To: | Braniff Airways, Incorporated (mmb777e@yahoo.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88425739 - BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL - N/A |
Sent: | September 04, 2019 02:44:39 PM |
Sent As: | ecom125@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. 88425739
Mark: BI BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL
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Applicant: Braniff Airways, Incorporated
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
ISSUE DATE: September 04, 2019
INTRODUCTION: This Examiner’s Amendment is in response to communications with Applicant. The specimen refusal has been withdrawn.
APPLICATION HAS BEEN AMENDED AS SHOWN BELOW. As agreed to by Richard B. Cass on August 11, 2019 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).
The following disclaimer statement is added to the record:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “INTERNATIONAL” apart from the mark as shown.
See 15 U.S.C. §1056(a); TMEP §§1213, 1213.08(a)(i).
MARK DESCRIPTION AND COLOR CLAIM AMENDED
The following mark description and color claim has been added to the record:
The colors white, light green, green, light blue, dark blue, purple, pink, red, orange, yellow, and black are claimed as a feature of the mark.
The mark consists of the letters "BI" in white superimposed against a diagonal rectangle that is composed of nine touching vertical diagonal bands, which from left to right are light green, green, light blue, dark blue, purple, pink, red, orange, and yellow. Below the rectangle lies the stylized black wording “BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL”.
37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); TMEP §807.07(a)(i), (a)(ii).
/Cristel John/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 125
(571) 272-5412
cristel.john@uspto.gov
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