To: | Long Chen Lee (contact@cituscard.com) |
Subject: | U.S. Trademark Application Serial No. 88571691 - CITUS - N/A |
Sent: | November 14, 2019 05:38:44 AM |
Sent As: | ecom107@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. 88571691
Mark: CITUS
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Applicant: Long Chen Lee
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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: November 14, 2019
The referenced application has been reviewed by the assigned trademark examining attorney. Applicant must respond timely and completely to the issue(s) below. 15 U.S.C. §1062(b); 37 C.F.R. §§2.62(a), 2.65(a); TMEP §§711, 718.03.
SEARCH OF OFFICE’S DATABASE OF MARKS
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).
ISSUE REGARDING APPLICANT’S ENTITY TYPE
Applicant may adopt the following wording, if accurate:
“Banking; Banking and financing services; Banking consultation; Banking services; Banking services provided by mobile telephone connections; Brokerage services in the field of securities and commodities investing; Credit card payment processing services; Credit card transaction processing services; Credit and cash card payment processing services; Cryptocurrency exchange services; Cryptocurrency exchange services featuring blockchain technology; Cryptocurrency payment processing; Cryptocurrency trading services; ATM banking services; Cash replacement rendered by credit card; Charge card and credit card payment processing services; Credit and loan services; Electronic banking via a global computer network; Electronic credit card transaction processing; Financial brokerage services for cryptocurrency trading; Financial consultation in the field of cryptocurrency; Financial investment brokerage; Financial services, namely, funding online cash accounts from prepaid cash cards, bank accounts and credit card accounts; Financing of loans; Investment banking services; Investment brokerage; Issuance of credit cards; Issuing credit cards; Issuing of credit cards; Issuing prepaid credit cards; Merchant banking and investment banking services; Merchant banking services; Mortgage brokerage; On-line banking services; On-line banking services featuring electronic alerts that alert credit and debit card users when a single transaction exceeds a certain amount; Online banking; Payment processing services, namely, credit card and debit card transaction processing services; Processing of credit card payments; Processing of credit card payments via near field communication (NFC) technology-enabled devices; Processing of contactless credit and debit card payments; Providing banking information; Providing a website featuring information in the field of banking; Providing cash and other rebates for credit card use as part of a customer loyalty program; Providing electronic processing of credit card transactions and electronic payments via a global computer network; Providing electronic processing of ACH and credit card transactions and electronic payments via a global computer network; Providing electronic processing of electronic funds transfer, ACH, credit card, debit card, electronic check and electronic payments; Providing personal loans and lines of credit; Stocks and bonds brokerage; Telephone banking services,” in International Class 036.
Applicant’s goods and/or services may be clarified or limited, but may not be expanded beyond those originally itemized in the application or as acceptably amended. See 37 C.F.R. §2.71(a); TMEP §1402.06. Applicant may clarify or limit the identification by inserting qualifying language or deleting items to result in a more specific identification; however, applicant may not substitute different goods and/or services or add goods and/or services not found or encompassed by those in the original application or as acceptably amended. See TMEP §1402.06(a)-(b). The scope of the goods and/or services sets the outer limit for any changes to the identification and is generally determined by the ordinary meaning of the wording in the identification. TMEP §§1402.06(b), 1402.07(a)-(b). Any acceptable changes to the goods and/or services will further limit scope, and once goods and/or services are deleted, they are not permitted to be reinserted. TMEP §1402.07(e).
For assistance with identifying and classifying goods and services in trademark applications, please see the USPTO’s online searchable U.S. Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual. See TMEP §1402.04.
MULTIPLE-CLASS APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS (ADVISORY)
(1) List the goods and/or services by their international class number in consecutive numerical order, starting with the lowest numbered class.
(2) Submit a filing fee for each international class not covered by the fee(s) already paid (view the USPTO’s current fee schedule). Applicant must either submit the filing fees for the classes not covered by the submitted fees or restrict the application to the number of classes covered by the fees already paid.
See 15 U.S.C. §§1051(b), 1112, 1126(e); 37 C.F.R. §§2.32(a)(6)-(7), 2.34(a)(2)-(3), 2.86(a); TMEP §§1403.01, 1403.02(c).
See an overview of the requirements for a Section 1(b) multiple-class application and how to satisfy the requirements online using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) form.
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.
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/Steven W. Jackson/
Steven W. Jackson
Trademark Attorney
Law Office 107
steven.jackson@uspto.gov
571-272-9409
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