To: | HEMISPHERE GNSS (trademarks@iplawusa.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88419050 - LYRA - 01709.0081US |
Sent: | February 13, 2020 07:29:47 AM |
Sent As: | ecom110@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. 88419050
Mark: LYRA
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Applicant: HEMISPHERE GNSS
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Reference/Docket No. 01709.0081US
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SUSPENSION NOTICE
No Response Required
Issue date: February 13, 2020
The application is suspended for the reason(s) specified below. See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716 et seq.
The pending application(s) below has an earlier filing date or effective filing date than applicant’s application. If the mark in the application(s) below registers, the USPTO may refuse registration of applicant’s mark under Section 2(d) because of a likelihood of confusion with the registered mark(s). 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); see 37 C.F.R. §2.83; TMEP §§1208.02(c). Action on this application is suspended until the prior-filed application(s) below either registers or abandons. 37 C.F.R. §2.83(c). Information relevant to the application(s) below was sent previously.
- U.S. Application Serial No(s). 87817496
Refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) resolved and maintained and continued. The following refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) is/are maintained and continued:
• Identification of Goods
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate:
Global Positioning System (GPS) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) digital Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) technology in the nature of __________ [specify type of hardware] receivers for GNSS guidance and positioning systems, GNSS heading and positioning navigation systems, and GNSS position measurement systems performing satellite tracking, algorithm based position, guidance, heading for use in applications such as machine control, guidance, navigation, mapping, and position control for agricultural and construction operations; GPS and GNSS global navigation satellite system receivers, antennas, and downloadable computer software for operation of GPS and GNSS systems; GPS and GNSS position correction equipment, namely, electronic controls for correcting the position of the GPS and GNSS; GPS and GNSS automatic steering systems comprising electronic controls; GPS apparatus and downloadable GNSS Geographic Information System (GIS) software; GPS apparatus and GNSS global navigation satellite aided system for marine navigation and positioning; GPS telematics, namely, satellite receivers and antennas, in International Class 9.
Applicant’s goods and/or services may be clarified or limited, but may not be expanded beyond those originally itemized in the application or as acceptably amended. See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Applicant may clarify or limit the identification by inserting qualifying language or deleting items to result in a more specific identification; however, applicant may not substitute different goods and/or services or add goods and/or services not found or encompassed by those in the original application or as acceptably amended. See TMEP §1402.06(a)-(b). The scope of the goods and/or services sets the outer limit for any changes to the identification and is generally determined by the ordinary meaning of the wording in the identification. TMEP §§1402.06(b), 1402.07(a)-(b). Any acceptable changes to the goods and/or services will further limit scope, and once goods and/or services are deleted, they are not permitted to be reinserted. TMEP §1402.07(e).
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
Suspension process. The USPTO will periodically check this application to determine if it should remain suspended. See TMEP §716.04. As needed, the trademark examining attorney will issue a letter to applicant to inquire about the status of the reason for the suspension. TMEP §716.05.
No response required. Applicant may file a response, but is not required to do so.
/Tarah Hardy Ludlow/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 110
(571) 272-9361
tarah.hardy@uspto.gov