To: | Microsoft Corporation (mstm@dwt.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88492814 - EX - 25936-T1446 |
Sent: | August 12, 2019 03:58:58 PM |
Sent As: | ecom124@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. 88492814
Mark: EX
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Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
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Reference/Docket No. 25936-T1446
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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: August 12, 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.
Search
The trademark examining attorney has searched the Office’s database of registered and pending marks and has found no conflicting marks that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d). TMEP §704.02; see 15 U.S.C. §1052(d).
Identification of Goods Unacceptable – CLASS 9 ONLY
Class 9: “{Must indicate if downloadable or recorded} Computer software for information management, data and text processing, networking, electronic mail and other electronic communications in the nature of private network and global computer network communications, for use in the field of business communications, general email communications, and general use; {Must indicate if downloadable or recorded} computer software for use monitoring and managing e-mail servers for general use; {Must indicate if downloadable or recorded} computer software for use creating, managing, and sharing calendars for general use; {Must indicate if downloadable or recorded} computer software for use managing, and sharing contact information for general use
Class 42: Computer services, namely, hosting electronic mail servers; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for information management, data and text processing, networking, electronic mail and other electronic communications in the nature of private network and global computer network communications for use in the field of business communications, general email communications, and general use; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for use monitoring and managing e-mail servers for general use; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for use creating, managing, and sharing calendars for general use; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for use managing, and sharing contact information for general use; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for use in voice message and voice mail management and storage for general use; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for use in creating and managing digital document archives for general use
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.
Failure to Respond – Advisory
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.
Assistance
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action
/Jordan A. Baker/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 124
571-272-8844
jordan.baker@uspto.gov
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