Suspension Inquiry

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application

 

 

 

SUSPENSION INQUIRY

Response Required

 

The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this inquiry letter within six months of the issue date below or the application will be abandoned.  Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).  A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action. 

 

 

Issue date:  

 

 

The trademark examining attorney is issuing this inquiry letter to determine whether the application should continue to be suspended. 

 

 

Status required regarding foreign registration/renewal.  The application was previously suspended until applicant provided a copy of a foreign registration from applicant’s country of origin or proof that the registration was renewed.  TMEP §§716.02(b), 716.05.

 

How to respond.  Applicant’s response to this inquiry should include either: 

 

(1) A statement that the foreign application or registration renewal is still pending, or
(2) A copy of the foreign registration or renewal document, including an English translation if the copy is not in English. 

 

TMEP §§716.05, 1003.04(c), 1004.01(a); see 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii)-(iii). 

 

Click to file a response to this suspension inquiry.

 

 

Once the reason for suspension has been resolved, the examining attorney will remove this application from suspension and resume examination. 

 

Refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) resolved and maintained and continued. 

The following refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) is/are maintained and continued: 

2(e)(1) REFUSAL - MARK IS MERELY DESCRIPTIVE – CONTINUED AND MAINTAINED

* The stated refusal refers to the following goods and does not bar registration for the other goods:  “jewellery.”

Applicant's arguments regarding the Section 2(e)(1) refusal have been read and considered and will be addressed upon the resolution of the above-cited requirement, i.e. upon submission of an acceptable foreign registration.   

Therefore, the refusal to register the proposed mark, RAVE, because the wording merely describes a characteristic or feature of applicant’s jewelry goods is continued and maintained.  Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1); TMEP §§1209 et seq.

 

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RESPONSE GUIDELINES

 

Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action.  Although an examining attorney cannot provide legal advice, the examining attorney can provide additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action.  See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06. 

 

The USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions; however, emails can be used for informal communications and are included in the application record.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05. 

 

 

To expedite prosecution of the application, applicant is encouraged to file its response to this Office action online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), which is available at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/index.jsp.  If applicant has technical questions about the TEAS response to Office action form, applicant can review the electronic filing tips available online at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/e_filing_tips.jsp and email technical questions to TEAS@uspto.gov.

 

 

/Ronald E. DelGizzi/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 107

Phone - (571) 272-2754

ronald.delgizzi@uspto.gov

 

 

RESPONSE GUIDANCE

• Missing the response deadline to this letter will cause the application to abandon.  The response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  TEAS maintenance or unforeseen circumstances could affect an applicant’s ability to timely respond.  

 

• Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted and can cause the application to abandon.  If applicant does not have an attorney, the response must be signed by the individual applicant, all joint applicants, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic applicant.  If applicant has an attorney, the response must be signed by the attorney.

 

• If needed, find contact information for the supervisor of the office or unit listed in the signature block.