To: | CRC Insurance Services, Inc. (bdavis@vlplawgroup.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88569373 - JH BLADES - N/A |
Sent: | February 18, 2020 12:59:48 PM |
Sent As: | ecom115@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. 88569373
Mark: JH BLADES
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Correspondence Address: |
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Applicant: CRC Insurance Services, Inc.
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SUSPENSION NOTICE
No Response Required
Issue date: February 18, 2020
The application is suspended for the reason specified below. See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §§716 et seq.
Applicant’s Correspondence
This suspension notice is in response to applicant’s communication filed on January 24, 2020.
The applicant (1) wrote that “The cited registration (U.S. Registration No. 1228718) was owned by an affiliate of Applicant and was recently surrendered as the design mark is no longer in use”; (2) amended the identification of services; and (3) provided a statement concerning the person named in the mark. Nos. (2) and (3) are acceptable. The amended identification of services and the statement concerning the person named in the mark have been entered into the record.
Suspension
Application suspended until disposition of cited registration. Office records indicate that a Section 7 surrender of registration for U.S. Registration No. 1228718 was received on January 23, 2020. However, as of this date, U.S. Registration No. 1228718 has not been cancelled by the Office. The examining attorney cannot withdraw a refusal of registration under §2(d) until the Trademark database shows that the registration is cancelled or expired. TMEP §716.02(e). Accordingly, action on this application is suspended for six months to await disposition of the cited registration.[1] See 37 C.F.R. §2.67; TMEP §716.02(e).
Requirements resolved. The following requirements are satisfied:
• Amended identification of services.
• Statement regarding person named in the mark.
See TMEP §713.02.
Refusal maintained and continued. The Section 2(d) likelihood of confusion refusal is maintained and continued.
Suspension process. The USPTO will periodically check this application to determine if it should remain suspended. See TMEP §716.04. As needed, the trademark examining attorney will issue a letter to applicant to inquire about the status of the reason for the suspension. TMEP §716.05.
No response required. Applicant may file a response, but is not required to do so.
If the applicant has any questions about this suspension notice, please call or email the assigned examining attorney.
/Barbara A. Gaynor/
Barbara A. Gaynor
Trademark Examining Attorney
Law Office 115
571-272-9164
Barbara.Gaynor@uspto.gov
[1] When the applicant is notified that the cited registration has been cancelled by the Office, please call or email the examining attorney, and she will remove the present application from suspension and approve the mark for publication.