To: | Russell Maschmeyer (jgard@btlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88097293 - PRIMER - 76564-285699 |
Sent: | July 05, 2019 08:18:13 PM |
Sent As: | ecom118@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. 88097293
Mark: PRIMER
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Applicant: Russell Maschmeyer
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Reference/Docket No. 76564-285699
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The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this letter within six months of the issue date below or the application will be abandoned. Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: July 05, 2019
This application was approved for publication most recently on June 5, 2019. See 37 C.F.R. §2.80. However, approval of the application has been withdrawn to address the issue(s) below. See TMEP §706.01. The trademark examining attorney apologizes again for any inconvenience this may cause applicant.
THIS PARTIAL REFUSAL/REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO CLASS 42 ONLY
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate: “providing online non-downloadable web-based mobile applications featuring software to assist the user with DIY projects, home repair, home maintenance, home décor and home improvement projects,” in International Class 42.
The remaining wording in all of the other classes is acceptable.
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
FAILURE TO RESPOND – PARTIAL ABANDONMENT ADVISORY:
If applicant does not respond to this Office action within the six-month period for response, International Class 42 will be deleted from the application. The application will then proceed with International Classes 8, 9 and 41 only. See 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)-(a)(1); TMEP §718.02(a).
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.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action
/Katherine DuBray/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 118
katherine.dubray@uspto.gov
(571) 272-4815
RESPONSE GUIDANCE