Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

Issue date:  December 19, 2019

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Jeffrey Larson, Esq. on 12/19/2019, 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: 

Laboratory equipment, namely, instrumentation for measuring, detecting or analyzing chemical or biological samples, including biological cells, polymer beads of different sizes such as from nanometer to mm range or scale; recorded and downloadable computer software to operate and control laboratory equipment and conduct data acquisition from equipment and to communicate with network for data transfer and sharing; recorded and downloadable computer software for analyzing data acquired from laboratory equipment to derive chemically or biologically-relevant information; laboratory apparatus and devices for facilitating multiple sample handling of cells, namely, microtiter plates, plastic tubes, glass tubes, racks for supporting sample tubes and devices for calibrating sample positions   

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 December 19, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88446126

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

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

GENERAL GUIDANCE

·         Check the status of your application periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.

·         Update your correspondence email address, if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application.

·         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.”