Examiners Amendment

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) ABOUT APPLICANT’S TRADEMARK APPLICATION

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

ISSUE/MAILING DATE: 4/22/2019

 

 

DATABASE SEARCH:  The trademark examining attorney has searched the USPTO’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).

 

APPLICATION HAS BEEN AMENDED:  In accordance with the authorization granted by William M. Bryner on April 22, 2019, the trademark examining attorney has amended the application as indicated below.  Please advise the undersigned immediately of any objections.  Otherwise, no response is necessary.  TMEP §707.  Any amendments to the identification of goods and/or services may clarify or limit the goods and/or services, but may not add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq.

 

 

IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS

 

International Class 034

 

Cigarettes; tobacco, raw or manufactured; tobacco products, namely, smoking tobacco, cut tobacco, leaf tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff tobacco, snus tobacco, pipe tobacco, and hand rolling tobacco; tobacco-free snuff; tobacco-free snus being tobacco substitutes; tobacco substitutes not for medical purposes; cigarettes containing tobacco substitutes not for medical purposes; cigars; cigarillos; lighters for smokers; matches; smokers' articles, namely, filter tubes, cigar relighting liquid solution, cigarette lighters not of precious metal, matches, ashtrays not of precious metal, pipes, cigarette holders, humidors, cigar cutters, tobacco pouches, pocket machines for rolling cigarettes; cigarette paper, cigarette tubes, cigarette filters; cigarette cases; cigarette boxes; pocket apparatus for rolling cigarettes; hand held machines for injecting tobacco into paper tubes; electronic cigarettes; liquid nicotine solutions for use in electronic cigarettes; tobacco products for the purpose of being heated, namely, sticks of tobacco or sticks of tobacco substitutes that are designed to be heated but not burned; electronic devices and their parts for the purpose of heating cigarettes or tobacco, namely, comprising a handheld rechargeable device that user can insert rolled tobacco to smoke; cartridges for electronic cigarettes sold filled with liquid nicotine solutions; electronic cigarette cartridges sold empty; tobacco-free oral nicotine pouches not for medical purposes

 

See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01.

 

 

DISCLAIMER

 

No claim is made to the exclusive right to use AMERICAN apart from the mark as shown.

 

See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.03(a).

 

 

COLOR LOCATION STATEMENT

 

The mark consists of the wording REYNOLDS AMERICAN in the color blue, displayed below a depiction of a yellow and white leaf with three blades.

 

See TMEP §807.07(a)(ii). 

 

 

/E.Bradley/

Evelyn Bradley

Trademark Examiner

Law Office 104

(571) 272-9292

 

 

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 the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system at http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/.  Please keep a copy of the TSDR status screen.  If the status shows no change for more than six months, contact the Trademark Assistance Center by e-mail at TrademarkAssistanceCenter@uspto.gov or 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 Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form at http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/teas/correspondence.jsp.

 

 

 

 

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO)

 

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING YOUR

U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION

 

USPTO OFFICE ACTION (OFFICIAL LETTER) HAS ISSUED

ON 4/22/2019 FOR U.S. APPLICATION SERIAL NO.88284293

 

Please follow the instructions below:

 

(1)  TO READ THE LETTER:  Click on this link or go to http://tsdr.gov.uspto.report/, enter the U.S. application serial number, and click on “Documents.”

 

The Office action may not be immediately viewable, to allow for necessary system updates of the application, but will be available within 24 hours of this e-mail notification.

 

(2)  QUESTIONS:  For questions about the contents of the Office action itself, please contact the assigned trademark examining attorney.  For technical assistance in accessing or viewing the Office action in the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system, please e-mail TSDR@uspto.gov.

 

WARNING

 

PRIVATE COMPANY SOLICITATIONS REGARDING YOUR APPLICATION:  Private companies not associated with the USPTO are using information provided in trademark applications to mail or e-mail trademark-related solicitations.  These companies often use names that closely resemble the USPTO and their solicitations may look like an official government document.  Many solicitations require that you pay “fees.” 

 

Please carefully review all correspondence you receive regarding this application to make sure that you are responding to an official document from the USPTO rather than a private company solicitation.  All official USPTO correspondence will be mailed only from the “United States Patent and Trademark Office” in Alexandria, VA; or sent by e-mail from the domain “@uspto.gov.”  For more information on how to handle private company solicitations, see http://www.gov.uspto.report/trademarks/solicitation_warnings.jsp.