To: | Ainsworth Game Technology Limited (agtip@agtslots.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88263220 - BILLY THE KID - 22491003 |
Sent: | September 04, 2019 10:30:14 AM |
Sent As: | ecom118@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. 88263220
Mark: BILLY THE KID
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Applicant: Ainsworth Game Technology Limited
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Reference/Docket No. 22491003
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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: September 04, 2019
The trademark examining attorney is issuing this inquiry letter to determine whether the application should continue to be suspended.
U.S. Attorney Required
Applicant must be represented by a U.S.-licensed attorney. The application record indicates that applicant’s domicile is outside of the United States in Australia, but no attorney who is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. State or territory has been appointed to represent the applicant in this matter. All applicants whose permanent legal residence or principal place of business is not within the United States or its territories must be represented by a U.S.-licensed attorney at the USPTO. 37 C.F.R. §§2.2(o), 2.11(a). Thus, applicant is required to be represented by a U.S.-licensed attorney and must appoint one. 37 C.F.R. §2.11(a). This application will not proceed to registration without such appointment and representation. See id. See Hiring a U.S.-licensed trademark attorney for more information.
To appoint or designate a U.S.-licensed attorney. To appoint an attorney, applicant should (1) submit a completed Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Revocation, Appointment, and/or Change of Address of Attorney/Domestic Representative form and (2) promptly notify the trademark examining attorney that this TEAS form was submitted. Alternatively, if applicant has already retained an attorney, the attorney can respond to this Office action by using the appropriate TEAS response form and provide his or her attorney information in the form and sign it as applicant’s attorney. See 37 C.F.R. §2.17(b)(1)(ii).
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.
Once the reason for suspension has been resolved, the examining attorney will remove this
application from suspension and resume examination.
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.
/Kelley L. Wells/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 118
571-272-9312
Kelley.Wells@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE