To: | GREAT STAR TOOLS USA, INC. (charles_ho@barron-young.com) |
Subject: | U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 88175706 - HAUSHOF - YY-1855-USTM |
Sent: | 1/31/2019 12:06:30 PM |
Sent As: | ECOM121@USPTO.GOV |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 Attachment - 2 Attachment - 3 Attachment - 4 Attachment - 5 |
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)
OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION
U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO. 88175706
MARK: HAUSHOF
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CORRESPONDENT ADDRESS: CHARLES HO; BARRON & YOUNG INTELLECTUAL P.O. BOX 1484, GENERAL POST OFFICE |
CLICK HERE TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp
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APPLICANT: GREAT STAR TOOLS USA, INC.
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CORRESPONDENT’S REFERENCE/DOCKET NO: CORRESPONDENT E-MAIL ADDRESS: |
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OFFICE ACTION
TO AVOID ABANDONMENT OF APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION, THE USPTO MUST RECEIVE APPLICANT’S COMPLETE RESPONSE TO THIS LETTER WITHIN 6 MONTHS OF THE ISSUE/MAILING DATE BELOW. A RESPONSE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE TRADEMARK ELECTRONIC APPLICATION SYSTEM (TEAS) MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE MIDNIGHT EASTERN TIME OF THE LAST DAY OF THE RESPONSE PERIOD.
ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 1/31/2019
SEARCH OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’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).
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS REQUIRES AMENDMENT
This is a partial requirement only as to the goods indicated below.
Identifications of goods should generally be comprised of generic everyday wording for the goods, and exclude proprietary or potentially-proprietary wording. See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.09. A registered mark indicates origin in one particular party and so may not be used to identify goods or services that originate in a party other than that registrant. TMEP §1402.09 (citing Camloc Fastener Corp. v. Grant, 119 USPQ at 264 n.1).
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate (suggestions in bold):
International Class 21: Kitchen containers; Lunch boxes; Fruit presses, non-electric, for household purposes; Kitchen grinders, non-electric; Non-electric food blenders
for household purposes; {specify type e.g., Egg} beaters, non-electric; Mills for household purposes, hand-operated, namely, {specify, e.g., salt and pepper
mills, hand-operated}; Nozzles for watering hose; Garden sprinklers; Lawn sprinklers; Sprinklers for watering flowers and plants; Watering cans; Pouring spouts for household use; Garbage cans;
Trash cans; Thermally insulated containers for food; Heat-insulated containers for beverages; Insulating flasks; Vacuum bottles; Refrigerating bottles, namely, {specify goods e.g.,
insulated containers for beverages}; Thermos Insulated flasks; Thermos Insulated bottle shell,
namely, {specify goods by common commercial name e.g., insulated bottles, sold empty}; Kettles, non-electric; Squeegees for glass doors and windows for household use
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.
Abandonment Advisory:
The application will then proceed with the following goods and/or services in International Class 21 only:
International Class 21: Kitchen containers; Lunch boxes; Fruit presses, non-electric, for household purposes; Kitchen grinders, non-electric; Non-electric food blenders for household purposes; Nozzles for watering hose; Garden sprinklers; Lawn sprinklers; Sprinklers for watering flowers and plants; Watering cans; Pouring spouts for household use; Garbage cans; Trash cans; Thermally insulated containers for food; Heat-insulated containers for beverages; Insulating flasks; Vacuum bottles; Kettles, non-electric
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.
Krystina Osgood
/Krystina Osgood/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 121
(571) 272-8403
Krystina.Osgood@uspto.gov
TO RESPOND TO THIS LETTER: Go to http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/response_forms.jsp. Please wait 48-72 hours from the issue/mailing date before using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), to allow for necessary system updates of the application. For technical assistance with online forms, e-mail TEAS@uspto.gov. For questions about the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney. E-mail communications will not be accepted as responses to Office actions; therefore, do not respond to this Office action by e-mail.
All informal e-mail communications relevant to this application will be placed in the official application record.
WHO MUST SIGN THE RESPONSE: It must be personally signed by an individual applicant or someone with legal authority to bind an applicant (i.e., a corporate officer, a general partner, all joint applicants). If an applicant is represented by an attorney, the attorney must sign the response.
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 TEAS form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.