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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

OFFICE ACTION

If a response is necessary, the USPTO must receive applicant’s response to this notice within the time period specified below or the application may be abandoned.  Respond using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).  A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears below.

Issue date:  February 4, 2020 

The document filed on December 5, 2019 requests an amendment to change owner.  The only amendments permitted in the time period between issuance of the notice of allowance and the submission of the statement of use are amendments to delete goods and/or services or the entire description of the nature of the collective membership organization, amendments to delete a basis in a multiple-basis application, and amendments to change attorneys or change addresses.  37 C.F.R. §2.77(a)(1)-(3).  Therefore, the document will not be acted upon by the trademark examining attorney until a statement of use meeting the minimum filing requirements is submitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.77(b); TMEP §1107. 

To ensure that any amendments in this document are timely reviewed by the examining attorney, applicant is encouraged to resubmit this document at the time the statement of use is filed.

Applicant may petition the Director to review the proposed amendment prior to the filing of the statement of use.  37 C.F.R. §2.146; TMEP §1107.  The fee for a petition to the Director is $100 if filed electronically or $200 if filed on paper.  37 C.F.R. §2.6.  Please contact the Petitions Office at 571-272-8950 for information regarding such petitions.

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, if a response is necessary.  Click to file a Response to Intent-to-Use (ITU)/Divisional Unit Office action. 

Direct questions about this notice to the Intent-to-use staff member below.

/Carolyn Cobb/

Paralegal Specialist

Intent to Use Divisional Unit

Ph 571-272-9505

Fax 571-273-9505

Email carolyn.cobb@uspto.gov

RESPONSE GUIDANCE

• If a response is required, the response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  TEAS maintenance or unforeseen circumstances could affect an applicant’s ability to timely respond.

• Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted or processed and may 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.