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United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

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

 

 

 

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:  November 19, 2019

 

This Office action is in response to applicant’s communication filed on November 10, 2019.  With the response, applicant provided a translation which indicates that the term HULULU has an English translation of sleep soundly, snoring.  However, the USPTO branch of translations indicates that the term HULULU has no meaning in a foreign language.  Accordingly, applicant will have to provide evidence that the term HULULU has meaning/translation from a foreign language, or, in the alternative to provide a statement that the term HULULU has no meaning in a foreign language.

 

PLEASE NOTE: Applicant is encouraged to e-mail the trademark examining attorney to resolve the issue raised below at Bill.Dawe@uspto.gov.  Upon receipt of the e-mail accepting the amendment set forth below, the examining attorney will prepare an examiner’s amendment, enter the amendment into the databases and approve the application for publication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Translation Statement from USPTO

 Serial Number: 88551305

Law Office: 108

Translator: Steve Spar

Language: N/A

Date of Translation: 11/14/19

 

Mark:

HULULU

Goods and Services:

 

Translation into English:

☐  The original language of the non-English wording “_____Click here to enter text.___” is “_____Click here to enter text.___”.  The English translation of the non-English wording in the mark is “_____Click here to enter text.___”.

 

☒There is no English equivalent to this wording.

Transliteration:

☐ The non-Latin characters in this mark transliterate to “_____Click here to enter text.___” and this means “_____Click here to enter text.___” in English.

 

☐There is no English equivalent to these characters.

The above statement was provided by a translator proficient in the aforementioned language, employed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

☐Reference materials relied on by the translator are attached. 

You may send your feedback or questions to the email box by clicking on Email to Translations Branch on the customer service feedback \\Nsx-orgshares\PatentsSTIC\STIC_forms\TRANS_Feedback02-interactive.pdf or contacting mailto:chisato.morohashi@uspto.gov, Supervisor, at 571-272-3501.

 

 

TRANSLATION

 

Inasmuch as the wording “HULULU” does not have meaning in a foreign language, applicant must state the following:

 

The wording “HULULU” has no meaning in a foreign language.

 

 

CLOSING

 

Please call or email the assigned trademark examining attorney with questions about this Office action.  Although the trademark examining attorney cannot provide legal advice or statements about applicant’s rights, the trademark examining attorney can provide applicant with additional explanation about the refusal(s) and/or requirement(s) in this Office action.  See TMEP §§705.02, 709.06.  Although the USPTO does not accept emails as responses to Office actions, emails can be used for informal communications and will be included in the application record.  See 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(c), 2.191; TMEP §§304.01-.02, 709.04-.05. 

 

 

 

 

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.  

 

 

How to respond.  Click to file a response to this nonfinal Office action  

 

 

/William H. Dawe, III/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 108

(571) 272-9337 voice

(571) 273-9337 fax

Bill.Dawe@USPTO.GOV (not for fomal responses)

 

 

 

RESPONSE GUIDANCE

• Missing the response deadline to this letter will cause the application to abandon.  A response or notice of appeal must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  TEAS and ESTTA maintenance or unforeseen circumstances could affect an applicant’s ability to timely respond.  

 

• Responses signed by an unauthorized party are not accepted and can cause the application to abandon.  If applicant does not have an attorney, the response must be signed by the individual applicant, all joint applicants, or someone with legal authority to bind a juristic applicant.  If applicant has an attorney, the response must be signed by the attorney.

 

• If needed, find contact information for the supervisor of the office or unit listed in the signature block.

 

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

 

USPTO OFFICIAL NOTICE

 

Office Action (Official Letter) has issued

on November 19, 2019 for

U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88557305

 

Your trademark application has been reviewed by a trademark examining attorney.  As part of that review, the assigned attorney has issued an official letter that you must respond to by the specified deadline or your application will be abandoned.  Please follow the steps below.

 

(1)  Read the official letter.

 

(2)  Direct questions about the contents of the Office action to the assigned attorney below. 

 

 

/William H. Dawe, III/

Examining Attorney

Law Office 108

(571) 272-9337 voice

(571) 273-9337 fax

Bill.Dawe@USPTO.GOV (not for fomal responses)

 

 

Direct questions about navigating USPTO electronic forms, the USPTO website, the application process, the status of your application, and/or whether there are outstanding deadlines or documents related to your file to the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC).

 

(3)  Respond within 6 months (or earlier, if required in the Office action) from November 19, 2019, using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS).  The response must be received by the USPTO before midnight Eastern Time of the last day of the response period.  See the Office action for more information about how to respond.

 

 

 

GENERAL GUIDANCE

·         Check the status of your application periodically in the Trademark Status & Document Retrieval (TSDR) database to avoid missing critical deadlines.

 

·         Update your correspondence email address, if needed, to ensure you receive important USPTO notices about your application.

 

·         Beware of misleading notices sent by private companies about your application.  Private companies not associated with the USPTO use public information available in trademark registrations to mail and email trademark-related offers and notices – most of which require fees.  All official USPTO correspondence will only be emailed from the domain “@uspto.gov.”