Suspension Letter

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

SUSPENSION NOTICE

No Response Required

 

Issue date:  May 31, 2020

 

The application is suspended for the reason specified below.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716 et seq. 

 

Application suspended until disposition of cited registration.  Registration maintenance documents are or were due to be filed for the registration cited against applicant in a refusal based on Trademark Act Section 2(d).  15 U.S.C. §1052(d).  If the maintenance documents are not timely filed and accepted by the USPTO, the cited registration will cancel and/or expire and will no longer bar registration of applicant’s mark under Section 2(d).  See 15 U.S.C. §§1058, 1059, 1141k.  Action on this application is suspended for six months to await disposition of the cited registration; after which, the examining attorney will determine whether to maintain or withdraw the Section 2(d) refusal.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §716.02(e). 

 

Requirement resolved:  The following requirement is satisfied: 

 

            • specimen requirement.

 

See TMEP §713.02.

 

Refusal maintained:  The following refusal is maintained and continued: 

 

            • refusal under §2(d) based on Registration No. 4493576.

 

See id.  This refusal will be made final if the maintenance documents for the cited registration are timely filed and accepted by the USPTO, and this application is removed from suspension, unless a new issue arises.  See TMEP §716.01.

 

Suspension process.  The USPTO will periodically check this application to determine if it should remain suspended.  See TMEP §716.04.  As needed, the examining attorney will issue a letter to applicant to inquire about the status of the reason for the suspension.  TMEP §716.05. 

 

No response required.  Applicant may file a response, but is not required to do so.  However, if applicant has any questions regarding this Office action, please do not hesitate to contact the examining attorney.

 

 

 

 

/Nicholas K. D. Altree/

Trademark Examining Attorney

U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Law Office 107

571-272-9336

nick.altree@uspto.gov

 

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on May 31, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88258891

 

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. 

 

Altree, Nick

 

 

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.”