To: | China Tobacco Anhui Industrial Co., Ltd. (notice@paiplaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88212887 - TOOP - N/A |
Sent: | August 16, 2019 01:10:27 PM |
Sent As: | ecom103@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. 88212887
Mark: TOOP
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Applicant: China Tobacco Anhui Industrial Co., Ltd.
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Reference/Docket No. N/A
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SUSPENSION INQUIRY
Response Required
The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this inquiry 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 16, 2019
The trademark examining attorney is issuing this inquiry letter to determine whether the application should continue to be suspended.
Status required regarding foreign registration/renewal. The application was previously suspended until applicant provided a copy of a foreign registration from applicant’s country of origin or proof that the registration was renewed. TMEP §§716.02(b), 716.05.
How to respond. Applicant’s response to this inquiry should include either:
(1) A statement that the foreign application or registration renewal is still pending, or
(2) A copy of the foreign registration or renewal document, including an English translation if the copy is not in English.
TMEP §§716.05, 1003.04(c), 1004.01(a); see 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(3)(ii)-(iii).
Click to file a response to this suspension inquiry.
RESPONSE
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.
/Paul A. Moreno/
United States Patent and Trademark Office
Attorney
Law Office 103
571-272-2651
paul.moreno@uspto.gov
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