To: | Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporat ETC. (IPDocket@foxrothschild.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88508064 - 135377.04225 |
Sent: | October 04, 2019 09:40:06 AM |
Sent As: | ecom106@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. 88508064
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Applicant: Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporat ETC.
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Reference/Docket No. 135377.04225
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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: October 04, 2019
Applicant is encouraged to call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney below to resolve the issues in this Office action. Although the USPTO will not accept an email as a response to an Office action, an applicant can communicate by phone or email to agree to a proposed amendment to the application that will immediately place the application in condition for publication, registration, or suspension. See 37 C.F.R. §2.62(c); TMEP §707.
Summary of Issues
Search Results
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).
Transliteration Statement Required
If the transliterated wording has an English translation, applicant should use the following format, if accurate: The non-Latin characters in the mark transliterate to “NOBADYURAN” and this means “NOVADURAN” in English. TMEP §809.03.
Attorney Information Required
To provide bar information. Applicant’s attorney should respond to this Office action by using the appropriate TEAS response form and provide his or her bar information in the “Attorney Information” page of the form, within the bar information section. See 37 C.F.R. §2.17(b)(1)(ii). Bar information provided in any other area of the form will be viewable by the public in USPTO records.
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.
The term “TMEP” refers to the USPTO’s Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, a manual written by USPTO trademark attorneys that explains the laws and procedures applicable to the trademark application, registration, and post-registration processes. The USPTO updates the TMEP periodically to reflect changes in law, policy, and procedure.
An applicant may check the status of or view documents filed in an application or registration using the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system. Enter the application serial number or registration number and click on “Status” or “Documents.”
Please note that informal email communication with the Office is not confidential and will be made part of the public record. TMEP §709.04.
How to respond. Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action
/Dannean J Hetzel/
Examining Attorney
Law Office 106
dannean.hetzel@uspto.gov
571-272-8858
RESPONSE GUIDANCE