To: | Insurance Services Office, Inc. (mfriscia@mccarter.com) |
Subject: | U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 87635300 - V VERISK - 097171-00012 |
Sent: | 5/10/2018 11:53:26 AM |
Sent As: | ECOM115@USPTO.GOV |
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 87635300
MARK: V VERISK
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: |
CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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APPLICANT: Insurance Services Office, Inc.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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OFFICE ACTION
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. A RESPONSE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE TRADEMARK ELECTRONIC APPLICATION SYSTEM (TEAS) MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME OF THE LAST DAY OF THE RESPONSE PERIOD.
ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 5/10/2018
This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on May 8, 2018.
Review of applicant’s proposed amended identification is deferred until applicant complies with the following:
Applicant seeks to transfer certain services to and from other pending application, but has not indicated which specific services are the subject the transfer.
In order to transfer goods/services between applications, the applicant must provide the following in the original application: a request to delete specified goods/services in the original application and specification of the serial number of the application to which the goods/services are to be added. TMEP §1402.08. Applicant must also file an amendment in the receiving application specifying the goods/services to be added and the serial number of the application from which they are to be moved from. Id.
Transfers are only permitted if the original application was filed on or before the filing date of the application to which the goods/services are to be moved, the goods/services are properly in a class other than those in the original application, and the application to which they are to be moved includes the proper class, and neither application has been approved for publication. Id.
In order to evaluate applicant’s request to transfer goods/services, applicant must provide a specification of the particular goods/services that it seeks to transfer and the original serial number of each item. Applicant may use the following format to provide the required information in each relevant application:
Items to be transferred FROM this application
Original wording |
Amendments, if any |
Original Class |
Class in Receiving Application |
Serial No. of Receiving Application |
Clothing |
Clothing, namely, shirts and pants |
35 |
25 |
1234567 |
Items to be transferred INTO this application
Original wording |
Amendments, if any |
Original Class |
Class in Receiving Application |
Serial No. of Original Application |
Retail stores featuring clothing |
None |
25 |
35 |
7654321 |
Response Guidelines
TEAS PLUS OR TEAS REDUCED FEE (TEAS RF) APPLICANTS – TO MAINTAIN LOWER FEE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET, INCLUDING SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS ONLINE: Applicants who filed their application online using the lower-fee TEAS Plus or TEAS RF application form must (1) file certain documents online using TEAS, including responses to Office actions (see TMEP §§819.02(b), 820.02(b) for a complete list of these documents); (2) maintain a valid e-mail correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by e-mail throughout the prosecution of the application. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.22(b), 2.23(b); TMEP §§819, 820. TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants who do not meet these requirements must submit an additional processing fee of $125 per class of goods and/or services. 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(1)(v), 2.22(c), 2.23(c); TMEP §§819.04, 820.04. However, in certain situations, TEAS Plus or TEAS RF applicants may respond to an Office action by authorizing an examiner’s amendment by telephone or e-mail without incurring this additional fee.
/April Roach/
/April Roach/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 115
(571) 272-1092
april.roach@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.