To: | BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. (eteas@gbpatent.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88468515 - BBVA - T58201 |
Sent: | March 17, 2020 07:36:19 PM |
Sent As: | ecom111@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. 88468515
Mark: BBVA
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
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Reference/Docket No. T58201
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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: March 17, 2020
This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on 02/19/20.
The applicant amended the amended the identifications of services. However, the amended services in class 38 remains indefinite as indicated below. Wire transfer services is misclassified.
INFORMALITY
Applicant must also respond to the requirement(s) set forth below.
Applicant may substitute the following wording, if accurate:
“Telecommunications services, namely, electronic transmission for others of financial information via computer linking services, namely, communicating and routing account balance and status information to others via a global computer network; providing e- mail notification alerts via the internet of changes that affect financial portfolios; providing electronic transmission of credit card transaction data and electronic payment data via a global computer network” in International Class 38.
“Providing wire transfer services, information and verification regarding such wire transfers” in International Class 36.
Note
ID MANUAL IS AVAILABLE ONLINE
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.
INSUFFICIENT FEE
The application identifies goods and/or services that are classified in at least 4 classes; however, applicant submitted a fee(s) sufficient for only 3 classes. In a multiple-class application, a fee for each class is required. 37 C.F.R. §2.86(a)(2), (b)(2); TMEP §§810.01, 1403.01. For more information about adding classes to an application, see the Multiple-class Application webpage.
Therefore, applicant must either (1) restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid, or (2) submit the fees for each additional class.
The USPTO changed the federal trademark rules to eliminate the TEAS Regular application, which is now considered a “TEAS Standard” application. See 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(iii). The fee for adding classes to a TEAS Standard application is $275 per class. See id. For more information about these changes, see the Mandatory Electronic Filing webpage.
The fee for adding classes to a TEAS Plus application is $225 per class. See 37 C.F.R. §2.6(a)(1)(iv); TMEP §§819.03, 819.04. For more information about adding classes to an application, see the Multiple-class Application webpage.
Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action. Although an examining attorney cannot provide legal advice, the examining attorney can provide additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action. See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.
The USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions; however, emails can be used for informal communications and are included in the application record. See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05.
/Zachary Bello/
Attorney Advisor
Law Office 111
USPTO
571-272-9376
zack.bello@uspto.gov
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