Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

Issue date:  October 23, 2019

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

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Brandon M. Ress on 10-23-2019, 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).

The identification of goods in International Class 9 is amended to read as follows:  “Electronic databases in the field of genealogical historical data, family history data, census data, birth, marriage and death records, photographs and graphical representations of family trees recorded on computer media; downloadable computer software for creating, managing, recording, searching, indexing, filtering and retrieving genealogical historical data, family history data, census data, and birth, marriage and death records; downloadable computer software for creating, managing, recording, searching, indexing, filtering and retrieving sound and image files; downloadable computer software for use in creating, displaying, sharing and storing multimedia presentation files that include photographs and sound; downloadable computer software for graphically depicting genealogical historical data and family history data; downloadable computer software to enable searching of data and for connection to databases and the internet; downloadable computer software that allows interaction between internet sites; downloadable computer software for production of genealogical tables and charts; downloadable electronic publications in the nature of magazines and newsletters in the field of genealogy and family history; downloadable reports, articles, bulletins, newsletters, tables, and charts relating to genealogical historical data, family history data, census data, and birth, marriage and death records; downloadable computer software for uploading, scanning, digitizing, viewing, organizing, sharing and editing photographs and for integrating photographs into genealogical databases and family trees; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and handheld computers, namely, software for uploading, scanning, digitizing, viewing, organizing, sharing and editing photographs and for integrating photographs into genealogical databases and family trees; downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for uploading, scanning, digitizing, viewing, organizing, sharing and editing photographs and for integrating photographs into genealogical databases and family trees; downloadable computer software for keeping track of genealogical information collected during family history and genealogical research and used to create reports, charts, and books containing such information; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones and handheld computers for researching and managing genealogical information collected during family history and genealogical research,” in International Class 9  See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

/Linda Mickleburgh/

Linda Mickleburgh

Examining Attorney Law Office 106

571-272-9198

linda.mickleburgh@uspto.gov

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on October 23, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88302602

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. 

/Linda Mickleburgh/

Linda Mickleburgh

Examining Attorney Law Office 106

571-272-9198

linda.mickleburgh@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.”