Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

Issue date:  December 01, 2019

Application has been amended as shown below.  The trademark examining attorney is amending the application as follows.  No prior approval or authorization from applicant or applicant’s attorney is required.  TMEP §707.02.

FILING BASIS – 1(A) WITH CLAIM OF PRIORITY

Applicant’s response dated November 15, 2019, indicated that applicant had filed an Amendment to Allege Use and wished to delete the Section 44(e) basis and proceed based on a Section 1(a) basis while retaining a valid claim of priority.  The Amendment to Allege Use has been approved; the following statement is added to the record:

Applicant does not intend to rely on Trademark Act Section 44(e) as a basis for registration at this time, but wishes only to assert a valid claim of priority. 

TMEP §1003.04(b); see 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b).

The following requirements have been satisfied: drawing of the mark; mark description.  See TMEP §§713.02, 714.04.  In addition, the requirement for a copy of the foreign registration has been withdrawn.  See TMEP §§713.02, 714.04.

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.  

/Kathy de Jonge/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 107

(571) 272-9152

kathleen.dejonge@USPTO.gov (informal use only)

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on December 01, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88419442

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. 

/Kathy de Jonge/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 107

(571) 272-9152

kathleen.dejonge@USPTO.gov (informal use only)

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.”