Response to Office Action

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OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020)

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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1957 (Rev 10/2011)

OMB No. 0651-0050 (Exp 09/20/2020)

Response to Office Action

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

Application serial no. 88434477 GENESIS(Standard Characters, see http://uspto.report/TM/88434477/mark.png) has been amended as follows:

ARGUMENT(S)
In response to the substantive refusal(s), please note the following:

Applicant respectfully responds to the Office Action mailed on August 8, 2019. The Examiner has refused the present application and requests that Applicant provide additional information. In response, Applicant provides the following responses to the Examiner's inquiry: (1) Applicant has not used, nor does it intend to use GENESIS as a varietal or cultivar name (2) Applicant has not used, nor does it intend to use GENESIS in connection with a plant patent, utility patent, or certificate for plant-variety protection Respectfully submitted, /Allison E. Kerndt/ Attorney of Record, Member of Iowa bar

The applicant's current attorney information: Allison E. Kerndt. Allison E. Kerndt of NYEMASTER GOODE, P.C., is located at

      700 WALNUT STREET #1600
      DES MOINES, Iowa 50309
      US

The phone number is 515-283-3193.

The email address is akerndt@nyemaster.com

The applicants proposed attorney information: Allison E. Kerndt. Allison E. Kerndt of NYEMASTER GOODE, P.C., is a member of the XX bar, admitted to the bar in XXXX, bar membership no. XXX, is located at

      700 WALNUT STREET #1600
      DES MOINES, Iowa 50309
      United States

The phone number is 515-283-3193.

The email address is akerndt@nyemaster.com

Allison E. Kerndt submitted the following statement: The attorney of record is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or any U.S. Commonwealth or territory.
The applicant's current correspondence information: ALLISON E. KERNDT. ALLISON E. KERNDT of NYEMASTER GOODE, P.C., is located at

      700 WALNUT STREET #1600
      DES MOINES, Iowa 50309
      US

The phone number is 515-283-3193.

The email address is akerndt@nyemaster.com; ptomail@nyemaster.com; epolzin@nyemaster.com

The applicants proposed correspondence information: Allison E. Kerndt. Allison E. Kerndt of NYEMASTER GOODE, P.C., is located at

      700 WALNUT STREET #1600
      DES MOINES, Iowa 50309
      United States

The phone number is 515-283-3193.

The email address is akerndt@nyemaster.com; epolzin@nyemaster.com; ptomail@nyemaster.com

SIGNATURE(S)
Response Signature
Signature: /Allison Kerndt/     Date: 09/30/2019
Signatory's Name: Allison Kerndt
Signatory's Position: Attorney of record, Iowa bar member

Signatory's Phone Number: 515-283-3100

The signatory has confirmed that he/she is a U.S.-licensed attorney who is an active member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of a U.S. state (including the District of Columbia and any U.S. Commonwealth or territory); and he/she is currently the owner's/holder's attorney or an associate thereof; and to the best of his/her knowledge, if prior to his/her appointment another U.S.-licensed attorney not currently associated with his/her company/firm previously represented the owner/holder in this matter: the owner/holder has revoked their power of attorney by a signed revocation or substitute power of attorney with the USPTO; the USPTO has granted that attorney's withdrawal request; the owner/holder has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her in this matter; or the owner's/holder's appointed U.S.-licensed attorney has filed a power of attorney appointing him/her as an associate attorney in this matter.

Mailing Address:    ALLISON E. KERNDT
   NYEMASTER GOODE, P.C.
   
   700 WALNUT STREET #1600
   DES MOINES, Iowa 50309
Mailing Address:    Allison E. Kerndt
   NYEMASTER GOODE, P.C.
   700 WALNUT STREET #1600
   DES MOINES, Iowa 50309
        
Serial Number: 88434477
Internet Transmission Date: Tue Oct 01 00:34:56 EDT 2019
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