Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  February 03, 2020

 

 

USPTO database searched; no conflicting marks found.  The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d).  15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.

 

Application has been amended as shown below.  As authorized by TMEP 707.02, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below.  Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections.  TMEP §707.  Otherwise, no response is required.  Id.  In addition, applicant is advised that amendments to the goods and/or services are permitted only if they clarify or limit them; amendments that add to or broaden the scope of the goods and/or services are not permitted.  37 C.F.R. §2.71(a).

 

Partial Abandonment/Amended Identification

The above-referenced application is partially abandoned because applicant failed to file a response to the Office action dated July 22, 2019.  See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)-(a)(1); TMEP §718.02(a).  To avoid partial abandonment, a response was due within six months from the date on which the USPTO sent the previous Office action; however, no response was received within this time period.  See TMEP §711. 

 

The outstanding Office action included refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) that applied to only a portion of the application; therefore, only that portion of the application is abandoned.  See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)(1); TMEP §718.02(a). 

 

The portion of the identification that was the subject of the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) will be deleted from the application.  The application will proceed with the following identification: 

 

Video game cartridges; downloadable video game programs; downloadable music files; electronic sheet music, downloadable in International Class 9; and

 

Musical instruments; stands for musical instruments; conductors’ batons in International Class 15; and

 

Printed sheet music; stationery; adhesive bands for stationery or household purposes in International Class 16; and

 

Playing cards; game cards in International Class 28; and

 

Game services provided on-line from a computer network; games equipment rental in International Class 41; and

 

Scientific research; scientific research and development; design and development of computer software; consultancy in the design and development of computer hardware; computer hardware design; computer hardware development for computer games; computer game software design and development; computer game programming in International Class 42.

 

 If applicant’s failure to respond was unintentional, applicant may file a petition to the Director to revive the portion of the application that abandoned.  37 C.F.R. §2.66(a); TMEP §§718.02(a), 1714.01(d).  The petition must be filed within two months of the date of issuance of this letter and may be filed online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) with a $100 fee.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.6(a)(15)(ii), 2.66(a)(1); TMEP §§718.02(a), 1714.01(a), (d).  Once the petition is filed, please notify the Petitions Office at 571-272-8950 that a request to revive a partially-abandoned application was filed, indicating the application serial number.

 

 

 

 

/Dawn Feldman Lehker/

Trademark Examining Attorney

U.S. Patent and Trademark  Office

Law Office 111

(571)272-9381

dawn.feldman-lehker@uspto.gov

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on February 03, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88417596

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.  No response is necessary.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

/Dawn Feldman Lehker/

Trademark Examining Attorney

U.S. Patent and Trademark  Office

Law Office 111

(571)272-9381

dawn.feldman-lehker@uspto.gov

 

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

 

 

 

GENERAL GUIDANCE

·         Check the status of your application periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.

 

·         Update your correspondence email address, if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application.

 

·         Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your application.  Private companies not associated with the USPTO use public information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”