Offc Action Outgoing

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

NOTICE THAT PROCESSING OF

REQUEST TO DIVIDE APPLICATION IS COMPLETED

No Response Required

Issue date:  July 27, 2020

The request to divide application serial no. 88216283 filed on July 21, 2020 has been processed as follows:

(1)  Parent (original) application serial no. 88216283 contains all the goods under Section 1(b) in the following class(es):

7 (Automated blade sharpening tools, namely, robotic-manipulated sharpening systems for hand tool blades).

To avoid abandonment, applicant must continue to file requests for extension of time to file a statement of use (extension requests) or a statement of use within the six-month period after the issuance of the notice of allowance or before expiration of a previously granted extension period.  37 C.F.R. §§2.88(a), 2.89(a)-(b).

(2)  Child application serial no. 88978420 contains all the goods under Section 1(a) in the following class(es):

8 (Hand-operated blade sharpening tools; hand-mounted blade edge sharpness testing tools for hand tools; hand-mounted washing systems for cleaning hand tool blades).

The child application will proceed to registration.

37 C.F.R. §2.87; see TMEP §§1110 et seq. 

Although applicant requested that certain goods and/or services and/or collective membership organization remain in the parent (original) application, Office policy is to divide out into a child application those goods and/or services and/or collective membership organization most ready to move forward toward registration, i.e., those goods and/or services and/or collective membership organization for which an amendment to allege use or statement of use has been filed.

Direct questions about this notice to the assigned Intent-to-use staff member below.

/Tracy Ferebee/

Tracy (Welch) Ferebee

Paralegal Specialist

OFC OF TM SVCS

ITU/Divisional Unit

571-272-9631

tracy.welch@uspto.gov