To: | National Oilwell Varco, L.P. (tmhou@conleyrose.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88511743 - PUREFLOW - 3420-03500 |
Sent: | August 22, 2019 10:07:28 AM |
Sent As: | ecom115@uspto.gov |
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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Office Action (Official Letter) Regarding Applicant’s Trademark Application
U.S. Application Serial No. 88511743
Mark: PUREFLOW
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Applicant: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
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Reference/Docket No. 3420-03500
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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 22, 2019
The office records have been searched, and no similar registered or pending mark has been found that would bar registration under Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. §1052(d). TMEP §704.02.
Applicant Must Amend The Identification
Applicant must clarify some of the wording in the identification, as shown below, because it is indefinite. See 37 C.F.R. §2.32(a)(6); TMEP §§1402.01, 1402.03. The wording is indefinite because it does not make clear the exact nature of the goods.
The wording in the suggested identification that appears in bold and italics shows the additions that are being proposed. Applicant should enter amendments in standard font, not in bold or italics.
Applicant may adopt the following identification, if accurate:
“Oil and gas well downhole tools, namely, drill pipe attachments in the nature of metal drill stage collars,” in International Class 6.
For assistance with identification and classification in trademark applications, please consult the USPTO’s online searchable ID Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
Requirement For Information
This requirement applies only if applicant does not adopt the suggested identification.
To permit proper examination of the application, applicant must submit additional product information about applicant’s goods because the nature of such goods is not clear from the present record. See 37 C.F.R. §2.61(b); TMEP §814. Specifically, applicant must (i) indicate the composition of the goods, (ii) explain their purpose, and (iii) explain how they are used.
Failure to comply with a request for information is grounds for refusing registration. In re Harley, 119 USPQ2d 1755, 1757-58 (TTAB 2016); TMEP §814. Merely stating that information about the goods and services is available on applicant’s website, or submitting weblinks without attaching the relevant pages, is an insufficient response and will not make the relevant information of record. See In re Planalytics, Inc., 70 USPQ2d 1453, 1457-58 (TTAB 2004).
TEAS RF Application Requirements
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 email correspondence address; and (3) agree to receive correspondence from the USPTO by email 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 email without incurring this additional fee.
Applicant is invited to contact the assigned examining attorney with any questions regarding this action.
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 115
571-270-1528
katherine.chang@uspto.gov
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