Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  November 24, 2020

 

This application was suspending pending the disposition of a prior pending application. The prior pending application has now registered. As such this application is now in a condition for further examination.  The examining attorney has again considered the prior pending application, now registration carefully and expressly withdraws the application/registration from likelihood of confusion under Trademark Act Section 2(d) consideration.

 

Application has been Amended:

 

As agreed to by Olatunji Durosinmi-Etti on November 24, 2020, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.  Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections.  TMEP §707.  Otherwise, no response is required.  Id.  

 

Amendment to the Description:

 

The application has been amended to provide a more accurate and concise description of the mark.  37 C.F.R. §2.37; see TMEP §§808.01, 808.02.  Applications for marks not in standard characters must include an accurate and concise description of the entire mark that identifies all the literal and design elements.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.37; TMEP §§808 et seq.  Here the word “phrase” replacing “word” was proposed by the application, however, this is not accurate as no phase exists as part of the applied-for-mark.  As such, the following description is adopted:

 

The mark consists of a solid blue oval containing the word phrase "ARMSTRONG" in stylized white letters in the center, the solid blue oval is surrounded by two blue half-oval shapes creating an incomplete circle and an inner space between the half-oval shapes and the interior blue oval, the word phrase "ARMSTRONG" has white starburst above the letter "S" with the upper half-oval having a white starburst on the upper left curve and the lower half-oval having a white starburst on the lower right curve.

 

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 Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval (TARR) at http://tarr.gov.uspto.report/.  Please keep a copy of the complete TARR screen.  If TARR shows no change for more than six months, 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/teas/eTEASpageE.htm.

 

 

/Jeffrey S. DeFord/

Senior Examining Attorney

Law Office 115

United States Patent & Trademark Office

(571) 272-9469

jeffrey.deford@uspto.gov

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on November 24, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88230369

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

 

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

 

/Jeffrey S. DeFord/

Senior Examining Attorney

Law Office 115

United States Patent & Trademark Office

(571) 272-9469

jeffrey.deford@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).

 

 

 

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.”