To: | Microsoft Corporation (mstm@dwt.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88177012 - PLAYGROUND - 25936-T792 |
Sent: | August 09, 2019 02:22:42 PM |
Sent As: | ecom115@uspto.gov |
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) Regarding Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88177012
Mark: PLAYGROUND
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Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. 25936-T792
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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: August 09, 2019
Applicant’s response will be addressed once the following requirement is satisfied.
Applicant’s Attorney Must Provide Bar Information
Effective as of August 3, 2019:
TEAS RF Application Requirements
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 email correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by email 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 email without incurring this additional fee.
Applicant is invited to contact the assigned examining attorney with any questions regarding this action.
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 115
571.270.1528
katherine.chang@uspto.gov
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