To: | Cudd Pressure Control, Inc. (pchieu@winstead.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88494172 - CUDDASSURED - 21947-K013US |
Sent: | September 21, 2019 08:26:44 PM |
Sent As: | ecom118@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. 88494172
Mark: CUDDASSURED
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Applicant: Cudd Pressure Control, Inc.
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Reference/Docket No. 21947-K013US
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COMBINED EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT/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 21, 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 20, 2019, the examining attorney and Polin Chieu 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.
Repair and maintenance of well control for oil and gas wells to ensure safe, reliable performance for crew and equipment, thereby resulting in reduced incidents, reduced severity, and safer and more reliable operations, in International Class 37.
Consultation in the field of custom fabrication of oil and gas industrial machines for well control for oil and gas wells to ensure safe, reliable performance for crew and equipment, thereby resulting in reduced incidents, reduced severity, and safer and more reliable operations, in International Class 40.
Comprehensive education programs, namely, conducting ______ (the applicant must specify the mode of instruction, for instance, workshops, seminars) relating to well control for oil and gas wells to ensure safe, reliable performance for crew and equipment, thereby resulting in reduced incidents, reduced severity, and safer and more reliable operations, through educational safety and reliability programs and services in the nature of training, live, web-based, and online classes in the field of well control for oil and gas wells, in International Class 41.
Providing technology information relating to oil and gas industry relating to well control for oil and gas wells to ensure safe, reliable performance for crew and equipment, thereby resulting in reduced incidents, reduced severity, and safer and more reliable operations, and assessment in the nature of ______ (the applicant must specify the field for instance, analysis of oil wells and gas wells), in International Class 42.
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.
DESCRIPTION OF THE MARK:
The following description is suggested, if accurate:
The mark consists of the stylized wording “CUDDASSURED” and design. The wording “CUDDASSURED” appears in black. The letters “CUDD” appear in a small font adjacent to the top of the letter “A” in “ASSURED”. The letter “A” appears in a large font and the letters “SSURED” appears in a small font at the midpoint of the letter “A”. The design consists of a red checkmark outlined in white that is superimposed across the letter “A”.
Application has been amended as shown below. As agreed to by the individual identified in the Priority Action section, the examining attorney has amended the application as shown below. Please notify the examining attorney immediately of any objections. TMEP §707. 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).
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.
COLOR CLAIM:
The color claim is amended to read as follows:
The colors black, red and white are claimed as a feature of the mark.
37 C.F.R. §2.52(b)(1); TMEP §807.07(a)(i).
CONSENT STATEMENT WITHDRAWN:
TMEP §§813.01(b), 1206.05.
RESPONSE:
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action.
/Marlene Bell/
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 118
571-272-9291
marlene.bell@uspto.gov (for informal inquiries)
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