Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

 

 

Issue date:  March 19, 2020

 

 

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 Michelle Mikol on March 18, 2020, 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 and Services

 

The applicant amends the following:

 

Class 07: Central vacuum cleaning systems for commercial use, comprised of electric motor-driven apparatus, vacuum, hoses, electrical extension cords, central power units, conduits, outlets, switches, cleaning attachments, caddy for storing cleaning attachments and tools, plastic tubing and fittings, automatic on/off inlets, disposable vacuum cleaner soil bags, extension tube wands; installation kits for central vacuum cleaner systems, comprising of tubing, fittings, nail plates, mounting brackets, couplings, inlet frames, cover plates, and plaster guards, mounting brackets, nail plates, and duct outlet cover plates all sold as a unit; central vacuum cleaning system for residential use comprised of central power units, conduits, outlets, switches and cleaning attachments; central cleaning systems, comprised of built in cleaning equipment, vacuum power units, vacuum ducts, hoses, fittings, connections, powered brushes, tools, wands, tool caddies; wireless audio speakers for household exhaust fans and component parts thereof

 

Class 09: Electric door chimes with and without clocks; classic electric doorbells and buzzers; blinking light visual door signal and components therefor, namely, electronic module, transmitter, and receiver; wireless electronic door chime and extension therefor; video door answering system and components therefor comprised of a door camera, video monitor, audio and video surveillance camera, electrical cable, cable connectors, signal splitters and transformers; remote electric door locks, electric door communication and lock control system and components therefor, comprised of loudspeakers, door release modules, control amplifiers, and electrically operated door releases; lighted and non-lighted electric push-button switch for doorbell; electric wire for doorbell chime; transmitters, modules, and receivers for use with door signaling devices; electric switches and remote controls for ceiling fans; time delay switches for heaters and exhaust fans and ventilation fans; variable speed controls for ventilation fans; electric timer switches for heaters, ventilation fans and exhaust fans; electric timer controls, electric switches, thermostatic controls and humidity controls for attic fans and house fans; selective call intercoms and components therefor, namely, master stations, chime modules, cd players, electrical cable, loudspeakers, remote controls, amplifiers, transformers, radio-intercoms with and without cassette recorders, cd players and am/fm radio; mounting frames for loudspeakers and intercom controls; building entrance calling directories in the nature of an intercom; electric junction box cover for electric track lighting; electric power cord and plug connector with live end for electric track lighting; t-bar electric outlet boxes for electric track lighting; electric doorbells; electric door chimes; wired mechanical electrically operated doorbells; electric doorbells with video function; downloadable and recorded computer software and downloadable mobile apps for operating video doorbells; wireless electric doorbells; video monitors; video screens; cameras; video recorders; webcams; intercoms and video intercoms; home automation electronics, namely, remote controls for garage doors; electric light dimmers and light switches; electrical wall outlets; thermostats; wired and wireless electronic controllers for thermostats, home security systems, outdoor and indoor lighting and appliances, namely, ventilation fans, water pumps, water heaters and kitchen appliances; electrical power devices in the nature of multimedia outlets for controlling automatic or scheduled turn on/off appliances plugged into the outlet; home and office automation systems comprising wireless and wired controllers, controlled devices, and software for lighting, hvac, security, safety and other home and office monitoring and control applications; home automation electronics, namely, wired and wireless controllers of thermostats, automatic doors and gate openers, security sensors, light bulbs, light switches, electrical outlets, smart electrical irrigation systems, namely, dripper irrigation systems and irrigation sprinklers, and cameras; electronic controllers for garage doors; Z-wave controllable light bulbs; dimmable LED light bulbs; dimmers and light switches; wall outlets; wired and wireless controllers of thermostats, of secure access, namely, recorded and  downloadable software for accessing and controlling alarm systems, receiving alarm system status data and event notifications, of lighting and appliances; electrical power devices in the nature of multimedia outlets for controlling automatic and scheduled turn on/off appliances plugged into the outlet; home and office automation systems comprising wireless and wired controllers, controlled devices for safety and other home and office monitoring and control applications, namely, computer and smartphone hubs used for monitoring, controlling, scheduling and automating doors, lighting, heating, air conditioning, irrigation systems, and cameras, and software for lighting, HVAC, security; Electric chimes, door signals and inter room signaling devices; wireless audio speakers for used next to household exhaust fans and component parts thereof; audio visual doorbell systems comprised of a radio intercom, electric doorbell, and video camera 

 

Class 11: Outdoor landscape lighting installations for recreational, camping, or commercial use, not for agricultural use; outdoor LED landscape lights that emit insect repellant for recreational, camping, or commercial use for humans and pets, not for agricultural use; electric light bulbs for lighted doorbell push button switches; wall and roof mounted exhaust fans for ducted connection to rangehoods; rangehoods with exhaust fans and filters; bathroom exhaust fans with and without lights and exhaust fans with and without filters; exhaust fans for direct mounting to rangehood; wall-mounted fans for inside and outside walls and ceilings; ventilation fan accessories, namely, grilles, dampers, reducers, size adapter kits for interconnecting differently sized ducts together, roof caps, eave caps and wall caps, ducts, and sleeves; ceiling fans with and without lights and accessories therefor, namely, fan blade extension stems, close-up converters and hanger kits for suspending fans at varying distances from the ceiling sold as a unit; roof exhaust fans; electric attic fans; radiant, forced air and infrared portable electric space heaters; fan air filters for domestic use; electric portable heaters with and without lights and electric portable heaters with and without ventilation fans; ceiling-mounted and interior and exterior wall-mounted discharge, exhaust and ventilation fans; roof-mounted discharge, exhaust and ventilation fans; gable fans and automatic gable louvers; whole-house ventilation fans and louvers therefor; electrical track lighting fixtures and components, namely, track lighting track, covers, floating center track feeders, track pendant adapters and utility hooks, track suspension extenders and couplers, t-bar clips, track supports, track connection adapters; fluorescent lighting fixtures; non-ducted ventilation fans; room-to-room electric fans; bathroom electric lighting fixtures; air-conditioning, air cooling and ventilation apparatus and instruments; furnaces; hvac units; light bulbs which may be controlled remotely; dimmable led light bulbs; environmental control items; ventilating fans and combination heating and lighting units; household and bathroom exhaust fans with integrated wireless audio speakers and component parts thereof; exhaust fans and combination exhaust fan and light assemblies automatically controlled by humidity and motion detectors and programmable timers; ventilating fans and fan speed controllers for household use; ventilating exhaust fans, ventilating exhaust fans with ceiling lights, bathroom exhaust fans, bathroom exhaust fans with ceiling lights; electrical heaters adapted to be built into the walls and the ceilings of rooms, exhaust fans, built in ventilating hoods, radio intercom and music systems; radiant heaters 

 

Class 21: Radio intercommunication systems and equipment namely audio and visual doorbell systems; outdoor landscape fixtures consisting of a stake, pole and housing that emit insect repellant for humans and pets; outdoor landscape fixtures consisting of a stake, pole and housing that emit insect repellant for recreational, camping, or commercial use, not for agricultural use; ironing board accessories and replacement parts, namely ironing board swivels, shaped sleeve boards, replacement shaped pads for ironing boards

 

If the applicant has any questions or needs assistance regarding this action, please telephone the assigned examining attorney.

 

/FrankLattuca/

Frank Lattuca

Examiing Attorney

Law Office 109

(571) 270-1518

Frank.Lattuca@uspto.gov

 

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on March 19, 2020 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88473641

 

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. 

 

/FrankLattuca/

Frank Lattuca

Examiing Attorney

Law Office 109

(571) 270-1518

Frank.Lattuca@uspto.gov

 

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