To: | Enterprises International, Inc. (USTM.docketing@seedip.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88468075 - OVAL INTL. - 310009.288 |
Sent: | September 03, 2019 02:48:18 PM |
Sent As: | ecom123@uspto.gov |
Attachments: | Attachment - 1 |
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) About Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88468075
Mark: OVAL INTL.
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Applicant: Enterprises International, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 310009.288
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PRIORITY ACTION
NONFINAL OFFICE ACTION
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: September 03, 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.
Applicant must address issues shown below. On September 3, 2019, the examining attorney and Kevin S. Costanza discussed the issues below. Applicant must timely respond to these issues. See 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §2.62(a); TMEP §708.05.
IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
IC 006: bailing wire; metal wire in the nature of {specify type of metal wire, e.g., metal cable wire}; metal strapping
IC 007: wire tying machines; strapping and tying machines; automatic {specify type of machines, e.g., strapping} machines for applying paper strap and wire around bundles, boxes, packages and bales of pulp
IC 016: paper bands in the nature of {specify common commercial name of goods, e.g., rubber bands}; paper strapping materials for tying, packaging, and wrapping bundles, boxes, packages and bales of pulp; rolls of wrapping material, namely, {specify common commercial name of wrapping material, e.g., plastic film for wrapping}
IC 022 [NO CHANGES]: all-purpose strap made of paper; paper strapping used to secure bundles
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.
DISCLAIMER REQUIREMENT
In this case, applicant must disclaim the wording “INTL” because it is not inherently distinctive. These unregistrable term(s) at best are merely descriptive of an ingredient, quality, characteristic, function, feature, purpose, or use of applicant’s goods and/or services. See 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1); DuoProSS Meditech Corp. v. Inviro Med. Devices, Ltd., 695 F.3d 1247, 1251, 103 USPQ2d 1753, 1755 (Fed. Cir. 2012); TMEP §§1213, 1213.03(a).
Applicant may respond to this issue by submitting a disclaimer in the following format:
No claim is made to the exclusive right to use “INTL” apart from the mark as shown.
For an overview of disclaimers and instructions on how to satisfy this issue using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS), see the Disclaimer webpage.
RESPONSE GUIDELINES
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
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.
Radcliff, Brent
/Brent M. Radcliff/
Examining Attorney
Trademark Law Office 123
(571) 270-0855
brent.radcliff@uspto.gov
RESPONSE GUIDANCE