Examiners Amendment

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 3/12/2019

 

 

DATABASE SEARCH:  The trademark examining attorney has searched the USPTO’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).

 

APPLICATION HAS BEEN AMENDED:  In accordance with the authorization granted by Laura Franco on March 12, 2019, 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 SERVICES

The Class 35 and 36 identifications of services are amended to read as follows: 

 

CLASS 35

 

Collection, management and systematization of encrypted data into computer databases; Business services, namely, providing blockchain technology that manages accounting and financial recordkeeping services for transactions of digitized assets such as bitcoins, cryptocurrency, collateral for derivatives, derivative contracts, virtual currency, and digital currency

 

CLASS 36

 

Financial services, namely, providing a virtual currency for use by members of an on-line community via a global computer network; Cryptocurrency services, namely, providing a virtual currency for use by members of an on-line community via a global computer network; Cryptocurrency services, namely, providing a digital currency based on cryptographic protocols, -operated through the Internet, and used as a method of payment for goods and services; providing monetary exchange services, namely, valuing and trading cybercurrency as payment; financial services, namely, providing electronic transfer of a virtual currency for use by members of an on-line community via a global computer network; financial services, namely, the buying, selling and trading of digital currencies; financial services, namely, providing on-line stored value accounts for the holding of digital currencies; providing digital currency exchange services and online financial services, namely, providing electronic transfer of virtual currency using blockchain technologies; banking services; financial services, namely, electronic funds transfer via electronic communications networks; clearing and reconciling financial transactions via electronic communications networks; financial securities exchange services; providing monetary exchange services, namely, exchanging digitized assets, namely, bitcoins, cryptocurrency, digital tokens, collateral for derivatives, derivative contracts, virtual currency, and digital currency; providing financial exchange markets for trading, clearing, confirmation and financial trading risk management in the field of digitized assets, namely, bitcoins, cryptocurrency, digital tokens, collateral for derivatives, derivative contracts, virtual currency, and digital currency; electronic financial trading, namely, trading of the field of digitized assets such as bitcoins, cryptocurrency, collateral for derivatives, derivative contracts, virtual currency, and digital currency; financial services, namely, valuation and trading of digitized assets such as bitcoins, cryptocurrency, collateral for derivatives, derivative contracts, virtual currency, and digital currency; cryptocurrency exchange services; cryptocurrency trading services; electronic funds transfer of cryptocurrency; cryptocurrency payment processing

 

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

 

The identifications in Classes 9 and 42 remain unchanged.

 

 

/Aisha Johnson/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 105

(571) 272-9295

aisha.johnson@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 3/12/2019 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO.88018658

 

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.