To: | Howmet Corporation (gtipmail@gtlaw.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88445252 - H - 176971-11866 |
Sent: | August 14, 2019 03:48:34 PM |
Sent As: | ecom107@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. 88445252
Mark: H
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Correspondence Address: 3161 MICHELSON DRIVE, NO. 1000
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Applicant: Howmet Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. 176971-11866
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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: August 14, 2019
The assigned examining attorney has reviewed the referenced application and determined the following.
SEARCH RESULTS
The examining attorney has searched the Office records and has found no similar registered or pending mark which would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02. However, before the mark can be published, the applicant must address the following.
MARK DESCRIPTION
Applicant must clarify whether white is used as a color in the mark or to indicate background, and/or transparent areas. TMEP §807.07(d); see 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b).
To clarify how white is being used in the mark, applicant may satisfy one of the following:
(1) If white is a feature of the mark, applicant must amend the description to identify where white appears in the literal and/or design elements of the mark. The following color claim description is suggested, if accurate:
Description: The mark consists of the letter "H" inside a white box; the top of the box is blue and the bottom of the box is black
(2) If white is not a feature of the mark, applicant must amend the description to state that white represents background, outlining, shading and/or transparent areas and is not part of the mark. The following description is suggested, if accurate:
The mark consists of the letter "H" inside a box; the top of the box is blue and the bottom of the box is black. The color white represents background, outlining, shading, and/or transparent area and is not part of the mark.”
TMEP §807.07(d).
ATTORNEY INFORMATION
RESPONDING
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.
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/Midge F. Butler/
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 107
571 272 9137
midge.butler@uspto.gov
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