Petition Decision

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

PETITION TO DIRECTOR

Your request to make your application special was received on October 19, 2017.  A new application for registration of a mark that was the subject of a previous registration that was inadvertently cancelled or expired will be made “special” if upon request of the applicant if:

• the new application serial number is provided;
• the number of the cancelled or expired registration is provided;
• the applicant in the new application is the same as the registrant in the cancelled or expired registration or the assignee of the prior registrant;
• the mark in the new application is identical to the mark in the cancelled or expired registration; and 
• the goods/services in the new application are identical to or narrower than the goods/services in the cancelled or expired registration. 

TMEP §702.02. 

We are unable to process your request because it does not include the $100.00 filing fee for the Petition to Make Special.

Please submit the necessary information within thirty (30) days from the mailing date of this letter.  If no response is received within thirty (30) days, the USPTO will assume that you are no longer interested in the request to make the application special and deny the request. 

Sincerely,

/Lisa Fulton/

Paralegal Specialist (Detailee)

Office of the Deputy Commissioner

for Trademark Examination Policy

(571)272-4348

For general and other useful information about trademarks, you are encouraged to visit the USPTO web site at http://www.gov.uspto.report/main/trademarks.htm.