To: | Alloy Software, Inc. (jchoi@jchoilaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88365982 - ALLOY - 619T001A1-US |
Sent: | September 04, 2020 03:18:33 PM |
Sent As: | ecom106@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. 88365982
Mark: ALLOY
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Applicant: Alloy Software, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 619T001A1-US
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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: September 04, 2020
The applicant has amended the identification of goods in International Class 035 which were re-classified into International Class 042. In that these services are use based applicant must meet the Section 1(a) use based requirements for these services as set forth below.
SUMMARY OF ISSUES
SECTION 1(a) BASIS REQUIREMENTS
To amend an application to one based on use of the mark in commerce under Trademark Act Section 1(a), an applicant must provide the following: (1) a statement that “the mark is in use in commerce and was in use in commerce as of the application filing date;” (2) dates of first use of the mark; (3) a specimen for each class and a statement that “the specimen(s) was in use in commerce at least as early as the application filing date;” and (4) verification, in an affidavit or signed declaration under 37 C.F.R. §2.20, of these two statements and the dates of first use. See 37 C.F.R. §2.34(a)(1); TMEP §§903, 904.
For more information about Section 1(a) basis requirements, and instructions on how to satisfy them online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form, please go to the Basis webpage.
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.
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