Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

Issue date:  November 22, 2019

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Colette A. Durst, Esq. on 11/22/2019, 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).

Identification of goods.  The identification of goods is amended to read as follows: 

Metal hooks; Abrasive disc roll dispensers of metal; metal picture hangers; general purpose metal storage containers; metal storage containers, namely, general purpose metal caddies; metal ropes; metal stanchions; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; anchors of metal; clips of metal for cables and pipes; materials and structures of metal or predominantly of metal for fall protection and safety equipment, namely, work platform systems comprised of metal ladders, prefabricated metal platforms, and metal railings, frame systems, namely, A-frames, quad-legged frames, box frames, cantilevered frames, and jib arms, ladder systems comprised of metal ladders, work platforms, cages, wheels, hand rails, and metal guardrails, and custom access systems comprised of metal ladders, work platforms, metal railings, tripods, hoists, winches, pulleys, and anchorages; ladders of metal; guard rails and parts and fittings thereof, all of metal or predominately of metal; metal fasteners, namely, bolts and screws; frame systems of metal, namely, A-frames, quad-legged frames, box frames, cantilevered frames, and jib arms; metal hardware for use in descending ropes, namely, descenders; metal hardware, namely, carabiners of metal; metal pipe collars; metal plugs; equipment hardware for safety and fall protection of metal or predominately of metal, namely, anchors, fasteners, cable guides, lanyards, rope grabs, and davit arms; metal pulleys; metal rope grabs; metal safety hooks; metal safety slides; metal fall arresters for use with harnesses; descending devices made of metal or predominately of metal, namely, A-frames, quad-legged frames, box frames, cantilevered frames, jib arms, tripods, winches, hoists, pulleys, and lifelines; fixed and portable custom access and work platform systems comprising supported ladder systems, namely, systems comprised of metal ladders, prefabricated metal work platforms, and railings of metal or predominately of metal; metal frame systems comprised of metal masts, hoists, rails, and anchor points   

See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

Assistance.  Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action.  Although the trademark examining attorney cannot provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights, the trademark examining attorney can provide applicant with additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action.  See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.  Although the USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions, emails can be used for informal communications and will be included in the application record.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05. 

/Deirdre G. Robertson/

Deirdre G. Robertson

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 111

571-272-8806

deirdre.robertson@uspto.gov

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on November 22, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88443790

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. 

/Deirdre G. Robertson/

Deirdre G. Robertson

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 111

571-272-8806

deirdre.robertson@uspto.gov

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GENERAL GUIDANCE

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·         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.”