To: | Sony Corporation (bhipdocket@bakerlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88383504 - 41279.3167 |
Sent: | December 02, 2019 10:55:00 AM |
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. 88383504
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Correspondence Address: 45 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, 14TH FLOOR
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Applicant: Sony Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. 41279.3167
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FINAL 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) and/or Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form and/or to ESTTA for an appeal appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: December 02, 2019
This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on November 19, 2019 in which applicant amends the identification of goods and services.
Summary of Issues that Applicant Must Address
Identification of Goods
The identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified because the wording “computer programs for data processing” in Class 9 is unclear. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01.
Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate: “recorded computer programs for data processing.”
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and/or services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual at http://tess2.gov.uspto.report/netahtml/tidm.html. See TMEP §1402.04.
An applicant may amend an identification of goods and services only to clarify or limit the goods and services; adding to or broadening the scope of the goods and/or services is not permitted. 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); see TMEP §§1402.06 et seq., 1402.07 et seq.
Proper Response to a Final Action
In such case, the application will proceed for the remaining goods and services only.
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. Click to file a request for reconsideration of this final Office action that fully resolves all outstanding requirements and refusals and/or click to file a timely appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) with the required filing fee(s).
/Bernice Middleton/
Bernice Middleton
Examining Attorney
Law Office 106
571-270-1514
Bernice.Middleton@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE