To: | Findlay Machine & Tool, Inc. (jake@wardpatent.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88467015 - SPARTAN - 70667-1 |
Sent: | August 16, 2019 09:13:08 AM |
Sent As: | ecom119@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. 88467015
Mark: SPARTAN
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Applicant: Findlay Machine & Tool, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 70667-1
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EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
Issue date: August 16, 2019
USPTO database searched; no conflicting marks found. The trademark examining attorney searched the USPTO database of registered and pending marks and found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). 15 U.S.C. §1052(d); TMEP §704.02.
Application has been amended as shown below. As agreed to by Jacob Ward on August 14, 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).
Addition of U.S. Counsel Information
The application is amended add the following information concerning the appointed U.S. counsel:
The attorney bar information has been provided. 37 C.F.R. §2.17(b)(3).
The attorney of record has agreed to 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, of any U.S. Commonwealth or territory.” 37 C.F.R. §2.17(b)(3).
Applicants, registration owners, attorneys and other Trademark customers are strongly encouraged to correspond with the USPTO online via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), at www.uspto.gov.
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. If the applicant has technical questions about the TEAS response to Office action form, applicant can review the electronic filing tips available online at http://www.gov.uspto.report/teas/eFilingTips.htm and email technical questions to TEAS@uspto.gov.
If the applicant or its appointed attorney has any questions or needs assistance in responding to this Office action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.
/Michael Tanner/
Michael Tanner
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 119
Telephone: 571-272-9706
Email: Michael.Tanner@uspto.gov