To: | Sterling International Inc. (efiling@cojk.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88334992 - REUSABLE YELLOWJACKET TRAP - STIL-2-58841 |
Sent: | July 16, 2019 07:31:57 AM |
Sent As: | ecom111@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. 88334992
Mark: REUSABLE YELLOWJACKET TRAP
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Correspondence Address: CHRISTENSEN O'CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS
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Applicant: Sterling International Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. STIL-2-58841
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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: July 16, 2019
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.
This is a supplemental Non Final Office Action applicant of additional requirements that must be satisfied in order for this application to proceed to publication.
Three-Dimensional Configuration Mark
Applicant has described the mark as a two-dimensional image of product packaging shown flat. The packaging consists of five panels that are folded to form a five sided base that serve as three-dimensional packaging for the goods. Applicant’s specimen clearly shows the product packaging in three-dimensional form. Applicant must provide an amended drawing and description of the mark.
Configuration Marks
Based on the specimen of record, the sides and circle opening portions of the design must be represented by dotted lines. These portions are non-distinctive because they serve to simply allow the yellow jackets into the traps.
In addition to these drawing requirements, applicant must also submit a clear and concise description of the mark that does the following:
(1) Indicates the mark is a three-dimensional configuration of the goods or their packaging or of a specific design feature of the goods or packaging.
(2) Specifies all the elements in the drawing that constitute the mark and are claimed as part of the mark.
(3) Specifies any elements that are not part of the mark and indicates that the matter shown in broken or dotted lines is not part of the mark and serves only to show the position or placement of the mark.
See 37 C.F.R. §§2.37, 2.52(b)(2), (b)(4); In re Famous Foods, Inc., 217 USPQ 177, 177 (TTAB 1983); TMEP §§807.08, 807.10, 1202.02(c)(ii).
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