Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  July 18, 2019

 

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Jeffrey P. Dunning on July 18, 2019, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.  Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections.  TMEP §707.  Otherwise, no response is required.  Id.  In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the goods and/or services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).

 

AMENDMENT OF IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES

 

The identification of goods and services is amended to read as follows: 

 

INTERNATIONAL CLASS 9:  Semiconductors; semiconductor chips; semiconductor chip sets for use in neural networks; microprocessors; all of the foregoing not for use with semiconductor lasers or as optical components or elements of lasers.

 

INTERNATIONAL CLASS 42:  Design and development of semiconductors, semiconductor chips, semiconductor chip sets for use in neural networks, and microprocessors; all of the foregoing not relating to semiconductor lasers or optical components or elements of lasers.

 

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS OF ISSUES

 

In light of applicant’s amended identification of goods and services above as well as applicant’s response and arguments submitted in support of registration field on July 2, 2019, the SECTION 2(d) REFUSAL – LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION set forth in the Office action dated May 19, 2019 is obviated.  In addition, in light of applicant’s response filed on July 2, 2019, the REQUEST FOR INFORMATION requirement set forth in the Office action dated April 19, 2019 is satisfied.

 

U.S. COUNSEL RULES CHANGES ADVISORY

 

On August 3, 2019, changes to the federal trademark regulations will become effective that require trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings who are foreign-domiciled (have a permanent legal residence or a principal place of business outside of the United States), including Canadian filers, to have an attorney who is licensed to practice law in the United States represent them at the USPTO. In addition, U.S.-licensed attorneys representing a trademark applicant, registrant, or party will generally be required to provide their bar membership information, a statement attesting to their good standing in that bar, and their postal/email addresses in trademark-related submissions.  All U.S.-licensed attorneys who practice before the USPTO are subject to the rules in 37 C.F.R. Part 11 governing representation of others, including the USPTO’s Rules of Professional Conduct. 

 

These changes are being made to increase customer compliance with federal trademark law, improve the accuracy of trademark submissions to the USPTO, and safeguard the integrity of the U.S. trademark register.  See the U.S. Counsel Rule change webpage for more information.

 

 

 

/Brendan McCauley/

Brendan McCauley

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 114

571-272-9459

Brendan.McCauley@USPTO.GOV

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on July 18, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88291214

 

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. 

 

/Brendan McCauley/

Brendan McCauley

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 114

571-272-9459

Brendan.McCauley@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.

 

·       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.”