Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

Issue date:  February 12, 2020

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

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by William B. Cannon on February 12, 2020, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.  Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections.  TMEP §707.  Otherwise, no response is required.  Id.  In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the services are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).

The identification of services is amended to read as follows: “Publication of books, research reports and workbooks, but excluding books, research reports and workbooks for primary and secondary school students; educational services, namely conducting classes, seminars and workshops for religious congregations in the fields of management techniques, ministry, leadership, stewardship, planning, and spirituality, and distributing educational materials in connection therewith, but excluding educational services for primary and secondary school students; publishing books in the field of religion, but excluding books in the field of religion for primary and secondary school students; book publishing, but excluding book publishing for primary and secondary school students; Providing a website featuring blogs and non-downloadable publications in the nature of articles in the fields of religion, ministry, and church leadership; Providing on-line newsletters in the field of religion, ministry, and church leadership.”  See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

/Nathan C. Ranns/

Trademark Examining Attorney

United States Patent & Trademark Office

Law Office 128

Phone: (571) 270-3776

Nathan.Ranns@uspto.gov

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on February 12, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88059518

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

/Nathan C. Ranns/

Trademark Examining Attorney

United States Patent & Trademark Office

Law Office 128

Phone: (571) 270-3776

Nathan.Ranns@usp

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

GENERAL GUIDANCE

·         Check the status of your application periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.

·         Update your correspondence email address, if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application.

·         Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your application.  Private companies not associated with the USPTO use public information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”