidence-1
Evidence-2

SIGNATURE(S)
Response Signature
Signature: /christina i. ryan/     Date: 03/16/2016
Signatory's Name: Christina I. Ryan
Signatory's Position: Attorney of record, Kentucky bar member

Signatory's Phone Number: (502) 855-3425

The signatory has confirmed that he/she is an attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, which includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other federal territories and possessions; and he/she is currently the owner's/holder's attorney or an associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S. attorney or a Canadian attorney/agent not currently associated with his/her company/firm previously represented the owner/holder in this matter: (1) the owner/holder has filed or is concurrently filing a signed revocation of or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; (2) the USPTO has granted the request of the prior representative to withdraw; (3) the owner/holder has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or (4) the owner's/holder's appointed U.S. attorney or Canadian attorney/agent has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.

        
Serial Number: 86807691
Internet Transmission Date: Wed Mar 16 13:00:02 EDT 2016
TEAS Stamp: USPTO/ROA-XX.XXX.XX.XXX-2016031613000253
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