To: | Sony Corporation (bhipdocket@bakerlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88281273 - FLOW MACHINES - 41279.3183 |
Sent: | April 25, 2020 02:00:24 PM |
Sent As: | ecom111@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. 88281273
Mark: FLOW MACHINES
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Correspondence Address: 45 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 14TH FLOOR
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Applicant: Sony Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. 41279.3183
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NONFINAL OFFICE ACTION
The USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this 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: April 25, 2020
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03. The examining attorney apologizes for his failure to raise the identification issue below. Computer memory drives must indicate its content or whether is blank
INFORMALITY
Applicant must also respond to the requirement(s) set forth below.
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
The identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because it is vague. Computer memory drives must indicate its content or whether is blank. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial or generic name of the goods. See TMEP §1402.01. If the goods have no common commercial or generic name, applicant must describe the product, its main purpose, and its intended uses. See id.
Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate:
“Sound recorded magnetic cards, sheets and tapes; compact discs featuring music; downloadable music files; phonograph records featuring music; prerecorded video discs featuring music and recorded video tapes featuring music; electronic sheet music, downloadable; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, magazines and brochures in the field of music; downloadable computer video game programs; electronic circuits and CD-ROMs recorded with programs for hand-held games with liquid crystal displays; downloadable computer software for music-composition using artificial intelligence; music-composition software, prerecorded or downloadable; prerecorded or downloadable computer software for processing digital music files; recorded computer programs for data processing; prerecorded or downloadable computer software for creating and editing music and sounds; computers; computer memory drives, namely, [specify types, functions or content, e.g., blank USB drives]; computer peripheral devices; prerecorded or downloadable computer operating programs recorded; computer operating programs, recorded; computer software, recorded for viewing, organizing, editing, uploading, processing and composing digital music files, music and sounds; prerecorded or downloadable computer software for viewing, organizing, editing, uploading, processing and composing digital music files, music and sound; telecommunication machines and apparatus, namely, digital music players” in International Class 9.
Note;
Identifications in other classes are acceptable.
ID MANUAL IS AVAILABLE ONLINE
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action. Although an examining attorney cannot provide legal advice, the examining attorney can provide additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action. See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.
The USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions; however, emails can be used for informal communications and are included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
/Zachary Bello/
Attorney Advisor
Law Office 111
USPTO
571-272-9376
zack.bello@uspto.gov
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