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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

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:  June 20, 2020

 

INTRODUCTION

 

This Office action is supplemental to and supersedes the previous Office actions issued on April 22, 2019 and December 16, 2019 in connection with this application. 

 

As set forth in the previous Office actions dated April 22, 2019 and December 16, 2019, a review of the merits of the application and a search of the Office’s database of registered and pending marks for potentially conflicting marks were both deferred until applicant responded to the issues raised in the Office actions.  TMEP §704.02.

 

In the previous Office actions dated April 22, 2019 and December 16, 2019, applicant was required to satisfy the following requirements: amend the identification of goods and services, meet multiple-class application requirements.

 

Following applicant’s response communication dated June 15, 2020, the referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney.  Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issues below.  15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.

 

SEARCH OF USPTO DATABASE OF MARKS

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.

 

All arguments and evidence included in the April 22, 2019 and December 16, 2019 Office actions are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The following is a SUMMARY OF ISSUES that applicant must address:

• Identification of Goods and Services – Partial Requirement
• Multiple-Class Application Requirements

 

Applicant must respond to all issues raised in this Office action and the previous April 22, 2019 and December 16, 2019 Office actions, within six (6) months of the date of issuance of this Office action.  37 C.F.R. §2.62(a); see TMEP §711.02.  If applicant does not respond within this time limit, the application will be abandoned.  37 C.F.R. §2.65(a).

 

IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES – PARTIAL REQUIREMENT

 

THIS PARTIAL REQUIREMENT APPLIES ONLY TO THE GOODS AND SERVICES SPECIFIED THEREIN

 

International Class 9

 

The identification for “real-time map software for tracking vehicles, fleets of vehicles, and vehicle drivers” in International Class 9 is indefinite and too broad and must be clarified to specify whether the format is downloadable, recorded, or online non-downloadable.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.03(d), 1402.11(a).  Downloadable and recorded goods are in International Class 9, whereas providing their temporary, online non-downloadable use is a service in International Class 42.  See TMEP §1402.03(d).

 

International Class 12

 

The wording “motorized vehicles,” “self-driving vehicles,” “vehicles, namely, boats, water vehicles, watercrafts, water vessels, ships, and water conveyances,” “vehicles, namely, land vehicles, micromobility vehicles, motor scooters, two wheeled motorized scooters, self-balancing scooters, hovering boards, mopeds, skateboards, self-balancing boards, electric vehicles, electric conveyances, electric land vehicles, electric micromobility vehicles, electric land conveyances, electric micromobility conveyances, electric pedal assist bicycles, electrically-powered motor scooters, electric two wheeled motorized scooters, electric self-balancing scooters, self-balancing two-wheeled electric scooters, self-balancing one-wheeled electric scooters, electric hovering boards, electric mopeds, electric motorized skateboards, electric motorized self-balancing boards,” and “vehicles, namely, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles” is indefinite and must be clarified because the specific nature of the goods is unclear on the basis of the wording provided.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. 

 

The wording “vehicles, namely, self-balancing scooters, skateboards” in the identification of goods for International Class 16 must be clarified because it is too broad and could include goods in other international classes.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.  In particular, this wording could encompass “vehicles, namely, self-balancing motor scooters, electronically motorized skateboards” in International Class 12 and “toy vehicles, namely, self-balancing toy scooters and skateboards being recreational equipment” in International Class 28.

 

The wording “hovering boards” in the identification of goods is variation of a registered mark not owned by applicant; accordingly, applicant must amend the identification to delete this wording and, if not already included in the identification, provide the common commercial or generic name of the goods.  TMEP §1402.09; see 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); Camloc Fastener Corp. v. Grant, 119 USPQ 264, 264 n.1 (TTAB 1958).  See the attached U.S. Registration No. 3685723. 

 

Identifications of goods should generally be comprised of generic everyday wording for the goods, and exclude proprietary or potentially-proprietary wording.  See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.09.  A registered mark indicates origin in one particular party and so may not be used to identify goods or services that originate in a party other than that registrant.  TMEP §1402.09 (citing Camloc Fastener Corp. v. Grant, 119 USPQ at 264 n.1). 

 

Applicant may replace such wording with the following, if appropriate:  “self-balancing boards.”

 

International Class 16

 

Particular wording in the proposed amendment to the identification is not acceptable because it exceeds the scope of the identification in the application.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(6), 2.71(a); TMEP §§805, 1402.06 et seq., 1402.07.  Applicant’s goods may be clarified or limited, but may not be expanded beyond those originally itemized in the application or as acceptably amended.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Therefore, the original identification in the application, and any previously accepted amendments, remain operative for purposes of future amendment.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.07(d).

 

In this case, the application originally identified the goods as follows:  “paper and cardboard; printed matter; photographs; stationery and office requisites, except furniture; drawing materials and materials for artists; instructional and teaching materials; plastic sheets, films and bags for wrapping and packaging; printed publications, namely, research papers in the field of machine learning” in International Class 16.

 

However, the proposed amendment identifies the following goods:  “printed matter, namely, printed paper, cardboard advertising signs, printed paper signs, printed cardboard signs and display cards primarily composed of cardboard, and table tents” in International Class 16.  

 

This portion of the proposed amendment is beyond the scope of the original identification because while printed paper signs,” “display cards primarily composed of cardboard,” and “table tents” are comprised of “paper and cardboard,” the wordings identify goods that are distinct in nature and function. The proposed amendment thus is not broadly encompassed by the identification in the original application.

 

International Class 35

 

The wording “arranging and conducting incentive rewards programs, namely, administration of loyalty programs enabling members to obtain access to exclusive discounts, offers, promotions, rewards, and features from retailers and service providers,” “business services, namely, filling the temporary and permanent staffing needs of businesses,” “membership rewards programs to incentivize engagement with a ridesharing platform,” “membership rewards programs to promote the sale of transportation and delivery services” and “providing rewards programs for customers to earn fuel discounts and rebates, school tuition, car maintenance and repair discounts, roadside assistance, priority rideshare matching, rideshare trip routing and duration information, access to rideshare promotions, and increased flat fares” is indefinite and must be clarified because the specific nature of the services is unclear on the basis of the wording provided.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. 

 

The wording “providing a website featuring information about transportation management services, namely, about planning, coordinating, and tracking the transportation of people and conveyances” in the identification of services for International Class 35 must be clarified because it is too broad and could include services in other international classes.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.  In particular, this wording could encompass “providing a website featuring information about transportation logistics management services, namely, about planning, coordinating, and tracking the transportation of people being planning and scheduling shipments for users of transportation services” in International Class 35 and “providing a website featuring information about transportation management services in the nature of transportation of goods, namely, about planning, coordinating, and tracking the transportation of conveyances” in International Class 39.

 

International Class 36

 

The wording “monetary services, namely, providing discounted prepayment of goods and services,” “payment services, namely, establishing electronic funding accounts used to purchase goods and services on the internet,” “financial affairs and services and monetary affairs and services, namely, electronic direct-deposit services,” “financial services and monetary services, namely, administration of transactions involving funds drawn from online stored value accounts,” “financial services and monetary services, namely, funding electronic and online cash accounts,” “financial processing services and monetary processing services, namely, processing of electronic, mobile, and online transactions,” “financial services and monetary services, namely, administration and processing of transactions involving funds drawn from electronic and online stored value accounts,” “financial services and monetary services, namely, administering, providing, processing, verifying, and authenticating electronic, mobile, and online payments and contactless financial transactions,” and “financial transaction services, namely, maintaining and servicing a payment network for facilitating electronic payments by others to others for goods or services” is indefinite and must be clarified because the specific nature of the services is unclear on the basis of the wording provided.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. 

 

International Class 38

 

The wording “personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals, namely, emergency response services in the nature of providing electronic communication between users of software and emergency support responders” is indefinite and must be clarified because the specific nature of the services is unclear on the basis of the wording provided.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. 

 

International Class 39

 

The wording “packaging and storage of goods” and “delivery services,” and is indefinite and must be clarified because the specific nature of the services is unclear on the basis of the wording provided.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. 

 

The wording ““providing a website featuring information on frequent traveler bonus programs” in the identification of services for International Class 39 must be clarified because it is too broad and could include services in other international classes.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.  In particular, this wording could encompass “providing a website featuring information on business administration of frequent traveler bonus programs” in International Class 35 and “providing a website featuring information on transportation featuring frequent traveler bonus programs” in International Class 39.

 

International Class 41

 

The wording “providing a website featuring streamable films and videos in the fields of entertainment, popular culture, inspiration, transportation, and documentaries,” “entertainment, namely, entertainment services in the nature of conducting social events and activities to encourage membership in bicycle sharing programs, promote transportation systems, and reward members of bicycle sharing programs,” and “online publications, namely, blogs, non-downloadable technical reports and non-downloadable research papers in the field of machine learning” is indefinite and must be clarified because the specific nature of the services is unclear on the basis of the wording provided.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. 

 

International Class 42

 

The identification for “providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for use by motorized vehicle operators and passengers and potential passengers” in International Class 42 is indefinite and must be clarified to specify the purpose or function of the software. As written, the wording merely identifies the intended user of the software, versus the purpose or function.

 

The USPTO requires such specificity in order for a trademark examining attorney to examine the application properly and make appropriate decisions concerning possible conflicts between the applicant’s mark and other marks.  See In re N.A.D. Inc., 57 USPQ2d 1872, 1874 (TTAB 2000); TMEP §1402.03(d). 

 

International Class 45

 

The wording “personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals, namely, emergency response services in the nature of monitoring services for deploying non-medical emergency response assistance and providing notification to users and non-medical emergency support responders” is indefinite and must be clarified because the specific nature of the services is unclear on the basis of the wording provided.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. 

 

Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:

 

International Class 9:

 

Downloadable software for accessing, reserving, and booking temporary use of bicycles, electric bicycles, electric assist bicycles, and pedal assist bicycles; downloadable computer software, namely, software for machine learning; downloadable webinars, tutorial sessions and seminars in the field of machine learning; electronic downloadable publications, namely, tech reports and research papers in the field of machine learning; downloadable software for analyzing transportation and deliveries; downloadable software for analyzing transportation and deliveries for employees and customers; downloadable software for arranging, procuring, scheduling, engaging, coordinating, managing, and booking transportation and deliveries; downloadable software for arranging, procuring, scheduling, engaging, coordinating, managing, and booking deliveries, namely, deliveries of groceries; downloadable software for arranging, scheduling, coordinating, and managing transportation for employees and customers; downloadable software for arranging, procuring, scheduling, engaging, coordinating, managing, and booking high capacity vehicle (HCV) transportation; downloadable computer software for receiving and responding to requests for transportation; downloadable computer software for receiving and responding to requests for transportation, namely, time-based ridesharing services; downloadable software for navigation; downloadable software for renting bicycles, electric bicycles, electric assist bicycles, pedal assist bicycles, and motorized scooters; downloadable software for accessing bicycle, electric bicycle, electric assist bicycle, pedal assist bicycle, and motorized scooter sharing services; downloadable software for renting conveyances; downloadable software for coordinating transportation services; downloadable software for coordinating transportation services, namely, time-based ridesharing services; downloadable software for coordination of delivery services; downloadable software for coordination of delivery services, namely, delivery of groceries; downloadable software for accessing peer-to-peer vehicle sharing and rental services; downloadable software for renting vehicles; downloadable software for accessing vehicle sharing and rental services; downloadable computer software for engaging and coordinating transportation and delivery services; downloadable computer software for engaging and coordinating delivery services, namely, delivery of groceries; downloadable computer software for engaging and coordinating transportation services, namely, time-based ridesharing services; downloadable computer software for coordinating transportation services, namely, software for the automated scheduling and dispatch of motorized vehicles; downloadable computer software for use by motorized vehicle operators and passengers and potential passengers for arranging and managing ridesharing; downloadable computer software for use by motorized vehicle operators and passengers and potential passengers for arranging and managing ridesharing, namely, time-based ridesharing services; downloadable computer software for accessing ridesharing services; downloadable computer software for accessing ridesharing services, namely, time-based ridesharing services; downloadable computer software for detecting trip delays, vehicle location, and trip anomalies; downloadable computer software for safety and incident detection; downloadable computer software for requesting and managing emergency assistance; downloadable computer software for providing access to global communication networks, the Internet, and wireless networks that enables customers to communicate with others; downloadable computer software that monitors and analyzes data to detect trip irregularities; downloadable emergency notification system software; downloadable emergency notification system software for providing alerts, push-notifications, and other remote notifications to users and emergency response entities; downloadable emergency notification system software for accessing a communication network and allowing audio and data communication between users and emergency and support responders; downloadable computer software for accessing GPS and motion sensor data for safety and emergency response purposes; magnetically encoded debit cards; downloadable software for accessing and viewing transit information, schedules, routes, and prices; downloadable software for comparing transportation costs; downloadable ticketing software; downloadable software for booking travel; downloadable software for booking travel, namely, travel via time-based ridesharing services; downloadable software for managing and tracking vehicles, fleets of vehicles, and vehicle drivers; downloadable software for performing safety checks of vehicles, fleets of vehicles, and vehicle drivers; downloadable real-time map software for tracking vehicles, deliveries, and people; downloadable real-time map software for tracking deliveries, namely, deliveries of groceries; downloadable real-time map software for tracking vehicles, fleets of vehicles, and vehicle drivers; downloadable real-time map software for tracking vehicles, employees, and customers during trips; downloadable software for tracking number of trips, vehicle and driver hours, and driver earnings; downloadable software for matching vehicle owners with vehicle drivers; downloadable software for accessing a marketplace of available vehicles and vehicle drivers; downloadable software for searching for and contacting vehicle drivers and vehicle owners; downloadable software for business and employee expense accounting, analyzation, and reporting; downloadable software for voucher redemption; downloadable open source computer software; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software for use in database management and electronic storage of data; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software for the collection, organizing, transmission, storage, and sharing of data and information; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software for visualization in the nature of graphical representation and analysis of data; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable graphics processing unit (GPU)-powered computer software for storing and querying real-time analytics data; downloadable open source computer software for building applications from autonomous and robotics data; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software that enables web-based 3D spatial-temporal visualization and interaction; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software that enables visual exploratory data analysis of large geospatial data sets; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software framework for creating fast, powerful web apps; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software that provides a hexagon-based geographic grid system; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software that distributes collections of data within a datacenter using peer-to-peer technology at scale; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software that allows users to train and test deep learning models without the need to write code; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software that provides modular components for 3D rendering and data visualization; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software for aggregating, storing, and querying large-scale metrics and time series data over variable-retention time windows; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software that enables fast and flexible container image build for unprivileged containerized environments; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software for co-scheduling mixed types of workloads for better resource utilization; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software for providing cross-platform architecture for mobile apps; downloadable open source computer software, namely, downloadable open source computer software for executing asynchronous long-running business logic in a scalable and resilient way; downloadable software in the field of staffing and employment, namely, software that facilitates the staffing and employment of workers; downloadable software for users to administer, access, monitor, and manage loyalty programs and rewards; downloadable software for travel route planning; downloadable software for time entry, time tracking, and time management; downloadable software for scanning and creating QR codes and sending and reading near field communication (NFC) and radio frequency identification (RFID) signals; downloadable software for purchasing and storing digital transit tickets and passes; downloadable software for providing ratings and reviews of businesses and personnel; downloadable software for earning, tracking, and redeeming loyalty rewards, points, and discounts; downloadable software for filling temporary and permanent staffing needs of businesses; downloadable software for job placement services; downloadable software for personnel on boarding management; downloadable software for posting and listing employment opportunities, and recruiting and hiring personnel; downloadable software for posting job openings; downloadable software for accessing, searching, applying for, booking, accepting, and claiming employment opportunities; downloadable software for arranging, procuring, scheduling, engaging, coordinating, managing, booking, and dispatching transportation services; downloadable software for arranging, procuring, scheduling, engaging, coordinating, managing, booking, and dispatching transportation services, namely, time-based ridesharing services; downloadable software for calculating and displaying transit routes; downloadable software for connecting employers with workers; downloadable computer software for accessing financial services; downloadable computer software for accessing information about payment methods, credit cards, debit cards, subscriptions, loyalty programs, digital payments; downloadable computer software for depositing and storing electronic funds; downloadable computer software for earning, tracking, and redeeming loyalty rewards, points, and discounts; downloadable computer software for electronic funds management; downloadable computer software for enabling the electronic transfer of money between users; downloadable computer software for managing financial accounts; downloadable computer software for organizing, managing, storing, and accessing payment methods, credit card information, debit card information, loyalty program information, subscription information, and digital payment information; downloadable computer software for processing electronic funds transfers and payments made via credit card, debit card, electronic check, mobile payments, and online payments; downloadable computer software for redemption of coupons, rebates, discounts, and vouchers in connection with loyalty programs; downloadable computer software for sending and receiving electronic payments and fund transfers; downloadable computer software for sending, receiving, and processing electronic payments and electronic funds transfers; downloadable computer software for viewing and accessing transactions made via credit card, debit card, electronic payments, and loyalty programs; downloadable computer software that allows users to scan and create QR codes and to send and read near field communication (NFC) and radio frequency identification (RFID) signals; downloadable computer software used to process mobile payments; downloadable computer software, namely, an electronic financial platform that accommodates and facilitates multiple types of electronic payments; downloadable computer software for accessing and providing access to payments network; downloadable computer software, namely, software application for use by consumers in the field of mobile payments; downloadable computer software for accessing, viewing, and managing data, forecasts, reports, metrics, analytics, and insights related to business, sales, and revenue; downloadable computer software for accessing, viewing, and managing financial transactions; downloadable computer software for electronic transactions management; downloadable computer software for electronic transactions management; downloadable computer software for issuing receipts and invoices for electronic payment transactions and electronic funds transfers; downloadable computer software for issuing, setting up, distributing, and redeeming promotions, coupons, discounts, deals, vouchers, rebates, rewards, incentives, and special offers to customers; downloadable computer software for processing electronic funds transfers and payments made via credit card, debit card, prepaid cards, mobile wallets, electronic wallets, electronic check, electronic payments, mobile payments, and online payments; downloadable computer software for sending, receiving, processing, facilitating, verifying, and authenticating electronic payments, mobile payments, electronic funds transfers, and mobile funds transfers; downloadable computer software for the storage, transmission, verification, and authentication of credit and debit card and other payment and transaction information; downloadable computer software for third party merchants and businesses for enabling and facilitating payment transactions; downloadable computer software for use in financial transactions with retailers, merchants, and vendors

 

International Class 12:

 

Motorized vehicles, namely, {specify, e.g., two-wheeled motor vehicles-four wheeled motor vehicles, etc.}; self-driving transport vehicles; electrically-powered motor vehicles; bicycles; electric bicycles; electric assist bicycles; pedal assist bicycles; vehicles, namely, boats, water vehicles being boats, personal watercrafts in the nature of {specify type, e.g., small powerboats, personal jet boats, water scooters}, water vessels being sailing vessels, ships, and water conveyances being boats; vehicles, namely, land vehicles, micromobility vehicles being vehicles for the physically handicapped and those of reduced mobility, motor scooters, two wheeled motorized scooters, self-balancing motor scooters, hovering boards  self-balancing boards, mopeds, electronically motorized skateboards, self-balancing boards, electric vehicles in the nature of {indicate specific type of vehicle}, electric conveyances being electric land vehicles, electric land vehicles, electric micromobility vehicles being vehicles for the physically handicapped and those of reduced mobility, electric land conveyances being electric land vehicles, electric micromobility conveyances being vehicles for the physically handicapped and those of reduced mobility, electric pedal assist bicycles, electrically-powered motor scooters, electric two wheeled motorized scooters, electric self-balancing scooters, self-balancing two-wheeled electric scooters, self-balancing one-wheeled electric scooters, electric hovering boards  self-balancing boards, electric mopeds, electric motorized skateboards, electric motorized self-balancing boards; vehicles, namely, aircrafts in the nature of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles

 

International Class 16:

 

Paper and cardboard; printed matter, namely, printed paper, cardboard advertising signs, printed paper signs, printed cardboard advertising signs and display cards primarily composed of cardboard, and table tents; photographs; plastic sheets, films and bags for wrapping and packaging; plastic sheets, films and bags for wrapping and packaging, namely, adhesive plastic film for wrapping and packaging, plastic packaging wrap for commercial or industrial use, plastic films used for packaging food, food wrapping plastic film, plastic film for use as wrapping and packaging material for food and beverages, food wrapping plastic film, and plastic film roll stock for packaging food; printed publications, namely, research papers in the field of machine learning

 

International Class 28:

 

Toy vehicles, namely, self-balancing toy scooters and skateboards being recreational equipment

 

International Class 35:

 

Accounting services; advertising, marketing, and promotional services; advertising, marketing, and promotional services, namely, promoting third party goods and services; advertising, marketing, and promotional services, namely, advertising services, namely, promoting third party goods and services through on-line medium; arranging and conducting an incentive rewards program to promote the sale of fuel, vehicles, vehicle maintenance services, and telecommunications services; arranging and conducting incentive rewards programs, namely, administration of customer loyalty programs enabling members to obtain access to exclusive discounts, offers, promotions, rewards, and features in the nature of {specify methods or incentives, e.g., free or discount automobile parts if customers maintain their vehicles at an automobile dealership, etc.} from retailers and service providers; arranging and conducting incentive rewards programs to incentivize engagement with a ridesharing platform; arranging and providing discount programs that enable customers to obtain discounts on goods and services; arranging and providing discount programs to customers to obtain discounts on the cost of goods and services or receive improved services; business administration and management services; business administration and management services, namely, business management consultancy in the field of transportation management services, namely, in the field of planning, coordinating, and tracking the transportation of people and conveyances; business consulting services in the field of transportation of persons and delivery of goods and packages; business consulting services in the field of transportation, freight and delivery; business services, namely, professional staffing services in the nature of filling the temporary and permanent staffing needs of businesses; business services, namely, providing a website featuring online employment information in the nature of personal profiles and job postings; business services, namely, business invoicing services; discount programs, namely, administration of a discount program for enabling participants to obtain discounts on goods and services and receive improved services; issuance and processing of loyalty points, namely, providing incentive award programs through issuance and processing of loyalty points for purchase of a company's goods and services; providing on-line employment information in the field of job postings; providing on-line employment information in the field of job postings, namely, providing an on-line searchable database featuring employment opportunities; business administration of consumer loyalty programs; marketing; membership rewards cards, namely, promoting the goods and services of others by means of the issuance of loyalty rewards cards; arranging and conducting incentive membership rewards programs to incentivize engagement with a ridesharing platform; arranging and conducting incentive membership rewards programs to promote the sale of transportation and delivery services; monitoring, managing, and tracking of transportation of persons and delivery of goods and packages in transit, for business purposes; monitoring, managing, and tracking of conveyances in transit, for business purposes; providing office functions; personnel recruitment and placement; promotion services; providing a website featuring information about transportation logistics management services, namely, about planning, coordinating, and tracking the transportation of people and conveyances being planning and scheduling shipments for users of transportation services; providing a website featuring information about a discount and rewards program for customers; providing a website featuring information about a discount and rewards program for freight carriers; providing a website featuring information about discount and rewards programs; providing a website featuring information about fuel tax and fuel reporting being commercial financial transaction data; providing a website featuring information in the fields of consumer-to-business commerce and business-to-business commerce via a web-based portal; providing an incentive reward program for customers, namely, administration of a discount program that enables participants to obtain discounts on the cost of goods and services or receive improved goods and services through use of a membership card; providing an incentive reward program for freight carriers, namely, administration of a discount program that enables participants to obtain discounts on the cost of goods and services or receive improved goods and services through use of a membership card; providing consumer information about electronic funds storage, transfer, and balances; providing consumer information about electronic payment options and methods; providing consumer information, namely, consumer product information via the Internet; providing business information; administration of customer loyalty providing rewards programs which provides for customers to earn fuel discounts and rebates, school tuition, car maintenance and repair discounts, roadside assistance, priority rideshare matching, rideshare trip routing and duration information, access to rideshare promotions, and increased flat fares; providing rewards programs for customers, namely, providing, arranging, and conducting incentive rewards programs for customers to promote the sale of transportation and delivery services; providing rewards programs for customers, namely, providing, arranging, and conducting rewards programs, namely, administration of loyalty programs enabling members to obtain access to exclusive discounts, offers, promotions, rewards and features; providing, arranging, and conducting discount programs for customers to obtain discounts on the cost of services or receive improved services; personnel staffing, recruiting, matching and placement services; providing pay statements, namely, payroll preparation, processing, administration and management services; administration of customer loyalty programs and incentive award programs that provide vouchers for others; accounts services, namely, accounting services; transport in the nature of transportation logistics services, namely, arranging the transportation of goods for others; business administration of frequent traveler programs; loyalty programs, namely, providing incentive award programs for customers through the issuance and processing of loyalty rewards points for purchase of a company's goods and services; funds transfer services in the nature of bookkeeping for electronic funds transfer; providing a website featuring information about fuel tax assessment; business services, namely, customer relationship management (CRM); providing information in the field of business administration of incentive loyalty programs that feature discounts, rewards, rewards programs, program profiles, loyalty points, and benefits; brokerage services, namely, providing referrals in the field of employment; brokerage services, namely, brokerage being providing referrals in the field of job placement services; brokerage services, namely, brokerage being providing referrals in the field of delivery services; providing a website featuring information on business administration of frequent traveler bonus programs

 

International Class 36:

 

Financial affairs, namely, financial information, management and analysis services; financial services, namely, providing electronic processing of credit card, debit card, prepaid card, mobile wallets, electronic wallets, electronic check, electronic payments, mobile payments, and online payments provided through an electronic payment network for merchants and consumers; financial services, namely, payment and funds verification services; monetary affairs, namely, financial information, management and analysis services; monetary services, namely, providing discounted prepayment of goods and services being prepaid services in the nature of making advance payments to add value to prepaid or pay-as-you-go cards for the purchase of {indicate items being purchased, e.g., digital downloads of music, etc.}; financial information processing; monetary information being financial information processing services; payment services, namely, electronic processing of payments made via credit card, debit card, prepaid card, mobile wallets, electronic wallets, electronic check, electronic payments, mobile payments, and online payments; payment services, namely, electronic payment services involving electronic processing of payments via a global computer network; electronic commerce payment services, namely, establishing electronic funding accounts used to purchase goods and services on the internet; payment services, namely, payment management services, namely, providing electronic processing of credit card, debit card, prepaid card, mobile wallets, electronic wallets, electronic check, electronic payments, mobile payments, and online payments provided through an electronic payment network for merchants and consumers; credit and loan services; financial transaction services, namely, providing secure commercial transactions and payment options using a mobile device at a point of sale; financial transaction services, namely, providing secure commercial transactions and payment options; transaction services, namely, financial transaction services, namely, providing secure commercial transactions and payment options; funds transfer services, namely, enabling electronic peer-to-peer funds transfers; funds transfer services, namely, electronic transfer of money and electronic funds transfer; electronic transfer of funds and money; accounts services, namely, online cash account services; redeeming the vouchers of others for payment of goods or services; business finance procurement services; providing financial information; financial affairs and services and monetary affairs and services, namely, processing of electronic and online payments; financial affairs and services and monetary affairs and services, namely, electronic banking direct-deposit services; financial affairs and services and monetary affairs and services, namely, loyalty rewards program payment processing services and gift card transaction processing services; financial affairs and services and monetary affairs and services, namely, providing a website featuring information in the field of financial services, payment processing services, and financial transactions; financial affairs and monetary affairs, namely, providing electronic processing of electronic payments made through an electronic stored value account via a global computer network; financial affairs and monetary affairs, namely, financial information, management and analysis services; financial processing and monetary processing services, namely, electronic transfer of money and electronic funds transfer services; financial services and monetary services, namely, administration of transactions involving funds drawn from online stored value accounts using a credit or debit card over a global data network; financial services and monetary services, namely, providing electronic cash transactions for use as part of a customer loyalty program; financial services and monetary services, namely, funding electronic and online cash accounts being {specify nature of services, e.g., providing of investment funding, etc.}; financial processing services and monetary processing services, namely, processing of electronic, mobile, and online debit and credit card transactions; financial services and monetary services, namely, providing online stored value accounts in an electronic environment; financial services and monetary services, namely, administration and electronic processing of transactions involving funds drawn from electronic and online stored value accounts using a credit or debit card over a global data network; financial services and monetary services, namely, administering, providing, electronic processing, verifying, and authenticating of electronic, mobile, and online payments and contactless debit and credit card financial transactions via a global computer network; financial processing services and monetary processing services, namely, transaction processing terminal services using near field communication (NFC) technology, QR codes, and radio frequency identification (RFID) signals; electronic transfer of funds and money; payment processing services, namely, credit card and debit card transaction processing services; loyalty program payment processing services, namely, issuance and processing of loyalty points; providing information in the field of incentive loyalty program payment processing services; financial transaction services, namely, maintaining and servicing a payment network in the nature of providing electronic processing of credit card transactions and electronic payments via a global computer network for facilitating electronic payments by others to others for goods or services; insurance services, namely, provision of motor vehicle and commercial transportation insurance carrier services, brokerage, and underwriting and motor vehicle and commercial transportation insurance rate quotes 

 

International Class 38:

 

Telecommunications, namely, providing e-mail notification alerts via the internet; telecommunications services, namely, providing push notification alerts via the Internet to renters of vehicles; telecommunications services, namely, routing calls, SMS messages, and push-notifications; telecommunications services, namely, routing calls, SMS messages, and push-notifications to passengers and motorized vehicle operators using mobile devices; telecommunications services, namely, routing calls, SMS messages, and push-notifications between parties using mobile phones, tablets and other devices capable of receiving such messages and notifications; telecommunication services, namely, providing electronic message alerts via the Internet; telecommunication services, namely, providing electronic message alerts via the internet notifying individuals of the detection of anomalies in vehicle and trip activity; telecommunications services, namely, routing calls, SMS messages, text messages, and push-notifications to customers; telecommunications services, namely, routing calls, SMS messages, text messages, and push-notifications to local third-party motorized vehicle operators, couriers, messengers, and passengers using mobile phones; telecommunication services, namely, providing electronic message alerts via the internet notifying individuals of a changed status or condition in vehicle trip activity; telecommunications services, namely, routing calls, SMS messages, and push-notifications to travelers using mobile devices; telecommunications services, namely, routing and sending text messages; telecommunications services, namely, routing push notification alerts to renters of vehicles via the Internet and wireless communication networks using mobile devices; telecommunications services, namely, providing electronic message alerts and email notification alerts via the internet; telecommunication services, namely, providing email notification alerts via the internet and mobile electronic devices; telecommunications services, namely, providing electronic transmission of credit card, debit card, prepaid card, mobile wallet, electronic wallet, and electronic check payment transactions data via a global computer network; telecommunications, namely, providing electronic transmission of messages and data in the field of advertising, marketing, and promotional materials; telecommunications, namely, providing electronic transmission by electronic communications networks of financial and business information between and among customers and businesses; personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals, namely, emergency response services in the nature of providing private and secure real time electronic communication over a computer network between users of software and emergency support responders

 

International Class 39:

 

Transport of persons and goods; transport of persons, namely, time-based transport of persons; packaging and storage of goods in the nature of {applicant to specify, e.g., goods, food, machine tools, valuables, etc.}; conveyance rental and sharing services, namely, arranging and coordinating peer-to-peer vehicle sharing and rental services; coordinating travel arrangements for individuals and for groups; coordinating travel arrangements for individuals and for groups, namely, arranging time-based ridesharing services for individuals and for groups; delivery services by air, road, rail, and sea; delivery services by air, road, rail, and sea, namely, delivery of groceries; delivery services being delivery of goods; delivery service, namely, delivery of groceries; providing a website featuring information about transport arrangement for travelers and about conveyance rental and sharing services; providing a website featuring information in the field of transportation; providing a website featuring information in the field of transportation and vehicle moving services; providing a website featuring information regarding delivery services and bookings for delivery services; providing a website featuring information regarding transportation services and bookings for transportation services; providing a website featuring information regarding travel arrangement; providing a website featuring information related with transportation services, traffic and travel times; providing information concerning collection, tracking and delivery of goods in transit; providing information relating to the planning and booking of travel and transport, via electronic means; providing information relating to traffic and traffic congestion; provision of road and traffic information; transport and delivery of goods; delivery of goods, namely, groceries; transportation and delivery services, namely, monitoring, managing, and tracking of transportation of persons and delivery of goods and packages; monitoring, managing, and tracking of conveyances in transit; transportation of passengers and goods; transportation of goods, namely, groceries; transportation of passengers, namely, time-based transportation of passengers; travel arrangement, namely, coordinating travel arrangements for individuals and for groups; travel arrangement, namely, coordinating travel arrangements for individuals and for groups, namely, coordinating time-based ridesharing services for individuals and for groups; travel arrangement; travel arrangement, namely, arranging time-based ridesharing services; travel arrangement, namely, transport arrangement for travelers; travel arrangement, namely, transport arrangement for travelers, namely, arranging time-based transport for travelers; bicycle, electric bicycle, electric assist bicycle, and pedal assist bicycle rental and sharing services; conveyance rental and sharing services; vehicle rental services; vehicle sharing services, namely, arranging and coordinating temporary use of vehicles; providing information about transportation and travel; brokerage services, namely, transport brokerage; transportation management services for others, namely, planning, coordinating, and tracking the transportation of people and conveyances; transportation management services, namely, planning, coordinating, and tracking the transportation of people and conveyances; providing a website featuring information about transportation management services, namely, peer-to-peer vehicle sharing and rental services and about planning, coordinating, and tracking the transportation of people and conveyances; providing a website featuring information in the field of transportation; providing information about travel, via the Internet; providing a website featuring information about transit; providing a website featuring information about transit schedules, routes, and prices; providing a website featuring information about transportation costs; providing a website featuring information about transit tickets; conveyance rental and sharing services, namely, providing temporary use of bicycles; providing a website featuring information about transit, namely, information about transit booking, coordination, arrangement, ticketing, ridership, delays, and location; providing a website featuring information on transportation featuring frequent traveler bonus programs; providing a website featuring information on travel; providing a website featuring information regarding transport arrangement for travelers; providing information relating to the booking of transport for travelers, via electronic means; transport arrangement for travelers; transport, namely, transport of persons and goods by air; transport, namely, air transport services; providing a website featuring information about transportation management services in the nature of transportation of goods, namely, about planning, coordinating, and tracking the transportation of conveyances

 

International Class 41:

 

Personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals, namely, entertainment services in the nature of organizing social entertainment events; providing a website featuring non-downloadable articles in the field of travel and transportation; education, namely, education services in the nature of providing talks, conferences, seminars, and workshops in the fields of inspiration and transportation; education, namely, educational services, namely, conducting workshops, seminars, and programming programs relating to bicycles, bicycle safety, bicycle commuting, and health and environmental benefits of bicycles; entertainment in the nature of providing a website featuring non-downloadable videos in the fields of entertainment, popular culture, inspiration, transportation, and documentaries; entertainment, namely, providing a website featuring non-downloadable streamable films and videos in the fields of entertainment, popular culture, inspiration, transportation, and documentaries; entertainment, namely, providing a website featuring entertainment information in the field of videos and films; entertainment in the nature of entertainment services, namely, displaying a series of films and videos; entertainment, namely, entertainment services in the nature of development, creation, production, distribution, and post-production of motion pictures and multimedia entertainment content; entertainment, namely, providing online non-downloadable general feature magazines; entertainment, namely, entertainment services in the nature of conducting social entertainment events and recreational activities to encourage membership in bicycle sharing programs, promote transportation systems, and reward members of bicycle sharing programs; entertainment, namely, providing on-line videos, films, and movies featuring information about pricing technology, matching technology, and the marketplace economy for transportation and delivery services, not downloadable; providing information relating to organizing community sporting and cultural activities; educational services, namely, conducting conferences, summits in the nature of conferences, non-downloadable webinars, tutorial sessions and seminars in the field of machine learning; providing online publications, namely, on-line journals in the nature of blogs, non-downloadable technical reports and non-downloadable research papers in the field of machine learning; educational services, namely, conducting conferences, summits, and seminars in the field of transportation; entertainment services in the nature of development, creation, production, distribution, and post-production of motion pictures and multimedia entertainment content; film and video production; providing a website featuring entertainment information in the field of videos and films; providing a website featuring non-downloadable videos in the fields of entertainment and documentaries

 

International Class 42:

 

Design and development of computer hardware and software; design and development of open source software; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for connecting employers with workers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for analyzing transportation and deliveries; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for analyzing transportation and deliveries for employees and customers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for arranging, procuring, scheduling, engaging, coordinating, managing, and booking transportation and deliveries; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for arranging, scheduling, managing, and coordinating transportation and deliveries for employees and customers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for arranging, procuring, scheduling, engaging, coordinating, managing, and booking high capacity vehicle (HCV) transportation providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for receiving and responding to requests for transportation; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for accessing ridesharing services; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for coordinating transportation and delivery services, bookings for transportation services and for dispatching vehicles to customers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for providing push-notifications to passengers and motorized vehicle operators using mobile devices; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for providing transportation and delivery services, bookings for transportation services and for dispatching vehicles to customers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for use by motorized vehicle operators and passengers and potential passengers for arranging and managing ridesharing; research and development in the field of machine learning; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for accessing and viewing transit information, schedules, routes, and prices; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for comparing transportation costs; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for ticketing; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for booking travel; electronic monitoring and reporting of transportation data using computers or sensors; electronic monitoring and reporting of data related to trip delays, vehicle location, and trip anomalies, using computers or sensors; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for managing and tracking vehicles, fleets of vehicles, and vehicle drivers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for performing safety checks of vehicles, fleets of vehicles, and vehicle drivers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable real-time map software for tracking vehicles, deliveries, and people; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable real-time map software for tracking vehicles, fleets of vehicles, and vehicle drivers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable real-time map software for tracking vehicles, employees, and customers during trips; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for tracking number of trips, vehicle and driver hours, and driver earnings; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for matching vehicle owners with vehicle drivers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for accessing a marketplace of available vehicles and vehicle drivers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for searching for and contacting vehicle drivers and vehicle owners; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for matching vehicle owners with vehicle drivers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for accessing a marketplace of available vehicles and vehicle drivers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for searching for and contacting vehicle drivers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for searching for and contacting vehicle owners; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for business and employee expense accounting, analyzation, and reporting; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for creating, funding, providing, restricting, canceling, and sending vouchers; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for accessing, searching, applying for, booking, accepting, and claiming employment opportunities; providing a website featuring on-line non-downloadable software that enables users to request transportation; providing online non-downloadable software for accessing financial services; providing online non-downloadable software for accessing information about payment methods, credit cards, debit cards, subscriptions, loyalty programs, digital payments; providing online non-downloadable software for accessing, viewing, and managing data, forecasts, reports, metrics, analytics, and insights related to business, sales, and revenue; providing online non-downloadable software for accessing, viewing, and managing financial transactions; providing online non-downloadable software for conducting and processing contactless financial payments and transactions; providing online non-downloadable software for depositing and storing electronic funds; providing online non-downloadable software for electronic funds management; providing online non-downloadable software for electronic transactions management; providing online non-downloadable software for enabling the electronic transfer of money between users; providing online non-downloadable software for issuing receipts and invoices for electronic payment transactions and electronic funds transfers; providing online non-downloadable software for issuing, setting up, distributing, and redeeming promotions, coupons, discounts, deals, vouchers, rebates, rewards, incentives, and special offers to customers; providing online non-downloadable software for managing financial accounts; providing online non-downloadable software for organizing, managing, storing, and accessing payment methods, credit card information, debit card information, loyalty program information, subscription information, and digital payment information; providing online non-downloadable software for processing electronic funds transfers and payments made via credit card, debit card, electronic check, mobile devices, and via a web based computer network; providing online non-downloadable software for processing electronic funds transfers and payments made via credit card, debit card, prepaid cards, mobile wallets, electronic wallets, electronic check, electronic payments, mobile payments, and online payments; providing online non-downloadable software for processing mobile payments; providing online non-downloadable software for redemption of coupons, rebates, discounts, and vouchers in connection with customer loyalty programs; providing online non-downloadable software for sending and receiving electronic payments and fund transfers; providing online non-downloadable software for sending, receiving, and processing electronic payments and electronic funds transfers; providing online non-downloadable software for sending, receiving, processing, facilitating, verifying, and authenticating electronic payments, mobile payments, electronic funds transfers, and mobile funds transfers; providing online non-downloadable software for the storage, transmission, verification, and authentication of credit and debit card and other payment and transaction information; providing online non-downloadable software for third party merchants and businesses for enabling and facilitating payment transactions; providing online non-downloadable software for use in financial transactions with retailers, merchants, and vendors; providing online non-downloadable software for viewing and accessing transactions made via credit card, debit card, electronic payments, and loyalty programs; providing online non-downloadable software that allows users to scan and create QR codes and to send and read near field communication (NFC) and radio frequency identification (RFID) signals; providing online non-downloadable software, namely, an electronic financial platform that accommodates and facilitates multiple types of electronic payments; providing online non-downloadable software, namely, application programming interface (API) software for processing of electronic payments, mobile payments, electronic funds transfers, and mobile funds transfers; providing online non-downloadable software, namely, software application for use by consumers in the field of mobile payments; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for filling temporary and permanent staffing needs of businesses; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for job placement services; Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for posting and listing employment opportunities, and recruiting and hiring personnel; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for providing ratings and reviews of businesses and personnel; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software in the field of staffing and employment, namely, non-downloadable software that facilitates the staffing and employment of workers; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for accessing GPS and motion sensor data for safety and emergency response purposes; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for detecting trip delays, vehicle location, and trip anomalies; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for emergency assistance; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software for safety and incident detection; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software that enables customers to communicate with others; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable computer software that monitors and analyzes data to detect trip irregularities; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable emergency notification system software; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable emergency notification system software for accessing a communication network and allowing audio and data communication between users and emergency and support responders; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable emergency notification system software for providing alerts, push-notifications, and other remote notifications to users and emergency response entities; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for calculating and displaying transit routes; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for navigation; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for purchasing and storing transit tickets and passes; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for scanning and creating QR codes and sending and reading near field communication (NFC) and radio frequency identification (RFID) signals; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for travel route planning; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for arranging, procuring, scheduling, engaging, coordinating, managing, booking, and dispatching transportation services; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for providing push-notifications to renters of vehicles; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for providing transportation services, bookings for transportation services and for dispatching motorized vehicles to customers; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for use by motorized vehicle operators and passengers and potential passengers for {specify function, e.g., arranging ridesharing, etc.}; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for posting job openings; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for earning, tracking, and redeeming loyalty rewards, points, and discounts; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for users to administer, access, monitor, and manage loyalty programs and rewards; providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for renting bicycles, electric bicycles, electric assist bicycles, pedal assist bicycles, and motorized scooters; providing temporary use on on-line non-downloadable real-time map software for tracking vehicles, fleets of vehicles, and vehicle drivers

 

International Class 45:

 

Security services for the physical protection of tangible property and individuals; personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals, namely, emergency response services in the nature of alarm monitoring services for deploying non-medical emergency response assistance and providing notification to users and non-medical emergency support responders; monitoring trip activity and vehicle location for personal safety and emergency response purposes; emergency response monitoring assistance services, namely, monitoring of mobile devices by a remote monitoring center for assisting in the dispatch of emergency public health and security services and notification to third parties; monitoring of mobile devices by a remote monitoring center to provide urgent personal security and safety support services to others; providing a website with information about personal safety and emergency response services; providing a website featuring information about options to maintain personal safety in the event of a detected trip irregularity; travel assistance services, namely, providing information about emergency response services for people in transit 

 

Applicant’s goods and services may be clarified or limited, but may not be expanded beyond those originally itemized in the application or as acceptably amended.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06.  Applicant may clarify or limit the identification by inserting qualifying language or deleting items to result in a more specific identification; however, applicant may not substitute different goods and services or add goods and services not found or encompassed by those in the original application or as acceptably amended.  See TMEP §1402.06(a)-(b).  The scope of the goods and services sets the outer limit for any changes to the identification and is generally determined by the ordinary meaning of the wording in the identification.  TMEP §§1402.06(b), 1402.07(a)-(b).  Any acceptable changes to the goods and services will further limit scope, and once goods and services are deleted, they are not permitted to be reinserted.  TMEP §1402.07(e).

 

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.

 

MULTIPLE-CLASS APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

 

The application identifies goods and services that are classified in at least eleven (11) classes; however, applicant submitted fees sufficient for only ten (10) classes.  In a multiple-class application, a fee for each class is required.  37 C.F.R. §2.86(a)(2), (b)(2); TMEP §§810.01, 1403.01.  For more information about adding classes to an application, see the Multiple-class Application webpage.

 

Therefore, applicant must either (1) restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid, or (2) submit the fees for each additional class.

 

RESPONSE GUIDELINES:

 

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. 

 

How to respond.  Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.    

 

 

/Amanda Galbo/

Amanda Galbo

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 125

(571) 272-5391

amanda.galbo@uspto.gov

 

 

RESPONSE GUIDANCE

• Missing the response deadline to this letter will cause the application to abandon.  A response or notice of appeal must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  TEAS and ESTTA maintenance or unforeseen circumstances could affect an applicant’s ability to timely respond.  

 

• Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted and can cause the application to abandon.  If applicant does not have an attorney, the response must be signed by the individual applicant, all joint applicants, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic applicant.  If applicant has an attorney, the response must be signed by the attorney.

 

• If needed, find contact information for the supervisor of the office or unit listed in the signature block.

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on June 20, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88328871

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter that you must respond to by the specified deadline or your application will be abandoned.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

 

/Amanda Galbo/

Amanda Galbo

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 125

(571) 272-5391

amanda.galbo@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).

 

(3)  Respond within 6 months (or earlier, if required in the Office action) from June 20, 2020, using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).  The response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  See the Office action for more information about how to respond

 

 

 

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.”