To: | The Dow Chemical Company (FFUIMPC@dow.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88452602 - IMAGIN3D - TMK007390-US |
Sent: | August 21, 2019 11:51:29 AM |
Sent As: | ecom113@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. 88452602
Mark: IMAGIN3D
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Applicant: The Dow Chemical Company
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Reference/Docket No. TMK007390-US
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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 21, 2019
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.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
SEARCH OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
However, please note the following issues:
IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS
The identification of goods is indefinite and must be clarified. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §1402.01. Applicant must amend the identification to specify the common commercial name of the goods. If there is no common commercial name, applicant must describe the product and its intended uses.
Please note that suggestions that will make the identification of goods definite have been provided below in bold while the reasoning for these suggestions have been provided in brackets.
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
Unprocessed silicone resins; molding compounds in the nature of unprocessed synthetic resins for use in 3D printing industry {specify whether the resins are unprocessed since semi-processed resins are classified in International Class 17}; unprocessed synthetic resins; unprocessed thermoplastic compounds; unprocessed thermoplastic elastomer resins and unprocessed thermoplastic concentrates for use in manufacturing in a wide variety of industries in Class 01; and
Semi-processed thermoplastic compounds in the form of liquid, powder, paste, pellets or filaments and the like {delete the wording “and the like”
because it is ambiguous and does not describe the form of the goods in sufficient detail}; semi-worked thermoplastic filaments used for 3D printing; semi-processed resins in Class 17
ATTORNEY INFORMATION
/Ahsen Khan/
Trademark Attorney
United States Patent & Trademark Office
Law Office 113
ahsen.khan@uspto.gov
571 272 4343
RESPONSE GUIDANCE