Suspension Letter

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

SUSPENSION NOTICE

No Response Required

 

 

Issue date:  July 16, 2019

 

 

Prior-Filed Application

 

Action on this application is SUSPENDED pending the disposition of the previously referenced potentially-conflicting pending application. 37 C.F.R. §2.83(c); TMEP §§716.02(c), 1208.02(c).

 

Applicant was previously provided information regarding pending U.S. Application Serial No. 87284027, which may present a partial bar to registration of applicant’s mark based on a likelihood of confusion under Trademark Act Section 2(d). See 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208 et seq. The trademark examining attorney still believes there may be a likelihood of confusion between applicant’s mark and the mark in the cited prior-pending application, in regards to certain of the identified class 11 goods, should the marks register. Thus, this application is suspended.

 

Requirements Resolved

 

Applicant has provided a definite identification of goods and satisfied the multiple-class application requirements. See TMEP §713.02.

 

Refusal Continued and Maintained

 

The use of the applied-for mark with the identified “Closet and cabinet casework, namely kitchen, bath and closet cabinets or prefabricated kitchen, bath and closet cabinets and prefabricated closet organization systems made of wood and metal” in class 20 continues to present a likelihood of confusion with the mark in Reg. No. 3782645. Therefore the Section 2(d) refusal is continued and maintained with respect to these goods. See TMEP §713.02.

 

This refusal will be made final once this application is removed from suspension, unless a new issue arises. See TMEP §716.01.

 

Suspension Process

 

The USPTO will periodically check this application to determine if it should remain suspended. See TMEP §716.04. As needed, the trademark examining attorney will issue a letter to applicant to inquire about the status of the reason for the suspension. TMEP §716.05.

 

Applicant may file a response, but is not required to do so.

 

 

 

/Sara Anne Helmers/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 126

(571) 270-3639

sara.helmers@uspto.gov

 

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on July 16, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88095755

 

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. 

 

/Sara Anne Helmers/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 126

(571) 270-3639

sara.helmers@uspto.gov

 

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.”