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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

Notice of Incomplete Response to a Final Office Action – Additional Time Granted to Resolve Issues

 

Deadline for responding to this notice.  To avoid abandonment of this application, the USPTO must receive one or both of the following submissions within the stated timeframe: 

 

(1)        File a complete response to the outstanding issues listed below that the USPTO receives within (1) thirty days of the issue date above, or (2) the time remaining in the six-month period for responding to the previous Office action, whichever is longer; and/or

 

(2)        File a notice of appeal that the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board receives within six months from the issue date of the previous final Office action.  This notice of incomplete response does not extend the time for filing an appeal. 

 

See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)(2); TMEP §§715.03(a)(ii)(C), 718.03(b). 

 

Applicant granted additional time to resolve outstanding issues.  On 3/16/20, applicant filed a timely request for reconsideration that did not resolve all the issues in the 10/8/19 final Office action.  Because applicant made a bona fide attempt to advance the examination of the application in the response in compliance with 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)(2), applicant is being granted additional time to address the following refusals and/or requirements in the previous Office action: 

 

            • Amended Identification of Services

 

These refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) are maintained and continued.  See TMEP §713.02. 

 

The following refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) are satisfied:

 

            • Trademark Act Section 2(d)

            • Specimen Refusal

 

Applicant may view this notice and the previously issued final Office action in the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system.

 

 

 

Scott Bibb

/ScottBibb/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 109

571-272-5669

scott.bibb@uspto.gov

 

 

RESPONSE GUIDANCE

• Missing the response deadline to this letter will cause the application to abandon.  A response or notice of appeal must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  TEAS and ESTTA maintenance or unforeseen circumstances could affect an applicant’s ability to timely respond.  

 

• Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted and can cause the application to abandon.  If applicant does not have an attorney, the response must be signed by the individual applicant, all joint applicants, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic applicant.  If applicant has an attorney, the response must be signed by the attorney.

 

• If needed, find contact information for the supervisor of the office or unit listed in the signature block.

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on April 20, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88201376

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter that you must respond to by the specified deadline or your application will be abandoned.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.

 

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

 

 

Scott Bibb

/ScottBibb/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 109

571-272-5669

scott.bibb@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).

 

(3)  Respond within 6 months (or earlier, if required in the Office action) from April 20, 2020, using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).  The response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  See the Office action for more information about how to respond

 

 

 

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.”