To: | Finco Services, Inc. (NY-TM-Admin@goodwinprocter.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88489787 - CURRENT - 133257279998 |
Sent: | September 18, 2019 03:45:37 PM |
Sent As: | ecom128@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. 88489787
Mark: CURRENT
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Correspondence Address:
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Applicant: Finco Services, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 133257279998
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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: September 18, 2019
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.
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SUMMARY OF ISSUES:
· Advisory: Prior-Pending Applications May Present Bar to Registration
ADVISORY: PRIOR-PENDING APPLICATIONS MAY PRESENT BAR TO REGISTRATION
In response to this Office action, applicant may present arguments in support of registration by addressing the issue of the potential conflict between applicant’s mark and the marks in the referenced applications. Applicant’s election not to submit arguments at this time in no way limits applicant’s right to address this issue later if a refusal under Section 2(d) issues.
Upon receipt of applicant’s response, action on this application will be suspended pending the disposition of U.S. Application Serial Nos. 87282934, 88169511, 88387483, and 87526107. 37 C.F.R. §2.83(c); TMEP §§716.02(c), 1208.02(c).
Applicant should also take note of the following requirement.
AMENDMENT TO IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES REQUIRED
Applicant may substitute the following definite wording, if accurate (additions in bold, deletions in strike-through):
Class 9: Downloadable computer software for processing electronic payments and for transferring funds to and from
others; Downloadable software for enabling the electronic transfer of money between users; Downloadable software for enabling processing of electronic funds transfers and payments made via credit
card, debit card, electronic check, and electronic, mobile and online payments; magnetically encoded debit cards and magnetically encoded credit
cards
Class 36: banking services; checking account services; electronic transfer of money for others; providing electronic processing of
electronic funds transfer, credit card, debit card, electronic check, and electronic, mobile and online payments.
Class 42: Providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable software for enabling the electronic transfer of money between users;
providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable software for enabling processing of electronic funds transfers, credit card, debit card, electronic check, and electronic, mobile and online payments
For assistance with identifying and other possible goods and services that would be encompassed by the currently indefinite wording 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.
RESPONSE GUIDELINES
For this application to proceed, applicant must explicitly address each refusal and/or requirement in this Office action. For a refusal, applicant may provide written arguments and evidence against the refusal, and may have other response options if specified above. For a requirement, applicant should set forth the changes or statements. Please see “Responding to Office Actions” and the informational video “Response to Office Action” for more information and tips on responding.
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
/James Prizant/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 128
(571) 270-3068
James.Prizant@USPTO.GOV
RESPONSE GUIDANCE