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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  APPLICATION IS ABANDONED

Applicant’s Response Is Incomplete

Issue date:  March 23, 2020

The application is abandoned because applicant’s response to the nonfinal Office action dated March 20, 2019 is not complete for the reason(s) stated below.  See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a); TMEP §§718.02, 718.03. 

In this case, applicant did not submit a signed response that addresses all the issues raised in the outstanding Office action or ratify the unsigned response by the deadline stated in the September 9, 2019 notice of incomplete response.  

Applicant may file a Petition to the Director Under Trademark Rule 2.146 within two months of the issue date of this notice to request that the abandonment determination be reversed and the application be returned to active status.  TMEP §§715.03(a)(ii)(D), 718.03(b), 1705.04, 1713.01-.02.  However, the Director will grant the petition in rare cases if (1) the USPTO committed a clear procedural error or abuse of discretion, or (2) applicant can show substantial compliance with the response requirements.  TMEP §§715.03(a)(ii)(D), 718.03(b), 1713.01-02.  

/Martha Santomartino/

Trademark Examining Attorney

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Law Office 112

(571) 272-9416

martha.santomartino@uspto.gov

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on March 23, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88239944

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. 

/Martha Santomartino/

Trademark Examining Attorney

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Law Office 112

(571) 272-9416

martha.santomartino@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.

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·         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.”