Examiners Amendment

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT

Issue date:  September 30, 2019

Application has been amended as shown below.  As agreed to by Maureen Smith on September 28, 2019, 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).

Amendment of Identification of Goods and/or Services

The identification of goods and/or services is amended to read as follows:  “Automatically operated valves; automatic pneumatic and electrical valves; automatic fire protection valves; automatic control valves and shutoff valves all for regulating the flow of gases and liquids; flow switches for monitoring and controlling the flow of gases and liquids; pressure switches and sensors for monitoring, controlling and switching hydraulic or pneumatic systems; fire sprinklers; fire sprinkler assemblies; sprinkler systems for fire protection, fire detection and extinguishment apparatus and control systems comprised of heat, smoke and flame detectors and sensors, automatic valves, electrical switches, fire alarms and fire sprinklers”.  See TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.01(e).

Any future amendments to the description of goods and/or services must be within the scope of the description set forth in this Examiner’s Amendment.  See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.07(e).

/Tina H. Mai/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 117

571-272-4110

tina.mai@uspto.gov (for informal communications)

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on September 30, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88507534

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. 

/Tina H. Mai/

Trademark Examining Attorney

Law Office 117

571-272-4110

tina.mai@uspto.gov (for informal communications)

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