To: | 1st Financial Bank USA (drezac@dehs.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88421136 - CONNECTING STUDENTS TO ADULTHOOD - N/A |
Sent: | July 25, 2019 02:43:10 PM |
Sent As: | ecom111@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. 88421136
Mark: CONNECTING STUDENTS TO ADULTHOOD
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Correspondence Address: DAVENPORT, EVANS, HURWITZ & SMITH, LLP
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Applicant: 1st Financial Bank USA
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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). A link to the appropriate TEAS response form appears at the end of this Office action.
Issue date: July 25, 2019
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 response to this nonfinal Office action
The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
Recitation of Services
Banking; Financing services; Financial services, namely, issuing credit cards and providing credit card financing; Providing information via the Internet in the fields of credit cards, credit management, and credit card financing, interest rates and repayment terms in International Class 36; and
Providing a website featuring online tutorials and webinars in the fields of credit cards, credit management, credit education, and transitioning from college to employment; Educational services, namely, classes, seminars and workshops in the fields of credit cards, credit management, credit education, and transitioning from college to employment in International Class 41.
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.
Partial Abandonment Advisory
If applicant does not respond to this Office action within the six-month period for response, the services in International Class(es) 36 and 41for which amendments were suggested above will be deleted from the application. The application will then proceed with the services in International Class(es) 36 and 41 for which no amendments were required above. See 37 C.F.R. §2.65(a)-(a)(1); TMEP §718.02(a).
Response Guidelines
For this application to proceed, applicant must explicitly address each refusal and/or requirement in this Office action. For a refusal, applicant may provide written arguments and evidence against the refusal, and may have other response options if specified above. For a requirement, applicant should set forth the changes or statements. Please see “Responding to Office Actions” and the informational video “Response to Office Action” for more information and tips on responding.
/Dawn Feldman-Lehker/
Trademark Examining Attorney
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law Office 111
(571)272-9381
dawn.feldman-lehker@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE