Notation to File

NOTE TO THE FILE

SERIAL NUMBER:            88352192

DATE:                                09/26/2019

NAME:                               egermick

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Attorney/Applicant via:
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    X   email                               Attorney/Applicant

     Requested Law Library search       X   Issued Examiner’s Amendment
     for:                                   and entered changes in TRADEUPS

        PRINT        DO NOT PRINT           Added design code in TRADEUPS
 X   Description of the mark

 X   OTHER: Amendment to Identification of Goods

Thu 9/26/2019 1:47 PM 

Dear Examining Attorney Germick,

 

Thank you for your email.  We agree to the proposed amendments outlined in your email below.

 

Regards,

 

Anna

 

  
Anna L King | Attorney

BANNER WITCOFF
TEL: 312.463.5551 | MAIN: 312.463.5000
bannerwitcoff.com | aking@bannerwitcoff.com 

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From: Germick, Edward <Edward.Germick@USPTO.GOV>
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2019 9:20 AM
To: BW PTO TM <BWPTOTM@bannerwitcoff.com>
Subject: U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 88352192 DOUBLE PROTECTION LAYER MW FLAME MITIGATION DEVICE... (008794.00006 )

 

Dear Ms. King,

 

I am the Trademark Examining Attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examining your application for U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATION NO. 88352192 DOUBLE PROTECTION LAYER MW FLAME MITIGATION DEVICE...  I have identified the following issues with the application:

 

1. Amended Description of Mark Required:  Applicant must submit an amended description of the mark because the current one is incomplete and does not describe all the significant aspects of the mark.  37 C.F.R. §2.37; see TMEP §§808.01, 808.02.  Descriptions must be accurate and identify all the literal and design elements in the mark.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.37; TMEP §§808 et seq. 

The following description is suggested, if accurate: 

The mark consists of a shaded circle with a solid border. Inside the top portion of the border is the text “DOUBLE PROTECTION LAYER” with a shaded and stylized “M” on the left and a shaded and stylized “W” on the right, and inside the bottom portion of the border is the text “FLAME MITIGATION DEVICE”, a diamond, and the text “VAPOR LOCKING SPOUT”. Inside the circle is a shield with the text “FLAME SHIELD” in large font above the text “SAFETY SYSTEM” in smaller font. The top middle of the shield has a solid circle with a border containing a stylized “M” above a stylized “W”.  The shield casts a shadow to the right side of the circle.   

 

 

2. Amendment to Identification of Goods Required:  The original wording in the application, which liberally uses commas and not “and,” creates an ambiguity as the liquid fuel containers are not sufficiently connected to the material composition.  Inserting the word “and” into the below spots in the Identification clears up the ambiguities and makes the Identification definite.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03.

 

A suggestion for acceptable wording is (suggested changes in bold):

 

Class 6:  (Based on Intent to Use) Liquid fuel containers and industrial and commercial containers, namely, metal storage drums, and chemical oil containers, namely, jerrycans, all made of metal; Liquid fuel containers and industrial and commercial containers, namely, metal storage drums, and chemical oil containers, namely, jerrycans, all made of metal and with flame mitigation device help prevent combustion; metal containers for liquid fuel with flame mitigation device help prevent combustion

 

Class 20:  (Based on Use in Commerce) Liquid fuel containers and industrial and commercial containers, namely, plastic storage drums, and chemical oil containers, namely, jerrycans, all made of plastic; non-metal containers for liquid fuel; Liquid fuel containers and industrial and commercial containers, namely, plastic storage drums, and chemical oil containers, namely, jerrycans, all made of plastic and with flame mitigation device help prevent combustion; non-metal containers for liquid fuel with flame mitigation device help prevent combustion

 

If the suggested wording is not accurate, or if you have other wording you wish to use, please contact me.  My contact information is below.

 

If that wording is accurate and you want me to us it, please let me know and I can make the change via an Examiner’s Amendment so that the application may proceed toward registration.

 

If possible, please provide me with a response by Monday, September 30.

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

/EJG/

Edward J. Germick

Examing Attorney

Law Office 102

(571) 272-5862

edward.germick@uspto.gov

 

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Please note that all relevant e-mail communications will be placed in the official application record. Although the trademark examining attorney may provide additional explanation pertaining to the application, the trademark examining attorney may not provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights.  See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.