To: | CHG Management, Inc. (jstringham@wnlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88312606 - COMPHEALTH - 15704.2.2 |
Sent: | August 05, 2019 05:47:17 AM |
Sent As: | ecom112@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. 88312606
Mark: COMPHEALTH
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Applicant: CHG Management, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 15704.2.2
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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: August 05, 2019
SEARCH OF THE RECORDS
The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’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).
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS – Limited to Class 9
Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate:
Class 9
Downloadable computer software, namely, workforce management software for tracking, recording, analyzing and managing the activities of employees, contingent workers and other staff; downloadable computer software, namely, workforce management software for tracking, recording, analyzing and managing human resources data, employee time and attendance, employee staffing and scheduling, employee payroll and compensation information, employee performance reviews, employee benefits information, employee succession planning, employee credentials, employee competencies, personal information about employees, employee productivity, employee workflow, employee educational, learning and development requirements and information, recruiting activities and workforce planning, in International Class 9.
TMEP §1402.01.
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.
FAILURE TO RESPOND – Partial Abandonment Advisory
In such case, the application will proceed for the following class only: Class 42 only.
Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action. Although the trademark examining attorney cannot provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights, the trademark examining attorney can provide applicant with additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action. See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06. Although the USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions, emails can be used for informal communications and will be included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
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.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action
Meier, Sharon
/Sharon A. Meier/
Trademark Attorney, LO 112
571-272-9195 - phone
571-273-9112 - fax
sharon.meier1@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE